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Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
ized ''Aloysius'') is an
Old Occitan Old Occitan ( oc, occitan ancian, label=Occitan language, Modern Occitan, ca, occità antic), also called Old Provençal, was the earliest form of the Occitano-Romance languages, as attested in writings dating from the eighth through the fourteen ...
form of the name
Louis Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...
. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' (
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
), ''Aloys'' (
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
), ''Alois'' (
Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ...
), ''
Alojz Alojz is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alojz Ajdič (born 1939), Slovenian composer, author of many orchestral works *Alojz Fandel, former Slovak football player and coach *Alojz Geržinič (1915–2008), Slovenian composer * ...
'' ( Slovak,
Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...
), ''
Alojzy Alojzy is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alojzy Ehrlich (1914–1992), also called "King of the Chiselers," Polish table tennis legend *Alojzy Feliński (1771–1820), Polish writer *Alojzy Gonzaga Jazon Żółkowski, Ziółko ...
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Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
), ''
Aloísio Aloisio or Aloísio is a Romance masculine given name, arising via an Old Occitan form '' Aloys'' from Louis. * Aloisio da Milano, also known as Aloisio da Carezano, Aleviz Milanets and Aleviz Fryazin, 15th/16th century Italian architect * Aloisio ...
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Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
,
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
,
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
), and ''
Alajos Alajos is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alajos Degré (1819–1896), Hungarian lawyer and writer * Alajos Drávecz (1866–1915), Slovenian ethnologist and writer *Alajos Hauszmann (1847–1926), Austro-Hungarian ar ...
'' ( Hungarian).


People called Alois/Aloys

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Alois Alzheimer Alois Alzheimer ( , , ; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepel ...
(1864–1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist *
Alois Arnegger Alois Arnegger (March 9, 1879 – August 11, 1967) was an Austrian painter. Arnegger was born in Vienna. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and was taught by Robert Russ and August Eisenmenger. Alois Arnegger became famous as a scen ...
(1879–1963), Austrian painter *
Alois Biach Alois Biach (1 May 1849 – 1918) was an Austrian physician and medical writer. Biach was born in Lettowitz, Moravia, in 1849. He was educated at the gymnasium at Brünn and at the University of Vienna. After graduating as Doctor of Medicine in 1 ...
(1849–1918), Austrian physician and medical writer *
Alois Brunner Alois Brunner (8 April 1912 – December 2001) was an Austrian (SS) SS-Hauptsturmführer who played a significant role in the implementation of the Holocaust through rounding up and deporting Jews in occupied Austria, Greece, Macedonia, France, ...
(1912–2001), Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp war criminal *
Alois Carigiet Alois Carigiet (30 August 1902 – 1 August 1985) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, and illustrator. He may be known best for six children's picture books set in the Alps, '' A Bell for Ursli'' and its sequels, written by Selina Chönz, a ...
(1902–1985), Swiss illustrator *
Alois Dryák Alois Dryák (24 February 1872 in Olšany – 6 June 1932 in Prague) was a Czech architect and professor of ornamental design. Dryák is most famous for the design of the ornamental detail on Art Nouveau masterpieces such as the 1905 re-design ...
(1872–1932), Czech architect *
Alois Eliáš Alois Eliáš (29 September 1890 – 19 June 1942) was a Czech general and politician. He served as prime minister of the puppet government of the German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 27 April 1939 to 27 September 1941 but ...
(1890–1942), Czech general and politician *
Alois Estermann Alois Estermann (October 29, 1954 – May 4, 1998) was a senior officer of the Pontifical Swiss Guard who was murdered in his apartment in Vatican City. Early life Estermann was born in Gunzwil, in the Canton of Lucerne. He grew up as a member ...
, senior officer of the Pontifical Swiss Guard who was murdered in his apartment *
Alois Hába Alois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher. He belongs to the important discoverers in modern classical music, and major composers of microtonal music, especially using the quarter-tone scal ...
, Czech composer *
Alois Hitler Alois Hitler (born Alois Schicklgruber; 7 June 1837 – 3 January 1903) was an Austrian civil servant in the customs service, and the father of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Alois Schicklgruber was born out of we ...
(1837–1903), born Aloys Schicklgruber; Adolf Hitler's father * Alois Hitler, Jr. (1882–1956), Adolf Hitler's half-brother *
Alois Hudal Alois Karl Hudal (also known as Luigi Hudal; 31 May 188513 May 1963) was an Austrian bishop of the Catholic Church, based in Rome. For thirty years, he was the head of the Austrian-German congregation of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome and, until ...
(1885–1963), Rome-based, pro-Nazi bishop of Austrian descent * Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein * Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein *
Alois Jirásek Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – 12 March 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in ...
(1851–1930), Czech writer *
Alois Kayser Alois Kayser (March 29, 1877 in Lupstein, Alsace – October 21, 1944 in Chuuk State, Chuuk) was a German-French Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost forty years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar (and possibly a Nauruan language dictionar ...
(1877–1944), German Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost 40 years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar *
Alois Kříž Alois Kříž (26 February 1911 – 26 March 1947) was a Czechoslovak journalist and Nazi collaborator. He was accused of collaboration and hanged in March 1947. Biography Alois Kříž was born in the Ottensen district of Hamburg, (Germany) ...
(1911–1947), Czechoslovak journalist and Nazi collaborator who was executed * Alois Leiter (1965-), American former left-handed
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Aloïs Michielsen Aloïs Michielsen (born Turnhout, Belgium, 6 January 1942) is a Belgian businessman. He obtained a master's degree as a civil engineer (chemistry) and a degree in applied economic sciences at the Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). He obt ...
(born 1942), Belgian businessman *
Alois Mock Alois Mock (10 June 1934 – 1 June 2017) was an Austrian politician and member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He was Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989. As foreign minister, he helped take Austria into the European Union. Life ...
(1934–2017), Austrian politician *
Alois Musil Alois Musil (30 June 1868 – 12 April 1944) was a Czech theologian, orientalist, explorer and bilingual Czech and German writer. Biography Musil was the oldest son born in 1868 into an poor farming family in Moravia (then Cisleithanian pa ...
(1868–1944), Czech explorer, orientalist and writer *
Alois Negrelli Nikolaus Alois Maria Vinzenz Negrelli, Ritter von Moldelbe (born Luigi Negrelli; 23 January 1799 – 1 October 1858) was a Tyrolean civil engineer and railroad pioneer mostly active in parts of the Austrian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and It ...
(1799–1858), Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer in Austria, Italy and Switzerland *
Aloys Pennarini Aloys Pennarini, also spelled Alois Pennarini (born Aloys Federler; June 21, 1870 – June 23, 1927), was an opera singer. First (Spinto tenor) then heldentenor, opera director and film actor. He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. His teac ...
(1870–1927), tenor opera singer, opera director and film actor *
Aloys P. Kaufmann Aloys P. Kaufmann (December 23, 1902 in St. Louis, Missouri – February 12, 1984 in St. Louis) was the 36th Mayor of St. Louis, serving from 1943 to 1949. Kaufmann graduated from the Benton College of Law and practiced law in St. Louis. He ...
(1902–1984), mayor of Saint Louis *
Alois P. Swoboda Alois P. Swoboda (1873–1938) was an American quackery, quack and physical culture mail-order instructor.Cramp, Arthur J. (1921)''Nostrums and Quackery, Volume 2'' Press of American Medical Association. pp. 788-796. Swoboda claimed that his exerc ...
(1873–1938), pioneer of American physical culture *
Alois Rašín Alois Rašín (18 October 1867 in Nechanice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – 18 February 1923 in Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech and Czechoslovakian politician, economist, one of the founders of Czechoslovakia and first Ministry for ...
(1867–1923), Czech economist and politician *
Alois Riehl Alois Adolf Riehl (; 27 April 1844 – 21 November 1924) was an Austrian neo-Kantian philosopher. He was born in Bozen (Bolzano) in the Austrian Empire (now in Italy). He was the brother of . Biography Riehl studied at Vienna, Munich, Innsbruck ...
(1844–1924), Austrian philosopher *
Alois Senefelder Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 177126 February 1834) was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. p 146 Acto ...
(1771–1834), Austrian actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography *
Alois Vašátko Alois Vašátko DFC (25 August 1908 – 23 June 1942) was a Czechoslovak artillery officer who became an air force pilot. In the Second World War he was a fighter ace, first in the French Air Force in the Battle of France and then in the Ro ...
(1908–1942), Czech fighter pilot *
Alois von Reding Alois (Latinized ''Aloysius'') is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' (French), ''Aloys'' (German), ''Alois'' (Czech), ''Alojz'' ( Slovak, Slovenian), ''Alojzy'' (Polish), ''Aloísio'' (Portuguese, Spanish, I ...
(1765–1818), Swiss patriot *
Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein Alois, Hereditary Prince and Regent of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (Alois Philipp Maria; born 11 June 1968), is the eldest son of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau. The heir apparent ...
(born 1968) *
Alois Švehlík Alois Švehlík (born 30 July 1939) is a Czech actor and theatre pedagogue. Life and career Švehlík was born in Pardubice, then part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, in 1939. Together with his older brother Jaroslav, he became invo ...
(born 1939), Czech actor *
Alois Trancy The manga and anime series ''Black Butler'' features an extensive cast of characters created by Yana Toboso. The series takes place in England during the reign of Queen Victoria. It follows Sebastian Michaelis, a demonic butler obliged to serve ...
, fictional character in the Japanese anime Black Butler *
Aloïs Catteau Aloïs Catteau (11 August 1877 – 2 November 1939) was an early-twentieth-century Belgian road racing cyclist who participated in the inaugural 1903 Tour de France and finished tenth. His best result was the 1904 Tour de France, where he fi ...
(1877–1939), Belgian cyclist *
Aloys Sprenger Aloys Sprenger (born 3 September 1813, in Nassereith, Tyrol; died 19 December 1893 in Heidelberg) was an Austrian Oritentalist. Sprenger studied medicine, natural sciences as well as oriental languages at the University of Vienna. In 1836 he mov ...
(1813–1893), Austrian historian *
Aloys Wach Aloys Wach or Aloys Ludwig Wachelmayr (sometimes Wachelmeier, 30 April 1892 – 18 April 1940) was an Austrian expressionist painter and graphic artist. He was born in Lambach, Upper Austria, and died in Braunau, Upper Austria. While his birth pla ...
(1892–1940), Austrian expressionist painter and graphic artist *
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, film producer, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. ''Time'' ...
, Austrian actor and American politician *
Brother Alois Brother Alois (born Alois Löser; 11 June 1954) is the prior of the Taizé Community. He succeeded Brother Roger as the community's second prior after the founder's death on 16 August 2005. Biography Brother Alois was born in 1954 in Nördlingen, ...
(born 1954), Prior of the Taizé community *
Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
(born 1927), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger


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* ''Aloys'' (film), a 2016 Swiss film {{given name Masculine given names German masculine given names Czech masculine given names