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
Lodewijk () is the Dutch name for Louis. In specific it may refer to:
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* Lodewijk Hartog van Banda (1916–2006), Dutch comic strip writer
* Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht Boon, (1912-1979) Flemish writer
* Lodewijk van Deyssel, ...
or short forms like ''Lode'', ''Lou'', ''Louis'', or ''
Ludo
Ludo (; ) is a strategy board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo is derived from the Indian game Pachisi. The ...
'' in daily life. People with the name include:
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Ludovicus Blosius (''Louis de Blois''; 1506–1566), Belgian monk and mystical writer
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Ludovicus Cappellus
Louis Cappel (15 October 1585 – 18 June 1658) was a French Protestant churchman and scholar. A Huguenot, he was born at St Elier, near Sedan. He studied theology at the Academy of Sedan and the Academy of Saumur, and Arabic at the University ...
(''Louis Cappel''; 1585–1658), French Protestant churchman and scholar
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Ludovicus Carrio Brugensis (''Louis Carrion''; 1547–1595), Flemish humanist and classical scholar
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Ludovicus Episcopius (''Ludovicus de Bisschop''; c.1520–1595), Flemish composer
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Ludovicus Finson
Louis Finson, Lodewijk Finson or Ludovicus Finsonius (between 1574 and 1580 – 1617) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, copyist and art dealer. He painted portraits, religious compositions, allegorical paintings and genre scenes. Moving to Italy ...
ius (''Louis Finson''; c.1575–1617), Flemish Baroque painter
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Ludovicus Mamburgus (''Louis Maimbourg''; 1610–1686), French Jesuit and historian
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Ludovicus Molinaeus
Lewis Du Moulin (''Ludovicus Molinaeus''; pseudonym: ''Ludiomaeus Colvinus''; 1606–1680) was a French Huguenot physician and controversialist, who settled in England. He became Camden Professor of History at the University of Oxford.
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(''Lewis Du Moulin''; 1606–1680), French Huguenot physician and controversialist in England
* (''Luis Nuñez''; 1553–1645), Flemish physician and humanist
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Ludovicus Rabus Ludwig Rabus (also Rab or Günzer) (10 October 1523 – 22 July 1592) was a German Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer.
Life
He was born in Memmingen, in poor circumstances. He went to Strasbourg, where he was supported by the preacher Matt ...
(''Ludwig Rab''; 1523–1592), German Lutheran theologian
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Ludovicus a S. Carolo
Ludovicus a S. Carolo (secular name Louis Jacob, Latin form ''Ludovicus Jacob''; 20 August 1608 – 10 March 1670) was a French Carmelite scholar, writer and bibliographer.
He published the first yearly lists of printed books.
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He was born at ...
(''Louis Jacob''; 1608–1670), French Carmelite scholar, writer and bibliographer
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Ludovicus Sanctus Lodewijk Heyligen (also known as Ludovicus Sanctus de Beeringhen, Lodewijk Heiligen, Ludovicus Sanctus, Heyliger of Beeringhen, Ludwig van Kempen and Louis van Campen) (1304, Beringen, Belgium – 1361, Avignon) was a Flemish Benedictine monk and mu ...
(''Lodewijk Heiligen''; 1304–1361), Flemish Benedictine monk and music theorist
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Ludovicus Thomassinus
Louis Thomassin ( la, Ludovicus Thomassinus; 28 August 1619, Aix-en-Provence – 24 December 1695, Paris) was a French theologian and Oratorian.
Life
At the age of thirteen he entered the Oratory and for some years was professor of literature ...
(''Louis Thomassin''; 1619–1695), French theologian and Oratorian
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Ludovicus Tubero
Ludovicus Cerva Tubero ( hr, Ludovik Crijević Tuberon, it, Ludovico Cerva Tuberon, his surname is also written Cervarius; 1459–1527), was a Ragusan historian, known for his historiographic work on the Jagiellon period in Hungary.
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(1459–1527), Ragusan historian
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Ludovicus Casparus Valckenarius (''Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer''; 1715–1785), Dutch classical scholar
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Ludovicus Vives
Juan Luis Vives March ( la, Joannes Lodovicus Vives, lit=Juan Luis Vives; ca, Joan Lluís Vives i March; nl, Jan Ludovicus Vives; 6 March 6 May 1540) was a Spaniards, Spanish (Valencian people, Valencian) scholar ...
(''Luis Vives''; 1493–1540), Valencian scholar and humanist in the Southern Netherlands
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Ludovicus Baba
Ludovicus Baba, also known as Louis Baba or , (Unknown – 25 August 1624) was a Roman Catholic Franciscan Tertiary from Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.Fros SJ, Henryk "Book of names and saints", pp. 423–37, 2007
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(''ルイス馬場'', died 1624), Japanese Franciscan missionary and saint
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Ludovicus de Beaumanoir, pseudonym of Louis Richeome (1544–1625), French Jesuit theologian and controversialist.
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Ludovicus Sasada
Ludovicus Sasada, also known as Louis Sasada or , (1598 – 25 August 1624) was a Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Priesthood (Catholic Church), Priest from Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.Fros SJ, Henryk "Book of names ...
(''ルイス笹田'', 1598–1624), Japanese Franciscan missionary and saint
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* (1803–1836), Flemish pianist
* (1879–1965), Belgian naturalist writer
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Ludovicus de Bisschop (c.1520–1595), Flemish composer
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P. Ludovicus "Louis" Brion (1782–1821), Belgian-Curaçaon officer, admiral for Venezuela and Colombia
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Ludovicus "Louis" de Dieu (1590–1642), Dutch Protestant minister and orientalist
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Ludovicus Makeblijde (1565–1630), Flemish Jesuit, poet and hymn writer
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Ludovicus Neefs
Ludovicus Neeffs (22 January 1617 – ''c''. 1649?) was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches. He is the least known of the Neeffs family of painters that were active in Antwerp, and several works attribu ...
(1617–c.1649), Flemish Baroque painter
* (1894–1974), Dutch teacher and historian
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Ludovicus Schoenmaekers
Ludovicus Schoenmaekers (born 15 September 1931) is a Belgian former swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 19 ...
(born 1931), Belgian swimmer
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Ludovicus Stornebrink
Ludovicus Stornebrink (sometimes written as ''Ludowicus'' and also known as ''Louis Stornebrink''), was the founder of the Yokohama Ice Works in Yokohama, Japan. Stornebrink was born on 15 March 1847 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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(1847–1941), Dutch-born Japanese businessman
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Ludovicus M. M. Van Iersel (1893–1987), Dutch-born Sergeant in the United States Army
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Ludovicus Carolus "Lode" Zielens (1901–1944), Belgian novelist and journalist
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