Ludwig (given name)

For other uses, see Ludwig (disambiguation).

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 or Hluth meaning "famous", and Wig meaning "warrior". Nicknames are Ludva, Ludia, Luděk, Ludivine, Viky.

Ludwig 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
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a German American architect

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
• Ludwig Roselius, a German coffee baron

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)

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

In music:

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer and pianist
• Ludwig-Musser, manufacturer of drums and percussion instruments
• Ludwig Minkus, an Austrian composer and violin virtuoso
• Ludwig Spohr (1784–1859), German composer, violinist and conductor.

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
• 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 Ortiz, 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.
• Ludwig, Elephant at the Munich Zoo

See also

• Ludwig (surname)