Ludwig (given name)
Ludwig |
Gender |
Male |
Origin |
Word/Name |
German |
Meaning |
Famous warrior |
Other names |
Related names |
Clovis, Louis, Lewis, Ludovic, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, Luiz, Ludvig, Ludvík, Alois, Lodewijk, Lodewyk |
Ludwig is an Old High German given name. Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the Germanic name Hludwig, composed of Hlud/Hluth meaning "famous", and Wig meaning "warrior". Nicknames are Ludva, Ludia, Luděk, Ludivine, Viky.
Ludwig may refer to several notable persons:
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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)
- Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1877-1892) (also known in English as Louis IV)
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In politics:
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 Ortíz, a Venezuelan judoka
- 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
- Ludwig Schläfli, a Swiss geometer who made important contributions to higher dimensional spaces
- Ludwig von Bertalanffy, an Austrian-born biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory.
See also