Ludwig is a German name, deriving from

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old Hig ...

''Hludwīg'', also spelled ''Hluotwīg''. Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the reconstructed

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 ...

name ''*hlūdazwiganą'', 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". Notable people with the name include:

People

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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 Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886) was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He is sometimes called the Swan King or ('the Fairy Tale King'). He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the ...

, 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 Ludwig Mestler (1891-1959) was an artist in Austria before the Anschluss and then later in the United States. While not a major artist, he was an innovator, creating a new style of watercolor painting. History Ludwig Mestler was born in Vienna ...

, Austrian artist noted for his watercolor painting *

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century ...

, German painter and printmaker * Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist * Ludwig Richter, German painter

Authors and poets

Ludwig Bemelmans Ludwig Bemelmans (April 27, 1898 – October 1, 1962) was an Austrian-American writer and illustrator of children's books and adult novels. He is known best for the ''Madeline'' picture books. Six were published, the first in 1939. Early life ...

, 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

(1770–1827), German composer and pianist *

Ludwig Göransson Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson (; ; born 1 September 1984) is a Swedish composer, conductor and record producer. He has scored films such as ''Fruitvale Station'', the ''Rocky'' franchise entries ''Creed'' and ''Creed II'', ''Venom'', and '' Ten ...

, Swedish composer, conductor, and record producer *

Ludwig Minkus Ludwig Minkus (russian: link=no, Людвиг Минкус), also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (23 March 1826, Vienna – 7 December 1917, Vienna), was a Jewish-Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher. Minkus is ...

, 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 Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian- British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is consi ...

, Austrian philosopher

Politicians

* Ludwig von Cobenzl (1753–1809), Austrian Habsburg diplomat and politician *

Ludwig Erhard Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is known for leading the West German postwar economic ...

, West German chancellor *

Ludwig Mecklinger Ludwig Mecklinger (1919–1994) was a German politician who was one of the health ministers of East Germany and a member of the ruling party Socialist Unity Party (SED). He had degrees both in medicine and law. Early life and education Meckling ...

(1919–1994), East German politician and academic * Ludwig Scotty, president of Nauru

Scientists

Ludwig Aschoff Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff (10 January 1866 – 24 June 1942) was a German physician and pathologist. He is considered to be one of the most influential pathologists of the early 20th century and is regarded as the most important German patholo ...

, 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 Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism. He is ...

, Austrian economist * Ludwig Mond, German chemist * Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist *

Ludwig Reichenbach Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. It was he who first requested Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate models for scientific education and museum ...

, 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 Ludwig Kübler (2 September 1889 – 18 August 1947) was a German ''General der Gebirgstruppe'' (Lieutenant General) who commanded the 1st Mountain Division, XXXXIX Mountain Corps, 4th Army and the Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littor ...

, German

General der Gebirgstruppe General der Gebirgstruppe (Literally: General of the Mountain Troops) was a category of German Army three-star, a new example of the traditional German 'General der' rank introduced by the Wehrmacht in 1940, comparable to the NATO grade OF- ...

* Ludwig Plagge (1910–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps executed for war crimes *

Ludwig Runzheimer Ludwig Runzheimer (28 July 1912 – 6 July 1946) was a German ''SS-Oberscharführer'' in the Gestapo during World War II. During the last months of the war he held a central position at the Espeland detention camp in occupied Norway, where he ...

, 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 Ludwig Gumplowicz (March 9, 1838 – August 19, 1909), was a Polish sociologist, jurist, historian, and political scientist, who taught constitutional and administrative law at the University of Graz. Gumplowicz was the son of a Jewish carpet ...

(1838–1909), Polish sociologist, jurist, historian, and political scientist *

Ludwig Leichhardt Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, (23 October 1813 – c. 1848) was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.Ken Eastwood,'Cold case: Leichhardt's dis ...

, 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 is a Japanese webcomic, later adapted as a manga and an anime series, by Hidekaz Himaruya. The series' main presentation is as an often over-the-top allegory of political and historic events as well as more general cultural comparison ...

'' * Ludwig, in the video game '' Bloodborne'' * Ludwig, the villain of the former Busch Gardens Williamsburg attraction ''

The Curse of Darkastle Curse of DarKastle was a dark ride located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was a hybrid dark ride which combined roving motion-simulating vehicles, 3D projection animation, physical sets, in-vehicle audio, and special ...

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