The Lame is an epithet which may refer to:
- Charles II of Naples (1254–1309), King of Naples, King of Albania, Prince of Salerno, Prince of Achaea, Count of Provence and Count of Anjou
- Eric XI of Sweden (1216-1250), King of Sweden
- Hermann of Reichenau (1013–1054), German scholar, composer, music theorist, mathematician and astronomer
- Joan the Lame (1293–1348), Queen consort of France as the first wife of Philip VI
- Joan, Duchess of Brittany (c. 1324–1384)
- Lothair the Lame (c. 848–865), a son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Bald
- Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279–1342), also Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and La Marche
- Otto IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1446), also Prince of Lüneburg
- Peter the Lame, Prince of Moldavia (1574–1577, 1578–1579 and 1583–1591)
- Sigobert the Lame (died c. 509), a king of the Franks
- Timur the Lame (1336–1405), Turko-Mongol ruler better known as Tamurlane
- Osman the Lame, (1883-1923), Ottoman officer, militia leader