People
:''Note: Individuals may appear in more than one subsection.''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, 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 architectArtists
* Ludwig Burger, German painter and illustrator * Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and printmaker * Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist * Ludwig Mestler, Austrian artist noted for his watercolor painting * Ludwig Richter, German painterAuthors and poets
* Ludwig Bemelmans, American author and children's book writer and illustrator * Ludwig Thoma, German author *Composers, conductors and musicians
*Philosophers
* Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), German philosopher and anthropologist * Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopherPoliticians
* Ludwig von Cobenzl (1753–1809), Austrian Habsburg diplomat and politician * Ludwig Grass (1789–1860), Liechtensteiner physician and politician * Ludwig Marxer (1867–1962), Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein * Ludwig Erhard, West German chancellor * Ludwig Keke (born c. 1935), Nauruan politician and diplomat * Ludwig Mecklinger (1919–1994), East German politician and academic * Ludwig Scotty, president of Nauru * Ludwig Schulze, Papua New Guinean politicianScientists
* Ludwig Aschoff, German physician and pathologist * Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972), Austrian-born biologist *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, German General der Gebirgstruppe * Ludwig Plagge (1910–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps executed for war crimes * Ludwig Runzheimer, German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimesOthers
* Ludwig W. Adamec (1924–2019), American academic and historian * Ludwig Ahgren (born 1995), American YouTuber and 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 (1838–1909), Polish sociologist, jurist, historian, and political scientist * Ludwig Kaiser, ring name of German professional wrestler Marcel Barthel (born 1990) * Ludwig Leichhardt, Prussian explorer * Ludwig Müller (1883–1945), German leader of the Protestant Reich Church * Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, German Lutheran missionary to North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), who translated the New Testament into the native Batak language; the first Ephorus (bishop) of the Batak Christian Protestant Church * Ludwig Ortiz, Venezuelan judoka * Ludwig Roselius (1874–1943), German coffee baron and company founder * Ludwig Rödl, German chess master * Ludwig Rübekeil, German philologist * Ludwig Trepte, German actor * Ludwig Zamenhof (1859–1917), creator of artificial language EsperantoFictional characters
* Ludwig von Drake, in Walt Disney cartoons and comic books * Ludwig von Koopa, one of the Koopalings from the ''Mario'' franchise * Ludwig Beilschmidt, otherwise known as Germany, in the anime series ''Axis Powers Hetalia'' * Ludwig, in the video game '' Bloodborne'' * Ludwig, the villain of the former Busch Gardens Williamsburg attraction '' The Curse of Darkastle'' * Ludwig von Aegir, a major antagonist in '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and '' Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes'' * Dr. Ludwig, otherwise known as the Medic, from '' Team Fortress 2'' * Ludwig, a minor villain in '' The Cuphead Show''See also
* Ludwig (surname) * Lothar *References
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