Ludwig (given name)

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name = Ludwig


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gender = Male
meaning = Famous warrior
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origin = German
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related names = Louis, Lewis, Ludovico, Luigi, Ludvig
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Ludwig is a 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".

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

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

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)

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
* Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, a German physician and physiologist

In music:

* Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist
* Ludwig-Musser, manufacturer of drums and percussion instruments
* Ludwig Minkus, an Austrian composer and violin virtuoso

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
* Joseph William Ludwig, an Austrian politician
* 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 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