| 刘少奇 | Liú Shào qí | Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution |  |
| 刘易斯 | liú yì sī | Lewis | |
| 刘心武 | Liú Xīn wǔ | Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist | |
| 刘禹锡 | Liú Yǔ xī | Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet | |
| 刘伯温 | Liú Bó wēn | Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基[Liu2 Ji1] | |
| 刘以达 | liú yǐ dá | Tats | |
| 刘云山 | Liú Yún shān | Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 | |
| 刘慈欣 | Liú Cí xīn | Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer | |
| 刘公岛 | Liú gōng Dǎo | Liugong island in the Yellow sea | |
| 刘华清 | liú huá qīng | Liu | |
| 刘天华 | Liú Tiān huá | Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer | |
| 刘义庆 | Liú Yì qìng | 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[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3] | |
| 刘晓波 | Liú Xiǎo bō | Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 | |
| 刘宾雁 | Liú Bīn yàn | Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer | |
| 刘柏年 | liú bó nián | Anthony | |
| 刘德华 | Liú Dé huá | Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor | |
| 刘光第 | Liú Guāng dì | Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
| 刘贵今 | Liú Guì jīn | Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue | |
| 刘厚总 | Liú Hòu zǒng | Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英[Xiang4 Ying1] during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4] | |
| 刘胡兰 | liú hú lán | Liu | |
| 刘家村 | Liú jiā cūn | Liujia village in Zhangdian District 張店區|张店区[Zhang1 dian4 Qu1] of Zhibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong | |
| 刘家辉 | Liú Jiā huī | Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor | |
| 刘家夼 | Liú jiā kuǎng | Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong | |
| 刘家良 | liú jiā liáng | Lau | |
| 刘剑峰 | Liú Jiàn fēng | Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan | |
| 刘金宝 | Liú Jīn bǎo | Liu Jinbao (1952-), CEO of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) 1997-2003, jailed after being convicted of embezzlement | |
| 刘涓子 | Liú Juān zǐ | Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions | |
| 刘青云 | Liú Qīng yún | Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor | |
| 刘师培 | Liú Shī péi | Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist | |
| 刘松龄 | Liú Sōng líng | Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court | |
| 刘家夼镇 | Liú jiā kuǎng zhèn | Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong | |
| 刘宋时代 | Liú Sòng Shí dài | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing | |
| 刘涓子鬼遗方 | Liú Juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng | Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼 | |
| 刘易斯研究中心 | | Lewis Research Center / LeRC | |
| 刘姥姥进大观园 | Liú lǎo lao jìn Dà guān yuán | Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens / (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings | |
