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/* Prominent people with family name 柳 (Liŭ) */
[[Image:Liu_surname.jpg|thumb|200px|劉 pinyin: Liú]]
'''Liu''' is a common [[Chinese family name]]. The [[transliteration]] ''Liu'' can represent several different surnames written in different [[Chinese characters]]:
*[[wiktionary:劉|劉]] / [[wiktionary:刘|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.
*[[wiktionary:柳|柳]] pinyin: Liŭ
*[[wiktionary:留|留]] pinyin: Liú
*[[wiktionary:六|六]] pinyin: Liù
In [[Vietnamese language|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.
In [[Guangdong Romanization|Cantonese transliteration]], 刘/劉 (Liú) is ''Lau'', whilst ''Liu'' is a different surname, [[wiktionary:廖|廖]], [[pinyin]]: Liào, ("Liêu" in Vietnamese).
==Prominent people with the family name 刘 / 劉 (Liú or Lau) ==
===Historical===
*The Liu royals of the following dynasties:
** 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 (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]]
===Contemporary===
* [[Kenny Lau]], engineer
* [[Evelyn Lau]], writer
* [[Sidney Lau]], [[Hong Kong]] [[linguistics|linguist]]
* [[Lucy Liu]], actress
* [[Andrew Liu]], Notorious Australian-Hong Kong Student
* [[Rex Liu]], classical bassoonist
* [[Billy Liu]], scholar, multi-sport athlete, musician
* [[Will Liu]], Taiwanese singer
* [[Yang Liu]], classical violinist
* [[Liu Bocheng]], [[PRC]] military commander
* [[Lau Kar-leung|Liu Chia-Liang (Lau Kar-Leung)]], actor, choreographer and director
* [[Liu Dalin]], sexologist
* [[Andy Lau|Liu De Hua (Andy Lau)]], actor,singer
* [[Andrew Lau]], filmmaker and actor
* [[Liu Huaqing]], [[PRC]] politician
* [[Liu Hui]], mathematician
* [[Liu Kang (artist)]]
* [[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 Wenhui]], warlord
* [[Liu Wenjing]], one of the advisors of [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang China|Tang Gaozu]]
* [[Liu Xiang]], Olympic winner and World Record holder
* [[Liu Xiang (warlord)]]
* [[Liu Xiaoqing]], actress
* [[Liu Yifei]], singer/actress
* [[Liu Ye]], actor and singer.
* [[Tats Lau|Liu Yi Da (Tats Lau)]], Hong Kong actor and musician
* [[Lau Wan Kit]], Hong Kong comic artist
* [[Liu Wenhui]], warlord and PRC politician
* [[Liu Zhijun]], PRC politician
==Prominent people with family name 柳 (Liŭ)==
*[[Liu Gongquan]], a [[List of Chinese language poets|poet]] and [[calligraphy|calligrapher]]
*[[Liu Zongyuan]], a [[List of Chinese language poets|poet]] during [[Tang Dynasty]]
*[[Liu Bingnuan]], a founding father of the Triads during the [[Qing Dynasty]]
*[[Liu Yizheng]], modern historian
==See also==
*{{lookfrom|Liu}}
==External links==
*[http://english.people.com.cn/200507/14/eng20050714_196124.html Chinese surname history: Liu]
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