Ludwig (given name)

Ludwig is a German name, deriving from Old High German Hludwīg, also spelled Hluotwīg.^[2] Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the reconstructed Proto-Germanic 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".^[3]

Ludwig

Portrait of Ludwig I of Bavaria by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1826
Pronunciation	German: [ˈluːtvɪç][1]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	German
Meaning	Famous warrior
Other names
Related names	Alois, Aloysius, Clovis, Lajos, Lewis, Lodewijk, Lodewyk, Loïc, Louis, Ludovic, Ludovico, Ludvig, Ludvík, Luigi, Luis, Luiz, Ludovica

The name is pronounced in German as LOOT-vig, with the second syllable pronounced as /v/ rather than English /w/.

Notable people and characters with the name include:

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 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, German poet
• Ludwig Uhland, German poet

Composers, conductors and musicians

• Ludwig van Beethoven (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, Swiss psychiatrist
• Ludwig Boltzmann, 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), alternate version of the name
• Robert, name with a similar meaning