Alois (
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
ized ''Aloysius'') is an
Old Occitan
Old Occitan (, ), also called Old Provençal, was the earliest form of the Occitano-Romance languages, as attested in writings dating from the 8th to the 14th centuries. Old Occitan generally includes Early and Old Occitan. Middle Occitan is some ...
form of the name
Louis
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
...
. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' (
French), ''Aloys'' (
German), ''Alois'' (
Czech), ''
Alojz'' (
Slovak,
Slovenian,
Croatian), ''
Alojzy'' (
Polish), ''
Aloísio'' (
Portuguese,
Spanish,
Italian), ''
Alajos'' (
Hungarian), and ''
Aloyzas'' (
Lithuanian).
People called Alois/Aloys
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Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
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Alois Arnegger (1879–1963), Austrian painter
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Alois Berla (1826–1896), Austrian actor and playwright
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Alois Biach (1849–1918), Austrian physician and medical writer
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Alois Brunner (1912–2001), Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp war criminal
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Alois Carigiet
Alois Carigiet (30 August 1902 – 1 August 1985) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter and illustrator. He may be known best for six children's picture books set in the Alps, '' A Bell for Ursli'' and its sequels, written by Selina Chönz, and ...
(1902–1985), Swiss illustrator
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Alois Dryák
Alois Dryák (24 February 1872 in Brandýsek, Olšany – 6 June 1932 in Prague) was a Czechs, Czech architect and professor of ornamental design.
Dryák is most famous for the design of the ornamental detail on Art Nouveau masterpieces such as ...
(1872–1932), Czech architect
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Alois Eliáš
Alois Eliáš (29 September 1890 – 19 June 1942) was a Czech general and politician. He served as prime minister of the puppet government of the German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 27 April 1939 to 27 September 1941 bu ...
(1890–1942), Czech general and politician
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Alois Estermann
Alois Estermann (29 October 1954 – 4 May 1998) was a Swiss military officer. He served as the 31st Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. Estermann and his wife were murdered in his apartment in Vatican City on 4 May 1998, the same day he ...
, senior officer of the Pontifical Swiss Guard who was murdered in his apartment
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Alois Hába, Czech composer
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Alois Hitler (1837–1903), born Aloys Schicklgruber; Adolf Hitler's father
* Alois Hitler, Jr. (1882–1956), Adolf Hitler's half-brother
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Alois Hudal (1885–1963), Rome-based, pro-Nazi bishop of Austrian descent
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Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein
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Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein
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Alois Jirásek (1851–1930), Czech writer
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Alois Kayser (1877–1944), German Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost 40 years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar
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Alois Kříž (1911–1947), Czechoslovak journalist and Nazi collaborator who was executed
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Alois Leiter (born 1965), American former left-handed
starting pitcher
In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a game. Starting pit ...
in
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
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Aloïs Michielsen (born 1942), Belgian businessman
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Alois Mock (1934–2017), Austrian politician
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Alois Musil (1868–1944), Czech explorer, orientalist and writer
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Alois Negrelli (1799–1858), Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer in Austria, Italy and Switzerland
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Aloys Pennarini (1870–1927), tenor opera singer, opera director and film actor
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Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984), mayor of Saint Louis
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Alois P. Swoboda (1873–1938), pioneer of American physical culture
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Alois Rašín (1867–1923), Czech economist and politician
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Alois Riehl (1844–1924), Austrian philosopher
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Alois Senefelder
Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 177126 February 1834) was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. p 146
Actor ...
(1771–1834), Austrian actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography
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Alois Taux (1817–1861), German conductor and composer, prominent in Salzburg, Austria
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Alois Vašátko (1908–1942), Czech fighter pilot
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Alois von Reding (1765–1818), Swiss patriot
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Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1968)
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Alois Švehlík (1939–2025), Czech actor
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Alois Trancy, fictional character in the Japanese anime Black Butler
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Aloïs Catteau (1877–1939), Belgian cyclist
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Aloys Sprenger (1813–1893), Austrian historian
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Aloys Wach (1892–1940), Austrian expressionist painter and graphic artist
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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, Austrian actor and American politician
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Brother Alois (born 1954), Prior of the Taizé community
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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...
(1927–2022), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger
Other uses
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''Aloys'' (film), a 2016 Swiss film
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Masculine given names
German masculine given names
Czech masculine given names