Louis is the

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form of the

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Chlodowig and one of two English forms, the other being Lewis ().

Etymology

The name Louis (through the intermediate form

Clovis Clovis may refer to: People * Clovis (given name), the early medieval (Frankish) form of the name Louis ** Clovis I (c. 466 – 511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler ** Clovis II (c. 634 – c. 657), ...

) derives from the Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ (in

runic alphabet Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised ...

) or *''Hlōdowik'' or *''Hlōdowig'' (in Latin alphabet). Traditionally, this name is considered to be composed of two elements, deriving from both Proto-Germanic ''*hlūdaz'' ("loud, famous") and ''*wiganą'' ("to battle, to fight") respectively, resulting in the traditional practice of translating Clovis' name as meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle". However, scholars have pointed out that

Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (30 November 538 – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of the area that had been previously referred to as Gaul by the Romans. He was born Georgius Florenti ...

consequently transcribes the names of various Merovingian royal names containing the first element as ''chlodo-''. The use of a

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(o), rather than the expected

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(u) which Gregory does use in various other Germanic names (i.e. Fredegundis, Arnulfus, Gundobadus, etc.) opens up the possibility that the first element instead derives from Proto-Germanic ''*hlutą'' ("lot, share, portion"), giving the meaning of the name as "loot bringer" or "plunder (bringing) warrior". This hypothesis is supported by the fact that if the first element is taken to mean "famous", then the name of Chlodomer (one of Clovis' sons) would contain two elements (''*hlūdaz'' and ''*mērijaz'') both meaning "famous", which would be highly uncommon within the typical Germanic name structure.

Variant forms

* af, Louis, Lodewyk, Ludwig * ar, لويس * sq, Luigj, Ludovik * Ancient Germanic: ''Chlodovech, Clodovicus, Ludovicus, Clovis, Hludowig'' * hy, Լուդովիկ (''Loudovik'') * eu, Aloxi, Koldobika, Luki, ''Koldo'' * br, Loeiz, ''

Loïc Loïc or Loick is a male personal forename chiefly used in Brittany, in western France, and in the Breton community in French-speaking countries. Origins ''Loïc'' is a Breton given name, based on ''Laou'', a Breton diminutive of Gwilherm or Gw ...

'' * bn, লুইস, লুডউইগ, translit=Luis/Luish, Luduig * bg, Людовик (''Lyudovik'') * ca,

Lluís Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

* Chinese Simplified: 路易 (''Lùyì'') * Chinese Traditional: 路易 (''Lùyì'') * hr, Alojzije, Ljudevit, Ludovik, Luj, '' Alojz'' * cz, Ludvík, '' Alois, Luděk'' * da,

Ludvig Ludvig is a Scandinavian given name, the equivalent of English ''Lewis'' or ''Louis''. People with the name include: * Ludvig Almqvist, Swedish politician * Ludvig Aubert, Norwegian Minister of Justice * Ludvig Bødtcher, Danish lyric poet * Lud ...

, Lodvig * nl,

Lodewijk Lodewijk () is the Dutch name for Louis. In specific it may refer to: Given name Literature * Lodewijk Hartog van Banda (1916–2006), Dutch comic strip writer * Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht Boon, (1912-1979) Flemish writer * Lodewijk van Deyssel, ...

, Lode, Lodevicus, Loe, Louis, Lowie, Lowieke, Ludo,

Ludovicus Ludovicus or Ludowicus is a Latinized form of the Germanic masculine given name ''Hludwig'' ("Louis"). It has been used as a baptismal name in the Low Countries, especially in Belgium; bearers often use(d) Lodewijk or short forms like ''Lode'', '' ...

* en, Louis,

Louie Louie may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Louie'' (American TV series), by comedian Louis C.K. * ''Louie'' (French TV series), animated series about a young rabbit who draws pictures which come to life * "Louie" (song), by Blood Raw * ''L ...

, Lou, Lewis,

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...

, Lewie, Lew, Lewy or Luey; Ludovic, Lodvig, Lodovig, Lutwidge * eo, Ludoviko, ''Luĉjo'' * fo, Ludvík * french: Louis,

Ludovic Ludovic is a given name and has also been a surname. People with the given name A * Ludovic Albós Cavaliere (born 1979), Andorran ski mountaineer * Ludovic Ambruș (born 1946), Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics * Ludo ...

* gl,

Lois Lois is a common English name from the New Testament. Paul the Apostle mentions Lois, the pious grandmother of Saint Timothy in the Second Epistle to Timothy (commending her for her faith in 2 Timothy 1:5). The name was first used by English C ...

, Luís * ka, ხლოდვიგი (''Khlodvigi''), ლუდვიგი (''ludvigi''), ლუდოვიკო(''ludoviko''), ლუი (''lui'') * german:

Ludwig Ludwig may refer to: People and fictional characters * Ludwig (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Ludwig (surname), including a list of people * Ludwig Ahgren, or simply Ludwig, American YouTube live streamer and co ...

, Alois, '' Aloysius, Lutz'' * gr, Λουδοβίκος (''Loudovíkos''), Λοΐζος(''Loizos'') * haw, Lui * Hindi: लुइस (''Lu'is'') * hu, Lajos, ''Alajos'' * ga, Alaois, Alabhaois, Laoiseach, Lughaidh * id, Aloysius, Louis, Ludowikus * is, Loðvík * it, Aloigi, Aloisi, Aloisio, Luigi,

Lodovico Lodovico is an Italian masculine given name, and may refer to: * Cigoli (1559–1613), Italian painter and architect * Lodovico, Count Corti (1823–1888), Italian diplomat * Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590), Italian composer * Lodovico Altieri (180 ...

, Ludovico, ''Alvise, Gigi, Gigio, Gigino, Ginetto, Gino, Luigino, Vico'' * Japanese: ルイ(''Rui'') * Korean: 루이 (''Lui''), 루이스 (''Luiseu'') * la,

, Aloysius * lv, Ludviķis, ''Ludis, Ludvigs, Luijs, Luiss, Luī, Aloizs, Aloiss'' * lt, Liudvikas, ''Aloyzas, Liudas'' * mk, Лудвиг (''Ludvig''), Луј (''Luj''), Људевит ('' Ljudevit'') * Medieval Occitan: ''Aloys, Aloysius'' * no,

, ''Lodve'' * Occitan: ''Loís'' * Persian: لوئیس * pl,

Ludwik Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player ...

, ''Alojzy'' * pt, Luís,

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 ...

, Aluísio, Ludovico (''Luiz'' is an archaic form), ''Luisinho'' *

Provençal Provençal may refer to: *Of Provence, a region of France * Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the southeast of France *''Provençal'', meaning the whole Occitan language *Franco-Provençal language, a distinct Roman ...

: Louïs, Louei, Louvis *

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

: ਲੂਯਿਸ (''Lūyis'') * ro, Aloisiu,

* russian: Людовик (''Lyudovik'') * Scottish Gaelic: Luthais * Sicilian: Luiggi, Ludovicu * sr, Луј (''Luj''), Људевит (''Ljudevit'') * sk, Ľudovít,'' Alojz'' * sl, Alojz,

Lojze Lojze is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Lojze Bratuž (1902–1937), Slovene choirmaster and composer, killed by Italian Fascist squads *Lojze Grozde, Slovenian student murdered by partisans during World War II *Lojze Kovači� ...

, Ljudevit, Luj, ''Alojzij, Ludvik'' * es, Luis, '' Ludovico'' * sv,

, Love,'' Ludde'' * Tamil: லூயிஸ் (''Lūyis'') *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

: లూయిస్ (''Lūyis'') * Thai: หลุยส์ (''H̄luys̄̒'') * uk, Людовик (''Lyudovyk'') *

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

: Lewis, Lewys

Feminine variants

* Arabic: لويز * Belarusian: Луіза (Luiza) * Chinese Simplified: 路易丝 (Lùyìsī) * Chinese Traditional: 路易絲 (Lùyìsī) * Croatian: Alojzija * Danish: Louise * Dutch: Louisa, Louise, Ludovica * English: Louise, Louisa, Lou, Louella, Lula, Luella, Lulu * Estonian: Loviise * Finnish: Loviisa * French: Lou, Louise, Louisette * German: Aloisia, Louisa, Luise, Lulu, Luisa * Greek: Λουίζα (Louíza) * Gujarati: લુઇસ (Lu'isa) * Hebrew: לואיז * Hindi: लुइस (Lu'isa) * Hungarian: Lujza * Italian: Lodovica, Ludovica, Luigia, Luisa, Gigia, Gina, Ginetta, Luigina, Luisella * Japanese: ルイーザ (Ruīza), ルイ (Rui) * Kannada: ಲೂಯಿಸ್ (Lūyis) * Korean: 루이사 (Luisa) * Lithuanian: Liudvika * Maori: Ruiha * Macedonian: Лујза (Lujza), Лојза (Lojza) * Mongolian: Луиза (Luiza) * Nepali: लुइस (Lu'isa) * Norwegian: Lovise * Persian: لوئیس * Polish: Ludwika, Luiza * Portuguese: Luísa, Luiza * Romanian: Luiza * Serbian: Луиз (Luiz) * Slovak: Alojzia * Slovene: Alojzija * Spanish: Luisa, Luisana, Luisel, Luisina, Luisita * Swedish: Lovisa, Lova * Tamil: லூயிஸ் (Lūyis) * Telugu: లూయిస్ ( Lūyis) * Thai: หลุยส์ (H̄luys̄̒) * Ukrainian: Луїза (Luyiza) * Urdu: لوئیس

Arts and entertainment

* Louis (singer) (1952–2011), Serbian singer * Louis Akin (1868–1913), American painter and illustrator * Lou Albano (1933–2009), Italian wrestler, manager and actor * Louis Anderson (1953–2022), American stand-up comedian and actor *

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

(1901–1971), American jazz musician * Louis C.K. (born 1967), American comedian *

Louis Cachet Louis Cachet (born Kristian Vikernes; 11 February 1973), better known as Varg Vikernes (), is a Norwegian writer and retired musician best known for his early black metal albums and later crimes. His first five records, issued under the name Bur ...

(born 1973), Norwegian musician *

Louis Calabro Louis Calabro (November 1, 1926 – October 21, 1991) was an Italian American orchestral composer. Calabro studied piano and composition at Juilliard School of Music. Vincent Persichetti was his principal teacher there. Louis Calabro was a mu ...

(1926–1991), Italian American orchestral composer * Louis Calhern (1895–1956), American actor * Louis Cheung (born 1980), Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor * Louis Clark (born 1947), English musical arranger and keyboard player * Louis Cole (musician), American musician * Lou Costello (1906–1959), American comedian * Louis Daguerre (1787–1851), French artist and photographer * Louis Deland (1772–1823), Swedish ballet dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and ballet master * Lou Dobbs (born 1945), CNN anchor * Lou Ferrigno (born 1951), American bodybuilder and actor * Louis Gallodier (1734–1803), ballet master and choreographer * Louis Gossett Jr. (born 1936), American actor * Louis Johnson (bassist) (1955–2015), American bass player and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson *

Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as " the King of the Jukebox", he earned his high ...

(1908–1975), pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter * Louis Jourdan (1921–2015), French actor *

Louis Jouvet Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker. Early life Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmacist. He receive ...

(1887–1951), French actor and director *

Louis I. Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...

(1901–1974), American architect * Louis Koo (born 1970), Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer * Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), American author of Western fiction * Louis Logic, American underground rapper *

Louis Masreliez Louis Masreliez (1748 – 19 March 1810), born Adrien Louis Masreliez, was a French born, Swedish painter and interior designer. Biography Masreliez was born in Paris and came to Sweden at the age of 5 in 1753. He was the son of French orna ...

(1748–1810), French-born Swedish painter and interior designer * Louis Prima (1910–1978), Italian American jazz and swing musician and trumpeter * Louis Rukeyser (1933–2006), American economic commentator * Lou Diamond Phillips (born 1962), American actor *

Lou Rawls Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American record producer, singer, composer and actor. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his s ...

(1933–2006), American musician *

Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. ...

(1942–2013), American musician * Louis Sachar (born 1954), American author of children's books * Louis Spohr (1784–1859), German composer * Louis Sullivan (1856–1924), American architect * Louis Theroux (born 1970), British television broadcaster *

Louis Tomlinson Louis William Tomlinson (; born Louis Troy Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Tomlinson began his career appearing in television dramas before he auditioned ...

(born 1991), English pop singer; one-fifth of English-Irish boy band One Direction. (Current solo artist) *

Louis Van Lint Louis Van Lint (December 26, 1909 – December 27, 1986) was a Belgian painter, major figure of the Belgian post-war abstraction. Biography Louis Van Lint studied painting at the Academy of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Brussels) under Henry Ottevaer ...

(1909–1986), Belgian artist * Louis Vuitton (designer) (1821–1892), French fashion designer * Louis Wain (1860–1936), British artist who drew cats * Louis Walsh (born 1952), Irish entertainment manager * Louis Yuen (born 1967), Hong Kong actor

Politics

Louis A. Bloom Louis A. Bloom (August 15, 1900 – December 18, 1988) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1947 to 1952. He was a judge in the Penns ...

(1900–1988), Pennsylvania State Representative and Judge * Louis Borno, President of

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

during United States occupation of Haiti *

Louis Brandeis Louis Dembitz Brandeis (; November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was an American lawyer and associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939. Starting in 1890, he helped develop the "right to privacy" concept ...

(1856–1941), American Supreme Court justice and Zionist leader * Louis Philippe de Bombelles, Austrian count and diplomat *

Louis Conradt In November 2006, Louis William "Bill" Conradt, a local assistant district attorney in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area, committed suicide after Texas police served him with search and arrest warrants stemming from a ''Dateline NBC''Perv ...

, politician from Texas, investigated by ''To Catch a Predator'' * Louis DeJoy (born 1957), American businessman and current postmaster general of the United States * Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan (1734–1803), French religious leader and politician * Louis Farrakhan (born 1933), Afro-American social leader * Louis De Geer (1818–1896), Sweden's first prime minister; baron, statesman and writer *

Gerhard Louis De Geer Baron Gerhard Louis De Geer of Finspång (usually known as Louis De Geer; 27 November 185425 February 1935) was a Swedish politician, who served in the first chamber of the ''Riksdag'' 1901–14, was governor of Kristianstad County 1905–23, a ...

, known as Louis De Geer (1854–1935), Swedish prime minister * Louis "Louie" Gohmert (born 1953), Texas politician and U.S. Congressman * Louis Lucien Hunter, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician *

Louis Alphonse Koyagialo Louis Alphonse Daniel Koyagialo Ngbase te Gerengbo (23 March 1947 – 14 December 2014) was a Congolese politician. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with responsibility for the Ministry of Postal Ser ...

, Prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo *

Louis St. Laurent Louis Stephen St. Laurent (''Saint-Laurent'' or ''St-Laurent'' in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent; February 1, 1882 – July 25, 1973) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 19 ...

(1882–1973), Canadian politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada * Louis Lingg (1864–1887), German anarchist arrested after Haymarket Square bombing * Louis Michel (born 1947), Belgian politician * Louis Riel (1844–1885), Canadian politician, a founder of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis *

Louis Eugène Roy Louis Eugène Roy (1861 – 27 October 1939) was a prominent mulatto Haitian banker selected by U.S. General John H. Russell, Jr., the American High Commissioner to Haïti, to serve as that country's interim president following the resignation o ...

, President of Haiti *

Louis L. Winston Louis L. Winston (1784 – August 20, 1824)Obituary
, ''Jackson State Journal'' (August 31, 1824), ...

(1784–1824), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi

Royalty

Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Germany

* Louis the Pious, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death. *

Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor Louis II (825 – 12 August 875), sometimes called the Younger, was the king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 844, co-ruling with his father Lothair I until 855, after which he ruled alone. Louis's usual title was ''impera ...

, eldest son of the emperor Lothair I *

Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Blind ( 880 – 5 June 928) was the king of Provence from 11 January 887, King of Italy from 12 October 900, and briefly Holy Roman Emperor, as Louis III, between 901 and 905. His father was a Bosonid and his mother was a Carolingia ...

, maternal grandson of the emperor Louis II * Louis the German (Louis II), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife * Louis the Child (Louis III), the last true Carolingian ruler of East Francia *

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV (german: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328. Louis' election as king of Germany in ...

Kings of France

* Louis the Pious, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death * Louis the Stammerer, the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans * Louis III of France, king of Western Francia * Louis IV of France, king of France from 936 to 954 * Louis V of France, son of the Frankish King Lothair and his wife Emma *

Louis VI of France Louis VI (late 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (french: link=no, le Gros) or the Fighter (french: link=no, le Batailleur), was King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137. Chronicles called him "King of Saint-Denis". Louis was the first member ...

, King of France from 1108 to 1137 *

Louis VII of France Louis VII (1120 – 18 September 1180), called the Younger, or the Young (french: link=no, le Jeune), was King of the Franks from 1137 to 1180. He was the son and successor of King Louis VI (hence the epithet "the Young") and married Duchess ...

, King of France from 1137 to 1180 * Louis VIII of France, King of France from 1223 to 1226 *

Louis IX of France Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the ...

, King of France from 1226 to 1270 * Louis X of France, King of France from 1314 to 1316 *

Louis XI of France Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (french: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revo ...

, King of France from 1461 to 1483 *

Louis XII of France Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, he succeeded his 2nd cousin once removed and brother in law at the tim ...

, King of France from 1498 to 1515 * Louis XIII of France, King of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643 * Louis XIV of France, King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 * Louis XV of France, King of France and Navarre from 1715 to 1774 * Louis XVI of France, King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791 * Louis XVII of France, the son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette * Louis XVIII of France, King of France and Navarre from 1815 to 1824 * Louis XIX of France, King of France and Navarre for twenty minutes in 1830 before his abdication

Other French royalty

* Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon * Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon *

Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé 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 ...

, Prince of Condé *

Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé 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 ...

, Prince of Condé * Louis III, Prince of Condé, Prince of Condé *

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1723 to 1726. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a '' pr ...

(also known as Louis IV, prince de Condé) *

Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé 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 ...

(also known as Louis V Joseph) * Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé (also known as Louis VI Henri) *

Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti Louis Armand de Bourbon (30 April 1661 – 9 November 1685) was Prince of Conti from 1666 to his death, succeeding his father, Armand de Bourbon. His mother was Anne Marie Martinozzi, the daughter of Girolamo Martinozzi and Laura Margherita ...

, Prince of Conti * Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti *

Louis François I, Prince of Conti 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 ( ...

, Prince of Conti *

Louis François II, Prince of Conti 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 ( ...

, Prince of Conti * Louis V, Elector Palatine

Kings of Etruria

* Louis I of Etruria, King of Etruria from 1801 to 1803 *

Louis II of Etruria Charles Louis ( it, Carlo Ludovico; 22 December 1799 – 16 April 1883) was King of Etruria (1803–1807; reigned as Louis II), Duke of Lucca (1824–1847; reigned as Charles I), and Duke of Parma (1847–1849; reigned as Charles II). He was the ...

, King from 1803–1807, also Duke of Lucca (1824–1847) and Duke of Parma (1847–1849)

Kings of Holland

* Louis I Bonaparte, King of Holland from 1806 to 1810 * Louis II Bonaparte, King of Holland in 1810, also Grand Duke of Berg

Kings of Hungary

* Louis the Great, (Louis I of Hungary) Apostolic King of Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Jerusalem and Sicily from 1342, King of Poland from 1370 * Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Hungary from 1516 to 1526

King of Portugal

Louis I of Portugal 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 ...

(1838–1889), succeeded to his older brother Peter V in 1861

King of Spain

* Louis I of Spain, the eldest son of Philip V of Spain by his first Queen consort Maria Louisa of Savoy

Princes of Monaco

* Louis I, Prince of Monaco *

Louis II, Prince of Monaco Louis II (Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi; 12 July 1870 – 9 May 1949) was Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 to 9 May 1949. Early years Born in Baden-Baden, (Germany), he was the only child of Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922), a ...

, Sovereign Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 until 9 May 1949

Princes of the United Kingdom

* Prince Louis of Wales (born 2018), son of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, grandson of King Charles III

Dukes and Kings of Bavaria

Louis I, Duke of Bavaria Louis I (german: Ludwig; 23 December 1173 – 15 September 1231), called the Kelheimer or of Kelheim, since he was born and died at Kelheim, was the Duke of Bavaria from 1183 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1214. He was a son of Otto I an ...

* Louis II, Duke of Bavaria * Louis III, Duke of Bavaria *

, also Duke of Bavaria * Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, also Margrave of Brandenburg as Louis I *

Louis VI, Duke of Bavaria Louis the Roman () (7 May 1328 – 17 May 1365) was the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor, Louis IV the Bavarian, by his second wife, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, and a member of the House of Wittelsbach. Louis was Duke of Upper Bavaria as Lo ...

, also Margrave of Brandenburg as Louis II * Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria * Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria * Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria * Louis X, Duke of Bavaria * Louis I King of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848 * Louis II King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886, the ''Märchenkönig'' (Fairy tale king) * Louis III, Regent from 1912 to 1913, King from 1913 to 1918 (last king of Bavaria)

Grand-Duke of Berg

* Louis, Grand Duke of Berg from 1809 to 1813, also King of Holland as Louis II

Grand-Dukes of Hesse

* Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse * Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse * Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse * Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

Duke of Savoy

* Louis, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Savoy from 1440 to 1465

Duke of Württemberg

Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg Ludwig Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (6 January 1731 – 20 May 1795), was the third son of Duke Karl Alexander and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (11 August 1706 – 1 February 1756). Marriage He married (morganatically) Countess So ...

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

* Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Science and innovation

Louis Blériot Louis Charles Joseph Blériot ( , also , ; 1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of th ...

(1872–1936), French aviator and inventor * Louis Braille (1809–1852), inventor of braille * Louis de Broglie (1892–1987), French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate * Louis Ignarro (1941) American pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate *

Louis Leakey Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai ...

(1903–1972), British paleontologist *

Louis Lliboutry Louis Lliboutry (born 19 February 1922 in Madrid; died on 21 October 2007 in Grenoble) was a French glaciologist, geophysicist, and mountaineer. While in Chile in the early 1950s, he analysed and explained the formation of snow penitents in the ...

, French-Chilean glaciologist *

Louis Mink Louis O. Mink Jr. (September 3, 1921 – January 19, 1983) was a Philosophy of history, philosopher of history whose works challenged early philosopher of history R. G. Collingwood and were part of a postmodern dialogue on history and historical ...

(1921–1983), American philosopher of history *

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, the latter of which was named afte ...

(1822–1895), French microbiologist and chemist, discoverer of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and

pasteurization Pasteurization or pasteurisation is a process of food preservation in which packaged and non-packaged foods (such as milk and fruit juices) are treated with mild heat, usually to less than , to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life. The ...

Louis Schoonhoven Louis Mensse Schoonhoven (born 30 June 1931) is a Dutch entomologist. He was a professor of general and comparative animal physiology and later entomology at Wageningen University and Research between 1972 and 1991. He is a specialist in insect-pla ...

(born 1931), Dutch entomologist * Louis Wirth (1897–1952), American sociologist

Sports

Louis Almond Louis James Almond (born 5 January 1992) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ashton United. He has played in the Football League for Cheltenham Town and Blackpool. Career Blackpool and loans Almond was born in ...

(born 1992), English footballer *

Louis Babrow Doctor Louis Babrow (24 April 1915 – 26 January 2004) was a South African rugby union player and medical doctor.Godwin, p32 He was of Jewish origins. Playing career He attended, and played for Grey College, Bloemfontein and Cape Town University ...

(1915–2004), South African rugby union player *

Louis Baise Louis Joseph Baise (born 4 May 1927) was a South African former Olympic wrestler. Biography Baise is Jewish, and won gold medals at the 1950 Maccabiah Games and the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsi ...

(born 1927), South African Olympic wrestler *

Lou Boudreau Louis Boudreau (July 17, 1917 – August 10, 2001), nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "The Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a ...

(1917–2001), American, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager * Lou Brock (born 1939), American baseball player * Louis Bullard (1956–2010), American football player * Louis Campbell (born 1979), American basketball player * Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), racing driver and the founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company * Louis Delétraz (born 1997), Swiss race car driver * Louis Clarke (1901–77), American Olympic track champion *

Louis Ford (footballer) Louis John Copp Ford (18 May 1914 – 20 September 1980) was a Welsh professional Association football, footballer. He made 41 appearances for Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City in all competitions before his career was ended following the outbreak ...

(born 1914), Welsh footballer * Louis van Gaal (born 1951), Dutch footballer and manager * Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player *

Louis Jani Louis Jani (born December 6, 1957, in Montreal, Quebec) is a judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. He had unfortunately missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to Canada's boy ...

(born 1957), Canadian judoka * Louis Kaplan (1901–1970), nicknamed "Kid Kaplan", Russian-born American world champion Hall of Fame featherweight boxer *

Louis King (basketball) Louis D'ajon King (born April 6, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played ...

(born 1999), American basketball player * Louis Klotz (born 1921), nicknamed "Red", American NBA basketball player and owner of the Washington Generals and New York Nationals *

Louis Pilot Louis Pilot (11 November 1940 – 16 April 2016) was a Luxembourgian football player and manager. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Luxembourg Football Federation as the country's Golden Player - the greates ...

(born 1940), Luxembourgian footballer and manager *

Louis Rubenstein Louis Rubenstein (September 23, 1861, in Montreal – January 3, 1931) was a Canadian figure skater, sportsman and politician. Rubenstein is considered the "Father of Canadian Figure Skating." After retirement from skating in 1892, Rubenstein beca ...

(1861–1931), Canadian world champion Hall of Fame figure skater * Louis Saha (born 1978), French footballer * Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), English racing driver * Louis Smith (gymnast) (born 1989), English gymnast

Others

* Louis Edmund Blaze (1861–1951), Sri Lankan Burgher educationist, founder of Kingswood College, Kandy, Sri Lanka * Louis Botha (1862–1919), South African politician, first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, one of the principal commanders of the Second Boer War *

Louis Brouillard Louis Brouillard (July 27, 1921 – October 10, 2018) was an American Catholic priest involved in high-profile Catholic Church sexual abuse cases. Sexual abuse Brouillard was ordained December 17, 1948, and served in priesthood on Guam from 1948 ...

(1921–2018), American Catholic priest *

Louis Congo Louis Congo was an African slave who was freed in 1725 from the Company of the Indies by Louisiana officials and who was appointed public executioner.Dawdy, Shannon Lee"The Burden of Louis Congo and the Evolution of Savagery in Colonial Louisiana. ...

(c. 1725), emancipated slave, appointed public executioner of Louisiana * Louis Le Duff, French billionaire businessman * Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general during World War I * Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (born 1942), chairman and CEO of IBM * Louis Antoine Godey (1804-1878), American editor and publisher * Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River *

Louis Kealoha Louis Kealoha is a former Chief of the Honolulu Police Department and a convicted felon. He joined the department in 1983 and was promoted to Chief on November 25, 2009. Following his appointment, he and his wife Katherine Kealoha threw a lavish ...

, former Chief of the Honolulu Police Department and convicted felon *

Louis-Frédéric Lescure Louis-Frédéric Lescure (27 May 1904 – 5 December 1993) was a French industrialist, and the CEO of Groupe SEB from 1953 to 1972. Early life Lescure was born on 27 May 1904. Career Lescure was the CEO of Groupe SEB from 1953 to 1972. In the 1 ...

(1904–1993), French industrialist *

Louis Mountbatten Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of German ...

(1900–1979), last Viceroy of India and first Governor-General of independent India, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II * Louis Palander (1842–1920], Swedish naval officer * Louis Pio (1841–1894), Danish political figure *

Louis (parrot) Louis was a well-known parrot from Victoria, British Columbia.Ruttan, Stephen (30 September 2012) Tales from the Vault, a new Victoria history series, begins with Miss Wilson and the famous parrot ''Times Colonist'' From the time of his reclusive ...

, parrot from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, well-provided for by owner's will after her death in 1949 * Louis H. Pollak (1922–2012), American district court judge and dean of Yale Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School *

Louis Pope Louis M. Pope (born 1947) is an American businessman and has worked as a micro-credit and business organizer in Kenya. Biography Pope was raised in Provo, Utah. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering (1974) and an MBA (1975) from ...

(b.1947), American businessman *

Louis Ruquoy Lieutenant-General baron Louis Ruquoy (or Louis Rucquoy) (; 3 November 1861 – 1937) was the Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army during the second part of the First World War. Career Ruquoy entered the Belgian Army in 1877. By 1914 he was Lieute ...

, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army during the second part of the First World War *

Louis Sabunji Louis Sabunji (1838–1931) was a Catholic priest and political figure who founded and edited various publications, including ''Al Nahla'' (Arabic: The Bee). He was also one of the earliest photographers in Beirut. Early life and education Sabun ...

(1838–1931), Syriac Catholic priest and journalist *

Louis B. Schwartz Louis Brown Schwartz (February 24, 1913 – January 23, 2003) was the Benjamin Franklin and University Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Biography Schwartz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Samuel (Shimon) ...

(1913–2003), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp (born 1994), heir apparent to earldom. *

Louis Zamperini Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran and an Olympic distance runner. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Ber ...

(1917–2014), American World War II veteran, Christian evangelist and an Olympic distance runner, best known for being a Japanese POW survivor.

Fictional characters

* Dr. Louis Faraday, a character in the 1986 American science fiction adventure movie '' Flight of the Navigator'' * Louis, a character in the American sitcom television series '' Kate & Allie'' * Louis, a protagonist of the Japanese manga series '' Beastars'' * Louis de Pointe du Lac, character in the Vampire Chronicles novels by Anne Rice *

Louis the Alligator ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the 2 ...

, a character from the animated film ''The Princess and the Frog'' *

Louie Duck Huey, Dewey, and Louie are triplet cartoon characters created by storyboard artist ( screenwriter) Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company from an idea proposed by cartoonist Al Taliaferro and are the nephews of Donald Duck and the grand-nep ...

, Disney character * Louis Gara, a character in the 2013 American black comedy crime movie '' Life of Crime'' *

Louis Huang The phrase fresh off the boat ''(FOB)'', off the boat ''(OTB)'', are sometimes-derogatory terms used to describe immigrants who have arrived from a foreign nation and have yet to assimilate into the host nation's culture, language, and behavio ...

, character played by Randall Park in ''Fresh Off the Boat'' * Louis Litt, character played by Rick Hoffman in ''Suits'' * Louis Michaelson, a character played by Fred Savage in the 1986 American fantasy drama film '' The Boy Who Could Fly'' * Louis Tully, character played by Rick Moranis in ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Ghostbusters II'' * Louis Wu, character in the Ringworld books by Larry Niven * Louis, one of the protagonists of '' Left 4 Dead''

References

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