| 1 | 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 | | |
| 2 | 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) | | |
| 3 | 刘宋时代 | 劉宋時代 | liú sòng shí dài | Liu2 Song4 Shi2 dai4 | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing | | |
| 4 | 刘熙 | 劉熙 | liú xī | Liu2 Xi1 | Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 释名 | | |
| 5 | 刘向 | 劉向 | liú xiàng | Liu2 Xiang4 | Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author | | |
| 6 | 刘剑峰 | 劉劍峰 | liú jiàn fēng | Liu2 Jian4 feng1 | Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan | | |
| 7 | 刘晓波 | 劉曉波 | liú xiǎo bō | Liu2 Xiao3 bo1 | Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八宪章 , Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 | | |
| 8 | 刘毅 | 劉毅 | liú yì | Liu2 Yi4 | Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 (317-420) | | |
| 9 | 刘义庆 | 劉義慶 | liú yì qìng | Liu2 Yi4 qing4 | Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世说新语 | | |
| 10 | 刘禹锡 | 劉禹錫 | liú yǔ xī | Liu2 Yu3 xi1 | Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet | | |
| 11 | 刘裕 | 劉裕 | liú yù | Liu2 Yu4 | Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 刘宋 | | |
| 12 | 刘渊 | 劉淵 | liú yuān | Liu2 Yuan1 | Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 , founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成汉 (304-347) | | |
| 13 | 刘云山 | 劉雲山 | liú yún shān | Liu2 Yun2 shan1 | Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 | | |
| 14 | 刘洋 | 劉洋 | liú yáng | Liu2 Yang2 | Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012) | | |
| 15 | 刘天华 | 劉天華 | liú tiān huá | Liu2 Tian1 hua2 | Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer | | |
| 16 | 刘翔 | 劉翔 | liú xiáng | Liu2 Xiang2 | Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games | | |
| 17 | 刘宋 | 劉宋 | liú sòng | Liu2 Song4 | Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing | | |
| 18 | 刘松龄 | 劉松齡 | liú sōng líng | Liu2 Song1 ling2 | Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court | | |
| 19 | 刘奭 | 劉奭 | liú shì | Liu2 Shi4 | Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 汉元帝 | | |
| 20 | 刘师培 | 劉師培 | liú shī péi | Liu2 Shi1 pei2 | Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist | | |
| 21 | 刘青云 | 劉青雲 | liú qīng yún | Liu2 Qing1 yun2 | Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor | | |
| 22 | 刘姥姥进大观园 | 劉姥姥進大觀園 | liú lǎo lao jìn dà guān yuán | Liu2 lao3 lao5 jin4 Da4 guan1 yuan2 | Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens; (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings | | |
| 23 | 刘涓子鬼遗方 | 劉涓子鬼遺方 | liú juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng | Liu2 Juan1 zi3 gui3 yi2 fang1 | Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黄父鬼 | | |
| 24 | 刘涓子 | 劉涓子 | liú juān zǐ | Liu2 Juan1 zi3 | Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions | | |
| 25 | 刘金宝 | 劉金寶 | liú jīn bǎo | Liu2 Jin1 bao3 | Liu Jinbao | | |