Top Celebrity Names Starting With Liu

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   Liu Xiang

   Age 28 Male
   

   Athletics (sport) Competitor

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   Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China. Liu is one of China's most commercially successful athletes and has emerged as a cultural icon. He is the first Chinese athlete to achieve the "triple crown" of athletics: World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion.… read more

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   Liu Yifei

   Age 24 Female
   

   Actress, Singer, Dancer

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   Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, is a Chinese actress and singer. Her legal name is Liu Ximeizi. The "茜" (Xi) is from the German film Sissi (Chinese translation 茜茜公主—hence the pronunciation of xi not qian; her mother calls her Xixi).… read more

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   Liu Bei

   161 AD - 223 AD Male
   

   Warlord, General, Emperor

   
   

   Liu Bei, also known as Liu Xuande, was a warlord, military general and later the founding emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. Despite having a later start than his rivals and lacking both the material resources and social status they commanded, Liu Bei overcame his many defeats to carve out his own realm, which at its peak spanned modern day Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, part of Hubei and part of Gansu.… read more

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   Liu Xiaobo

   Age 56 Male
   

   Intellectual and Human Rights Activist

   
   

   Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule in China. He is currently incarcerated as a political prisoner in China. Liu has served from 2003 to 2007 as President of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, an organization funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, which in turn is almost entirely funded by the US Congress.… read more

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   Liu Bocheng

   1892 - 1986 Male
   

   Politician

   
   

   Liu Bocheng was a Chinese Communist military commander and Marshal of the People's Liberation Army. Liu is known as one of the "Three and A Half" Strategists of China in modern history. Officially, Liu was recognised as a revolutionary, military strategist and theoretician, and one of the founders of the People's Liberation Army.… read more

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   Liu Yongfu

   1837 - 1917 Male
   

   Soldier, Statesman, General

   
   

   Liu Yongfu was a Chinese soldier of fortune and commander of the celebrated Black Flag Army. Liu won fame as a Chinese patriot fighting against the French in northern Vietnam (Tonkin) in the 1870s and early 1880s. During the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885) he established a close friendship with the Chinese statesman and general Tang Ching-sung, and in 1895 he helped Tang organise resistance to the Japanese invasion of Taiwan.… read more

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   Liu Shan

   207 AD - 271 AD Male
   

   Emperor

   
   

   Liu Shan, (207–271) was the second and last emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. As he ascended the throne at the young age of 16, Liu Shan was entrusted to the care of the Chancellor Zhuge Liang and Imperial Secretariat Li Yan. During Liu Shan's reign, many campaigns were led against the rival state of Cao Wei, primarily by Zhuge Liang and his successor Jiang Wei, but to little avail.… read more

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   Liu Xun

   858 AD - 921 AD Male
   

   Military General

   
   

   Liu Xun (858-June 10, 921) was a major general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Liang Dynasty. He was a key commander of Later Liang forces in its struggle with its archenemy Jin, but, after repeated defeats by the Jin prince Li Cunxu, Liu sought retirement, and was subsequently poisoned to death by the Later Liang emperor Zhu Zhen, who doubted his loyalty.… read more

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   Liu Rengong

   914 AD Male
   

   Warlord, Overlord

   
   

   Liu Rengong (d. 914) was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty who controlled Lulong Circuit (盧龍, headquartered in modern Beijing) from 895 (when his one-time lord Li Keyong conquered Lulong and left him in charge of it) to 907 (when he was overthrown by his son Li Shouguang and put under house arrest). He was initially a Lulong officer, but later fled to Li Keyong's Hedong Circuit.… read more

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    Liu Wei

    Age 40 Male
    

    Medium

    
    

    Liu Wei (Chinese language:刘韡） is an artist based in Beijing. He works in varied media - video, installation, drawing, sculpture, and painting - with no uniting stylistic tendency, though the Saatchi Gallery finds a uniting theme of "a sentiment of excess, corruption, and aggression reflective of cultural anxiety".… read more

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    Liu Cong

    318 AD Male
    

    Emperor, Ruler, General

    
    

    Liu Cong (died 318), courtesy name Xuanmen (玄門), nickname Zai (載), formally Emperor Zhaowu of Han (Zhao) (漢昭武帝), was an emperor of the Chinese/Xiongnu state Han Zhao. Liu Cong's reign was one filled with contradictions. He was a ruler who was obviously intelligent and capable of logical reasoning, and during his father Liu Yuan's reign, he was a capable general as well.… read more

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    Liu Rengui

    602 AD - 685 AD Male
    

    General, Emperor, Military Person

    
    

    Liu Rengui (602 – March 2, 685), courtesy name Zhengze (正則), formally Duke Wenxian of Lecheng (樂城文獻公), was a general and official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Gaozong and the subsequent regency of his wife Wu Zetian over his sons Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong.… read more

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    Liu Zhijun

    918 AD Male
    

    General Under Emperor Taizu of Later Liang

    
    

    Liu Zhijun (d. January 21, 918?), courtesy name Xixian (希賢), nicknamed Liu Kaidao (劉開道, "Liu who opened the way"), was a general under Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (Zhu Quanzhong) while Emperor Taizu was a major warlord during the late Tang Dynasty and then during Emperor Taizu's reign in his new Later Liang Dynasty. Later, fearing that Emperor Taizu was going to act against him, he defected, first to Qi, then to Former Shu.… read more

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    Liu Shouguang

    914 AD Male
    

    Warlord and Emperor

    
    

    Liu Shouguang (d. February 12, 914) was a warlord early in the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period who controlled Lulong (盧龍, headquartered in modern Beijing) and Yichang Circuits, after seizing control from his father Liu Rengong and defeating his brother Liu Shouwen. He claimed the title of Emperor of Yan in 911, but was subsequently defeated and executed by Li Cunxu the Prince of Jin, who absorbed Yan into his Jin state.… read more

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    Liu Xiaoqing

    Age 60 Female
    

    Actress

    
    

    Liu Xiaoqing is an actress and businesswoman. She was one of the leading actresses in China in the 1980s.

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    Liu Shaoqi

    1898 - 1969 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China. He fell out of favour in the later 1960s during the Cultural Revolution because of his perceived 'right-wing' viewpoints and, it is theorised, because Mao viewed Liu as a threat to his power.… read more

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    Liu Yao

    329 AD Male
    

    Emperor, General, Military Person

    
    

    Liu Yao (died 329), courtesy name Yongming (永明), was the final emperor of the Chinese/Xiongnu state Han Zhao. He became emperor in 318 after most other members of the imperial Liu clan were massacred by Jin Zhun in a coup. However, the empire was soon divided in half, as the general Shi Le declared independence and established Later Zhao.… read more

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    Liu Yan

    780 AD Male
    

    Politician, Emperor, Economist

    
    

    Liu Yan (715?/716? – August 12, 780), courtesy name Shi'an (士安), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty who served briefly as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Daizong — but who was more known for his reforms in the Tang salt monopoly and food transportation systems, credited with allowing the Tang economy to recover after the disastrous Anshi Rebellion.… read more