Ludovicus or Ludowicus is a
Latinized form of the
Germanic masculine given name ''Hludwig'' ("
Louis
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
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"). It has been used as a baptismal name in the Low Countries, especially in Belgium; bearers often use(d)
Lodewijk
Lodewijk () is the Dutch name for Louis. In specific it may refer to:
Given name Literature
* Lodewijk Hartog van Banda (1916–2006), Dutch comic strip writer
* Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht Boon, (1912–1979) Flemish writer
* Lodewijk van De ...
or short forms like ''Lode'', ''Lou'', ''Louis'', or ''
Ludo
Ludo (; ) is a Abstract strategy game, strategy-based board game for two to four players, in which the players race game, race their four from start to finish according to the rolls of a single dice, die. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo ...
'' in daily life. People with the name include:
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Ludovicus Blosius (''Louis de Blois''; 1506–1566), Belgian monk and mystical writer
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Ludovicus Cappellus (''Louis Cappel''; 1585–1658), French Protestant churchman and scholar
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Ludovicus Carrio Brugensis (''Louis Carrion''; 1547–1595), Flemish humanist and classical scholar
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Ludovicus Episcopius
Lodewijk de Bisschop, Latinised as Ludovicus Episcopius (c. 1520 in Mechelen – 29 April 1595 in Straubing) was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest and composer of the late Renaissance and one of the first to compose secular songs in the Dutch lang ...
(''Ludovicus de Bisschop''; c.1520–1595), Flemish composer
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Ludovicus Finsonius (''Louis Finson''; c.1575–1617), Flemish Baroque painter
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Ludovicus Mamburgus (''Louis Maimbourg''; 1610–1686), French Jesuit and historian
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Ludovicus Molinaeus (''Lewis Du Moulin''; 1606–1680), French Huguenot physician and controversialist in England
* (''Luis Nuñez''; 1553–1645), Flemish physician and humanist
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Ludovicus Rabus (''Ludwig Rab''; 1523–1592), German Lutheran theologian
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Ludovicus a S. Carolo (''Louis Jacob''; 1608–1670), French Carmelite scholar, writer and bibliographer
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Ludovicus Sanctus (''Lodewijk Heiligen''; 1304–1361), Flemish Benedictine monk and music theorist
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Ludovicus Thomassinus (''Louis Thomassin''; 1619–1695), French theologian and Oratorian
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Ludovicus Tubero
Ludovicus Cerva Tubero (, , his surname is also written Cervarius; 1459–1527), was a Ragusan historian, known for his historiographic work on the Jagiellon period in Hungary.
Life
He was born in Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik) into the House of Ce ...
(1459–1527), Ragusan historian
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Ludovicus Casparus Valckenarius (''Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer''; 1715–1785), Dutch classical scholar
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Ludovicus Vives (''Luis Vives''; 1493–1540), Valencian scholar and humanist in the Southern Netherlands
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Ludovicus Baba (''ルイス馬場'', died 1624), Japanese Franciscan missionary and saint
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Ludovicus de Beaumanoir, pseudonym of Louis Richeome (1544–1625), French Jesuit theologian and controversialist.
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Ludovicus Sasada
Ludovicus Sasada, OFM, also known as Louis Sasada or , (1598 – 25 August 1624) was a Catholic priest from Japan and a member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.Fros SJ, Henryk "Book of names and saints ...
(''ルイス笹田'', 1598–1624), Japanese Franciscan missionary and saint
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* (1803–1836), Flemish pianist
* (1879–1965), Belgian naturalist writer
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Ludovicus de Bisschop (c.1520–1595), Flemish composer
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P. Ludovicus "Louis" Brion (1782–1821), Belgian-Curaçaon officer, admiral for Venezuela and Colombia
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Ludovicus "Louis" de Dieu (1590–1642), Dutch Protestant minister and orientalist
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Ludovicus Makeblijde (1565–1630), Flemish Jesuit, poet and hymn writer
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Ludovicus Neefs
Ludovicus Neeffs (22 January 1617 – ''c''. 1649?) was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches. He is the least known of the Neeffs family of painters that were active in Antwerp, and several works attrib ...
(1617–c.1649), Flemish Baroque painter
* (1894–1974), Dutch teacher and historian
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Ludovicus Schoenmaekers
Ludovicus Schoenmaekers (born 15 September 1931) is a Belgian former swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) ...
(born 1931), Belgian swimmer
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Ludovicus Stornebrink
Ludovicus Stornebrink (sometimes written as ''Ludowicus'' and also known as ''Louis Stornebrink''), was the founder of the Yokohama Ice Works in Yokohama, Japan. Stornebrink was born on 15 March 1847 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and moved to Japa ...
(1847–1941), Dutch-born Japanese businessman
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Ludovicus M. M. Van Iersel (1893–1987), Dutch-born Sergeant in the United States Army
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Ludovicus Carolus "Lode" Zielens (1901–1944), Belgian novelist and journalist
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