Louis is the

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form of the Old Frankish

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Chlodowig and one of two

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forms, the other being Lewis ().

Etymology

The name Louis (through the intermediate form Clovis) derives from the Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ (in runic alphabet) or *''Hlōdowik'' or *''Hlōdowig'' (in

Latin alphabet The Latin alphabet or Roman alphabet is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered with the exception of extensions (such as diacritics), it used to write English and the ...

). Traditionally, this name is considered to be composed of two elements, deriving from both

Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic br ...

''*hlūdaz'' ("loud, famous") and ''*wiganą'' ("to battle, to fight") respectively, resulting in the traditional practice of translating Clovis' name as meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle". However, scholars have pointed out that Gregory of Tours consequently transcribes the names of various Merovingian royal names containing the first element as ''chlodo-''. The use of a

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(o), rather than the expected close back rounded vowel (u) which Gregory does use in various other Germanic names (i.e. Fredegundis, Arnulfus, Gundobadus, etc.) opens up the possibility that the first element instead derives from

''*hlutą'' ("lot, share, portion"), giving the meaning of the name as "loot bringer" or "plunder (bringing) warrior". This hypothesis is supported by the fact that if the first element is taken to mean "famous", then the name of Chlodomer (one of Clovis' sons) would contain two elements (''*hlūdaz'' and ''*mērijaz'') both meaning "famous", which would be highly uncommon within the typical

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structure.

Variant forms

* af, Louis, Lodewyk, Ludwig * ar, لويس * sq, Luigj, Ludovik * Ancient Germanic: ''Chlodovech, Clodovicus, Ludovicus, Clovis, Hludowig'' * hy, Լուդովիկ (''Loudovik'') * eu, Aloxi, Koldobika, Luki, ''Koldo'' * br, Loeiz, '' Loïc'' * bn, লুইস, লুডউইগ, translit=Luis/Luish, Luduig * bg, Людовик (''Lyudovik'') * ca, Lluís *

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: 路易 (''Lùyì'') * Chinese Traditional: 路易 (''Lùyì'') * hr, Alojzije, Ljudevit, Ludovik, Luj, '' Alojz'' * cz, Ludvík, '' Alois, Luděk'' * da, Ludvig, Lodvig * nl, Lodewijk, Lode, Lodevicus, Loe, Louis, Lowie, Lowieke, Ludo, Ludovicus * en, Louis, Louie, Lou, Lewis, Lewes, Lewie, Lew, Lewy or Luey; Ludovic, Lodvig, Lodovig, Lutwidge * eo, Ludoviko, ''Luĉjo'' * fo, Ludvík * french: Louis,

Ludovic Ludovic is a given name and has also been a surname. People with the given name A * Ludovic Albós Cavaliere (born 1979), Andorran ski mountaineer * Ludovic Ambruș (born 1946), Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics * Lud ...

, Clovis * gl,

Lois Lois is a common English name from the New Testament. Paul the Apostle mentions Lois, the pious grandmother of Saint Timothy in the Second Epistle to Timothy (commending her for her faith in 2 Timothy 1:5). The name was first used by English Chri ...

, Luís * ka, ხლოდვიგი (''Khlodvigi''), ლუდვიგი (''ludvigi''), ლუდოვიკო(''ludoviko''), ლუი (''lui'') * german: Ludwig, Alois, '' Aloysius, Lutz'' * gr, Λουδοβίκος (''Loudovíkos''), Λοΐζος(''Loizos'') * haw, Lui *

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: लुइस (''Lu'is'') * hu, Lajos, ''Alajos'' * ga, Alaois, Alabhaois, Laoiseach, Lughaidh * id, Aloysius, Louis, Ludowikus * is, Loðvík * it, Aloigi, Aloisi, Aloisio, Luigi, Lodovico, Ludovico, ''Alvise, Gigi, Gigio, Gigino, Ginetto, Gino, Luigino, Vico'' * Japanese: ルイ(''Rui'') * Korean: 루이 (''Lui''), 루이스 (''Luiseu'') * la, Ludovicus, Aloysius * lv, Ludviķis, ''Ludis, Ludvigs, Luijs, Luiss, Luī, Aloizs, Aloiss'' * lt, Liudvikas, ''Aloyzas, Liudas'' * mk, Лудвиг (''Ludvig''), Луј (''Luj''), Људевит ('' Ljudevit'') * Medieval Occitan: ''Aloys, Aloysius'' * no, Ludvig, ''Lodve'' * Occitan: ''Loís'' * Persian: لوئیس * pl, Ludwik, ''Alojzy'' * pt, Luís,

Aloísio Aloisio or Aloísio is a Romance masculine given name, arising via an Old Occitan form '' Aloys'' from Louis. * Aloisio da Milano, also known as Aloisio da Carezano, Aleviz Milanets and Aleviz Fryazin, 15th/16th century Italian architect * Aloisio ...

, Aluísio, Ludovico (''Luiz'' is an archaic form), ''Luisinho'' * Provençal: Louïs, Louei, Louvis *

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

: ਲੂਯਿਸ (''Lūyis'') * ro, Aloisiu,

* russian: Людовик (''Lyudovik'') *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

: Luthais * Sicilian: Luiggi, Ludovicu * sr, Луј (''Luj''), Људевит (''Ljudevit'') * sk, Ľudovít,'' Alojz'' * sl, Alojz, Lojze, Ljudevit, Luj, ''Alojzij, Ludvik'' * es, Luis, '' Ludovico'' * sv, Ludvig, Love,'' Ludde'' *

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, na ...

: லூயிஸ் (''Lūyis'') *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode ...

: లూయిస్ (''Lūyis'') * Thai: หลุยส์ (''H̄luys̄̒'') * uk, Людовик (''Lyudovyk'') *

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: Lewis, Lewys

Feminine variants

* Arabic: لويز * Belarusian: Луіза (Luiza) * Chinese Simplified: 路易丝 (Lùyìsī) * Chinese Traditional: 路易絲 (Lùyìsī) * Croatian: Alojzija * Danish: Louise * Dutch: Louisa, Louise, Ludovica * English: Louise, Louisa, Lou, Louella, Lula, Luella, Lulu * Estonian: Loviise * Finnish: Loviisa * French: Lou, Louise, Louisette * German: Aloisia, Louisa, Luise, Lulu, Luisa * Greek: Λουίζα (Louíza) * Gujarati: લુઇસ (Lu'isa) * Hebrew: לואיז * Hindi: लुइस (Lu'isa) * Hungarian: Lujza * Italian: Lodovica, Ludovica, Luigia, Luisa, Gigia, Gina, Ginetta, Luigina, Luisella * Japanese: ルイーザ (Ruīza), ルイ (Rui) * Kannada: ಲೂಯಿಸ್ (Lūyis) * Korean: 루이사 (Luisa) * Lithuanian: Liudvika * Maori: Ruiha * Macedonian: Лујза (Lujza), Лојза (Lojza) * Mongolian: Луиза (Luiza) * Nepali: लुइस (Lu'isa) * Norwegian: Lovise * Persian: لوئیس * Polish: Ludwika, Luiza * Portuguese: Luísa, Luiza * Romanian: Luiza * Serbian: Луиз (Luiz) * Slovak: Alojzia * Slovene: Alojzija * Spanish: Luisa, Luisana, Luisel, Luisina, Luisita * Swedish: Lovisa, Lova * Tamil: லூயிஸ் (Lūyis) * Telugu: లూయిస్ ( Lūyis) * Thai: หลุยส์ (H̄luys̄̒) * Ukrainian: Луїза (Luyiza) * Urdu: لوئیس

Arts and entertainment

* Louis (singer) (1952–2011), Serbian singer *

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Louis Deland Louis Joseph Marie Deland (25 April 1772 – 15 April 1823) was a Swedish ballet dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and ballet master in the Royal Swedish Ballet. He is often considered the first native male star in the Royal Swedish Ballet. ...

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(1955–2015), American bass player and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson *

Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as " the King of the Jukebox", he earned his high ...

(1908–1975), pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter *

Louis Jourdan Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Paradine Case'' (1947), ''Lette ...

(1921–2015), French actor *

Louis Jouvet Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker. Early life Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmacist. He receive ...

(1887–1951), French actor and director *

Louis I. Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...

(1901–1974), American architect *

Louis Koo Louis Koo Tin-lok ( zh, t=古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer. He began his professional career as an actor in local television series, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 and 2001 ...

(born 1970), Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer *

Louis L'Amour Louis Dearborn L'Amour (; né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels (though he called his work "frontier stories"); however, he also wrote hi ...

(1908–1988), American author of Western fiction *

Louis Logic Louis Dorley, better known as Louis Logic, is a Brooklyn, New York-based underground hip-hop emcee. He has released three full-length studio albums as a solo artist and one album as The Odd Couple with Jay Love, and is a former member of the D ...

, American underground rapper * Louis Masreliez (1748–1810), French-born Swedish painter and interior designer *

Louis Prima Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he forme ...

(1910–1978), Italian American jazz and swing musician and trumpeter *

Louis Rukeyser Louis Richard Rukeyser (January 30, 1933 – May 2, 2006) was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television. He was best known for his role as host of two television series, ''Wall Street We ...

(1933–2006), American economic commentator *

Lou Diamond Phillips Louis Diamond Phillips ( born Upchurch; February 17, 1962) is a Filipino-American actor and film director. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film '' La Bamba'' (1987). For ''Stand and Deliver'' (19 ...

(born 1962), American actor *

Lou Rawls Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American record producer, singer, composer and actor. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his s ...

(1933–2006), American musician *

Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades ...

(1942–2013), American musician * Louis Sachar (born 1954), American author of children's books *

Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, t ...

(1784–1859), German composer *

Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...

(1856–1924), American architect *

Louis Theroux Louis Sebastian Theroux (; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award. After graduating fro ...

(born 1970), British television broadcaster *

Louis Tomlinson Louis William Tomlinson (; born Louis Troy Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Tomlinson began his career appearing in television dramas before he auditioned ...

(born 1991), English pop singer; one-fifth of English-Irish boy band One Direction. (Current solo artist) * Louis Van Lint (1909–1986), Belgian artist *

Louis Vuitton (designer) Louis Vuitton (; 4 August 1821 – 27 February 1892) was a French fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH. Prior to this, he had been appointed as trunk-maker to Empress ...

(1821–1892), French fashion designer *

Louis Wain Louis William Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphized large-eyed cats and kittens. Later in life, he was confined to mental institutions and struggle ...

(1860–1936), British artist who drew cats *

Louis Walsh Michael Louis Vincent Walsh (born 5 August 1952) is an Irish music manager and television personality. He has managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone, Jedward and Westlife, four of Ireland's most successful pop acts in the 1990s and 2000s. He later be ...

(born 1952), Irish entertainment manager * Louis Yuen (born 1967), Hong Kong actor

Politics

Louis A. Bloom Louis A. Bloom (August 15, 1900 – December 18, 1988) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1947 to 1952. He was a judge in the Penn ...

(1900–1988), Pennsylvania State Representative and Judge * Louis Borno, President of

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and s ...

during

United States occupation of Haiti The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the National City Bank of New York convinced the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, to take control of ...

Louis Brandeis Louis Dembitz Brandeis (; November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was an American lawyer and associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939. Starting in 1890, he helped develop the " right to privacy" concep ...

(1856–1941), American Supreme Court justice and Zionist leader *

Louis Philippe de Bombelles Louis Philippe de Bombelles (german: Ludwig Philipp, Graf von Bombelles; 1 July 17807 July 1843) was an Austrian count and diplomat. Early life Born in 1780 in Regensburg, he was a member of the noble Bombelles family. He was the son of the Fr ...

, Austrian count and diplomat *

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, known as Louis De Geer (1854–1935), Swedish prime minister * Louis "Louie" Gohmert (born 1953), Texas politician and U.S. Congressman * Louis Lucien Hunter, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician *

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, Prime minister of the

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Royalty

Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Germany

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqu ...

, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death. *

Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor Louis II (825 – 12 August 875), sometimes called the Younger, was the king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 844, co-ruling with his father Lothair I until 855, after which he ruled alone. Louis's usual title was ''imper ...

, eldest son of the emperor Lothair I * Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal grandson of the emperor Louis II *

Louis the German Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany and Louis II of East Francia, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the P ...

(Louis II), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife * Louis the Child (Louis III), the last true Carolingian ruler of East Francia *

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV (german: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328. Louis' election as king of Germany ...

Kings of France

, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death *

Louis the Stammerer Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (french: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879), was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis ...

, the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans * Louis III of France, king of Western Francia *

Louis IV of France Louis IV (September 920 / September 921 – 10 September 954), called ''d'Outremer'' or ''Transmarinus'' (both meaning "from overseas"), reigned as King of West Francia from 936 to 954. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he was the only son of ...

, king of France from 936 to 954 * Louis V of France, son of the Frankish King Lothair and his wife Emma *

Louis VI of France Louis VI (late 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (french: link=no, le Gros) or the Fighter (french: link=no, le Batailleur), was King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137. Chronicles called him "King of Saint-Denis". Louis was the first member ...

, King of France from 1108 to 1137 *

Louis VII of France Louis VII (1120 – 18 September 1180), called the Younger, or the Young (french: link=no, le Jeune), was King of the Franks from 1137 to 1180. He was the son and successor of King Louis VI (hence the epithet "the Young") and married Duchess ...

, King of France from 1137 to 1180 *

Louis VIII of France Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (french: Le Lion), was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216. On 2 June 1216 ...

, King of France from 1223 to 1226 *

Louis IX of France Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the d ...

, King of France from 1226 to 1270 *

Louis X of France Louis X (4 October 1289 – 5 June 1316), known as the Quarrelsome (french: le Hutin), was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre as Louis I from 1305 until his death. He emancipated serfs who could buy their freedom and readmitted Jews in ...

, King of France from 1314 to 1316 *

Louis XI of France Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (french: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revol ...

, King of France from 1461 to 1483 *

Louis XII of France Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, he succeeded his 2nd cousin once removed and brother in law at the time ...

, King of France from 1498 to 1515 *

Louis XIII of France Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crow ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643 *

Louis XIV of France , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 *

Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1715 to 1774 *

Louis XVI of France Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791 * Louis XVII of France, the son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette *

Louis XVIII of France Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1815 to 1824 * Louis XIX of France, King of France and Navarre for twenty minutes in 1830 before his abdication

Other French royalty

Louis I, Duke of Bourbon Louis I, called the Lame (1279 – 22 January 1341) was a French '' prince du sang'', Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and La Marche and the first Duke of Bourbon, as well as briefly the titular King of Thessalonica from 1320 to 1321. Life L ...

, Duke of Bourbon *

Louis II, Duke of Bourbon Louis de Bourbon, called the Good (4 February 1337 – 10 August 1410), son of Peter de Bourbon and Isabella de Valois (the sister of French King Philip VI), was the third Duke of Bourbon. Louis inherited the duchy after his father Duke Pe ...

, Duke of Bourbon *

Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

, Prince of Condé *

Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ...

, Prince of Condé *

Louis III, Prince of Condé Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

, Prince of Condé *

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1723 to 1726. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a '' p ...

(also known as Louis IV, prince de Condé) *

Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ...

(also known as Louis V Joseph) *

Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

(also known as Louis VI Henri) * Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti * Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti * Louis François I, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti *

Louis François II, Prince of Conti Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

, Prince of Conti * Louis V, Elector Palatine

Kings of Etruria

Louis I of Etruria es, Luis Francisco Filiberto de Borbón-Parma y Austria en, Louis Francis Philibert of Bourbon-Parma , image =Luis de Etruria.jpg , caption =Portrait by Goya, 1800 , succession = King of Etruria , reign = 21 March ...

, King of Etruria from 1801 to 1803 * Louis II of Etruria, King from 1803–1807, also Duke of Lucca (1824–1847) and Duke of Parma (1847–1849)

Kings of Holland

* Louis I Bonaparte, King of Holland from 1806 to 1810 * Louis II Bonaparte, King of Holland in 1810, also Grand Duke of Berg

Kings of Hungary

* Louis the Great, (Louis I of Hungary) Apostolic King of Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Jerusalem and Sicily from 1342, King of Poland from 1370 * Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Hungary from 1516 to 1526

King of Portugal

* Louis I of Portugal (1838–1889), succeeded to his older brother Peter V in 1861

King of Spain

* Louis I of Spain, the eldest son of Philip V of Spain by his first Queen consort Maria Louisa of Savoy

Princes of Monaco

* Louis I, Prince of Monaco *

Louis II, Prince of Monaco Louis II (Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi; 12 July 1870 – 9 May 1949) was Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 to 9 May 1949. Early years Born in Baden-Baden, (Germany), he was the only child of Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922) ...

, Sovereign Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 until 9 May 1949

Princes of the United Kingdom

Prince Louis of Wales Prince Louis of Wales ( ; Louis Arthur Charles; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child, as well as the second son, of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales. Louis i ...

(born 2018), son of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, grandson of King Charles III

Dukes and Kings of Bavaria

Louis I, Duke of Bavaria Louis I (german: Ludwig; 23 December 1173 – 15 September 1231), called the Kelheimer or of Kelheim, since he was born and died at Kelheim, was the Duke of Bavaria from 1183 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1214. He was a son of Otto I ...

* Louis II, Duke of Bavaria *

Louis III, Duke of Bavaria Louis III. (February 9, 1269 – May 13, 1296Foundation for Medieval Genealog/ref>) was duke of Lower Bavaria from 1290 until 1296 as co-regent with his brothers Otto III and Stephen I. Biography Louis was born in Landshut, the son of Henry X ...

, also Duke of Bavaria *

Louis V, Duke of Bavaria Louis V, called the Brandenburger (May 1315 – 18 September 1361), a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Margrave of Brandenburg from 1323 to 1351 and as Duke of Bavaria from 1347 until his death. From 1342 he also was co-ruling Cou ...

, also Margrave of Brandenburg as Louis I * Louis VI, Duke of Bavaria, also Margrave of Brandenburg as Louis II *

Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria Louis VII (c. 1368 – 1 May 1447), called the Bearded (German: ''Ludwig der Bärtige'') was the Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1413 until 1443. He was a son of Duke Stephen III and Taddea Visconti. Biography As brother of Isabella of Bavari ...

Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria Louis VIII of Bavaria (German: ''Ludwig VIII der Höckrige'', Louis the Hunchback) (1 September 1403 – 7 April 1445) was Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1443 until his death. He was born in Paris, a son of Louis VII and his first wife Anne d ...

Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria Louis IX (german: Ludwig IX, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut, also known as Louis the Rich; 23 February 1417 – 18 January 1479) was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria. Louis was the ...

* Louis X, Duke of Bavaria * Louis I King of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848 * Louis II King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886, the ''Märchenkönig'' (Fairy tale king) *

Louis III Louis III may refer to: * Louis the Younger, sometimes III of Germany (835–882) * Louis III of France (865–882) * Louis the Blind, Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, (c. 880–928) * Louis the Child, sometimes III of Germany (893–911) * Louis II ...

, Regent from 1912 to 1913, King from 1913 to 1918 (last king of Bavaria)

Grand-Duke of Berg

* Louis, Grand Duke of Berg from 1809 to 1813, also King of Holland as Louis II

Grand-Dukes of Hesse

* Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse *

Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis II (26 December 1777 – 16 June 1848) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 5 March 1848, resigning during the German Revolution of 1848. He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Louise of ...

Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (german: link=no, Großherzog Ludwig III von Hessen und bei Rhein; 9 June 1806, Darmstadt – 13 June 1877, Seeheim) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 until his death in 1877. Biog ...

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse English: Frederick William Louis Charles , house = Hesse-Darmstadt , father = Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine , mother = Princess Elisabeth of Prussia , birth_date = , birth_place = Prinz-Carl-Palais, Darmstadt, Gra ...

Duke of Savoy

Louis, Duke of Savoy Ludovico I or Louis I ( Italian: Lodovico; 24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465) was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465. Life He was born at Geneva the son of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy and Mary of Burgundy; he was the first to ...

, Duke of Savoy from 1440 to 1465

Duke of Württemberg

Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg Ludwig Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (6 January 1731 – 20 May 1795), was the third son of Duke Karl Alexander and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (11 August 1706 – 1 February 1756). Marriage He married (morganatically) Countess Sop ...

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Ludwig) (15 December 1719 – 6 April 1790) was the reigning Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 to 1790. Louis IX and his wife became the most recent common ancestors of all current European monarchs ...

Science and innovation

Louis Blériot Louis Charles Joseph Blériot ( , also , ; 1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of th ...

(1872–1936), French aviator and inventor *

Louis Braille Louis Braille (; ; 4 January 1809 – 6 January 1852) was a French educator and the inventor of a reading and writing system, named braille after him, intended for use by visually impaired people. His system is used worldwide and remains virtu ...

(1809–1852), inventor of braille * Louis de Broglie (1892–1987), French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate *

Louis Ignarro Louis J. Ignarro (born May 31, 1941) is an American pharmacologist. For demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide, he was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Robert F. Furchgott and Ferid Murad. Cu ...

(1941) American pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate *

Louis Leakey Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai ...

(1903–1972), British paleontologist *

Louis Lliboutry Louis Lliboutry (born 19 February 1922 in Madrid; died on 21 October 2007 in Grenoble) was a French glaciologist, geophysicist, and mountaineer. While in Chile in the early 1950s, he analysed and explained the formation of Penitente (snow formatio ...

, French-Chilean glaciologist *

Louis Mink Louis O. Mink Jr. (September 3, 1921 – January 19, 1983) was a philosopher of history whose works challenged early philosopher of history R. G. Collingwood and were part of a postmodern dialogue on history and historical narrative with other p ...

(1921–1983), American philosopher of history *

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, the latter of which was named afte ...

(1822–1895), French microbiologist and chemist, discoverer of the principles of

vaccination Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop immunity from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulat ...

, microbial fermentation and

pasteurization Pasteurization or pasteurisation is a process of food preservation in which packaged and non-packaged foods (such as milk and fruit juices) are treated with mild heat, usually to less than , to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life. ...

Louis Schoonhoven Louis Mensse Schoonhoven (born 30 June 1931) is a Dutch entomologist. He was a professor of general and comparative animal physiology and later entomology at Wageningen University and Research between 1972 and 1991. He is a specialist in insect-pla ...

(born 1931), Dutch entomologist *

Louis Wirth Louis Wirth (August 28, 1897 – May 3, 1952) was an American sociologist and member of the Chicago school of sociology. His interests included city life, minority group behavior, and mass media, and he is recognised as one of the leading urban ...

(1897–1952), American sociologist

Sports

* Louis Almond (born 1992), English footballer *

Louis Babrow Doctor Louis Babrow (24 April 1915 – 26 January 2004) was a South African rugby union player and medical doctor.Godwin, p32 He was of Jewish origins. Playing career He attended, and played for Grey College, Bloemfontein and Cape Town University ...

(1915–2004), South African rugby union player * Louis Baise (born 1927), South African Olympic wrestler *

Lou Boudreau Louis Boudreau (July 17, 1917 – August 10, 2001), nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "The Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a ...

(1917–2001), American, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager *

Lou Brock Louis Clark Brock (June 18, 1939September 6, 2020) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He began his 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the 1961 Chicago Cubs but spent most of it as a left fielder for the St. Louis ...

(born 1939), American baseball player *

Louis Bullard Louis Eugene Bullard (May 6, 1956 - April 18, 2010) was an American football offensive tackle who played three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of ...

(1956–2010), American football player * Louis Campbell (born 1979), American basketball player *

Louis Chevrolet Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (; December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was a Swiss-American race car driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911. Early life Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 18 ...

(1878–1941), racing driver and the founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company * Louis Delétraz (born 1997), Swiss race car driver * Louis Clarke (1901–77), American Olympic track champion * Louis Ford (footballer) (born 1914), Welsh footballer *

Louis van Gaal Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal (; born 8 August 1951) is a Dutch former football player and manager. At club level, he served as manager of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, as well as having three spe ...

(born 1951), Dutch footballer and manager *

Lou Gehrig Henry Louis Gehrig (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig ; June 19, 1903June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was renowned f ...

(1903–1941), American baseball player * Louis Jani (born 1957), Canadian judoka * Louis Kaplan (1901–1970), nicknamed "Kid Kaplan", Russian-born American world champion Hall of Fame featherweight boxer *

Louis King (basketball) Louis D'ajon King (born April 6, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played colle ...

(born 1999), American basketball player * Louis Klotz (born 1921), nicknamed "Red", American NBA basketball player and owner of the Washington Generals and New York Nationals * Louis Pilot (born 1940), Luxembourgian footballer and manager * Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), Canadian world champion Hall of Fame figure skater * Louis Saha (born 1978), French footballer *

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Mic ...

(born 1985), English racing driver *

Louis Smith (gymnast) Louis Antoine Smith MBE (born 22 April 1989) is a retired British artistic gymnast. He received a bronze medal and two silver medals on the pommel horse at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics respectively ...

(born 1989), English gymnast

Others

Louis Edmund Blaze Louis Edmund Blaze, Justice of the peace, JP, Order of the British Empire, OBE, Bachelor of Arts, BA (Calcutta), (29 September 1861 – 4 August 1951) was a Sri Lankan educationist and the founder and the first principal of Kingswood College, K ...

(1861–1951), Sri Lankan

Burgher Burgher may refer to: * Burgher (social class), a medieval, early modern European title of a citizen of a town, and a social class from which city officials could be drawn ** Burgess (title), a resident of a burgh in northern Britain ** Grand Bu ...

educationist, founder of Kingswood College, Kandy, Sri Lanka *

Louis Botha Louis Botha (; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa – the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war hero during the Second Boer Wa ...

(1862–1919), South African politician, first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, one of the principal commanders of the Second Boer War * Louis Brouillard (1921–2018), American Catholic priest * Louis Congo (c. 1725), emancipated slave, appointed public executioner of Louisiana * Louis Le Duff, French billionaire businessman *

Louis Franchet d'Espèrey Louis Félix Marie François Franchet d'Espèrey (25 May 1856 – 8 July 1942) was a French general during World War I. As commander of the large Allied army based at Salonika, he conducted the successful Macedonian campaign, which caused t ...

, French general during World War I *

Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Louis Vincent "Lou" Gerstner Jr. (born March 1, 1942) is an American businessman, best known for his tenure as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until 2002, when he retired as CEO in March and chairman in ...

(born 1942), chairman and CEO of IBM *

Louis Antoine Godey Louis Antoine Godey (June 6, 1804 – November 29, 1878) was an American editor and publisher. He was the founder of '' Godey's Lady's Book'' in 1837, the first successful American women's fashion magazine. Biography Godey was born to Louis and M ...

(1804-1878), American editor and publisher *

Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet (September 21, 1645after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore and ...

(1645–1700), French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River * Louis Kealoha, former Chief of the Honolulu Police Department and convicted felon * Louis-Frédéric Lescure (1904–1993), French industrialist *

Louis Mountbatten Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of German ...

(1900–1979), last Viceroy of India and first Governor-General of independent India, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II * Louis Palander (1842–1920], Swedish naval officer *

Louis Pio Louis Albert François Pio (1841–1894) was one of the principal founders of the organized worker's movement in Denmark, and the principal founder of the Danish Social Democratic Party. Early life Pio was born 14 December 1841 in Roskilde, ...

(1841–1894), Danish political figure *

Louis (parrot) Louis was a well-known parrot from Victoria, British Columbia.Ruttan, Stephen (30 September 2012) Tales from the Vault, a new Victoria history series, begins with Miss Wilson and the famous parrot '' Times Colonist'' From the time of his reclus ...

, parrot from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, well-provided for by owner's will after her death in 1949 * Louis H. Pollak (1922–2012), American district court judge and dean of Yale Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Louis Pope (b.1947), American businessman *

Louis Ruquoy Lieutenant-General baron Louis Ruquoy (or Louis Rucquoy) (; 3 November 1861 – 1937) was the Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army during the second part of the First World War. Career Ruquoy entered the Belgian Army in 1877. By 1914 he was Lieute ...

, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army during the second part of the First World War *

Louis Sabunji Louis Sabunji (1838–1931) was a Catholic priest and political figure who founded and edited various publications, including ''Al Nahla'' (Arabic: The Bee). He was also one of the earliest photographers in Beirut. Early life and education Sabun ...

(1838–1931), Syriac Catholic priest and journalist * Louis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp (born 1994),

heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...

to earldom. *

Louis Zamperini Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran and an Olympic distance runner. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Be ...

(1917–2014), American World War II veteran, Christian evangelist and an Olympic distance runner, best known for being a Japanese POW survivor.

Fictional characters

* Dr. Louis Faraday, a character in the 1986 American science fiction adventure movie ''

Flight of the Navigator ''Flight of the Navigator'' is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton, and Matt MacManus. It stars Joey Cramer as David Freeman, a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by ...

'' * Louis, a character in the American sitcom television series '' Kate & Allie'' * Louis, a protagonist of the Japanese manga series ''

Beastars ''Beastars'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from September 2016 to October 2020, with its chapters collected in 22 '' ...

'' * Louis de Pointe du Lac, character in the Vampire Chronicles novels by Anne Rice * Louis the Alligator, a character from the animated film ''The Princess and the Frog'' * Louie Duck, Disney character * Louis Gara, a character in the 2013 American black comedy crime movie '' Life of Crime'' *

Louis Huang The phrase fresh off the boat ''(FOB)'', off the boat ''(OTB)'', are sometimes-derogatory terms used to describe immigrants who have arrived from a foreign nation and have yet to assimilate into the host nation's culture, language, and behavio ...

, character played by Randall Park in ''Fresh Off the Boat'' *

Louis Litt ''Suits (U.S. TV series), Suits'' is an American legal drama, created by Aaron Korsh. It premiered on USA Network in June 2011. The series revolves around Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), a senior partner at a top law firm in Manhattan, and his ...

, character played by Rick Hoffman in ''Suits'' * Louis Michaelson, a character played by

Fred Savage Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series ''The Wonder Years'' (1988 to 1993). He has earned several awards and nominations, such as ...

in the 1986 American fantasy drama film '' The Boy Who Could Fly'' *

Louis Tully The ''Ghostbusters'' franchise spans multiple films, animated series, novelizations, comic books, and video games. Beginning with the 1984 live-action film ''Ghostbusters'', directed by Ivan Reitman, and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, ...

, character played by Rick Moranis in ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Ghostbusters II'' * Louis Wu, character in the Ringworld books by Larry Niven * Louis, one of the protagonists of ''

Left 4 Dead ''Left 4 Dead'' is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by Valve South and published by Valve. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in November 2008 and for Mac OS X in October 2010, and is the first title in the ...

References

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