Chinese surnames

柳

liǔ · Liu

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 60
Ancestral seat (junwang)
河东
Wikidata
Q13391498

In other languages

  • German Liu
  • English Liu
  • Spanish Liu
  • French Liu
  • Korean 류
  • Vietnamese Liễu

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Liu Zongyuan773 – 819

    Chinese writer (773-819)

  • Liu Rushi1618 – 1664

    Chinese courtesan (1618-1664); ranked first of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai

  • Liu Yong987 – 1053

    Song dynasty poet (987–1053)

  • Liu Gongquan778 – 865

    Chinese calligrapher and politician

  • Liu Fan1960 – 2020

    Chinese nurse (1960-2020)

  • Empress Liu Jingyan534 – 616

    Chinese empress (534-616)

  • Liu Yazi1887 – 1958

    Chinese poet (1887–1958)

  • Liu Chi-Sheng1914 – 1991

    general officer and WW2 flying ace of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF)

  • Yu Chagwang1439 – 1512

    Korean naval commander (1439 – 1512 )

  • Liu Can850 – 906

    chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang and his son

  • Liu Yizheng1880 – 1956

    Chinese academic

  • Liu Shi550 – 659

    chancellor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty

  • Liu Yunchang1912 – 1993

    Chinese basketball player (born 1912)

  • Liu Sheng? – 1427

    Ming dynasty person CBDB = 66773

  • Liu Zhixun1898 – 1932
  • Liu Kai947 – 1000

    Song dynasty person CBDB = 18341

  • Liu Fu150 – 239

    Chinese historian

  • Liu Yin (Shu Han)190 – 269

    Shu Han military officer (c. 190 – 269)

  • Zhan Huo720 BCE – 621 BCE

    Chinese politician

  • Ryan Lau1981 – 2024

    Hong Kong journalist (1981-2024)

  • Liu Shu? – 624

    government official of the Sui dynasty

  • Liu Hun715 – 789

    Chinese chancellor

  • Liu Pin850 – 894

    Tang dynasty person CBDB = 33594

  • Liu Tan462 – 507

    Southern Qi and Southern Liang politician

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.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).