Ludwig (given name)
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Ludwig |
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| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | famous warrior |
| Origin | German |
| Related names | Louis, Lewis, Ludovico, Luigi |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Ludwig |
Ludwig is a German given name, Germanic name Hludwig (Hlud = famous, Wig = warrior) and may refer to several notable persons:
In art:
- Ludwig Mestler, an Austrian artist noted for his watercolor painting
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a German painter and printmaker
- Ludwig Merwart, an Austrian painter and graphic artist
In botany:
- Ludwig Reichenbach, a German botanist
- Carl Ludwig Blume, a German-Dutch botanist
- Carl Ludwig Willdenow, a German botanist
In economics:
- Ludwig von Mises, an Austrian economist
In German nobility:
- 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)
- Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf (1700–1760)
In literature:
- Emil Ludwig, a German writer
- Ludwig Bemelmans, an American author and children's book writer and illustrator
- Ludwig Thoma, a German author
- Ludwig Tieck, a German poet
- Ludwig Uhland, a German poet
In medicine:
- Ludwig Aschoff, a German physician and pathologist
- Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, a German physician and physiologist
In music:
- Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist
- Ludwig-Musser, manufacturer of drums and percussion instruments
- Ludwig Minkus, an Austrian composer and violin virtuoso
In philosophy:
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to contemporary philosophy
- Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, a German philosopher
In physics and chemistry:
- Ludwig Boltzmann, an Austrian physicist
- Ludwig Prandtl, a German physicist
- Ludwig Mond, a German chemist
In politics:
- Ludwig Erhard, a West German chancellor
- Joseph William Ludwig, an Austrian politician
- Ludwig Scotty, president of Nauru
- Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, an Austrian diplomat and politician
In other fields:
- Ludwig Beck, a German general in Nazi Germany, who was involved in an assassination plot against Hitler
- Carl Ludwig Koch, a German entomologist
- Ludwig Müller, leader of the Protestant Reich Church
- Ludwig Leichhardt, a Prussian explorer
- Ludwig Rödl, a German chess master
- Ludwig von Benedek, an Austrian general
- Ludwig von Erlichshausen, grand master of the Teutonic Knights
- Ludwig Gehre, a German resistance fighter during World War II
- Ludwig Binswanger, a Swiss psychiatrist
