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Ludwig is a German name, deriving from Old High German Hludwīg, also spelled Hluotwīg. [2] Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name *hlūdawiganaz, which is composed of two elements: *hlūdaz ("loud, famous") and *wiganą ("to battle, to fight") respectively, the resulting name meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle".
Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson (/ ˈ ɡ ɔːr ən s ən /; [2] Swedish: [ˈlɵ̌dːvɪɡ ˈjœ̂ːranˌsɔn]; born 1 September 1984) is a Swedish composer, conductor, songwriter, and record producer. As a record producer, he has frequently collaborated with Childish Gambino , producing his studio albums Camp , Because the Internet and "Awaken, My ...
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (German: [ˈluːtvɪç]; 29 December 1816 – 23 April 1895) was a German physician and physiologist. His work as both a researcher and teacher had a major influence on the understanding, methods and apparatus used in almost all branches of physiology.
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (German pronunciation: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈbɔlt͡sman]; 20 February 1844 – 5 September 1906) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics , and the statistical explanation of the second law of thermodynamics .
Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria[ a] (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. [ 2] His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I . Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, the younger brother of Emperor ...
Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe. The list of compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consists of 722 works [ 1 ] written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before ...
Edwin Dodgson (brother) Charles Dodgson (great-grandfather) Signature. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( / ˈlʌtwɪdʒ ˈdɒdsən / LUT-wij DOD-sən; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and Anglican priest.