Liu is a Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several Chinese characters, the family names 劉; (刘 in Simplified Chinese) (Lau in Cantonese), 柳, 留 and 六. In Vietnamese, the name can either take the form "Liễu" (in northern regions) or "Lưu" (in central or southern regions).

In Cantonese transliteration, Liu is yet another name, 廖.

劉 is an extremely popular name, as it was used by the ruling family of the Han Dynasty - a high point in the history of China.

Prominent people with family name 劉

• The Liu royals of the following dynasties:
  • the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang - the Han Dynasty's founder,
  • the Shu Kingdom in the Period of the Three Kingdoms,
  • the Hunnish Han Zhao and the Tiefu Xia kingdoms in the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms,
  • the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties,
  • the Later Han Dynasty and the Northern Han Kingdom and the Southern Han Kingdom of the Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms.
• Liu Huaqing, PRC politician
• Liu Bocheng, PRC Military Commander
• Liu Hui, mathematician
• Liu Shaoqi, PRC politician
• Liu Wenjing, one of the advisors of Tang Gaozu
• Liu Bei, founder of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period
• Liu Xiang, athlete
• Liu Xiaoqing, actress
• Andy Lau, actor,singer
• Lucy Liu, actress
• Evelyn Lau, writer
• Yuen T’ao Liu, artist
• Ya-hui Liu
• Viola Lau

Prominent people with family name 柳

• Liu Gongquan, a poet and calligrapher
• Liu Zongyuan, a poet during Tang Dynasty
• Yoo Soo-young, one third of the Korean pop group S.E.S.

External Links

• Chinese surname history: Liu

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