Wilhelm Lee Friedell (August 22, 1883 – January 27, 1958), was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.

He then served aboard the USS Kentucky for his mandatory two years of service at sea, and was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1907.

[6] While serving aboard the New Orleans he led a landing party at Nanking during the 1911 Revolution to protect the American Consulate.

[6] Following the war, Friedell led the Submarine Repair Division at the Philadelphia Navy Yard before returning to Annapolis as an instructor.

In 1929 Friedell completed a senior course and the Naval War College and became head of the Department of Electric Engineering at Annapolis until the summer of 1931.