Ludwig (given name)
Ludwig is a German name, deriving from Old High German Hludwīg, also spelled Hluotwīg.[2] Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name *hlūdawiganaz, which is composed of two elements: *hlūdaz ("loud, famous") and *wiganą ("to battle, to fight") respectively, the resulting name meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle".[3]
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| Pronunciation | German: [ˈluːtvɪç][1] |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | German |
| Meaning | Famous warrior |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Alois, Aloysius, Clovis, Lajos, Lewis, Lodewijk, Lodewyk, Loïc, Louis, Ludovic, Ludovico, Ludvig, Ludvík, Luigi, Luis, Luiz, Ludovica |
Notable people with the name include:
People
- Note: Individuals may appear in more than one subsection.
German nobles
- Ludwig I, count of Württemberg (1143–1158)
- Ludwig II, count of Württemberg (1158–1181)
- Ludwig I, count of Württemberg-Urach (1419–1450)
- Ludwig II, count of Württemberg-Urach (1450–1457)
- Ludwig IV, landgrave of Thuringia (1200–1227)
- Ludwig I of Bavaria, king of Bavaria (1825–1848)
- Ludwig II of Bavaria, king of Bavaria (1864–1886)
- Ludwig III of Bavaria, last king of Bavaria (1913–1918)
- Ludwig V (disambiguation)
- Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1877–1892)
Architects
- Ludwig Levy, German architect
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect
Artists
- Ludwig Mestler, Austrian artist noted for his watercolor painting
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and printmaker
- Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist
- Ludwig Richter, German painter
Authors and poets
- Ludwig Bemelmans, American author and children's book writer and illustrator
- Ludwig Thoma, German author
- Ludwig Tieck, German poet
- Ludwig Uhland, German poet
Composers, conductors and musicians
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), German composer and pianist
- Ludwig Göransson, Swedish composer, conductor, and record producer
- Ludwig Minkus, Austrian composer and violin virtuoso
- Ludwig Spohr (1784–1859), German composer, violinist and conductor
Philosophers
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), German philosopher and anthropologist
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher
Politicians
- Ludwig von Cobenzl (1753–1809), Austrian Habsburg diplomat and politician
- Ludwig Erhard, West German chancellor
- Ludwig Keke (b. c. 1935), Nauruan politician and diplomat
- Ludwig Mecklinger (1919–1994), East German politician and academic
- Ludwig Scotty, president of Nauru
Scientists
- Ludwig Aschoff, German physician and pathologist
- Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972), Austrian-born biologist
- Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist
- Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), German anthropologist and philosopher
- Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist
- Ludwig Mond, German chemist
- Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist
- Ludwig Reichenbach, German botanist
- Ludwig Schläfli, Swiss geometer
Soldiers
- Ludwig Beck, German World War II general involved in the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler
- Ludwig von Benedek, Austrian general (Feldzeugmeister) of Hungarian descent
- Ludwig Crüwell, German World War II general
- Ludwig Kübler, German General der Gebirgstruppe
- Ludwig Plagge (1910–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps executed for war crimes
- Ludwig Runzheimer, German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes
Others
- Ludwig W. Adamec (1924–2019), American academic and historian
- Ludwig Ahgren, American live streamer
- Ludwig von Erlichshausen (1410–1467), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- Ludwig Fischer (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer and government official executed for war crimes
- Ludwig Gehre, German resistance fighter during World War II
- Ludwig Gumplowicz (1838–1909), Polish sociologist, jurist, historian, and political scientist
- Ludwig Leichhardt, Prussian explorer
- Ludwig Müller, leader of the Protestant Reich Church
- Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, German Lutheran missionary to Sumatra who also translated the New Testament into the native Batak language
- Ludwig Ortiz, Venezuelan judoka
- Ludwig Rödl, German chess master
- Ludwig Roselius (1874–1943), German coffee baron and company founder
- Ludwig Rübekeil, German philologist
- Ludwig Trepte, German actor
Fictional characters
- Ludwig Von Drake, in Walt Disney cartoons and comic books
- Ludwig Von Koopa, one of the Koopalings from the Mario franchise
- Ludwig, in the anime series Axis Powers Hetalia
- Ludwig, in the video game Bloodborne
- Ludwig, the villain of the former Busch Gardens Williamsburg attraction The Curse of Darkastle
- Ludwig von Aegir, a major antagonist in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Prime Minister of the Adrestian Empire and father of Ferdinand von Aegir
- Ludwig, otherwise known as the Medic from Team Fortress 2
See also
- Ludwig (surname)
- Lothar
- Louis (given name), alternate version of the name
- Robert, name with a similar meaning
References
- Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
- Paraschkewow, Boris (2004). Wörter und Namen gleicher Herkunft und Struktur: Lexikon etymologischer Dubletten im Deutschen (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 57. ISBN 978-3-11-017470-0.
- Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Ludwig". Behind the Name.
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