Ludovico () is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled

Lodovico Lodovico is an Italian masculine given name, and may refer to: *Ludovico Sforza (1452-1508), Duke of Milan * Cigoli (1559–1613), Italian painter and architect * Lodovico, Count Corti (1823–1888), Italian diplomat * Lodovico Agostini (1534–1 ...

. The feminine equivalent is

Ludovica Ludovica or Ludovika or Ludowika is a feminine given name, a counterpart of the masculine names Ludovic or Ludovico and the related Louis (given name), Louis or Ludwig (given name), Ludwig. As of 2021, it was among the ten most popular names for n ...

Persons with the name Ludovico

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Ludovico D'Aragona Ludovico D'Aragona (23 May 1876 – 17 June 1961) was an Italian socialist politician who held several government posts. He also served at the Italian Parliament and Senate. Biography D'Aragona was born in Cernusco sul Naviglio, Milan, on 23 May ...

(1876–1961), Italian socialist politician *

Ludovico Ariosto Ludovico Ariosto (, ; ; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic '' Orlando Furioso'' (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'', describ ...

(1474–1533), Italian poet *

Ludovico Avio Ludovico Héctor Avio (6 October 1932 – 23 June 1996) was an Argentine football forward who played for Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area ...

(1932–1996), Argentine football forward *

Ludovico Baille Ludovico Baille (Cagliari February 3, 1764 – Cagliari March 14, 1839) was a Sardinian lawyer and historian. Having graduated in law from the Reale Università di Cagliari he was appointed in 1786 to the Ministry of the Spanish government at T ...

(1764–1839), Italian historian *

Ludovico Balbi Ludovico Balbi (c. 1545 – 1604) was a Venetian singer and composer, and conductor. He was a pupil of Costanzo Porta and a choirmaster at Padua. Among his compositions are masses, motets, canzoni, madrigals, and others. Surviving compositions d ...

(1540–1604), Italian composer *

Ludovico Barassi Ludovico Barassi (1873 – 1956) was an Italian jurist and one of Italy's leading authorities on civil law in the first half of the 20th century. After studies in Pavia and Berlin, he assumed a professorship in Perugia in 1900 and later in Genoa, ...

(1873–1953), Italian jurist *

Ludovico Barbo Ludovico Barbo, O.S.B. (1381–1443), also referred to as Luigi Barbo, was a significant figure in the movement to reform monastic life in northern Italy during the 15th century. Originally a canon of the community which became the Canons Regu ...

(1381–1443), Italian monastic life reformer *

Ludovico Bertonio Ludovico Bertonio (1552 in Rocca Contrada – 3 August 1625 in Lima) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to South America. Life He entered the Society of Jesus in 1575. Sent to Peru six years later, he worked principally among the Aymara people, Aym ...

(1552–1625), Italian Jesuit missionary *

Ludovico Bidoglio Ludovico Bidoglio, sometimes nicknamed ''Vico'' (5 February 1900 – 25 December 1970) was an Argentina, Argentine association football, football player, and one of Boca Juniors' idols during the 1920s. His position on the field was defender (ass ...

(1900–1970), Argentinian footballer *

Ludovico Brea Ludovico (or Louis) Brea (c. 1450 – c. 1523) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in and near Genoa. Brea was born into a family of coopers in Nice, and later moving to Liguria, he painted numerous altarpieces that display ...

(c. 1450–c. 1523), Italian painter *

Ludovico di Breme Ludovico di Breme (Turin, 1780 – Turin, 15 August 1820), whose complete name was Ludovico Arborio Gattinara dei Marchesi di Breme, was an Italian writer and thinker, as well as a contributor to Milan's principal Romantic journal, '' Il Conciliat ...

(1780–1820), Italian writer *

Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini (1636 – 12 December 1707) was an Italian architect, and theatrical stage and costume designer, who served the imperial court in Vienna beginning in 1652. He is considered one of the most important "theater engineers" ...

(1636–1707), Italian architect and stage designer *

Ludovico Buti Ludovico Buti (c. 1560 - after 1611) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Florence. Belonging to the late-Mannerist period, he worked along with more famous figures as Alessandro Allori, Bernardino Poccetti or Santi di Tito on large projec ...

(c. 1560–after 1611), Italian painter *

Ludovico Camangi Ludovico Camangi (14 February 1903, Sora, Lazio – 2 September 1976) was an Italian politician. He represented the Italian Republican Party in the Constituent Assembly of Italy from 1946 to 1948 and in the Chamber of Deputies The chamber of dep ...

(1903–1976), Italian politician *

Lodovico Campalastro Lodovico Campalastro was an Italian painter, born and active in Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated ...

, Italian painter *

Ludovico di Caporiacco Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist. Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On th ...

(1901–1951), Italian arachnologist *

Ludovico Carracci Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci ( , , ; 21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker from Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering li ...

(1555–1619), Italian painter, etcher, and printmaker *

Ludovico of Casoria Ludovico da Casoria (; 11 March 1814 – 30 March 1885) - born Arcangelo Palmentieri - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was a renowned social reformer who founded both the Grey Friars ...

(1814–1885), Italian Franciscan friar *

Ludovico Cavaleri Ludovico Cavaleri (1867–1942) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Milan. A self-taught member of the school of Lombard Naturalism in its last stages, Cavalieri abandoned his medical studies in 1888 to devote himself exclusively to p ...

(1867–1942), Italian painter *

Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere Ludovico Chigi della Rovere-Albani (10 July 1866 – 14 November 1951) was Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1931 to 1951. Biography Background Chigi was born in Ariccia, the son of Imperial Prince Mario Chig ...

(1866–1951), Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta *

Ludovico Costa Ludovico Costa (active 1648–1657) was an Italian painter, active mainly in his native Soncino and nearby towns. He may have trained in Cremona Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the ...

(fl. 1648–1657), Italian painter *

Ludovico David Ludovico Antonio David was born at Lugano in 1648. After studying for some time at Milan, under the Cavaliere Cairo and Ercole Procaccini, he went to Bologna, where he entered the school of Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (; 15 May 1628 – 8 Septe ...

(born 1648), Italian painter *

Ludovico Donato Ludovico Donato (died 1385 or 1386) was an Italian Franciscan. He became Minister General of his order, of the Rome obedience during the Western Schism, in 1379. In 1383 he was created a Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal, the first ever from Venice ...

(died c. 1385), Italian cardinal *

Ludovico Einaudi Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi OMRI (; born 23 November 1955) is an Italian pianist and composer. Trained at the Milan Conservatory, Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, Einaudi began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles ...

(born 1955), Italian pianist and composer *

Ludovico Fremont Ludovico Fremont (born 26 September 1982) is an Italian actor. Biography From 1992 to 1994 he studied acting at the Nazarene College in Rome, then attended the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, National Academy of Dramatic ...

(1982), Italian actor *

Ludovico Furconio Ludovico Furconio was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Giovinazzo (1528–1549). Biography On 4 December 1528, Ludovico Furconio was appointed by Pope Clement VII Pope Clement VII (; ; born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici; 2 ...

, Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Giovinazzo (1528–1549) * Ludovico de Filippi (1872–1918), Italian naval officer and a pioneer of Italian aviation *

Ludovico Geymonat Ludovico Geymonat (11 May 1908 – 29 November 1991) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher and historian of science. As a philosopher, he mainly dealt with philosophy of science, epistemology and Marxist philosophy, in which he gave an orig ...

(1908–1991), Italian Marxist philosopher *

Ludovico Giamagna Ludovico Giamagna, O.P. (1594–1634) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ston (1632–1634).Ludovico Gimignani Ludovico Gimignani (1643 – 26 June 1697) was an Italian painter, who is mainly known for his altarpieces for churches in Rome. Biography Ludovico was born in Rome as the son of the painter Giacinto (1611–1681). His father was one of the ma ...

(1643–1697), Italian painter * Ludovico Gonzaga (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

Ludovico I Gonzaga Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268 – 18 January 1360) was an Italian lord, the founder of the Gonzaga family who was the first capitano del popolo of Mantua and imperial vicar. Biography Born in Mantua, he was the son of Guido Corradi and the grandson of ...

(1268–1360), better known as Luigi, the first ''Capitano del Popolo'' of Mantua and

Imperial Vicar An imperial vicar () was a prince charged with administering all or part of the Holy Roman Empire on behalf of the emperor. Later, an imperial vicar was invariably one of two princes charged by the Golden Bull with administering the Holy Roman E ...

Ludovico II Gonzaga Ludovico II Gonzaga (1334 – 4 October 1382) was an Italian politician who was capitano del popolo of Mantua. He was a member of the House of Gonzaga. Biography He was the son of Guido Gonzaga and Beatrix of Bar. Together with his brother France ...

(1334–1382), Italian politician who was ''Capitano del Popolo'' of Mantua **

Ludovico III Gonzaga Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, known as the Turk (), also spelled Lodovico (also Ludovico II; 5 June 1412 – 12 June 1478) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478. Biography Ludovico was the son of Gianfran ...

(1412–1478), ruler of Mantua, Italy **

Ludovico Gonzaga (1480-1540) Ludovico Gonzaga (also spelled Lodovico) was the name of several prominent members of the House of Gonzaga: * Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268–1360), better known as Luigi, the first ''Capitano del Popolo'' ('Captain of the People') of Mantua and Imperi ...

(c. 1480–1540), Italian nobleman and condottiero *

Ludovico Gonzaga-Nevers Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers ( or Luigi di Gonzaga-Nevers; 18 September 1539 – 23 October 1595) was a soldier, governor and statesman during the French Wars of Religion. His father and brother were reigning dukes of Mantua. He came to ...

, (1539–1595), Duke of Nevers from 1565 * Ludovico Lana (c. 1597–1646), Italian painter *

Ludovico Lipparini Lodovico Lipparini (February 17, 1800 – March 19, 1856) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Bologna, and was instructed in that city, where he brought himself into notice at the age of fifteen. In 1820 he was in Rome and Naples, ...

(1800–1856), Italian painter *

Ludovico Ludovisi Ludovico Ludovisi (22 or 27 October 1595 – 18 November 1632) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an art connoisseur who formed a famous collection of antiquities, housed at the ...

(1595–1632), Italian cardinal and statesman *

Ludovico de Luigi Ludovico De Luigi (born 11 November 1933) is a contemporary Italian sculptor and painter born and living in Venice, Italy. Career De Luigi's first exhibition was in 1965 with his one-man show at the Gallery "Il Canale" in Venice which included ...

(born 1933), Italian sculptor and painter *

Ludovico Madruzzo 200px, Portrait of Ludovico Madruzzo by Chicago.html" ;"title="Giovanni Battista Moroni. Art Institute, Chicago">Giovanni Battista Moroni. Art Institute, Chicago. Ludovico Madruzzo (1532-1600) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (Catholicism) ...

(1532–1600), Italian cardinal and statesman *

Ludovico Manin Lodovico Giovanni Manin (; ; 14 May 1725 – 24 October 1802) was a Venetian politician, patrician, and the 120th and last Doge of Venice. He governed the Venetian Republic from 9 March 1789 until its fall in 1797, when he was forced to ...

(1725–1802), Doge of Venice *

Ludovico Mazzanti ''Judith and Holofernes'' 1740, Collection Motais de Narbonne Ludovico Mazzanti (5 December 1686, in Orvieto – 29 August 1775, in Viterbo) was an Italian painter. He was a follower of the school of Giovanni Battista Gaulli, known as Baciccio (d ...

(1686–1775), Italian painter *

Ludovico Mazzolino Ludovico Mazzolino (1480 – c. 1528) - also known as Mazzolini da Ferrara, Lodovico Ferraresa, and Il Ferrarese - was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Ferrara and Bologna. Biography He was born and died in Ferrara. He appears to hav ...

(1480–c. 1528), Italian painter *

Ludovico Micara Ludovico MicaraLodovico Micara, Ludovico da Frascati. (12 October 1775 – 24 May 1847) was an Italian Capuchin and Cardinal. He was born at Frascati, in the Papal States. Ordained in 1798, he became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1824. ...

(1775–1847), Italian cardinal *

Ludovico Moresi Ludovico Moresi (born 24 May 1980) is an Italian football coach and a former midfielder. He is the manager of Swiss Promotion League club Team Ticino U21, the reserve squad of Lugano Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the L ...

(born 1980), Italian footballer *

Ludovico Antonio Muratori Lodovico Antonio Muratori (21 October 1672 – 23 January 1750), commonly referred to in Latin as Muratorius, was an Italian Catholic priest, notable as historian and a leading scholar of his age, and for his discovery of the Muratorian fragmen ...

(1672–1750), Italian historian * Ludovico Nitoglia (born 1983), Italian rugby union player *

Ludovico Pasquali Ludovico Pasquali (c. 1500 – 1551) was a poet in the Italian and Latin languages from Cattaro in modern Montenegro, then ruled by the Republic of Venice. Life Pasquali was born and died in Kotor, in the Albania Veneta (today in Montenegro). He ...

, (c. 1500–1551), Italian writer *

Ludovico Prodocator Ludovico Prodocator or Podochatero, Podocatharo, Podocatharus, Podacatharus, Podocathro (? in Cyprus – 24 August 1504) was a Greek Cypriot cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Capaccio. between 1430 and 1431 in Nicosia, on the isl ...

(died 1504), Italian cardinal * Ludovico Racaniello (1352–1441), Italian condottiero * Lodovico Rocca (1895–1986), Italian composer * Ludovico Roncalli (1654–1713), Italian nobleman and composer * Ludovico Rusconi Sassi (1678–1736), Italian architect * Ludovico Sabbatini (1650–1724), Italian priest and religious educator * Ludovico I of Saluzzo (c. 1416–1475), marquess of Saluzzo * Ludovico II of Saluzzo (1438–1504), Count of Carmagnola and marquess of Saluzzo * Ludovico Scarfiotti (1933–1968), Italian sports car driver * Ludovico Sforza (1452–1508), member of the Sforza dynasty of the Duchy of Milan * Ludovico Maria Sinistrari (1622–1701), Italian Franciscan priest and author * Ludovico Tommasi (1866–1941), Italian painter * Ludovico de Torres (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **Ludovico de Torres (cardinal) (1552–1609), Roman Catholic cardinal **Ludovico de Torres (bishop, born 1533) (1533–1583), Roman Catholic archbishop * Ludovico Trasi (1634–1694), Italian painter * Ludovico Trevisan (1401–1465), Italian catholic prelate * Ludovico di Varthema (c. 1470–1517), Italian traveller and writer * Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi (1475–1527), papal scribe and type designer

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* Alessandro Ludovico (born 1969), artist, media critic and magazine editor in chief * Pedro Ludovico (1891–1979), founder of Goiânia, Brazil

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* The fictional Ludovico technique of psychological conditioning from the novel and film ''A Clockwork Orange'' * Ludovico Technique LLC, an art and entertainment production company * Othello#Characters, Lodovico, Kinsman to Brabantio, cousin to Desdemona in the play Othello * A rap album by Şanışer

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