Lew Alcindor (born 1947), American retired basketball player who adopted the Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Lew Andreas (1895–1983), American basketball and football coach
Lew Barnes (born 1962), American football player
Lew Beck (basketball) (1922–1970), American basketball player
Lew Beasley (born 1948), American baseball player
Lew Bradford (1916–1984), English footballer
Lew Booth (1912–1984), Welsh footballer
Lew Brown (baseball) (1858–1889), American baseball player
Lew Burdette (1926–2007), American baseball player
Lew Camp (1868–1948), American baseball player
Lew Carpenter (1932–2010), American football player and coach
Lew Carpenter (baseball) (1913–1979), American baseball player
Lew Carr (1872–1954), American baseball player
Lew Chatterley (born 1945), English footballer and coach
Lew Dodak (born 1946), American politician
Lew Drill (1877–1969), American baseball player
Lew Evans (fl. 1881–1904), Australian rugby union player
Lew Flick (1915–1990), American baseball player
Lew Fonseca (1899–1989), American baseball player
Lew Ford (born 1976), American baseball player
Lew Gerrard (born 1938), New Zealand tennis player
Lew Graulich (1862–1934), American baseball player
Lew Groh, (1883–1960), American baseball player
Lew Hayman (1908–1984), American-born Canadian football coach and executive
Lew Hitch (1929–2012), American basketball player
Lew Hoad (1934–1994), Australian tennis player
Lew Jenkins (1916–1981), American boxer
Lew Krausse, Sr. (1912–1988), American baseball player and scout
Lew Krausse, Jr. (born 1943), American baseball player
Lew Lane (1899–1980), American football coach
Lew Luce (born 1938), American football player
Lew Malone (1897–1972), American baseball player
Lew Massey (born 1956), American basketball player
Lew Mayne (born 1920), American football player
Lew McCarty (1888–1930), American baseball player
Lew Meehl (born 1946), American soccer player
Lew Moren (1883–1966), American baseball player
Lew Morgan, (1911–1988), Scottish footballer
Lew Morrison (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player
Lew Perkins (born 1945), American athletic director
Lew Phelan (1864–1933), American baseball manager
Lew Post (1875–1944), American baseball player
Lew Richie (1883–1936), American baseball player
Lew Riggs (1910–1975), American baseball player
Lew Ritter (1875–1952), American baseball player
Lew Sharpe (1906–2001), Australian rules footballer
Lew Shaver, American football and wheelchair basketball coach
Lew Simmons (1838–1911), American baseball manager
Lew Skinner (1898–1941), American football player
Lew Tendler (1898–1970), American boxer
Lew Watts (1922–2003), American baseball player and coach
Lew Wendell (1892–1953), American baseball player and manager
Lew Whistler (1868–1959), American baseball player
Lew Woodroffe (born 1921), English footballer
Lew Worsham (1917–1990), American golfer
Lew Wyld (1905–1974), British track cyclist
Lew Yates (born 1947), English boxer
Lew Zivanovic (born 1959), Australian rugby league player