Ludwig (given name)

Ludwig is a German name, deriving from Old High German Hludwīg, also spelled Hluotwīg. 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".

Notable people 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
 * Ludwig Mestler, Austrian artist noted for his watercolor painting
 * Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and printmaker
 * Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist
 * 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 (b. 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 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 Leichhardt, Prussian explorer
 * Ludwig Müller, leader of the Protestant Reich Church
 * Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, German Lutheran missionary to North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), who also translated the New Testament into the native Batak language and first Ephorus (bishop) of the Batak Christian Protestant Church
 * Ludwig Ortiz, Venezuelan judoka
 * Ludwig Rödl, German chess master
 * Ludwig Roselius (1874–1943), German coffee baron and company founder
 * Ludwig Rübekeil, German philologist
 * Ludwig Trepte, German actor

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, Prime Minister of the Adrestian Empire and father of Ferdinand von Aegir
 * Dr. Ludwig, otherwise known as the Medic from Team Fortress 2
 * Ludwig, a minor villain in The Cuphead Show