刘
liú · Liu
- Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
- No. 251
- Ancestral seat (junwang)
- 彭城
- Wikidata
- Q804970
In other languages
- German Liu
- English Liu
- Spanish Liu
- French Liu
- Japanese 劉
- Korean 류
- Russian Лю
- Vietnamese Lưu
- Traditional Chinese 劉
Notable historical bearers
Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.
- Liu Xiaobo1955 – 2017
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist (1955–2017)
- Emperor Wu of Han156 BCE – 87 BCE
seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China (157 BC–87 BC)
- Emperor Gaozu of Han256 BCE – 195 BCE
founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
- Liu Shaoqi1898 – 1969
2nd President of the People's Republic of China (1898–1969)
- Liu Bei161 – 223
Chinese warlord and founding Emperor of Shu Han (161–223)
- Liu Hui225 – 295
Chinese mathematician from Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms period)
- Nuon Chea1926 – 2019
Cambodian politician and convicted war criminal (1926-2019)
- Emperor Hui of Han213 BCE – 188 BCE
emperor of the Han dynasty
- Emperor Guangwu of Han5 BCE – 57
emperor and founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty (5 BC - AD 57) (r. AD 25 - AD 57)
- Emperor Wen of Han203 BCE – 157 BCE
emperor of the Han dynasty
- Emperor Xian of Han181 – 234
Emperor of the Han dynasty from 189 to 220
- Emperor Ming of Han28 – 75
Emperor of the Han dynasty (AD 28-75) (ruled 58-75)
- Emperor Jing of Han188 BCE – 141 BCE
emperor of the Han Dynasty (188–141 BCE)
- Emperor Zhao of Han94 BCE – 74 BCE
emperor of the Han Dynasty
- Emperor Xuan of Han91 BCE – 48 BCE
emperor of the Han Dynasty
- Emperor Ai of Han24 BCE – 1 BCE
emperor of the Han dynasty
- Emperor Ping of Han9 BCE – 6
emperor of the Han dynasty
- Emperor Zhang of Han57 – 88
Emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty (AD 56 – 88) (ruled 75 – 88)
- Emperor Yuan of Han75 BCE – 33 BCE
emperor of the Han dynasty
- Emperor Huan of Han132 – 168
Chinese Han Dynasty emperor from 146 to 168
- Emperor Taizu of Liao872 – 926
Emperor of the Khitans and founder of the Liao dynasty (872-926)
- Emperor Shun of Han115 – 144
Han dynasty Emperor from 125 to 144
- Emperor Chong of Han143 – 145
Emperor of the Han dynasty from 144 to 145
- Emperor Ling of Han156 – 189
Emperor of the Han dynasty from 168 to 189
Find printed genealogies
The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.
Search 刘 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).