Ludendorff is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
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Erich Ludendorff
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general, politician and military theorist. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914. ...
(1865–1937), German general
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Hans Ludendorff Friedrich Wilhelm Hans Ludendorff (Dunowo, 26 May 1873 – Potsdam, 26 June 1941) was a German astronomer and astrophysicist. He was the younger brother of General Erich Ludendorff.
After studying physics, mathematics and astronomy in Berlin, he s ...
(1873–1941), German astronomer
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Mathilde Ludendorff
Mathilde Friederike Karoline Ludendorff (born Mathilde Spieß; 4 October 1877 – 24 June 1966) was a German psychiatrist. She was a leading figure in the Völkisch movement known for her unorthodox (esoteric) and conspiratorial ideas. Her thi ...
(1877–1966), German teacher and psychiatrist
See also
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Ludendorff Bridge
The Ludendorff Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Bridge at Remagen) was in early March 1945 a critical remaining bridge across the river Rhine in Germany when it was captured during the Battle of Remagen by United States Army forces durin ...
, a former railway bridge across the Rhine in Germany, named after Erich Ludendorff
* ''Ludendorff'', the former German name of the Prussian village
Kruszewnia
Kruszewnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Swarzędz, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately southeast of Swarzędz and east of the regional capital Poznań.
The ...
, now in Poland
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German-language surnames