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'''Liu''' is a Chinese family name. The transliteration ''Liu'' can represent several Chinese characters, the family names wiktionary:劉 劉; (刘 in Simplified Chinese character Simplified Chinese) (''Lau'' in Cantonese (linguistics) Cantonese), wiktionary:柳 柳, wiktionary:留 留 and wiktionary:六 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, wiktionary:廖 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 (420-479) Song Dynasty of the Southern dynasty 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 Emperor Gaozu of Tang China 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
Prominent people with family name 柳
* Liu Gongquan, a List of Chinese language poets poet and calligraphy calligrapher
* Liu Zongyuan, a List of Chinese language poets poet during Tang Dynasty
* SES Yoo Soo-young, one third of the Korean pop group S.E.S.
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