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Local usage details Local usage details (LUD) are a detailed record of local calls made and received from a particular phone number. These records are regularly available to police in the United States and Canada with a court order, and were traditionally subject to ...

, a record of local calls made from and received by a particular phone number *

Ludic language Ludic, or ''Ludian'', or ''Ludic Karelian'' ( or ), is a Finnic language in the Uralic language family or a Karelian dialect. It is transitional between the Olonets Karelian language and the Veps language. It is spoken by 300 Karelians in the R ...

, a Finnic language spoken in Karelia

People

Lud son of Heli Lud ( cy, Lludd map Beli Mawr), according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's legendary ''History of the Kings of Britain'' and related medieval texts, was a king of Britain in pre-Roman times who founded London and was buried at Ludgate. He was the eldes ...

, a legendary British king who in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' founded London and was buried at Ludgate *

Lud, son of Shem Lud ( he, לוּד ''Lūḏ'') was a son of Shem and grandson of Noah, according to ''Genesis'' 10 (the "Table of Nations"). The descendants of Lud are usually, following Josephus, connected with various Anatolian peoples, particularly Lydia (As ...

, a grandson of Noah *

Lludd Llaw Eraint Lludd Llaw Ereint, "Lludd of the Silver Hand", son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology. As Nudd Llaw Ereint (the earlier form of his name, cognate of the Irish mythology, Irish Nuada Airgetlám, derived from the pre-Roman Celtic ...

, a mythical Welsh figure cognate with king Nuada Airgetlám * Lud Fiser (1908–1990), American football and baseball player and coach *

Lud Gluskin Ludwig Elias "Lud" GluskinState of New York Certificate and Record of Birth, January 4, 1899. (December 16, 1898 – October 13, 1989) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.Donnelly, K.J. and Philip Hayward (2012''Music in Science Fiction ...

(1898–1989), Russian jazz bandleader * Lud Kramer (1932–2004), American politician *

Ned Ludd Ned Ludd is the legendary person to whom the Luddites attributed the name of their movement. In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated ...

, founder of the Luddite movement in 18th- and 19th-century Britain

Places

* Lud River, a river of New Zealand's South Island *

Ludlow railway station Ludlow railway station in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, lies on the Welsh Marches Line between Shrewsbury to the north and Hereford. The station is on Station Drive, to the northeast of Ludlow town centre. History The station opened on 21 Ap ...

, England *

River Lud The Louth Navigation was a canalisation of the River Lud. It ran for from Louth in Lincolnshire, England, to Tetney Haven, at the mouth of the Humber. It was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1763 and completed in 1770, under the superv ...

, a river of England, canalised as the Louth Navigation *

Stone Lud The Stone Lud is a standing stone in the parish of Bower in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is located and about south of Castletown. The stone has been claimed as the grave stone of Ljot Thorfinnsson, the 10th century earl o ...

, a standing stone in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland * Lud Gate, a city gate in the London area of

Ludgate Ludgate was the westernmost gate in London Wall. Of Roman origin, it was rebuilt several times and finally demolished in 1760. The name survives in Ludgate Hill, an eastward continuation of Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus and Ludgate Square. Ety ...

Lüderitz Airport Lüderitz Airport is an airport serving Lüderitz, a town in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. The airport is about southeast of the center of Lüderitz, on the B4 road. Airlines and destinations See also *List of airports in Namibia *Transport ...

, Namibia, IATA code

Fiction

Lud (city) ''The Waste Lands'' (subtitled "Redemption") is a dark fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. It is the third book of '' The Dark Tower'' series. The original limited edition hardcover featuring full-color illustrations by Ned Dameron w ...

, a city in Stephen King's ''Dark Tower'' series *

Lobby Lud Lobby Lud is a fictional character created in August 1927 by the ''Westminster Gazette'', a British newspaper, now defunct. The character was used in readers' prize competitions during the summer period. Anonymous employees visited seaside resor ...

, a character used in British newspaper scavenger hunts in the 1920s *

Lud-in-the-Mist ''Lud-in-the-Mist'' (1926) is the third and final novel by British writer Hope Mirrlees. It continues the author's exploration of the themes of Life and Art, by a method already described in the preface of her first novel, ''Madeleine: One of Lo ...

, novel by British writer (Helen) Hope Mirrlees