# 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".
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