Ludovicus or Ludowicus is a
Latinized form of the
Germanic masculine given name ''Hludwig'' ("
Louis Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis ( ...
"). 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:
Given name Literature
* 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 ...
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Ludovicus Blosius (''Louis de Blois''; 1506–1566), Belgian monk and mystical writer
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Ludovicus Cappellus (''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
Lodewijk de Bisschop, latinised as Ludovicus Episcopius (c. 1520 in Mechelen – 29 April 1595 in Straubing) was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest and composer of the late Renaissance and one of the first to compose secular songs in the Dutch langu ...
(''Ludovicus de Bisschop''; c.1520–1595), Flemish composer
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Ludovicus Finsonius (''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''; 1606–1680), French Huguenot physician and controversialist in England
* (''Luis Nuñez''; 1553–1645), Flemish physician and humanist
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Ludovicus Rabus (''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.
Life
He was born at ...
(''Louis Jacob''; 1608–1670), French Carmelite scholar, writer and bibliographer
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Ludovicus Sanctus (''Lodewijk Heiligen''; 1304–1361), Flemish Benedictine monk and music theorist
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Ludovicus Thomassinus (''Louis Thomassin''; 1619–1695), French theologian and Oratorian
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Ludovicus Tubero (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 (born 1931), Belgian swimmer
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Ludovicus Stornebrink (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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