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 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)
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 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 Modeling
Ludwig Hällström Sander, a Swedish model
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 Ingwer Nommensen, a German Lutheran missionary to Sumatra who also translated the New Testament into the native Batak language.
Ludwig, Elephant at the Munich Zoo
