Louis is the French form of the

Old Frankish Frankish ( reconstructed endonym: *), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 9th century. After the Salian Franks settled in Roman Gaul, its speakers in Picardy an ...

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Chlodowig and one of two

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forms, the other being

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...

().

Etymology

The name Louis (through the intermediate form Clovis) derives from the Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ (in

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) or *''Hlōdowik'' or *''Hlōdowig'' (in

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). Traditionally, this name is considered to be composed of two elements, deriving from both

Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic bran ...

''*hlūdaz'' ("loud, famous") and ''*wiganą'' ("to battle, to fight") respectively, resulting in the traditional practice of translating Clovis' name as meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle". However, scholars have pointed out that Gregory of Tours consequently transcribes the names of various Merovingian royal names containing the first element as ''chlodo-''. The use of a

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(o), rather than the expected close back rounded vowel (u) which Gregory does use in various other Germanic names (i.e.

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, Arnulfus, Gundobadus, etc.) opens up the possibility that the first element instead derives from

''*hlutą'' ("lot, share, portion"), giving the meaning of the name as "loot bringer" or "plunder (bringing) warrior". This hypothesis is supported by the fact that if the first element is taken to mean "famous", then the name of

Chlodomer Chlodomer, also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer (c. 495 - 524) was the second of the four sons of Clovis I, King of the Franks. On the death of his father, in 511, he divided the kingdom of the Franks with his three brothers: Theuderic I, Childeber ...

(one of Clovis' sons) would contain two elements (''*hlūdaz'' and ''*mērijaz'') both meaning "famous", which would be highly uncommon within the typical

Germanic name Germanic languages, Germanic given names are traditionally wikt:dithematic, dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, Ethelred II of England, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', f ...

structure.

Variant forms

* af, Louis, Lodewyk, Ludwig * ar, لويس * sq, Luigj, Ludovik * Ancient Germanic: ''Chlodovech, Clodovicus, Ludovicus, Clovis, Hludowig'' * hy, Լուդովիկ (''Loudovik'') * eu, Aloxi, Koldobika, Luki, ''Koldo'' * br, Loeiz, '' Loïc'' * bn, লুইস, লুডউইগ, translit=Luis/Luish, Luduig * bg, Людовик (''Lyudovik'') * ca, Lluís *

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: 路易 (''Lùyì'') *

Chinese Traditional Traditional Chinese characters are one type of standard Chinese character sets of the contemporary written Chinese. The traditional characters had taken shapes since the clerical change and mostly remained in the same structure they took at ...

: 路易 (''Lùyì'') * hr, Alojzije,

Ljudevit Ljudevit () is a Croatian masculine given name. The name comes from the word ''ljudi'', meaning ''people''. The name Ljudevit is also used as a translation of foreign names such as Ludwig or Louis. Ljudevit may refer to: * Ljudevit (Lower Pannon ...

, Ludovik, Luj, ''

Alojz Alojz is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alojz Ajdič (born 1939), Slovenian composer, author of many orchestral works *Alojz Fandel, former Slovak football player and coach *Alojz Geržinič (1915–2008), Slovenian composer * ...

'' * cz,

Ludvík Ludvík or Ludvik is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludvík Aškenazy (1921–1986), Czech writer and journalist *Ludvik Buland (1893–1945), Norwegian trade unionist * Ludvík Čelanský (1870–1931), Czech conductor and ...

, ''

Alois Alois (Latinized ''Aloysius'') is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' (French), ''Aloys'' (German), ''Alois'' (Czech), '' Alojz'' ( Slovak, Slovenian), ''Alojzy'' ( Polish), ''Aloísio'' (Portuguese, Spanish ...

Luděk Luděk is a Czech masculine given name. It is the Czech short name of the Slavonic name Ludoslav or Ludomír, later becoming a proper name in its own right. Pet form Ludia, Ludík, Ludo, Slávek, Slavo, Ludine Famous bearers * Luděk Bohman - ...

'' * da, Ludvig, Lodvig * nl, Lodewijk, Lode, Lodevicus, Loe, Louis, Lowie, Lowieke, Ludo, Ludovicus * en, Louis, Louie, Lou,

, Lewes, Lewie, Lew, Lewy or Luey; Ludovic, Lodvig, Lodovig, Lutwidge * eo, Ludoviko, ''Luĉjo'' * fo,

* french: Louis,

Ludovic Ludovic is a given name and has also been a surname. People with the given name A * Ludovic Albós Cavaliere (born 1979), Andorran ski mountaineer * Ludovic Ambruș (born 1946), Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics * Lud ...

, Clovis * gl, Lois, Luís * ka, ხლოდვიგი (''Khlodvigi''), ლუდვიგი (''ludvigi''), ლუდოვიკო(''ludoviko''), ლუი (''lui'') * german: Ludwig,

, ''

Aloysius Aloysius ( ) is a given name. Etymology It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as ''Ludovicus'' or ''Chlodovechus''), ultimately from Frankish ''* ...

Lutz Lutz is a surname and given name, occasionally a short form of Ludwig. People with the name include: Surname *Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), Brazilian physician *Aleda E. Lutz (1915–1944), American Army flight nurse * Alois Lutz, Austrian figure ...

'' * gr, Λουδοβίκος (''Loudovíkos''), Λοΐζος(''Loizos'') * haw, Lui *

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

: लुइस (''Lu'is'') * hu,

Lajos Lajos () is a Hungarian language, Hungarian masculine given name, cognate to the English Louis (given name), Louis. People named Lajos include: Hungarian monarchs: * Louis I of Hungary, Lajos I, 1326-1382 (ruled 1342-1382) * Louis II of Hungary ...

, ''Alajos'' * ga, Alaois, Alabhaois, Laoiseach, Lughaidh * id, Aloysius, Louis, Ludowikus * is, Loðvík * it, Aloigi, Aloisi, Aloisio,

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, Lodovico,

Ludovico Ludovico () is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled Lodovico. The feminine equivalent is Ludovica. Persons with the name Ludovico Given name * Ludovico D'Aragona (1876–1961), Italian socialist politician * Ludovico Ariosto ...

, ''Alvise, Gigi, Gigio, Gigino, Ginetto, Gino, Luigino, Vico'' *

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: ルイ(''Rui'') *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

: 루이 (''Lui''), 루이스 (''Luiseu'') * la, Ludovicus,

* lv, Ludviķis, ''Ludis, Ludvigs, Luijs, Luiss, Luī, Aloizs, Aloiss'' * lt, Liudvikas, ''Aloyzas, Liudas'' * mk, Лудвиг (''Ludvig''), Луј (''Luj''), Људевит (''

'') * Medieval Occitan: ''Aloys, Aloysius'' * no, Ludvig, ''Lodve'' * Occitan: ''Loís'' *

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: لوئیس * pl, Ludwik, ''Alojzy'' * pt, Luís, Aloísio, Aluísio, Ludovico (''Luiz'' is an archaic form), ''Luisinho'' * Provençal: Louïs, Louei, Louvis * Punjabi: ਲੂਯਿਸ (''Lūyis'') * ro, Aloisiu,

* russian: Людовик (''Lyudovik'') *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

: Luthais * Sicilian: Luiggi, Ludovicu * sr, Луј (''Luj''), Људевит (''Ljudevit'') * sk, Ľudovít,''

'' * sl,

, Lojze,

, Luj, ''Alojzij, Ludvik'' * es,

Luis Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

, ''

'' * sv, Ludvig, Love,'' Ludde'' *

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

: லூயிஸ் (''Lūyis'') *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

: లూయిస్ (''Lūyis'') *

Thai Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia ** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand ** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block ...

: หลุยส์ (''H̄luys̄̒'') * uk, Людовик (''Lyudovyk'') *

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

: Lewis, Lewys

Feminine variants

* Arabic: لويز * Belarusian: Луіза (Luiza) * Chinese Simplified: 路易丝 (Lùyìsī) * Chinese Traditional: 路易絲 (Lùyìsī) * Croatian: Alojzija * Danish: Louise * Dutch: Louisa, Louise, Ludovica * English: Louise, Louisa, Lou, Louella, Lula, Luella, Lulu * Estonian: Loviise * Finnish: Loviisa * French: Lou, Louise, Louisette * German: Aloisia, Louisa, Luise, Lulu, Luisa * Greek: Λουίζα (Louíza) * Gujarati: લુઇસ (Lu'isa) * Hebrew: לואיז * Hindi: लुइस (Lu'isa) * Hungarian: Lujza * Italian: Lodovica, Ludovica, Luigia, Luisa, Gigia, Gina, Ginetta, Luigina, Luisella * Japanese: ルイーザ (Ruīza), ルイ (Rui) * Kannada: ಲೂಯಿಸ್ (Lūyis) * Korean: 루이사 (Luisa) * Lithuanian: Liudvika * Maori: Ruiha * Macedonian: Лујза (Lujza), Лојза (Lojza) * Mongolian: Луиза (Luiza) * Nepali: लुइस (Lu'isa) * Norwegian: Lovise * Persian: لوئیس * Polish: Ludwika, Luiza * Portuguese: Luísa, Luiza * Romanian: Luiza * Serbian: Луиз (Luiz) * Slovak: Alojzia * Slovene: Alojzija * Spanish: Luisa, Luisana, Luisel, Luisina, Luisita * Swedish: Lovisa, Lova * Tamil: லூயிஸ் (Lūyis) * Telugu: లూయిస్ ( Lūyis) * Thai: หลุยส์ (H̄luys̄̒) * Ukrainian: Луїза (Luyiza) * Urdu: لوئیس

Arts and entertainment

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(1952–2011), Serbian singer *

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(1868–1913), American painter and illustrator *

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(1933–2009), Italian wrestler, manager and actor *

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(1953–2022), American stand-up comedian and actor *

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

(1901–1971), American jazz musician *

Louis C.K. Louis Alfred Székely (; born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K. (), is an American stand-up comedian, screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker. C.K. won three Peabody Awards, three Grammy Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and a ...

(born 1967), American comedian * Louis Cachet (born 1973), Norwegian musician * Louis Calabro (1926–1991), Italian American orchestral composer *

Louis Calhern Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known professionally as Louis Calhern, was an American stage and screen actor. Well known to film noir fans for his role as the pivotal villain in 1950's '' The Asphalt Jungle'', he was ...

(1895–1956), American actor *

Louis Cheung Louis Cheung (; born 11 January 1980) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is an alumnus of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in acting. His first play was in 1997, and he has performed in a total of more than 20 ...

(born 1980), Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor *

Louis Clark Louis Clark (27 February 1947 – 13 February 2021) was an English music arranger and keyboard player. He trained at Leeds College of Music. He is best known for his work with Electric Light Orchestra and '' Hooked on Classics''. Clark started ...

(born 1947), English musical arranger and keyboard player *

Louis Cole (musician) Louis Cole is an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, best known as the co-founder of the electronic/avant-pop/jazz-funk duo Knower. He is also a solo artist and has released six solo albums: ''Louis Cole'' (2010), ''Album 2'' ...

, American musician *

Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), professionally known as Lou Costello, was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known for his double act with straight man Bud Abbott and their routine " Who's on First? ...

(1906–1959), American comedian *

Louis Daguerre Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre ( , ; 18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photog ...

(1787–1851), French artist and photographer *

Louis Deland Louis Joseph Marie Deland (25 April 1772 – 15 April 1823) was a Swedish ballet dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and ballet master in the Royal Swedish Ballet. He is often considered the first native male star in the Royal Swedish Ballet. ...

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(born 1951), American bodybuilder and actor *

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(1734–1803), ballet master and choreographer *

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(born 1936), American actor *

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Louis Koo Louis Koo Tin-lok ( zh, t=古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer. He began his professional career as an actor in local television series, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 and 2001 ...

(born 1970), Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer *

Louis L'Amour Louis Dearborn L'Amour (; né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels (though he called his work "frontier stories"); however, he also wrote hi ...

(1908–1988), American author of Western fiction *

Louis Logic Louis Dorley, better known as Louis Logic, is a Brooklyn, New York-based underground hip-hop emcee. He has released three full-length studio albums as a solo artist and one album as The Odd Couple with Jay Love, and is a former member of the D ...

, American underground rapper *

Louis Masreliez Louis Masreliez (1748 – 19 March 1810), born Adrien Louis Masreliez, was a French born, Swedish painter and interior designer. Biography Masreliez was born in Paris and came to Sweden at the age of 5 in 1753. He was the son of French ornam ...

(1748–1810), French-born Swedish painter and interior designer *

Louis Prima Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he forme ...

(1910–1978), Italian American jazz and swing musician and trumpeter *

Louis Rukeyser Louis Richard Rukeyser (January 30, 1933 – May 2, 2006) was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television. He was best known for his role as host of two television series, ''Wall Street We ...

(1933–2006), American economic commentator *

Lou Diamond Phillips Louis Diamond Phillips ( born Upchurch; February 17, 1962) is a Filipino-American actor and film director. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film '' La Bamba'' (1987). For ''Stand and Deliver'' (19 ...

(born 1962), American actor * Lou Rawls (1933–2006), American musician * Lou Reed (1942–2013), American musician *

Louis Sachar Louis Sachar ( ; born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy author. He is best known for the ''Wayside School'' series and the novel '' Holes''. ''Holes'' won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature< ...

(born 1954), American author of children's books *

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(1784–1859), German composer *

Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...

(1856–1924), American architect *

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(born 1952), Irish entertainment manager *

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(born 1967), Hong Kong actor

Politics

* Louis A. Bloom (1900–1988), Pennsylvania State Representative and Judge *

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, President of

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during

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* Louis Brandeis (1856–1941), American Supreme Court justice and Zionist leader *

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, Prime minister of the

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(born 1947), Belgian politician *

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Royalty

Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Germany

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...

, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death. * Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, eldest son of the emperor Lothair I * Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal grandson of the emperor Louis II *

Louis the German Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany and Louis II of East Francia, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the P ...

(Louis II), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife *

Louis the Child Louis the Child (893 – 20/24 September 911), sometimes called Louis III or Louis IV, was the king of East Francia from 899 until his death and was also recognized as king of Lotharingia after 900. He was the last East Frankish ruler of the Car ...

(Louis III), the last true Carolingian ruler of East Francia * Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Kings of France

, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death *

Louis the Stammerer Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (french: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879), was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis ...

, the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans *

Louis III of France Louis III (863/65—5 August 882) was King of West Francia (a precursor to the Kingdom of France) from 879 until his death in 882. He succeeded his father Louis the Stammerer, and ruled over West Francia in tandem with his brother Carloman II. L ...

, king of Western Francia *

Louis IV of France Louis IV (September 920 / September 921 – 10 September 954), called ''d'Outremer'' or ''Transmarinus'' (both meaning "from overseas"), reigned as King of West Francia from 936 to 954. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he was the only son of ...

, king of France from 936 to 954 *

Louis V of France Louis V ( – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (french: Louis le Fainéant), was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning first with his father Lothair until 986) to his early death in 987. During his reign, the nobility essent ...

, son of the Frankish King Lothair and his wife Emma * Louis VI of France, King of France from 1108 to 1137 * Louis VII of France, King of France from 1137 to 1180 *

Louis VIII of France Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (french: Le Lion), was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216. On 2 June 1216 ...

, King of France from 1223 to 1226 * Louis IX of France, King of France from 1226 to 1270 *

Louis X of France Louis X (4 October 1289 – 5 June 1316), known as the Quarrelsome (french: le Hutin), was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre as Louis I from 1305 until his death. He emancipated serfs who could buy their freedom and readmitted Jews in ...

, King of France from 1314 to 1316 * Louis XI of France, King of France from 1461 to 1483 * Louis XII of France, King of France from 1498 to 1515 *

Louis XIII of France Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643 *

Louis XIV of France , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 *

Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1715 to 1774 *

Louis XVI of France Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

, King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791 * Louis XVII of France, the son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette * Louis XVIII of France, King of France and Navarre from 1815 to 1824 * Louis XIX of France, King of France and Navarre for twenty minutes in 1830 before his abdication

Other French royalty

* Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon * Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon * Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, Prince of Condé * Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, Prince of Condé * Louis III, Prince of Condé, Prince of Condé * Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (also known as Louis IV, prince de Condé) * Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé (also known as Louis V Joseph) * Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé (also known as Louis VI Henri) * Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti * Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti * Louis François I, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti * Louis François II, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti * Louis V, Elector Palatine

Kings of Etruria

* Louis I of Etruria, King of Etruria from 1801 to 1803 * Charles II, Duke of Parma, Louis II of Etruria, King from 1803–1807, also Duke of Lucca (1824–1847) and Duke of Parma (1847–1849)

Kings of Holland

* Louis Bonaparte, Louis I Bonaparte, King of Holland from 1806 to 1810 * Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Louis II Bonaparte, King of Holland in 1810, also Grand Duke of Berg

Kings of Hungary

* Louis the Great, (Louis I of Hungary) Apostolic King of Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Jerusalem and Sicily from 1342, King of Poland from 1370 * Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Hungary from 1516 to 1526

King of Portugal

* Louis I of Portugal (1838–1889), succeeded to his older brother Peter V in 1861

King of Spain

* Louis I of Spain, the eldest son of Philip V of Spain by his first Queen consort Maria Louisa of Savoy

Princes of Monaco

* Louis I, Prince of Monaco * Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Sovereign Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 until 9 May 1949

Princes of the United Kingdom

* Prince Louis of Wales (born 2018), son of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, grandson of King Charles III

Dukes and Kings of Bavaria

* Louis I, Duke of Bavaria * Louis II, Duke of Bavaria * Louis III, Duke of Bavaria * Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, also Duke of Bavaria * Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, also Margrave of Brandenburg as Louis I * Louis VI, Duke of Bavaria, also Margrave of Brandenburg as Louis II * Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria * Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria * Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria * Louis X, Duke of Bavaria * Ludwig I of Bavaria, Louis I King of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848 * Ludwig II of Bavaria, Louis II King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886, the ''Märchenkönig'' (Fairy tale king) * Ludwig III of Bavaria, Louis III, Regent from 1912 to 1913, King from 1913 to 1918 (last king of Bavaria)

Grand-Duke of Berg

* Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Louis, Grand Duke of Berg from 1809 to 1813, also King of Holland as Louis II

Grand-Dukes of Hesse

* Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse * Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse * Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse * Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

Duke of Savoy

* Louis, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Savoy from 1440 to 1465

Duke of Württemberg

* Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

* Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Science and innovation

* Louis Blériot (1872–1936), French aviator and inventor * Louis Braille (1809–1852), inventor of braille * Louis de Broglie (1892–1987), French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate * Louis Ignarro (1941) American pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate * Louis Leakey (1903–1972), British paleontologist * Louis Lliboutry, French-Chilean glaciologist * Louis Mink (1921–1983), American philosopher of history * Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), French microbiologist and chemist, discoverer of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization * Louis Schoonhoven (born 1931), Dutch entomologist * Louis Wirth (1897–1952), American sociologist

Sports

* Louis Almond (born 1992), English footballer * Louis Babrow (1915–2004), South African rugby union player * Louis Baise (born 1927), South African Olympic wrestler * Lou Boudreau (1917–2001), American, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager * Lou Brock (born 1939), American baseball player * Louis Bullard (1956–2010), American football player * Louis Campbell (born 1979), American basketball player * Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), racing driver and the founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company * Louis Delétraz (born 1997), Swiss race car driver * Louis Clarke (athlete), Louis Clarke (1901–77), American Olympic track champion * Louis Ford (footballer) (born 1914), Welsh footballer * Louis van Gaal (born 1951), Dutch footballer and manager * Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player * Louis Jani (born 1957), Canadian judoka * Kid Kaplan, Louis Kaplan (1901–1970), nicknamed "Kid Kaplan", Russian-born American world champion Hall of Fame featherweight boxer * Louis King (basketball) (born 1999), American basketball player * Louis Klotz (born 1921), nicknamed "Red", American NBA basketball player and owner of the Washington Generals and New York Nationals * Louis Pilot (born 1940), Luxembourgian footballer and manager * Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), Canadian world champion Hall of Fame figure skater * Louis Saha (born 1978), French footballer * Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), English racing driver * Louis Smith (gymnast) (born 1989), English gymnast

Others

* Louis Edmund Blaze (1861–1951), Sri Lankan Burgher people, Burgher educationist, founder of Kingswood College, Kandy, Sri Lanka * Louis Botha (1862–1919), South African politician, first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, one of the principal commanders of the Second Boer War * Louis Brouillard (1921–2018), American Catholic priest * Louis Congo (c. 1725), emancipated slave, appointed public executioner of Louisiana * Louis Le Duff, French billionaire businessman * Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general during World War I * Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (born 1942), chairman and CEO of IBM * Louis Antoine Godey (1804-1878), American editor and publisher * Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River * Louis Kealoha, former Chief of the Honolulu Police Department and convicted felon * Louis-Frédéric Lescure (1904–1993), French industrialist * Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979), last Viceroy of India and first Governor-General of independent India, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II * Louis Palander (1842–1920], Swedish naval officer * Louis Pio (1841–1894), Danish political figure * Louis (parrot), parrot from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, well-provided for by owner's will after her death in 1949 * Louis H. Pollak (1922–2012), American district court judge and dean of Yale Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Louis Pope (b.1947), American businessman * Louis Ruquoy, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army during the second part of the First World War * Louis Sabunji (1838–1931), Syriac Catholic priest and journalist * Louis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp (born 1994), heir apparent to earldom. * Louis Zamperini (1917–2014), American World War II veteran, Christian evangelist and an Olympic distance runner, best known for being a Japanese POW survivor.

Fictional characters

* Dr. Louis Faraday, a character in the 1986 American science fiction adventure movie ''Flight of the Navigator#Cast, Flight of the Navigator'' * Louis, a character in the American sitcom television series ''Kate & Allie#Recurring cast, Kate & Allie'' * Louis, a protagonist of the Japanese manga series ''Beastars'' * Louis de Pointe du Lac, character in the Vampire Chronicles novels by Anne Rice * Louis the Alligator, a character from the animated film ''The Princess and the Frog'' * Louie Duck, Disney character * Louis Gara, a character in the 2013 American black comedy crime movie ''Life of Crime (film)#Cast, Life of Crime'' * Louis Huang, character played by Randall Park in ''Fresh Off the Boat'' * Louis Litt, character played by Rick Hoffman in ''Suits'' * Louis Michaelson, a character played by Fred Savage in the 1986 American fantasy drama film ''The Boy Who Could Fly#Cast, The Boy Who Could Fly'' * Louis Tully, character played by Rick Moranis in ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Ghostbusters II'' * Louis Wu, character in the Ringworld books by Larry Niven * Louis, one of the protagonists of ''Left 4 Dead''

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