Ludovico () is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled

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 ...

. The feminine equivalent is

Ludovica Ludovica or Ludovika or Ludowika is a feminine given name, a counterpart of the masculine names Ludovic or Ludovico and the related Louis (given name), Louis or Ludwig (given name), Ludwig. As of 2021, it was among the ten most popular names for n ...

Persons with the name Ludovico

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Ludovico D'Aragona Ludovico D'Aragona (23 May 1876 – 17 June 1961) was an Italian socialist politician who held several government posts. He also served at the Italian Parliament and Senate. Biography D'Aragona was born in Cernusco sul Naviglio, Milan, on 23 May ...

(1876–1961), Italian socialist politician *

Ludovico Ariosto Ludovico Ariosto (; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic ''Orlando Furioso'' (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'', describes the ...

(1474–1533), Italian poet *

Ludovico Avio Ludovico Héctor Avio (6 October 1932 – 23 June 1996) was an Argentina, Argentine association football, football Forward (association football), forward who played for Argentina national football team, Argentina in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.< ...

(1932–1996), Argentine football forward *

Ludovico Baille Ludovico Baille (Cagliari February 3, 1764 – Cagliari March 14, 1839) Having graduated in law from the Reale Università di Cagliari he was appointed in 1786 to the Ministry of the Spanish government at Turin, but his chief interest was in t ...

(1764–1839), Italian historian *

Ludovico Balbi Ludovico Balbi (c. 1545 – 1604) was a Venetian singer and composer, and conductor. He was a pupil of Costanzo Porta and a choirmaster at Padua. Among his compositions are masses, motets, canzoni, madrigals, and others. Surviving compositions d ...

(1540–1604), Italian composer *

Ludovico Barassi Ludovico Barassi (1873 – 1956) was an Italian jurist and one of Italy's leading authorities on civil law in the first half of the 20th century. After studies in Pavia and Berlin, he assumed a professorship in Perugia in 1900 and later in Genoa, ...

(1873–1953), Italian jurist *

Ludovico Barbo Ludovico Barbo, O.S.B. (1381–1443), also referred to as Luigi Barbo, was a significant figure in the movement to reform monastic life in northern Italy during the 15th century. Originally a canon of the community which became the Canons Regul ...

(1381–1443), Italian monastic life reformer *

Ludovico Bertonio Ludovico Bertonio (1552 in Rocca Contrada – 3 August 1625 in Lima) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to South America. Life He entered the Society of Jesus in 1575. Sent to Peru six years later, he worked principally among the Aymara of souther ...

(1552–1625), Italian Jesuit missionary *

Ludovico Bidoglio Ludovico Bidoglio, sometimes nicknamed ''Vico'' (5 February 1900 – 25 December 1970) was an Argentine football player, and one of Boca Juniors' idols during the 1920s. His position on the field was right back. Due his elegant style, precise ...

(1900–1970), Argentinian footballer *

Ludovico Brea Ludovico (or Louis) Brea (c. 1450 – c. 1523) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in and near Genoa. Brea was born into a family of coopers in Nice, and later moving to Liguria, he painted numerous altarpieces that display ...

(c. 1450–c. 1523), Italian painter *

Ludovico di Breme Ludovico di Breme (Turin, 1780 – Turin, 15 August 1820), whose complete name was Ludovico Arborio Gattinara dei Marchesi di Breme, was an Italian writer and thinker, as well as a contributor to Milan's principal romantic journal, ''Il Conciliatore ...

(1780–1820), Italian writer *

Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini (1636 – 12 December 1707) was an Italian architect, and theatrical stage and costume designer, who served the imperial court in Vienna beginning in 1652. He is considered one of the most important "theater engineers" ...

(1636–1707), Italian architect and stage designer *

Ludovico Buti Ludovico Buti (c. 1560 - after 1611) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Florence. Belonging to the late-Mannerist period, he worked along with more famous figures as Alessandro Allori, Bernardino Poccetti or Santi di Tito on large projec ...

(c. 1560–after 1611), Italian painter *

Ludovico Camangi Ludovico Camangi (14 February 1903, Sora, Lazio – 2 September 1976) was an Italian politician. He represented the Italian Republican Party in the Constituent Assembly of Italy from 1946 to 1948 and in the Chamber of Deputies The chamber of dep ...

(1903–1976), Italian politician *

Lodovico Campalastro Lodovico Campalastro was an Italian painter, born and active in Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated north ...

, Italian painter *

Ludovico di Caporiacco Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist. Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On the mi ...

(1901–1951), Italian arachnologist *

Ludovico Carracci Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light th ...

(1555–1619), Italian painter, etcher, and printmaker *

Ludovico of Casoria Ludovico da Casoria (; 11 March 1814 – 30 March 1885) - born Arcangelo Palmentieri - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was a renowned social reformer who founded both the Grey Friars ...

(1814–1885), Italian Franciscan friar *

Ludovico Cavaleri Ludovico Cavaleri (1867–1942) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Milan. A self-taught member of the school of Lombard Naturalism in its last stages, Cavalieri abandoned his medical studies in 1888 to devote himself exclusively to p ...

(1867–1942), Italian painter *

Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere Fra' Ludovico Chigi della Rovere-Albani (10 July 1866 – 14 November 1951) was Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1931 to 1951. Chigi was born in Ariccia, the son of Imperial Prince Mario Chigi della Rovere A ...

(1866–1951), Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta *

Ludovico Costa Ludovico Costa (active 1648–1657) was an Italian painter, active mainly in his native Soncino and nearby towns. He may have trained in Cremona. Biography He painted for the church of Santa Maria Assunta and San Giacomo of Soncino, for the pari ...

(fl. 1648-1657), Italian painter *

Ludovico David Ludovico Antonio David was born at Lugano in 1648. After studying for some time at Milan, under the Cavaliere Cairo and Ercole Procaccini, he went to Bologna, where he entered the school of Carlo Cignani. He was a painter of some eminence, and ga ...

(born 1648), Italian painter *

Ludovico Donato Ludovico Donato (died 1385 or 1386) was an Italian Franciscan. He became Minister General of his order, of the Rome obedience during the Western Schism, in 1379. In 1383 he was created a Cardinal, the first ever from Venice. He was arrested with ...

(died c. 1385), Italian cardinal *

Ludovico Einaudi Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi OMRI (; born 23 November 1955) is an Italian pianist and composer. Trained at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, Einaudi began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles and genres such as ...

(born 1955), Italian pianist and composer *

Ludovico Fremont Ludovico Fremont (born 26 September 1982) is an Italian actor. Biography From 1992 to 1994 he studied acting at the Nazarene College in Rome, then attended the National Academy of Dramatic Art Silvio D'Amico graduated in 2004. Also in 2004, ta ...

(1982), Italian actor * Ludovico Furconio, Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Giovinazzo (1528-1549) * Ludovico de Filippi (1872–1918), Italian naval officer and a pioneer of Italian aviation *

Ludovico Geymonat Ludovico Geymonat (May 11, 1908 – November 29, 1991) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher and historian of science. As a philosopher, he mainly dealt with philosophy of science, epistemology and Marxist philosophy, in which he gave an orig ...

(1908–1991), Italian Marxist philosopher *

Ludovico Giamagna Ludovico Giamagna, O.P. (1594–1634) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ston (1632–1634).Ludovico Gimignani Ludovico Gimignani (1643 – 26 June 1697) was an Italian painter, who is mainly known for his altarpieces for churches in Rome. Biography Ludovico was born in Rome as the son of the painter Giacinto (1611–1681). His father was one of the mai ...

(1643–1697), Italian painter *

Ludovico Gonzaga (disambiguation) Ludovico Gonzaga (also spelled Lodovico) was the name of several prominent members of the House of Gonzaga: * Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268–1360), better known as Luigi, the first ''Capitano del Popolo'' ('Captain of the People') of Mantua and Imperi ...

, multiple people, including: **

Ludovico I Gonzaga Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268 – 18 January 1360) was an Italian lord, the founder of the Gonzaga family who was the first capitano del popolo of Mantua and imperial vicar. Biography Born in Mantua, he was the son of Guido Corradi and the grandson o ...

(1268–1360), better known as Luigi, the first ''Capitano del Popolo'' of Mantua and

Imperial Vicar An imperial vicar (german: Reichsvikar) was a prince charged with administering all or part of the Holy Roman Empire on behalf of the emperor. Later, an imperial vicar was invariably one of two princes charged by the Golden Bull with administering ...

Ludovico II Gonzaga Ludovico II Gonzaga (1334 – 4 October 1382) was an Italian politician who was capitano del popolo of Mantua. He was a member of the House of Gonzaga. Biography He was the son of Guido Gonzaga and Beatrix of Bar. Together with his brother France ...

(1334–1382), Italian politician who was ''Capitano del Popolo'' of Mantua **

Ludovico III Gonzaga Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, also spelled Lodovico (also Ludovico II; 5 June 1412 – 12 June 1478) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478. Biography Ludovico was the son of Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga and ...

(1412–1478), ruler of Mantua, Italy **

Ludovico Gonzaga (1480-1540) Ludovico Gonzaga (also spelled Lodovico) was the name of several prominent members of the House of Gonzaga: * Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268–1360), better known as Luigi, the first ''Capitano del Popolo'' ('Captain of the People') of Mantua and Imperia ...

(c. 1480–1540), Italian nobleman and condottiero *

Ludovico Gonzaga-Nevers Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers ( it, Ludovico, italic=no or Luigi di Gonzaga-Nevers; 18 September 1539 – 23 October 1595) was a soldier, governor and statesman during the French Wars of Religion. Of Italian extraction, his father and br ...

, (1539–1595), Duke of Nevers from 1565 *

Ludovico Lana Ludovico Lana (c. 1597–1646) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Modena, where he died in 1646. He is also known as ''Lodovico Lana''. He was the director of the Accademia Ducale of Modena. He is said to have been bo ...

(c. 1597–1646), Italian painter *

Ludovico Lipparini Lodovico Lipparini (February 17, 1800 – March 19, 1856) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Bologna, and was instructed in that city, where he brought himself into notice at the age of fifteen. In 1820 he was in Rome and Naples, ...

(1800–1856), Italian painter *

Ludovico Ludovisi Ludovico Ludovisi (22 or 27 October 1595 – 18 November 1632) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an art connoisseur who formed a famous collection of antiquities, housed at the ...

(1595–1632), Italian cardinal and statesman *

Ludovico de Luigi Ludovico De Luigi (born 11 November 1933) is a contemporary Italian sculptor and painter born and living in Venice, Italy. Career De Luigi's first exhibition was in 1965 with his one-man show at the Gallery "Il Canale" in Venice which included ...

(born 1933), Italian sculptor and painter *

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(1532–1600), Italian cardinal and statesman *

Ludovico Manin Ludovico Giovanni Manin (; ; 14 May 1725 – 24 October 1802) was a Venetian politician, Venetian nobility, patrician, and the List of Doges of Venice, 120th and last Doge of Venice. He governed the Venetian Republic from 9 March 1789 until its ...

(1725–1802), Doge of Venice *

Ludovico Mazzanti ''Judith and Holofernes'' 1740, Collection Motais de Narbonne Ludovico Mazzanti (5 December 1686, in Orvieto – 29 August 1775, in Viterbo) was an Italian painter. He was a follower of the school of Giovanni Battista Gaulli, known as Baciccio (d ...

(1686–1775), Italian painter *

Ludovico Mazzolino Ludovico Mazzolino (1480 – c. 1528) - also known as Mazzolini da Ferrara, Lodovico Ferraresa, and Il Ferrarese - was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Ferrara and Bologna. Biography He was born and died in Ferrara. He appears to have ...

(1480–c. 1528), Italian painter *

Ludovico Micara Ludovico MicaraLodovico Micara, Ludovico da Frascati. (12 October 1775 – 24 May 1847) was an Italian Capuchin and Cardinal. He was born at Frascati, in the Papal States. Ordained in 1798, he became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1824. ...

(1775–1847), Italian cardinal *

Ludovico Moresi Ludovico Moresi (born 24 May 1980) is an Italian football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as d ...

(born 1980), Italian footballer *

Ludovico Antonio Muratori Lodovico Antonio Muratori (21 October 1672 – 23 January 1750) was an Italian historian, notable as a leading scholar of his age, and for his discovery of the Muratorian fragment, the earliest known list of New Testament books. Biography Born ...

(1672–1750), Italian historian *

Ludovico Nitoglia Ludovico Maria Nitoglia (born 27 October 1983) is an Italian former rugby union player. He played as a Wing. With Calvisano, Nitoglia won two Italian rugby championships in 2005 and 2008. He plays for Benetton Treviso in the Pro14, since 201 ...

(born 1983), Italian rugby union player *

Ludovico Pasquali Ludovico Pasquali (c.1500–1551) was an Italian-language author from Cattaro. Life Pasquali was born and died in Kotor, in the Albania Veneta (today in Montenegro). He was from an ancient Dalmatian family with roots in Florence. He was a friend ...

, (c. 1500–1551), Italian writer *

Ludovico Prodocator Ludovico Prodocator or Podochatero, Podocatharo, Podocatharus, Podacatharus, Podocathro (? in Cyprus – 24 August 1504) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Capaccio. He was private secretary and possibly physician to Rodrigo ...

(died 1504), Italian cardinal *

Ludovico Racaniello Ludovico Racaniello (1352–1441) was an Italian condottiero active in Tuscany. Biography Ludovico was born in Todi, the first child of Riccardo, and a descendant of the Racaniello family of Umbrian origin. He dedicated a number of years to the st ...

(1352–1441), Italian condottiero *

Lodovico Rocca Lodovico Rocca (29 November 1895, Turin – 24 June 1986, Turin) was an Italian composer. A pupil of Giacomo Orefice, his operas, written in late verismo style, met with some success in Italy but have been little performed elsewhere. They include; ...

(1895–1986), Italian composer *

Ludovico Roncalli Count Ludovico Giuseppe Antonio Filippo Roncalli, or simply Count Ludovico (1654–1713), was an Italian composer. Roncalli was born in Bergamo on 6 March 1654 and baptized at the church of San Pancrazio in the Città Alta in Bergamo on 8 June 16 ...

(1654–1713), Italian nobleman and composer *

Ludovico Rusconi Sassi Ludovico Rusconi Sassi (28 February 1678 – 18 August 1736) was an Italian architect of the Rococo period. Biography and principal works Born in Rome, he was inducted in 1702 to the Academy of Saint Luke. Ludovico Rusconi is known to have worke ...

(1678–1736), Italian architect *

Ludovico Sabbatini Ludovico Sabbatini (30 August 1650 – 11 June 1724) was an Italian priest and religious educator, who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1765. He is venerated on 11 June, the day of his death. Life Born in Naples, Italy, to a deeply r ...

(1650–1724), Italian priest and religious educator *

Ludovico I of Saluzzo Ludovico I del Vasto (died 1475) was Marquess of Saluzzo from 1416 until his death. The son of Marquess Thomas III, he held the Marquisate of Saluzzo for much of the 15th century, under its period of greatest splendour. Always in good relationshi ...

(c. 1416–1475), marquess of Saluzzo *

Ludovico II of Saluzzo Ludovico II del Vasto (23 March 1438 in Saluzzo – 27 January 1504) was marquess of Saluzzo from 1475 until his death. Before his accession as marquis he held the title of Count of Carmagnola. Biography Ludovico was the son of Ludovico I of ...

(1438–1504), Count of Carmagnola and marquess of Saluzzo *

Ludovico Scarfiotti Ludovico Scarfiotti (18 October 1933 – 8 June 1968) was a Formula One and sports car driver from Italy. Just prior to entering Formula One, he won the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans for Ferrari. He later participated in 12 World Championship Fo ...

(1933–1968), Italian sports car driver *

Ludovico Sforza Ludovico Maria Sforza (; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (; "the Moor"). "Arbiter of Italy", according to the expression used by Guicciardini,

(1452–1508), member of the Sforza dynasty of the Duchy of Milan *

Ludovico Maria Sinistrari Ludovico Maria Sinistrari (26 February 1622 – 1701) was an Italian Franciscan priest and author. Biography Born in Ameno, Italy, he studied in Pavia and entered the Franciscan Order in 1647. He taught philosophy and theology to students in ...

(1622–1701), Italian Franciscan priest and author *

Ludovico Tommasi Ludovico Tommasi (1866 in Livorno – 1941 in Florence) was an Italian painter. Biography Inspired by the example of his elder brother Angiolo and his cousin Adolfo, Ludovico Tommasi devoted himself to painting, developing his art in close cont ...

(1866–1941), Italian painter *

Ludovico de Torres (disambiguation) Ludovico de Torres may refer to: *Ludovico de Torres (cardinal) (1552-1609), Roman Catholic cardinal *Ludovico de Torres (archbishop) Ludovico de Torres (4 November 1533 – 31 December 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop ...

, multiple people, including: **

Ludovico de Torres (cardinal) Ludovico de Torres (1552 – 8 July 1609) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio (1606-1609) and Archbishop of Monreale (1588-1609).Ludovico de Torres (archbishop) Ludovico de Torres (4 November 1533 – 31 December 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Monreale (1573–1583).

(1533–1583), Roman Catholic archbishop * Ludovico Trasi (1634–1694), Italian painter *

Ludovico Trevisan Ludovico Trevisan (November 1401 – March 22, 1465) was an Italian catholic prelate, who was the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Patriarch of Aquileia and Captain General of the Church. He succeeded his rival Giovanni Vitelleschi, a fellow ...

(1401–1465), Italian catholic prelate *

Ludovico di Varthema Ludovico di Varthema, also known as Barthema and Vertomannus (c. 1470 – 1517), was an Italian traveller, diarist and aristocrat known for being one of the first non-Muslim Europeans to enter Mecca as a pilgrim. Nearly everything that is known ...

(c. 1470–1517), Italian traveller and writer *

Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi (Cornedo Vicentino, 1475?–1527?) was a papal scribe and type designer in Renaissance Italy. Very little is known of the circumstances of his life. He may have started his career as a writing master in Venice, a ...

(1475–1527), papal scribe and type designer

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Alessandro Ludovico Alessandro Ludovico (born 1969) is a researcher, artist and chief editor of ''Neural'' magazine since 1993. He received his Ph.D. degree in English and Media from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK). He is Associate Professor at the Winch ...

(born 1969), artist, media critic and magazine editor in chief *

Pedro Ludovico Pedro Ludovico (23 October 1891 – 16 August 1979) was the founder of Goiânia, Brazil, and one of the most important figures in the history of the state of Goiás. Ludovico was born in Goiás. He went to Rio de Janeiro where he finished Med ...

(1891–1979), founder of Goiânia, Brazil

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Ludovico technique ''A Clockwork Orange'' is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates ...

of psychological conditioning from the novel and film ''A Clockwork Orange'' *

Ludovico Technique LLC Ludovico Technique LLC was an art and entertainment production company which produces a variety of media, from feature films, to comic books. Their name comes from the Ludovico technique, a fictitious brainwashing technique from both the novel and ...

, an art and entertainment production company *

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