Luu (disambiguation)
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Luu may refer to:
- LuuLuuLưu or Luu is a Vietnamese surname. It is also the Vietnamese transliteration of the Chinese surname Liu , the fourth most common surname in China. The name is transliterated as Yoo, Yu, or Ryu in Korean....
, a Vietnamese surname - LUU, an initialism for the Leeds University UnionLeeds University UnionLeeds University Union is the representative body for the students at the University of Leeds, England. LUU is a charity for over 32,000 students. LUU is led by students, although many of the decisions are made by staff. There are shops, bars and clubs in the Union building...
, the representative body for the students at the University of Leeds, England - Jane LuuJane Luu-Early life:Luu was born in 1963 in South Vietnam to a father who worked as a translator for the U.S. Army. Her father taught her French as a child, beginning her lifelong love of languages....
, a Vietnamese American astronomer - Chieu Luu, a Canadian journalist currently working in Washington, D.C.
- Luu Bu, an anglicized spelling of Lü BuLü BuLü Bu was a military general and later a minor warlord during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. According to the Records of Three Kingdoms, Lü Bu was highly-skilled in horse-riding and archery, and was thus nicknamed "Flying General"...
, (156–198) a military general and minor warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period in ancient China - Luu Dongbin, an anglicized spelling of Lü DongbinLü DongbinLǚ Dòngbīn is a historical figure and also a deity/Immortal revered by many in the Chinese culture sphere, especially by Daoists/Taoists. Lǚ Dòngbīn is one of the most widely known of the group of deities known as the Eight Immortals and considered by some to be the de facto leader...
, a Chinese deity revered by Daoists - Luu Vinh Phuc, an anglicized spelling of Liu Yung-fuLiu Yung-fuLiu Yongfu was a Chinese soldier of fortune and commander of the celebrated Black Flag Army. Liu won fame as a Chinese patriot fighting against the French in northern Vietnam in the 1870s and early 1880s...
(1837-1917) the second and last President of the Republic of Formosa from June 5, 1895 to October 21, 1895 - Empress Luu, an anglicized spelling of Empress Lü ZhiEmpress Lü ZhiEmpress Lü Zhi , commonly known as Empress Dowager Lü or formally as Empress Gao , courtesy name Exu , was the wife and empress of Emperor Gaozu of Han, founder of the Han Dynasty. They had two known children—the eventual Emperor Hui and Princess Luyuan...
(d. 180 BC) the wife of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty in China