Liu is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters:
- 劉 / 刘, pinyin: Liú. A very common surname, as it was used by the ruling family of the Han Dynasty - a high point in the history of China.
- 柳 pinyin: Liǔ
- 留 pinyin: Liú
- 六 pinyin: Liù
- 廖 Cantonese pinyin: Liu 6
In Vietnamese, the name can either take the form "Liễu" (in northern regions), corresponding to 柳 in Chinese, or "Lưu" (in central or southern regions), corresponding to 刘/劉 or 留 in Chinese. The family name 六 is "Lục" in Vietnamese. A few having Vietnamese-Chinese descent use the family name "Lao".
In Cantonese transliteration, 刘/劉 (Liú) is Lau, Lao is also transliteration of 刘/劉 in Min Nan and Taiwanese Minnan Chinese language, whilst Liu is a different surname, 廖, pinyin: Liào, ("Liêu" in Vietnamese).
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Prominent people with the family name 刘 / 劉 (Liú, Lao or Lau)
Historical
- The Liu royals of the following dynasties:
- the Xia Dynasty, Liu Leui, the inaugurator of the "Liu" family and a minister of Kong Jia who was ordered to kill a dragon.
- the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang - the Han Dynasty's founder,
- the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of Han (Liu Xiu),
- the Shu Kingdom in the Period of the Three Kingdoms,(Liu Bei)
- the Xiongnu 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 Ji, military strategist, statesman and prophet
Contemporary
- Tom Lau, Father of 3
- Leo Lau, Ocean creature expert
- Lance Lau, Golf Pro Jr
- Levi Lau, Musical composer
- Evelyn Lau, writer
- Andrew Liu, Australian Footballer
- Sidney Lau, Hong Kong linguist
- Lucy Liu, actress
- Rex Liu, classical bassoonist
- Will Liu, Taiwanese singer
- Henry Lau, Chinese singer for Korean company, SM Entertainment, in the sub-group, Super Junior-M
- Yang Liu, classical violinist
- Liu Bocheng, PRC military commander
- Liu Chia-Liang (Lau Kar-Leung), actor, choreographer and director
- Liu Dalin, sexologist
- Liu De Hua (Andy Lau), actor,singer
- Andrew Lau, filmmaker and actor
- Liu Boming (astronaut)
- Liu Fuzhi, PRC politician
- Liu Huan, singer
- Liu Huaqing, PRC politician
- Liu Hui, mathematician
- Liu Kang (artist)
- Liu Qi (Chinese politician), Beijing Olympics organizer
- Liu Qi-Chao, jazz musician
- Liu Shaoqi, PRC politician
- Liu Shilan, a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in chess
- Liu Sola, singer, composer, and writer
- Liu Tianhua, composer and musician
- Liu Wen, fashion model
- Liu Wenhui, warlord
- Liu Wenjing, one of the advisors of Tang Gaozu
- Liu Xiang, Olympic winner and World Record holder
- Liu Xiang (warlord)
- Liu Xiaobo (intellectual), PRC dissident
- Liu Xiaoqing, actress
- Liu Yifei, singer/actress
- Liu Ye, actor and singer.
- Liu Yi Da (Tats Lau), Hong Kong actor and musician
- Lau Wan Kit, Hong Kong comic artist
- Liu Wenhui, warlord and PRC politician
- Liu Ye, Chinese actor
- Liu Yunpeng, Chinese high jumper
- Liu Zhijun, PRC politician
Prominent people with family name 柳 (Liǔ)
- Liu Gongquan, a poet and calligrapher
- Liu Zongyuan, a poet during Tang Dynasty
- Liu Bingnuan, a founding father of the Triads during the Qing Dynasty
- Liu Yizheng, modern historian
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