| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이호왕 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 李鎬汪 |
| Revised Romanization | I Ho-wang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Howang |
Ho Wang Lee (26 October 1928 – 5 July 2022)[1] was a South Korean physician, epidemiologist, and virologist. He was the first person in the history of medicine to be the one chiefly responsible for all 3 of the following steps: (1) discovery of the virus causing a human disease, (2) development of a method of diagnosis for the disease, and (3) development of a vaccine against the disease.[2]