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Liu Meijun Liu Meijun Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Prudence Liew Mei-Kwan (English: Prudence Liew Mei-Kwan, born December 10, 1964), whose real name is Liu Songyi, is a Hong Kong female singer and actress with American nationality.

Liu Meixian Liu Meixian Athletes · United States

Alysa Liu (English: Alysa Liu, August 8, 2005 -), an American figure skater, is also the first and currently the only women's singles skater in the history of the United States to have won a gold medal Grand Slam. She is the youngest women's singles champion in the history of the U.S. Championships. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, she won two gold medals in the women's single figure skating competition and the figure skating team competition. She also won gold medals at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2025 International Skating Federation Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals.

L Liu Yi Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Liu Yi (December 1961 -) was born in Jilin City, Jilin Province. He graduated from the People's Liberation Army Art Institute. He is a voice actor for well-known cartoons in mainland China. His representative works include "Little Gods and Fairies", "Blue Mouse Big Face Cat" and "Little Tiger Returns Home".

L Liu Ruozhuang Scientists · People's Republic of China

Liu Ruozhuang (May 25, 1925 - October 8, 2020), male, Beijing native, Chinese physical chemist, professor at the School of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Liu Ruoying Liu Ruoying Film & TV · Republic of China

Rene Liu Ruo-Ying (English: Rene Liu Ruo-Ying, June 1, 1969 -), Taiwanese female singer, actress, writer, director and screenwriter. In 1997, she won the Best Actress Award at the 10th Tokyo International Film Festival for her feature film "Beauty Is Singing". In 1998, she won the Special Jury Award at the 35th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, the Best Actress at the 44th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, and the Best Actor of the Year at the 1st Taipei Film Festival for "The Marriage Notice". In 2000, she became famous in mainland China with "April on Earth"; she won the 35th Golden Bell Award for Best Actress for "Mother Living in the Cross". In 2003, he was invited to serve as a judge for the Against the Current section of the 60th Venice Film Festival in Italy. In 2005, she won the 10th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actress and the 28th China Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress for "A World Without Thieves". In 2013, he served as a final judge for the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards and the 50th Taipei Golden Horse Awards. In 2017, he directed his first film "The Next Us", which was released on April 28, 2018 and achieved a total box office of 1.36 billion yuan in China. It was nominated for the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for Best New Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming one of the few artists whose writing, directing and acting projects have all been nominated for the Golden Horse Awards.

L Liu Hu Media figures · People's Republic of China

Liu Hu (September 7, 1975 -), a native of Jiangbei County, Sichuan Province (now Liangjiang New District, Chongqing), is a journalist in mainland China and once worked for "New Express".

L Liu Nuoyi Film & TV · Unknown nationality

Liu Nuoyi (French: Noé, born October 10, 2010) is the son of actor Liu Ye and his French-Jewish wife Anais Martane. In 2015, he became popular after participating in Hunan Satellite TV's "Where Are We Going, Dad" (Season 3) with his father Liu Ye.

L Liu Qitao Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of China

Liu Qitao (August 1957-), graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Dalian University of Technology. He once served as deputy director of the 13th Bureau of China Hydropower, chairman of China Hydropower International Corporation, secretary of the party committee and deputy general manager of China Hydropower Construction Group. In December 2010, he was appointed president of China Communications Construction Group. In April 2013, he served as Chairman, President and Chairman of China Communications Construction Group. In January 2014, he served as deputy secretary of the Party Committee of China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd. and ceased to serve as secretary of the Party Committee of China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd. and president of China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. In October 2016, he served as Secretary of the Party Committee of China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd. and no longer served as the general manager of China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd. In January 2018, he was elected as a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

L Liu Tielei Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Liu Tielei, child star, Chinese female film actress and dancer. He studied in the junior high and senior high schools of Luwan Middle School in Luwan District, Shanghai. He participated in many films during his student days. Has appeared on the cover of "Popular Cinema".

L Liu Yuxuan Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Minoru Kuroishi (May 13 -), whose real name is Liu Yuxuan, is a voice actor from mainland China. He was originally a member of Yin Xiong Lian Moe and is now a free agent. His dubbing works include the animations "Ace Censor", "The Chosen One", "The Versatile Mage", the TV series "A Generation of Heroes", the radio drama "Light Blade·Song of the Sword", etc. At the same time, he is also a famous singer and once served as the lead singer of the ending song of the animation "Ace Censor".

Liu Zhenyun Liu Zhenyun Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Liu Zhenyun (May 1958-), a native of Yanjin, Henan, is a famous writer. Graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University, a professor at the School of Liberal Arts at Renmin University of China, and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association. In 2011, Liu Zhenyun won the Mao Dun Literature Award for "One Sentence is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences". In April 2018, Liu Zhenyun was awarded the French Knight of the Order of Letters and Arts by the French Ministry of Culture.

L Liu Lu Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Liu Lu (June 6, 1982 -), female, graduated from the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama, an actor, screenwriter, and director in Mainland China. Often co-directs with Zhou Shen.

Liu Qingyun Liu Qingyun Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Sean Lau Ching Wan (English: Sean Lau Ching Wan, February 16, 1964 -), Hong Kong actor. He has won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor four times (becoming the third most actor to win this award), the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor five times (becoming the actor with the most awards), the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actor twice, and the Hong Kong Film Directors Guild Annual Awards for Best Actor twice. He has also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor and the Asian Film Award for Best Actor.

L Liu Jingxiu Political figures · People's Republic of China

Liu Jingxiu (1901-1990), male, was born in Danzi Township, Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. Chinese politician.

L Liu Gaolian Scientists · People's Republic of China

Liu Gaolian (July 5, 1932 - March 8, 2008), a native of Fengxin, Jiangxi Province, China, was an engineering thermophysicist, fluid dynamicist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and professor of Shanghai University and Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. Liu Gaolian graduated from the turbine graduate class of Harbin Institute of Technology in 1957. He later focused on turbine aerodynamic theory and fluid mechanics, and served as a professor at the Institute of Mechanics of Shanghai University. He won the second prize of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 1987 and was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999.

Liu Hongsheng Liu Hongsheng Entrepreneurs · Qing Dynasty

Liu Hongsheng (1888 - October 1, 1956), whose given name was Keding and whose courtesy name was Hongsheng, was born in Dinghai County, Ningbo, Zhejiang (now Zhoushan). He was born in Shanghai and was an industrial giant in the Republic of China. He was known as the "Coal King" and "Match King". Because of his involvement in many industrial fields, he is also known as the "Corporate King".

ToshioMAN ToshioMAN Film & TV · Norway

Liv Johanne Ullmann is a Norwegian film actor, writer and director. She has won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress twice. Liv Ullmann has appeared several times in films directed by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.

Leo Rainwater Leo Rainwater Scientists · United States

Leo Rainwater (English: Leo Rainwater, December 9, 1917 - May 31, 1986) was an American physicist. In 1975, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Auger Bohr and Ben Mortensen for discovering the connection between collective motion and particle motion in the atomic nucleus, and developing a theory about the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection.

Leopold Mozart Leopold Mozart Musicians · holy roman empire

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (German: Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, November 14, 1719 - May 28, 1787) was a German composer, conductor, music teacher and violinist. He was born in the free city of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire (today's Germany) and died in Salzburg, the Archduchy of Austria in the Holy Roman Empire (the nominal capital of the empire). He was the father of the famous musicians Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maria Anna Mozart. Zeng had 7 children, but 5 of them died young. Only the youngest son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Maria Anna Mozart survived and reached adulthood.

Seiji Maehara Seiji Maehara Political figures · Japan

Maehara Seiji (Japanese: Maehara Seiji/ Seiji, Romanized: Maehara Seiji, April 30, 1962 -) is a Japanese politician who currently serves as an advisor to the Japan Restoration Society, a representative of the Kyoto Restoration Society regional party and a member of the Kyoto District 2 House of Representatives. Maehara was once a right-wing representative within the Democratic Party and served as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Democratic Party's administration (2009 to 2012). The Diaoyutai incident occurred during Maehara's tenure as Foreign Minister, and he demonstrated a tough stance against China.

Yusaku Maezawa Yusaku Maezawa Musicians · Japan

Maezawa Yusaku (Japanese: Maezawa Yusaku/Maezawa Yusaku, Romanized: Maezawa Yūsaku, English: Yusaku Maezawa, November 22, 1975 -) is a Japanese entrepreneur and art collector.

Liu Yida Liu Yida Musicians · People's Republic of China

Lau Yee Tat (English: Tats Lau Yee Tat, February 27, 1962 -) is a Hong Kong musician, songwriter, composer, singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the pop group Tat Ming. In the group, he is responsible for composing, arranging and playing musical instruments. He is good at playing various instruments such as guitar, bass guitar and harpsichord.

Liu Peiyue Liu Peiyue Film & TV · British Hong Kong

Moon Lau Pui-yuet (English: Moon Lau Pui-yuet, September 9, 1989 -) is a Hong Kong actress and TV host. She was the second runner-up in the "2013 Miss Hong Kong Pageant" and is currently a TVB manager contract artist. In 2022, she won the "Malaysian Favorite TVB Actress" award at the "Thousands of Stars Awards Ceremony 2022" for her role as "Li Jing'er" in "Beautiful Battlefield".

L Liu Housheng Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Liu Housheng (January 1921 - May 14, 2019), male, originally from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, was born in Beijing. He is a Chinese director, drama critic, and literary theorist. He once served as vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association.