Lü (surname)
Lü( simplified Chinese: 吕; traditional Chinese: 呂; pinyin: Lǚ; Mandarin pronunciation: [ly˧˩˧]) is a Chinese family name, it may be spelled as Lyu, Lu or Lv, when input of the umlaut is not possible. It is transliterated as Lui in Cantonese. Lü is the 22nd name in Hundred Family Surnames.
Notable people surnamed Lü
- Annette Lu, former Vice President of the Republic of China
- Lü Bu, Han Dynasty minor warlord
- Lü Buwei, Warring States Period merchant who became chancellor of Qin
- Lü Dai, Eastern Wu military general
- Lü Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals
- Lü Fan, Eastern Wu official
- Lü Gong, Han Dynasty military officer who served the warlord Liu Biao
- Lü Guang, founding emperor of Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- Lü Ju, Eastern Wu official, second son of Lü Fan
- Lü Kai, Shu Han official
- Lü Kuang, Han Dynasty military officer who served the warlords Yuan Shao and Cao Cao
- Lü Lingqi, daughter of Lü Bu
- Lü Long, nephew of Lü Guang, last emperor of Later Liang
- Lü Meng, Eastern Wu military general
- Ray Lui, Vietnam-born Hong Kong actor
- Lü Shao, third son of Lü Guang, emperor of Later Liang
- Lü Wang (a.k.a. Jiang Ziya ), Zhou Dynasty military strategist
- Lü Weihuang, Han Dynasty military officer who served the warlord Yuan Shao
- Lü Xiang, younger brother of Lü Kuang
- Lü Zhengcao, People's Liberation Army general
- Lü Zuan, first son of Lü Guang, emperor of Later Liang
- Lü Zhi, Han Dynasty empress