Usage of the character 劉

Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉／西晋 ( Xī Jìn) (265-316)
Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉／东晋 ( Dōng Jìn) (317-420)

Liú Xiáng

刘翔

[劉翔]

Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games

Liú Yù

刘裕

[劉裕]

Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋／刘宋 ( Liú Sòng), broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝 ( Sòng Wǔdì)

Liú Jī

刘基

[劉基]

Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫／刘伯温 ( Liú Bówēn) (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 ( Zhū Yuánzhāng), with a reputation as a military genius

Liú Yuān

刘渊

[劉淵]

Liu Yuan (c. 251-310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉／西晋 ( Xī Jìn), founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢／成汉 ( Chéng Hàn) (304-347)

Liú Yáng

刘洋

[劉洋]

Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)

Liú Yìqìng

刘义庆

[劉義慶]

Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語／世说新语 ( Shìshuō Xīnyǔ)

Liú Sōnglíng

刘松龄

[劉松齡]

Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court

Liú Bīnyàn

刘宾雁

[劉賓雁]

Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer

Liú Juānzǐ

刘涓子

[劉涓子]

Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions

Liú Tiānhuá

刘天华

[劉天華]

Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer

Liú Hòuzǒng

刘厚总

[劉厚總]

Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英／项英 ( Xiàng Yīng) during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變／皖南事变 ( Wǎnnán Shìbiàn)

Liú Shīpéi

刘师培

[劉師培]

Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist

Liú Déhuá

刘德华

[劉德華]

Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor

Liú Bówēn

刘伯温

[劉伯溫]

Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 ( Zhū Yuánzhāng), with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基／刘基 ( Liú Jī)

Liú Jīnbǎo

刘金宝

[劉金寶]

Liu Jinbao (1952-), CEO of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) 1997-2003, jailed after being convicted of embezzlement

Liú Qīngyún

刘青云

[劉青雲]

Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor

Liújiācūn

刘家村

[劉家村]

Liujia village in Zhangdian District 張店區／张店区 ( Zhāngdiàn Qū) of Zhibo city 淄博市 ( Zībóshì), Shandong

Liú Yúnshān

刘云山

[劉雲山]

Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012

Liú Cíxīn

刘慈欣

[劉慈欣]

Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer

Liú Xiǎobō

刘晓波

[劉曉波]

Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章／零八宪章 ( Língbā Xiànzhāng), Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010

Liú Yǔxī

刘禹锡

[劉禹錫]