Dorothy Demetracopolou Lee (1905– April 18, 1975) was an American anthropologist, author and philosopher of cultural anthropology. Born in Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, she was Greek by birth and was educated, married, and raised her four children in the U.S. Her husband was American philosopher Otis Hamilton Lee (1905-1948). Her children were Anna Maud Lee, Mary H. Lee, Ronald and Sabra. In 1953, she accepted a position at the , now , Wayne State University in Detroit.