List of Famous people named Liu

Liu Ju, formally known as Crown Prince Wei (衛太子) and posthumously as Crown Prince Li was a Western Han Dynasty crown prince. He was the eldest son and the heir apparent to his father, Emperor Wu of Han, until his death at age 38 during the political turmoil that occurred during 91 BC.

Liu Xingju (劉興居) was an important political figure during the Lü Clan Disturbance. He was the grandson of Emperor Gao of Han and one of the sons of Liu Fei, the Prince of Qi.

Liu Ping-wei was a Taiwanese politician. He was first elected to the Taiwan Provincial Assembly in 1981 and served continuously until 1998. Liu assumed the speakership of the provincial assembly between 1994 and 1998, and sat for a single term in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002.

Yu Xuntan, known by his pen name Liu Shahe, was a Chinese writer and poet. The son of a Sichuan landowner who was executed in the Land Reform Movement, he began publishing in 1948 and became a professional writer in 1952. He co-founded the poetry magazine Stars in 1956, but was denounced as a "filial descendant of the landlord class" when the Anti-Rightist Campaign began in 1957. For the next two decades he performed hard labour and was exiled to the countryside until the end of the Cultural Revolution. He resumed publishing in 1978, and his collection, Poems of Liu Shahe (1982), won the National Prize for Poetry.

Liu Tongxun was a politician in Qing dynasty. He was one of relatively few ethnically Han Grand Secretariat of the Qianlong Emperor's reign. He has served for the Qing government for more than 40 years with integrity, and dares to direct advice to the emperor, has made remarkable achievements in official administration, military affairs and river conservancy.

Liu Xi, courtesy name Yiguang, was the crown prince and a son of Liu Yao, the final emperor of the Xiongnu state Han Zhao, who was thrust into the leadership role after his father was captured by rival Later Zhao's forces, but was unable to resist Later Zhao and killed less than a year later.

Liu Jiao was a younger brother of Emperor Gaozu of Han and a famous scholar.

Liu Fangwu was a Chinese Nationalist (KMT) general, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy, best known for his leadership in the Battle of Yenangyaung.

Liu Zhihua is a former vice-mayor of Beijing. He was dismissed in 2006, and received a suspended death sentence for taking bribes of over six million yuan in October 2008.