Ludovico

Ludovico
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	German name Ludwig
Meaning	Illustrious fighter
Region of origin	Italy
Other names
Related names	Ludwig, Lewis, Louis, Ludvik

Ludovico (Italian pronunciation: [ludoˈviːko]) is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled Lodovico.

It may refer to:

Persons with the name Ludovico

In religion

• Lodovico Altieri (1805–1867), Italian cardinal
• Ludovico Bertonio (1552–1625), Italian Jesuit missionary
• Ludovico of Casoria (1814–1885), Italian Franciscan monk
• Ludovico Donato (died c. 1385), Italian cardinal
• Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti (1664–1742), Italian cardinal and theologian
• Ludovico Ludovisi (1595–1632), Italian cardinal and statesman
• Ludovico Madruzzo (1532–1600), Italian cardinal and statesman
• Louis Maracci (1612–1700), Italian priest and translator of the Qur'an into Latin
• Ludovico Micara (1775–1847), Italian cardinal
• Ludovico Prodocator (died 1504), Italian cardinal
• Ludovico Sabbatini (1650–1724), Italian priest and religious educator
• Lodovico Trevisan (1401–1465), Italian bishop

In arts and humanities

• Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590), Italian composer
• Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533), Italian poet
• Ludovico Baille (1764–1839), Italian historian
• Ludovico Balbi (1540–1604), Italian composer
• Ludovico Barassi (1873–1953), Italian jurist
• Lodovico Belluzzi (19th century), Captain Regent of San Marino
• Lodovico Bertucci (17th century), Italian painter
• Giovanni Ludovico Bianconi (1717–1781), Italian doctor and antiquarian
• Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1894–1998), Italian film director
• Ludovico Brea (c. 1450–c. 1523), Italian painter
• Ludovico di Breme (1780–1820), Italian writer
• Ludovico Buti (c. 1560–after 1611), Italian painter
• Lodovico Campalastro, Italian painter
• Lodovico Cardi a.k.a. Cigoli (1559–1613), Italian painter and architect
• Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619), Italian painter, etcher, and printmaker
• Lodovico Castelvetro (circa 1505–1571), Italian literary critic
• Lodovico Dolce (1508–1568), Italian humanist
• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955), Italian pianist and composer
• Lodovico Ferrari (1522–1565), Italian mathematician
• Lodovico Filippo Laurenti (1693–1757), Italian composer
• Ludovico Fremont (1982), Italian actor
• Lodovico Fumicelli (16th century), Italian painter
• Lodovico Gallina (1752–1787), Italian painter
• Ludovico Geymonat (1908–1991), Italian Marxist philosopher
• Ludovico Gimignani (1643–1697), Italian painter
• Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743), Italian composer
• Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (circa 1560–1627), Italian composer
• Lodovico Guicciardini (1521–1589), Italian writer
• Ludovico Lana (c. 1597–1646), Italian painter
• Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447–1500), Italian poet
• Lodovico Leoni (1531–1606), Italian painter
• Ludovico Lipparini (1800–1856), Italian painter
• Ludovico de Luigi (born 1933), Italian sculptor and painter
• Ludovico Mazzanti (1686–1775), Italian painter
• Ludovico Mazzolino (1480–c. 1528), Italian painter
• Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672–1750), Italian historian
• Ludovico Pasquali, (c. 1500–1551), Italian writer
• Caelius Rhodiginus (c. 1450–1525), Venetian writer
• Lodovico Ricci (1742–1799), Italian historian
• Lodovico Rocca (1895–1986), Italian composer
• Ludovico Roncalli (1654–1713), Italian nobleman and composer
• Ludovico Rusconi Sassi (1678–1736), Italian architect
• Lodovico Zacconi (1555–1627), Italian-Austrian composer

In aristocracy

• Louis, Duke of Savoy (c. 1412–1465), Duke of Savoy
• Luigi Alidosi (before 1391–1430), ruler of Imola
• Lodovico, Count Corti (1823–1888), Italian diplomat
• Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1539–1595), Italian-French dignitary, diplomat, and Duke of Nevers
• Ludovico III Gonzaga (1412–1478), ruler of Mantua, Italy
• Ludovico Manin (1725–1802), Doge of Venice
• Giovanni Ludovico of Saluzzo (c. 1496–1563), marquess of Saluzzo
• Ludovico I of Saluzzo (before 1416–died 1475), marquess of Saluzzo
• Ludovico II of Saluzzo (1438–1504), Count of Carmagnola and marquess of Saluzzo
• Ludovico Sforza (1452–1508), member of the Sforza dynasty of the Duchy of Milan
• Ludovico Trasi (1634–1694), Italian painter
• Ludovico di Varthema (c. 1470–1517), Italian traveller and writer
• Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi (1475–1527), papal scribe and type designer

In sports

• Ludovico Bidoglio (1900–1970), Argentinian footballer
• Ludovico Moresi (born 1980), Italian footballer
• Ludovico Scarfiotti (1933–1968), Italian sports car driver

In other fields

• Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere (1866–1951), Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
• Pedro Ludovico (1891–1979), founder of Goiânia, Brazil
• Ludovico Racaniello (1352–1441), Italian condottiero

Other uses

• The fictional Ludovico technique of psychological conditioning from the novel and film A Clockwork Orange
• Ludovico Technique LLC, an art and entertainment production company
• Lodovico, Kinsman to Brabantio, cousin to Desdemona in the play Othello