| 1 | 刘 | 劉 | liú | Liu2 | surname Liu; (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter | | |
| 2 | 刘少奇 | 劉少奇 | liú shào qí | Liu2 Shao4 qi2 | Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution | | |
| 3 | 刘邦 | 劉邦 | liú bāng | Liu2 Bang1 | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) | | |
| 4 | 刘鹗 | 劉鶚 | liú è | Liu2 E4 | Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老残游记 | | |
| 5 | 刘家村 | 劉家村 | liú jiā cūn | Liu2 jia1 cun1 | Liujia village in Zhangdian district 张店区 of Zhibo city 淄博市 , Shandong | | |
| 6 | 刘家 | 劉家 | liú jiā | liu2 jia1 | Lau Gar - "Lau family style" | | |
| 7 | 刘基 | 劉基 | liú jī | Liu2 Ji1 | Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 , with a reputation as a military genius | | |
| 8 | 宋武帝刘裕 | 宋武帝劉裕 | sòng wǔ dì liú yù | Song4 wu3 di4 Liu2 yu4 | Liu Yu, founder of Southern dynasty Song 刘宋 , broke away from Eastern Jin in 420 | | |
| 9 | 刘恒 | 劉恆 | liú héng | Liu2 Heng2 | Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 汉文帝 ; Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer | | |
| 10 | 刘海星 | 劉海星 | liú hǎi xīng | Liu2 hai3 xing1 | Liu Haixing | | |
| 11 | 刘海 | 劉海 | liú hǎi | liu2 hai3 | bangs; fringe (hair) | | |
| 12 | 刘国中 | 劉國中 | liú guó zhōng | Liu2 guo2 zhong1 | Liu Guozhong | | |
| 13 | 刘贵今 | 劉貴今 | liú guì jīn | Liu2 Gui4 jin1 | Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue | | |
| 14 | 刘光第 | 劉光第 | liú guāng dì | Liu2 Guang1 di4 | Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | | |
| 15 | 刘公岛 | 劉公島 | liú gōng dǎo | Liu2 gong1 Dao3 | Liugong island in the Yellow sea | | |
| 16 | 汉高祖刘邦 | 漢高祖劉邦 | hàn gāo zǔ liú bāng | Han4 Gao1 zu3 Liu2 Bang1 | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), first Han emperor, reigned 207-195 BC | | |
| 17 | 刘德华 | 劉德華 | liú dé huá | Liu2 De2 hua2 | Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor | | |
| 18 | 刘慈欣 | 劉慈欣 | liú cí xīn | Liu2 Ci2 xin1 | Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer | | |
| 19 | 刘炽 | 劉熾 | liú chì | Liu2 chi4 | Liu Chi | | |
| 20 | 刘禅 | 劉禪 | liú chán | Liu2 Chan2 | Liu Chan 刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 | | |
| 21 | 刘伯温 | 劉伯溫 | liú bó wēn | Liu2 Bo2 wen1 | Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 , with a reputation as a military genius; also called Liu Ji 刘基 | | |
| 22 | 刘宾雁 | 劉賓雁 | liú bīn yàn | Liu2 Bin1 yan4 | Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer | | |
| 23 | 刘表 | 劉表 | liú biǎo | Liu2 Biao3 | Liu Biao (142-208), warlord | | |
| 24 | 刘备 | 劉備 | liú bèi | Liu2 Bei4 | Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty | | |
| 25 | 刘安 | 劉安 | liú ān | Liu2 An1 | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 | | |