Ludwig (given name)

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 "war". Nicknames are Ludva, Ludia, Luděk, Viky.

Ludwig may refer to many notable people:

In art:

• Ludwig Mestler, an Austrian artist noted for his watercolor painting
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a German painter and printmaker
• Ludwig Levy, a German architect
• 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 fiction:

• Ludwig Von Drake, character from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic books
• Ludwig Von Koopa, one of the Koopalings from the Mario franchise

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)
• Ludwig V (disambiguation), many a prince
• Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf (1700–1760)
• Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1688–1750)
• 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 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 Aschoff, German physician and pathologist
• Ludwig Beck, German general in Nazi Germany, who was involved in the 20 July Plot against Hitler
• Ludwig, or Germany in an anime series Axis Powers Hetalia
• Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist
• Ludwig Fischer (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer and government official executed for war crimes
• Ludwig Gehre, German resistance fighter during World War II
• Carl Ludwig Koch, German entomologist
• Ludwig Leichhardt, Prussian explorer
• Ludwig Müller, leader of the Protestant Reich Church
• Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, German Lutheran missionary to Sumatra who also translated the New Testament into the native Batak language.
• Ludwig Ortiz, Venezuelan judoka
• Ludwig Plagge (1910–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps executed for war crimes
• Ludwig Rödl, German chess master
• Ludwig Runzheimer, German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes
• Ludwig Schläfli, Swiss geometer who made important contributions to higher-dimensional spaces
• Ludwig von Benedek, Austrian general
• Ludwig von Erlichshausen, grand master of the Teutonic Knights
• Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Austrian-born biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory.

See also

• Ludwig (surname)