Lewis Hodous (simplified Chinese: 何乐益; traditional Chinese: 何樂益;[1] Pinyin: Hé Lèyì; Foochow Romanized: Hò̤ Lŏk-ék; December 31, 1872 – August 9, 1949) was an American Board missionary to China, educator, Sinologist and Buddhologist.

Lewis Hodous was born on December 31, 1872, in Vesec, Bohemia and migrated to the United States with his parents in 1882.

[2][3][4] Hodous was ordained as a Congregational preacher on September 18, 1901, at Bethlehem Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and was later sent to the mission field of China with his newly wedded wife Anna Jelinek.

From 1901 to 1917 Hodous labored as a missionary under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Fuzhou, during which time he also carried out careful studies on Buddhism and the Chinese folk religion.

[4][6] Hodous died on August 9, 1949, in Mount Hermon, Massachusetts, while in retirement.