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Local usage details Local usage details (LUD) are a detailed record of local calls made and received from a particular phone number. These records are regularly available to police in the United States and Canada with a court order, and were traditionally subject to ...

, a record of local calls made from and received by a particular phone number *

Ludic language Ludic, Ludian, or Ludic Karelian ( or ), is a Finnic language in the Uralic language family or a Karelian dialect. It is transitional between the Olonets Karelian language and the Veps language. It is spoken by 300 Karelians in the Republic o ...

, a Finnic language spoken in Karelia

People

Lud son of Heli Lud (), according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical ''History of the Kings of Britain'' and related medieval texts, was a king of Britain in pre-Roman times who founded London and was buried at Ludgate. He was the eldest son of Geoffrey ...

, a legendary British king who in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' founded London and was buried at Ludgate *

Lud, son of Shem Lud ( ''Lūḏ'') was a son of Shem and grandson of Noah, according to ''Book of Genesis, Genesis'' 10 (the "Table of Nations"). The descendants of Lud are usually, following Josephus, connected with various Anatolian peoples, particularly Lyd ...

, a grandson of Noah *

Lludd Llaw Eraint Lludd Llaw Ereint ("Lludd of the Silver Hand") son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology. As Nudd Llaw Ereint (the earlier form of his name, cognate of the Irish Nuada Airgetlám, derived from the pre-Roman Celtic god Nodens) ...

, a mythical Welsh figure cognate with king Nuada Airgetlám * Lud Fiser (1908–1990), American football and baseball player and coach *

Lud Gluskin Ludwig Elias "Lud" GluskinState of New York Certificate and Record of Birth, January 4, 1899. (December 16, 1898 – October 13, 1989) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.Donnelly, K.J. and Philip Hayward (2012''Music in Science Fiction ...

(1898–1989), Russian jazz bandleader *

Lud Kramer Albert Ludlow "Lud" Kramer III (June 10, 1932 – April 9, 2004) was an American politician who served as a member of the Seattle City Council and as the 11th Secretary of State of Washington. Early life Kramer was born in New York City on June ...

(1932–2004), American politician *

Ned Ludd Ned Ludd () is the legendary person to whom the Luddites attributed the name of their movement. In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropri ...

, founder of the Luddite movement in 18th- and 19th-century Britain

Places

* Lud River, a river of New Zealand's South Island * Ludlow railway station, England *

River Lud The Louth Navigation was a canalisation of the River Lud. It ran for from Louth in Lincolnshire, England, to Tetney Haven, at the mouth of the Humber. It was authorised by act of Parliament in 1763 and completed in 1770, under the superv ...

, a river of England, canalised as the Louth Navigation * Stone Lud, a standing stone in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland * Lud Gate, a city gate in the London area of

Ludgate Ludgate was the westernmost gate in London Wall. Of Roman origin, it was rebuilt several times and finally demolished on 30th July 1760. The name survives in Ludgate Hill, an eastward continuation of Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus and Ludgate S ...

* Decatur Municipal Airport, in

Decatur, Texas Decatur is the county seat of Wise County, Texas, United States. Its population was 6,538 in 2020. History Wise County was established in 1856, and Taylorsville (in honor of Zachary Taylor) was made the county seat. Absalom Bishop, an early s ...

, FAA code *

Lüderitz Airport Lüderitz Airport is an airport serving Lüderitz, a town in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. The airport is about southeast of the center of Lüderitz, on the B4 road. Airlines and destinations See also *List of airports in Namibia *Transpor ...

, Namibia, IATA code

Fiction

Lud (city) ''The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands: Redemption'', commonly known simply as ''The Waste Lands'', is a dark fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. It is the third book of the '' Dark Tower'' series. The original limited edition hardcove ...

, a city in Stephen King's ''Dark Tower'' series *

Lobby Lud Lobby Lud is a fictional character created in August 1927 by the '' Westminster Gazette'', a British newspaper, now defunct. The character was used in readers' prize competitions during the summer period. Anonymous employees visited seaside res ...

, a character used in British newspaper scavenger hunts in the 1920s *

Lud-in-the-Mist ''Lud-in-the-Mist'' (1926) is the third and final novel by the British writer Hope Mirrlees. It continues the author's exploration of the themes of Life and Art, by a method already described in the preface of her first novel, ''Madeleine: One ...

, novel by British writer (Helen) Hope Mirrlees