Ludovic is a given name and has also been a surname.

People with the given name

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* Ludovic Albós Cavaliere (born 1979), Andorran ski mountaineer *

Ludovic Ambruș Ludovic Ambruş (born 17 September 1946) is a Romanian former wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München ...

(born 1946), Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics *

Ludovic Arrachart Ludovic Arrachart (15 August 1897, Besançon - 24 May 1933, Maisons) was a French aviator. His long-distance flights made him a pioneer of intercontinental aviation. He notably beat two world records : first flying a Breguet 19 from Étampes to ...

(1897–1933), French aviator *

Ludovic Assemoassa Amevou-Ludovic Assemoassa (born 18 September 1980 in Lyon) is a former footballer who played for the Togo national team. Career Assemoassa graduated from local side Olympique Lyonnais' youth system. He joined Spanish Segunda División side Ciu ...

(born 1980), French-born Togolese football defender *

Ludovic Asuar Ludovic Asuar (born 26 October 1976 in Marseille) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Olympique de Marseille, FC Metz, AC Ajaccio, Dijon FCO, CS Sedan Ardennes, and SO Cassis Carnoux Stade Olympique Cassis ...

(born 1976), French footballer *

Ludovic Auger Ludovic Auger (born 17 February 1971 in Joigny) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In his 14-year career, he rode for BigMat-Auber 93 from 1994 until 2004 and then for UCI ProTeam Française des Jeux from 2005 to 2007. Major ...

(born 1971), French road bicycle racer *

Ludovic Augustin Ludovic C. Augustin (born 1902, date of death unknown) was an Olympic sport shooter who was part of the team that won Haiti's first ever Olympic medal, a bronze in team free rifle at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: ...

(born 1902), Haitian Olympic sport shooter

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Ludovic Baal Ludovic Baal (born 24 May 1986) is a French Guianan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for the French Guiana national team. Club career Baal moved from Le Mans to Lens on 10 June 2011. On 12 June 2015, he joined Rennes on a three ...

(born 1986), French Guianese football left back * Ludovic Batelli (born 1963), French football goalkeeper *

Ludovic Blas Ludovic Régis Arsène Blas (born 31 December 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nantes. Club career Ludovic Blas arrived at Rambouillet FC, then in district, at the age of 7. Blas already ...

(born 1997), French football midfielder * Ludovic Boi (born 1989), Mauritian-Australian footballer *

Ludovic Booz Ludovic Booz (16 June 1940 – 2 February 2015) was a Haitian painter and sculptor. Born in Aquin, Booz sculpted bronze busts of several Haitian presidents. His work has been exhibited in France, Israel, and Suriname. File:Ludovic booz grand m ...

(1940–2015), Haitian painter and sculptor * Ludovic Bource (born 1970), French composer * Ludovic Boulesteix (fl. 1990s), French slalom canoer * Ludovic Bruckstein (1920–1988), Romanian writer * Ludovic Bruni (born 1976), French guitarist, bassist and music producer * Ludovic Butelle (born 1983), French footballer * Ludovic Buysens (born 1986), Belgian footballer

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* Ludovic Capelle (born 1976), Belgian road racing cyclist * Ludovic Chammartin (born 1985), Swiss judoka * Ludovic Chelle (born 1983), Malian-French basketball player * Ludovic Clément (born 1976), Martiniquais footballer * Ludovic Clemente (born 1986), Andorran footballer * Ludovic Colquhoun (1804–1882), Texas Senator and merchant of San Antonio, Texas

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Ludovic Dauș Ludovic Dauș ( – November 17, 1954) was a Romanian novelist, playwright, poet and translator, also known for his contributions as a politician and theatrical manager. He was born into a cosmopolitan family, with a Czechs of Romania, Czech fath ...

(1873–1953), Romanian prose writer, playwright, poet and translator *

Ludovic Debeurme Ludovic Debeurme is a French comic artist who has gained popularity in the US by his release of the English language graphic novel, ''Lucille''. Education and career Debeurme is a French graphic novelist and illustrator who was born in 1971. A ...

, French comic artist * Ludovic Delporte (born 1980), French football midfielder *

Ludovic Depickère Ludovic Depickère (born 29 July 1969 in Wattrelos, Nord) is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olymp ...

(born 1969), French magician and freestyle swimmer

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Ludovic Fabregas Ludovic Fabregas (born 1 July 1996) is a French professional handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the French national team. Individual awards *All-Star Pivot at the Olympic Games: 2020 *All-Star Pivot of the World Championship: 2021, 2023 * ...

(born 1996), French handball player *

Ludovic Franck Ludovic Franck (28 December 1907 – 15 September 1988) was a sailor from Belgium, who represented his country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Franck, as crew member on the Belgian 6 Metre ''Ubu'', took 5th place ...

(born 1907), Belgian sailor

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* Ludovic G. (1835–1886),

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

Jean Louis Gobbaerts Jean Louis Gobbaerts (28 September 1835 – 5 May 1886) was a noted Belgian Romantic era concert pianist, piano teacher, and composer. Popular and successful in his own day, Gobbaerts published over 1200 piano compositions. Gobbaerts published ...

, Belgian pianist and composer *

Ludovic Gamboa Ludovic Gamboa (born 14 January 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a wide midfielder for Championnat National 3 club Colomiers. Career He started his career with Chamois Niortais, making his debut in the 3–0 away win over R ...

(born 1986), French football midfielder *

Ludovic Gapenne Ludovic Gapenne is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T54 sprint and middle-distance events. Ludovic was a member of the bronze medal-winning French 4 × 100 m in the 53-54 class at the 2004 Summer Paralympics ...

, Paralympian athlete from France *

Ludovic Garreau Ludovic Garreau (born 21 February 1983) is a French former professional ice hockey player. He is currently head coach of the Scorpions de Mulhouse under-22 team. Career Garreau began his senior career with FFHG Division 1 team Aigles de Nice ...

(born 1983), French ice hockey player *

Ludovic Genest Ludovic Genest (born 18 September 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Born in Thiers, Genest previously played for Auxerre, Bastia, Laval and Istres.Ludovic Giuly Ludovic Vincent Giuly (born 10 July 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger. Giuly represented France at international level, gaining 17 caps over a five-year period and was a member of their 2003 FIFA Confedera ...

(born 1976), French football winger *

Ludovic Golliard Ludovic Golliard (born 13 March 1983) is a French professional footballer who currently plays for Besançon Football. He played at professional level in Ligue 2 for Besançon RC Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is ...

(born 1983), French footballer *

Ludovic Gotin Ludovic Gotin (born 25 July 1985) is a Guadeloupean footballer who currently plays for French club Le Moule on the island of Guadeloupe in the Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur. He plays as a striker. Though Gotin has spent the majority of his car ...

(born 1985), Guadeloupean footballer *

Ludovic Graugnard Ludovic Graugnard (born 25 October 1977) is a French football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football ...

(born 1977), French football manager *

Ludovic Guerriero Ludovic Guerriero (born 5 January 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Guerriero was born in Forbach, Moselle. He signed his first professional contract with French Ligue 1 club AS Nancy in 200 ...

(born 1985), French football defensive midfielder

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Ludovic Halévy Ludovic Halévy (1 January 1834 – 7 May 1908) was a French author and playwright, best known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on Georges Bizet's ''Carmen'' and on the works of Jacques Offenbach. Biography Ludovic Halévy was born in P ...

(1834–1908), French author and playwright * Ludovic Henry (born 1968), French Olympic dressage rider * Ludovic Heraud (born 1913), French sports shooter *

Ludovic Hubler Ludovic Hubler is a French traveller, most famous for his 5-year tour of the world completed entirely by hitchhiking (car, boat, etc.). He wrote the travel book Le Monde en stop, rewarded by the 2010 Pierre Loti award. Biography Childhood B ...

, French traveller

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Ludovic Janvier Ludovic Janvier (24 October 1934, Paris – 18 January 2016, Ivry-sur-Seine) was a French novelist, poet, essayist, and short stories writer. He was the grandson of Haitian writer and politician Louis-Joseph Janvier. Work Novels *1968: ''La ...

(1934–2016), French novelist, poet, essayist, and short stories writer *

Ludovic Jean-Luc Butelle Ludovic Jean-Luc Butelle (born 3 April 1983) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Red Star. Club career Born in Reims, Butelle began his career at Metz, in 2001–02's Ligue 1, appearing in six matches. He bec ...

(born 1983), French footballer

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* Ludovic Kashindi (born 1984), Canadian football defensive back * Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009), British journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author

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Ludovic Lalanne Ludovic Lalanne (23 April 1815, Paris – 16 May 1898, Paris) was a French historian and librarian. The engineer and politician Léon Lalanne (1811–1892) was his brother. Biography Lalanne was a student at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and late ...

(1815–1898), French historian and librarian * Ludovic Lamothe (1882–1953), Haitian composer and virtuoso pianist * Ludovic Lebart, French statistician *

Ludovic Leroy Ludovic Leroy (born September 20, 1975 in Le Quesnoy) is a French professional footballer. He currently plays in the Championnat de France amateur for SO Romorantin. Leroy played at the professional level in Ligue 2 for Valenciennes FC, FC Mar ...

(born 1975), French footballer *

Ludovic Lewis Ludovic (or Lewis) Lewis was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1647 to 1653. Lewis was the son of Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet. In 1647, he was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon. He appears to have survived Pride's ...

, Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1647 to 1653 * Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford (1600–1652), Scot who took part in the plot of 1641 called The Incident *

Ludovic Lidon Ludovic Lidon (born February 6, 1971, in Tours, France) is a former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footb ...

(born 1971), French football defender * Ludovic Liron (born 1978), French football defender *

Ludovic Loquet Ludovic Loquet (born 4 February 1965) is a French politician who was the Member of Parliament for Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency for a month in 2020. References See also * List of deputies of the 15th National Assembly of France This a ...

(born 1965), French politician *

Ludovic Loustau Ludovic Loustau (born 15 August 1973) is a former French international rugby union footballer who played scrum-half in France's Top 14 competition. Loustau was born in Talence, France. His first professional club was US Dax. From 1997 until 1999 ...

(born 1973), French rugby union footballer

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Ludovic Magnin Ludovic Magnin (; born 20 April 1979) is a Swiss football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Lausanne-Sport. He played as a left-back for the Switzerland national team, Yverdon Sport, FC Lugano, Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart, and ...

(born 1979), Swiss football manager and defender *

Ludovic Martin Ludovic Martin (born 17 March 1976 in Mantes-la-Jolie) is a retired French cyclist. He participated in the 2004 Tour de France and finished in 119th. His sporting career began with Jeunesse Sportive Doloise. Major results ;1998 :2nd Paris-Mante ...

(born 1976), French cyclist *

Ludovic Mary Ludovic Mary (born 7 March 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent th ...

(born 1977), French footballer * Ludovic Mercier (born 1976), French rugby union player * Ludovic Millet (born 1985), French kickboxer *

Ludovic Morlot Ludovic Morlot (born 11 December 1973) is a French conductor. Early years Morlot was born in Lyon on 11 December 1973. As a youth, he trained as a violinist. He later attended the Royal Academy of Music, and began his studies in conducting in L ...

(born 1973), French conductor * Ludovic Mrazek (1867–1944), Romanian geologist

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* Ludovic Obraniak (born 1984), French-born Polish footballer *

Ludovic O'Followell Ludovic O'Followell (born 1872 in Portslade - 29 January 1965) was a French medical doctor and writer. He is best known for his work demonstrating the effects of corsets on the shape of the rib cage with X-rays. Following the publication of ''Le ...

, French doctor and author *

Ludovic Orban Ludovic Orban (; born 25 May 1963) is a Romanian engineer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Romania from November 2019 to December 2020. He was president of the National Liberal Party (Romania), National Liberal Party (PNL) betw ...

(born 1963), Romanian engineer and politician

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* Ludovic Pancrate (born 1987), French footballer *

Ludovic Paratte Ludovic Paratte (born 1 February 1992) is a Swiss footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadia ...

(born 1992), Swiss footballer *

Ludovic Piette Ludovic Piette-Montfoucault (11 May 1826, Niort – 14 April 1878, Paris) was a French Impressionism (art), Impressionist painter. Biography He came from a family of the minor nobility and his father was the Registrar of Melleray, Sarthe, Melle ...

(1826–1878), French Impressionist painter *

Ludovic Pollet Ludovic Pollet (born 18 June 1970) is a French former footballer who played as a defender. He worked most recently as a coach at AS Cannes. Playing career Born in Vieux-Condé, Pollet began his career as a trainee at AS Cannes, breaking into t ...

(born 1970), French footballer *

Ludovic Charles Porter Sir Ludovic Charles Porter (1869–1928) was a senior British administrator in India. Life He was the second son of Ludovic Porter (1836-1904), owner of sugar plantations in British Guiana, and his wife Maria (1835-1901), youngest daughter of ...

(1869–1928), British administrator in India *

Ludovic Proto Ludovic Proto (born 30 April 1965 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1998. At welterweight, he held the European and French titles. He challenged for the European light middleweight t ...

(born 1965), French boxer who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Ludovic Quistin Ludovic "Luda" Quistin (24 May 198428 May 2012) was a Guadeloupean footballer who played as a defender. He also represented Guadeloupe and was a member of their squad. Quistin had a nomadic career after he arrived in England, turning out for a ...

(1984–2012), Guadeloupean football defender

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Ludovic Radosavljevic Ludovic Radosavljevic (born 17 August 1989) is a French rugby union player. His position is Scrum-half (rugby union), Scrum-half and he plays for Rugby Pro D2, Pro D2 club Provence Rugby, Provence. He began his career with Pays d'Aix RC, now known ...

(born 1989), French rugby union player *

Ludovic Routhier Ludovic Routhier (born July 21, 1931) is a former politician in Quebec. He served as mayor of Gatineau in 1971. He was born in Buckingham and was educated in Gatineau. He played ice hockey at the junior and senior level. Routhier worked at the McIn ...

(born 1931), Canadian politician from Quebec *

Ludovic Roux Ludovic Roux (born April 4, 1979) is a former French Nordic combined skier who has competed since 1996. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano he won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event. Roux married his longtime girlfriend Isabelle D ...

(born 1979), French Nordic combined skier * Ludovic Roy (born 1977), French football goalkeeper

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* Ludovic Saline (born 1989), French footballer *

Ludovic Savatier Paul Amedée Ludovic Savatier (19 October 1830 – 27 August 1891) was a French naval doctor and botanist. Savatier was born on the Atlantic island of Oléron, off La Rochelle and Rochefort, in 1830. He studied medicine at the Naval Medical Schoo ...

(1830–1891), French botanist *

Ludovic Soares Ludovic Soares (born 8 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Slavia Sofia. Born in France, he plays for the Cape Verde national team. Club career Soares joined Évian Thonon Gaillard in 2007. He made his senior de ...

(born 1994), French footballer * Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox (1574–1624), Scottish nobleman and politician * Ludovic Stuart, Scottish rugby union player *

Ludovic Sylvestre Ludovic Sylvestre (born 5 February 1984) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the sporting director at Red Star F.C., Red Star. Club career Youth career Born in the Communes of France ...

(born 1984), French football midfielder

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* Ludovic Trarieux (1840–1904), French Republican statesman *

Ludovic Turpin Ludovic Turpin (born 22 March 1975 in Laval) is a French professional road racing cyclist, who most recently competed for amateur team Vélo Club Grand Case. Turpin was involved in a fist fight after a crash in stage six of the 2015 Tour de Gua ...

(born 1975), French road racing cyclist

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Ludovic Valbon Ludovic Valbon (born 22 May 1976, in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for CA Brive in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a centre or on the wing. He has previous played for CA Bordeaux-Bègle ...

(born 1976), French rugby union footballer *

Ludovic Valborge Ludovic Valborge (born 1889, date of death unknown) was an Olympic sport shooter who was part of the team won Haiti's first ever Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event h ...

(born 1889), Olympic sport shooter from Haiti *

Ludovic Viltard Ludovic Viltard (born 1 October 1983 in Perpignan, France) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward and made four appearances in Ligue 2 for clubs RC Strasbourg and FC Lorient Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (; com ...

(born 1983), French footballer *

Ludovic Vitet Ludovic Vitet (18 October 18025 June 1873) was a French dramatist and politician. Early life and career Ludovic Vitet was born in Paris. He came from a wealthy bourgeois family, as the grandson of former member of the National Convention Louis V ...

(1802–1873), French dramatist and politician

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Ludovic Zanoni Ludovic Zanoni (26 June 1935 – 27 October 2021) was a Romanian cyclist. He was born in Arad, his profession was as an electrician. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 km team time trial and finished in sixth place. He was seco ...

(born 1935), Romanian cyclist

Fictional characters with the given name

Ludovic Bagman The Ministry of Magic is the government of the Magical community of Britain in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, headed by an official entitled the Minister for Magic. The magical government in Britain is first mentioned in ''Harry Potter and t ...

, in J.K. Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

People with the surname

Alexandre Ludovic Alexandre Ludovic Ribeiro Pereira (born 18 June 1990), known as Ludovic, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger. He made 29 appearances and scored two goals in the Primeira Liga for Feirense but spent most of his ...

(born 1990), Portuguese professional footballer