Louis

Louis
Louis XIV was king of France 1643-1715
Gender	Male
Language(s)	German
Origin
Word/Name	French
Meaning	Famous warrior (Ludwig)
Other names
Alternative spelling	Louys
Derived	Louise
Related names	Clovis, Lewis, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, Ludvig, Ludwig, Lodewijk, Lodewyk

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Louis (pronounced [lwi] in French, /ˈluːiː/ in British English or /ˈluːɪs/ in American English) is the French and English form of the German given name Ludwig.^[1] Another English variant is Lewis (/ˈluːɪs/). The German name is composed of the words for "fame" (hlūd) and "warrior" (wīg) which may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle".^[2]

Variant forms

• Albanian: Luigj, Ludovik
• Basque: Aloxi, Koldobika, Luki
• Breton: Loeiz
• Catalan: Lluís
• Croatian: Alojzije, Ljudevit, Ludovik, Luj
• Czech: Ludvík
• Danish: Ludvig
• Dutch: Lodewijk, Lode, Lowie
• English: Louis, Lou, Lewis, Lewes, Lewie, Lew, or Lewy; Ludovic
• Esperanto: Ludoviko
• French: Louis
• Galician: Lois, Luís
• Georgian: ხლოდვიგი (Khlodvigi)
• German: Ludwig, Alois
• Greek: Λουδοβίκος (Loudovikos)
• Hawaiian: Lui
• Hungarian: Lajos
• Irish: Alaois, Alabhaois, Lughaidh
• Italian: Luigi, Lodovico, Ludovico
• Latin: Ludovícus, Aloysius
• Norwegian: Ludvig
• Polish: Ludwik
• Portuguese: Luís, Aloísio, Aluísio, Ludovico (Luiz is an archaic form)
• Russian: Людовик (Lyudovik)
• Serbian: Луј (Luj)
• Slovak: Ľudovít
• Slovene: Alojz, Lojze, Ljudevit, Luj
• Spanish: Luis ([lu'is] or ['lwis])
• Swedish: Ludvig, Love

Arts and entertainment

• Louis (artist) (born 1989), Korean pop singer
• Louis (singer) (1952–2011), Serbian singer
• Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), American jazz musician
• Louis C.K. (born 1967), American comedian
• Louis Caron, backup musician for The Platters
• Louis Calabro (1926–1991), Italian American orchestral composer
• Lou Costello (1906–1959), American comedian
• Louis Dobbs (born 1945), CNN anchor
• Lou Ferrigno (born 1951), American bodybuilder and actor
• Louis Gallodier (1734–1803), ballet master and choreographer
• Louis Gossett, Jr. (born 1936), American actor
• Louis Jordan (1908–1975), pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter
• Louis Jouvet (1887–1951), French actor and director
• Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), American author of Western fiction
• Louis Logic, American underground rapper
• Louis Rukeyser (1933–2006), American economic commentator
• Lou Diamond Philips (born 1962), American actor
• Lou Rawls (1933–2006), American musician
• Lou Reed (born 1942), American singer
• Louis Sachar (born 1954), American author of children's books
• Louis Szekely (born 1967), American stand-up comedian better known by his stage name, Louis C.K.
• Louis Theroux (born 1970), British television broadcaster
• Louis Van Lint (1909–1986), Belgian artist
• Louis Vuitton (designer) (1821–1892), French fashion designer
• Louis Wain (1860–1936), British artist who drew cats
• Louis Walsh (born 1952), Irish popular music manager and minor celebrity
• Louis Tomlinson (born 1991), is a British singer in boyband One Direction.

Politics

• Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan (1734–1803), French religious leader and politician
• Louis Farrakhan (born 1933), Afro-American social leader
• Louis Lingg (1864–1887), German anarchist arrested after Haymarket Square bombing
• Louis Michel (born 1947), Belgian politician
• Louis Riel (1844–1885), Canadian politician, a founder of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis

Royalty

Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Germany

• Louis the Pious, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death
• Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, eldest son of the emperor Lothair I
• Louis the German (Louis II), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife
• Louis the Child (Louis III), the last true Carolingian ruler of East Francia
• Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Kings of France

• Louis the Pious, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death
• Louis the Stammerer, the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans
• Louis III of France, king of Western Francia
• Louis IV of France, king of France from 936 to 954
• Louis V of France, 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, King of France from 1223 to 1226
• Louis IX of France, King of France from 1226 to 1270
• Louis X of France, 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, King of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643
• Louis XIV of France, King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715
• Louis XV of France, King of France and Navarre from 1715 to 1774
• Louis XVI of France, 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

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

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 Markgrave of Brandenburg as Louis I
• Louis VI, Duke of Bavaria, also Markgrave 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

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

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 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
• Louis Saravolatz (born 1950), American physician
• Louis Wirth (1897–1952), American sociologist

Sports

• Louis Babrow (1915–2004), South African rugby union player
• Lou Boudreau (1917–2001), American, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager
• Lou Brock (born 1939), American baseball player
• Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), racing driver and the founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
• Louis Clarke (1901–77), American Olympic track champion
• Louis van Gaal (born 1951), Dutch football (soccer) player and manager
• Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player
• Louis Jani (born 1957), Canadian judoka
• Louis Kaplan (1901–1970), nicknamed "Kid Kaplan", Russian-born American world champion Hall of Fame featherweight boxer
• 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 football (soccer) player and manager
• Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), Canadian world champion Hall of Fame figure skater
• Louis Saha (born 1978), French football (soccer) player

Others

• Louis Congo (c. 1725), emancipated slave appointed public executioner of Louisiana
• Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (born 1942), former Chairman and CEO of IBM corporation
• Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River

Fictional characters

• Louis de Pointe du Lac, in novels
• Louis, mute swan in novel The Trumpet of the Swan
• Louis, protagonist of Louis (comic)
• Louis, character from the video game Left 4 Dead
• Louis the Yard Teacher, in Sideways Stories From Wayside School (book)
• Louis the Alligator, from The Princess and the Frog
• Louis Wu, from the Ringworld-Universe

References

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See also

• Louis (surname)
• Louise
• Llywelynen:Louis (given name)