Ludovic is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name
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Ludovic Albós Cavaliere (born 1979), Andorran ski mountaineer
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Ludovic Ambruș (born 1946), Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Ludovic Antal (1924–1970), Romanian actor and cultural promoter
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Ludovic Arrachart
Ludovic Arrachart (15 August 1897, Besançon - 24 May 1933, Maisons, Eure-et-Loir, Maisons) was a French aviator.
His long-distance flights made him a pioneer of intercontinental aviation. He notably beat two world records : first flying a Bregue ...
(1897–1933), French aviator
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Ludovic Assemoassa (born 1980), French-born Togolese football defender
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Ludovic Asuar
Ludovic Asuar (born 26 October 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Olympique de Marseille, FC Metz, AC Ajaccio, Dijon FCO, CS Sedan Ardennes
Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, commonly referred to as C ...
(born 1976), French footballer
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Ludovic Auger
Ludovic Auger (born 17 February 1971 in Joigny) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In his 14-year career, he rode for BigMat–Auber 93 from 1994 until 2004 and then for UCI ProTeam Française des Jeux from 2005 to 2007.
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(born 1971), French road bicycle racer
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Ludovic Augustin
Ludovic C. Augustin (born 1902, date of death unknown) was an Olympic sport shooter who was part of the team that won Haiti's first ever Olympic medal—a bronze in team free rifle at the 1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (), of ...
(1902–?), Haitian Olympic sport shooter
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Ludovic Baal
Ludovic Baal (born 24 May 1986) is a French Guianan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back for the French Guiana national football team, French Guiana team.
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(born 1986), French Guianese football left back
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Ludovic Batelli
Ludovic Batelli (born 24 May 1963) is a French football manager and former professional player who manages SC Toulon. Under his management, the France U19 national team won their ninth European U19 title, defeating his ancestry homeland team It ...
(born 1963), French football goalkeeper
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Ludovic Blas (born 1997), French football midfielder
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Ludovic Boi (born 1989), Mauritian-Australian footballer
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Ludovic Booz
Ludovic Booz (16 June 1940 – 2 February 2015) was a Haitian painter and sculptor. Born in Aquin, Booz sculpted bronze busts of several Haitian presidents. His work has been exhibited in France, Israel, and Suriname
Suriname, officially the ...
(1940–2015), Haitian painter and sculptor
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Ludovic Bource
Ludovic Bource (; born 19 August 1970 in Pontivy) is a French composer best known for his work in film scoring. He rose to international critical acclaim in 2011 for composing the Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning score for '' The Artist'' ...
(born 1970), French composer
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Ludovic Boulesteix
Ludovic Boulesteix (born 13 July 1973) is a French slalom canoeist who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the K1 team event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in ...
(fl. 1990s), French slalom canoer
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Ludovic Bruckstein Ludovic Bruckstein (27 July 1920 – 4 August 1988) was a Romanian writer.
Biography
He was born in Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine), and grew up in Sighet, Maramureș, in the northern region of Transylvania.
He was the son of Mordechai ...
(1920–1988), Romanian writer
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Ludovic Bruni
Ludovic Bruni (born 1976 in Hyères, France) is a French guitarist, bassist and music producer.
Biography
After joining Francois Jeanneau's improvisation class, at the Paris National Conservatory in 1998, he entered the Parisian music scene and ...
(born 1976), French guitarist, bassist and music producer
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Ludovic Butelle
Ludovic Jean-Luc Butelle (born 3 April 1983) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Reims.
Club career
Born in Reims, Butelle began his career at Metz, in 2001–02's Ligue 1, appearing in six matches. He became ...
(born 1983), French footballer
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Ludovic Buysens
Ludovic Buysens (born 13 March 1986) is a Belgian footballer who is currently playing for Olsa Brakel in the Belgian Third Amateur Division
The Belgian Division 3, commonly referred to as simply Derde Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 3 (in ...
(born 1986), Belgian footballer
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Ludovic Capelle
Ludovic Capelle (born 27 February 1976 in Namur) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He was professional from 1998 until 2009, riding for (1998–2000), (2001–2002), (2003–2005), (2007), (2008) and (2009). He rode the ...
(born 1976), Belgian road racing cyclist
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Ludovic Chammartin
Ludovic Chammartin (born 31 January 1985) is a Swiss judoka who competes in the men's 60 kg category. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in the second round. At the 2016 Summer Olympics
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(born 1985), Swiss judoka
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Ludovic Chelle
Ludovic Chelle (born 3 January 1983) is a French and Malian former basketball player.
Chelle has predominantly been a role player coming off the bench in his time in the French league. After signing in 2001 with Olympique Antibes, Chelle has p ...
(born 1983), Malian-French basketball player
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Ludovic Clément
Ludovic Clément (born 5 December 1976), is a Martiniquais former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder or defender (association football), defender for LB Châteauroux, Toulouse FC, Montpellier HSC in Ligue 1 ...
(born 1976), Martiniquais footballer
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Ludovic Clemente
Ludovic Clemente Garcés (born May 9, 1986) is a former Andorran footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American foo ...
(born 1986), Andorran footballer
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Ludovic Colquhoun (1804–1882), Texas Senator and merchant of San Antonio, Texas
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Ludovic Dauș (1873–1953), Romanian prose writer, playwright, poet and translator
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Ludovic Debeurme, French comic artist
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Ludovic Delporte (born 1980), French football midfielder
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Ludovic Depickère (born 1969), French magician and freestyle swimmer
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Ludovic Fabregas (born 1996), French handball player
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Ludovic Franck (1907–1988), Belgian sailor
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Ludovic G. (1835–1886),
pen name
A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
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Jean Louis Gobbaerts, Belgian pianist and composer
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Ludovic Gamboa (born 1986), French football midfielder
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Ludovic Gapenne, Paralympian athlete from France
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Ludovic Garreau (born 1983), French ice hockey player
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Ludovic Genest (born 1987), French footballer
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Ludovic Giuly
Ludovic Vincent Giuly (born 10 July 1976) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger.
Giuly represented France national football team, France at international level, gaining 17 Cap ...
(born 1976), French football winger
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Ludovic Golliard (born 1983), French footballer
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Ludovic Gotin
Ludovic Gotin (born 25 July 1985) is a Guadeloupean footballer who plays as a striker for Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur club Le Moule. While he has spent the majority of his career playing on the island of Guadeloupe, he also had a stint in met ...
(born 1985), Guadeloupean footballer
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Ludovic Graugnard (born 1977), French football manager
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Ludovic Guerriero
Ludovic Guerriero (born 5 January 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Guerriero was born in Forbach, Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains a ...
(born 1985), French football defensive midfielder
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Ludovic Halévy
Ludovic Halévy (1 January 1834 – 7 May 1908) was a French people, French author and playwright, known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on the libretto, libretti for Georges Bizet's ''Carmen'' and comic operas by Jacques Offenbach, inc ...
(1834–1908), French author and playwright
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Ludovic Henry (born 1968), French Olympic dressage rider
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Ludovic Heraud
Jean Gabriel Silvain Olivier Ludovic Heraud (1 January 1913 – 15 December 2007) was a French sports shooter. He competed in the 25 m pistol event at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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(1913–2007), French sports shooter
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Ludovic Hubler
Ludovic Hubler is a French traveller and author. He achieved notoriety for his five-year long tour of the world, completed entirely by hitchhiking. He wrote the travel book ''Le Monde en stop'', and later received the 2010 Pierre Loti Award.
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, French traveller
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Ludovic Janvier (1934–2016), French novelist, poet, essayist, and short stories writer
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Ludovic Jean-Luc Butelle (born 1983), French footballer
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Ludovic Kashindi (born 1984), Canadian football defensive back
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Ludovic Kennedy
Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy, (3 November 191918 October 2009) was a Scottish journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author. As well as his wartime service in the Royal Navy, he is known for presenting many current affairs programmes and ...
(1919–2009), British journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author
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Ludovic Lalanne
Ludovic Lalanne (23 April 1815, Paris – 16 May 1898, Paris) was a French historian and librarian. The engineer and politician Léon Lalanne (1811–1892) was his brother.
Biography
Lalanne was a student at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and late ...
(1815–1898), French historian and librarian
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Ludovic Lamothe (1882–1953), Haitian composer and virtuoso pianist
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Ludovic Lebart, French statistician
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Ludovic Leroy
Ludovic Leroy (born September 20, 1975) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played in Ligue 2 for Valenciennes FC, FC Martigues, Amiens SC and Stade Reims. He also played lower-division football for Gap FC, ES Fr� ...
(born 1975), French footballer
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Ludovic Lewis, Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1647 to 1653
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Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford
Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford (1600 – 1652), was a Scottish landowner and Royalist. He was the son of Henry Lindsay, 13th Earl of Crawford and Helen Chisholm.
In 1633-1634 Lindsay served the Polish king and commanded a unit compose ...
(1600–1652), Scot who took part in the plot of 1641 called The Incident
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Ludovic Lidon (born 1971), French football defender
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Ludovic Liron
Ludovic Liron (born 30 January 1978) is a French football defender who played for clubs in French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.
Career
Liron helped three clubs win promotion to Ligue 1, and was a key member of the Valenciennes FC that won 2005–06 Ligu ...
(born 1978), French football defender
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Ludovic Loquet (born 1965), French politician
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Ludovic Loustau (born 1973), French rugby union footballer
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Ludovic Magnin (born 1979), Swiss football manager and defender
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Ludovic Martin
Ludovic Martin (born 17 March 1976 in Mantes-la-Jolie) is a retired French cyclist. He participated in the 2004 Tour de France and finished in 119th. His sporting career began with Jeunesse Sportive Doloise.
Major results
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(born 1976), French cyclist
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Ludovic Mary (born 1977), French footballer
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Ludovic Mercier (born 1976), French rugby union player
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Ludovic Millet (born 1985), French kickboxer
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Ludovic Morlot
Ludovic Morlot (born 11 December 1973) is a French conductor.
Early years
Morlot was born in Lyon on 11 December 1973. As a youth, he trained as a violinist. He later attended the Royal Academy of Music, and began his studies in conducting in Lo ...
(born 1973), French conductor
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Ludovic Mrazek
Ludovic Mrazec (July 17, 1867 in Craiova – June 9, 1944 in Bucharest) was a Romanian geologist and list of members of the Romanian Academy, member of the Romanian Academy. He introduced the term diapir that denotes a type of intrusion in which a ...
(1867–1944), Romanian geologist
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Ludovic Obraniak (born 1984), French-born Polish footballer
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Ludovic O'Followell, French doctor and author
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Ludovic Orban
Ludovic Orban (; born 25 May 1963) is a Romanian engineer and politician who was the prime minister of Romania from November 2019 to December 2020. He was president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) between 2017 and 2021, which expelled him sh ...
(born 1963), Romanian engineer and politician
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Ludovic Pancrate (born 1987), French footballer
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Ludovic Paratte (born 1992), Swiss footballer
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Ludovic Piette
Ludovic Piette-Montfoucault (11 May 1826, Niort – 14 April 1878, Paris) was a French Impressionism (art), Impressionist painter.
Biography
He came from a family of the minor nobility and his father was the Registrar of Melleray, Sarthe, Melle ...
(1826–1878), French Impressionist painter
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Ludovic Pollet (born 1970), French footballer
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Ludovic Charles Porter (1869–1928), British administrator in India
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Ludovic Proto
Ludovic Proto (born 30 April 1965 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1998. At welterweight, he held the European Boxing Union, European and French titles. He challenged for the European l ...
(born 1965), French boxer who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Ludovic Quistin
Ludovic "Luda" Quistin (24 May 198428 May 2012) was a Guadeloupean footballer who played as a defender. He also represented Guadeloupe and was a member of their squad.
Quistin had a nomadic career after he arrived in England, turning out for a ...
(1984–2012), Guadeloupean football defender
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Ludovic Radosavljevic (born 1989), French rugby union player
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Ludovic Routhier (1931–2018), Canadian politician from Quebec
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Ludovic Roux (born 1979), French Nordic combined skier
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Ludovic Roy (born 1977), French football goalkeeper
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Ludovic Saline
Ludovic Saline (born 23 March 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Beauvais.
Career
During a spell in Italian football between 2010 and 2011, Saline played five matches in the ...
(born 1989), French footballer
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Ludovic Savatier (1830–1891), French botanist
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Ludovic Soares (born 1994), French footballer
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Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond (29 September 157416 February 1624) was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman and a second cousin of King James VI and I. He was involved in court theatre and the Plantation of Ulster in ...
(1574–1624), Scottish nobleman and politician
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Ludovic Stuart
Ludovic Stuart (22 October 1902 - 3 March 1957) was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p137
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Stuart joined Glasgow HSFP in 1920. Due to his footballing prowess, he became known as a great expo ...
, Scottish rugby union player
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Ludovic Sylvestre
Ludovic Sylvestre (born 5 February 1984) is a French former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the sporting director at Red Star F.C., Red Star.
Career Youth career
Born in the Communes of France, com ...
(born 1984), French football midfielder
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Ludovic Trarieux
Jacques Ludovic Trarieux (30 November 1840 in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente – 13 March 1904) was a French Republicanism, Republican politician, statesman, lawyer, prominent Dreyfusard, and pioneer of international human rights.
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(1840–1904), French Republican statesman
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Ludovic Turpin (born 1975), French road racing cyclist
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Ludovic Valbon (born 1976), French rugby union footballer
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Ludovic Valborge (1889–?), Olympic sport shooter from Haiti
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Ludovic Viltard (born 1983), French footballer
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Ludovic Vitet (1802–1873), French dramatist and politician
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Ludovic Zanoni (1935–2021), Romanian cyclist
Fictional characters with the given name
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Ludovic Bagman
The Ministry of Magic is the government of the British wizarding community in the fictional universe of ''Fictional universe of Harry Potter, Harry Potter'' for Britain and Ireland. It is led by an official called the Minister for Magic, and is ...
, in J.K. Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
People with the surname
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Alexandre Ludovic (born 1990), Portuguese professional footballer
See also
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Ludo (given name)
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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 ...
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Ludvig
Ludvig is a Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swed ...
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Louis (given name)
Louis is the French language, French form of the Old Frankish language, Old Frankish given name Clovis (given name), Chlodowig and one of two English language, English forms, the other being Lewis (given name), Lewis ().
Etymology
The name Lou ...
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