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.
Search 柳 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).