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Ludwig is a
German name Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, ...
, deriving from
Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...
''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 linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...
name ''*hlūdawiganaz'', 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". The name is pronounced in German as ''LOOT-vig'', with the second syllable pronounced as rather than English . Notable people and characters 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, 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 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 painter


Authors and poets

* Ludwig Bemelmans, American author and children's book writer and illustrator * Ludwig Thoma, German author *
Ludwig Tieck Johann Ludwig Tieck (; ; 31 May 177328 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romanticism, Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early life Tieck w ...
, 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. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...
(1770–1827), German composer and pianist * Ludwig Göransson, Swedish composer, conductor, and record producer * Ludwig Minkus, 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, Austrian philosopher


Politicians

* 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 politician


Scientists

* Ludwig Aschoff, German physician and pathologist * Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972), Austrian-born biologist *
Ludwig Binswanger Ludwig Binswanger (; ; 13 April 1881 – 5 February 1966) was a Swiss people, Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of existential psychology. His parents were Robert Johann Binswanger (1850–1910) and Bertha Hasenclever (1847–1896). ...
, Swiss psychiatrist *
Ludwig Boltzmann Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann ( ; ; 20 February 1844 – 5 September 1906) was an Austrian mathematician and Theoretical physics, theoretical physicist. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics and the statistical ex ...
, Austrian physicist * Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), German anthropologist and philosopher * Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist * Ludwig Mond, German chemist * Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist * Ludwig Reichenbach, German botanist * Ludwig Schläfli, Swiss geometer * Ludwig von Graff,was an Austrian zoologist


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 crimes


Others

* 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 Esperanto


Fictional 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 *
Louis (given name) Louis is the French language, French form of the Old Frankish language, Old Frankish given name Clovis (given name), Chlodowig and one of two English language, English forms, the other being Lewis (given name), Lewis (). Etymology The name Lou ...
, alternate version of the name *
Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...
, name with a similar meaning * Vojislav, Slavic name with a similar meaning


References

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