title: Ludovicus
text: # Ludovicus
  
  Ludovicus or Ludowicus is a Latinized form of the Germanic masculine given name Hludwig ("Louis"). It has been used as a baptismal name in the Low Countries, especially in Belgium; bearers often use(d) Lodewijk or short forms like Lode, Lou, Louis, or Ludo in daily life. People with the name include:
  
  ## Latinized name
  
  * Ludovicus Blosius (Louis de Blois; 1506–1566), Belgian monk and mystical writer
  * Ludovicus Cappellus (Louis Cappel; 1585–1658), French Protestant churchman and scholar
  * Ludovicus Carrio Brugensis (Louis Carrion; 1547–1595), Flemish humanist and classical scholar
  * Ludovicus Episcopius (Ludovicus de Bisschop; c.1520–1595), Flemish composer
  * Ludovicus Finsonius (Louis Finson; c.1575–1617), Flemish Baroque painter
  * Ludovicus Mamburgus (Louis Maimbourg; 1610–1686), French Jesuit and historian
  * Ludovicus Molinaeus (Lewis Du Moulin; 1606–1680), French Huguenot physician and controversialist in England
  * Ludovicus Nonnius [fr; la; nl] (Luis Nuñez; 1553–1645), Flemish physician and humanist
  * Ludovicus Rabus (Ludwig Rab; 1523–1592), German Lutheran theologian
  * Ludovicus a S. Carolo (Louis Jacob; 1608–1670), French Carmelite scholar, writer and bibliographer
  * Ludovicus Sanctus (Lodewijk Heiligen; 1304–1361), Flemish Benedictine monk and music theorist
  * Ludovicus Thomassinus (Louis Thomassin; 1619–1695), French theologian and Oratorian
  * Ludovicus Tubero (1459–1527), Ragusan historian
  * Ludovicus Casparus Valckenarius (Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer; 1715–1785), Dutch classical scholar
  * Ludovicus Vives (Luis Vives; 1493–1540), Valencian scholar and humanist in the Southern Netherlands
  
  ## Adopted/monastic name
  
  * Ludovicus Baba (ルイス馬場, died 1624), Japanese Franciscan missionary and saint
  * Ludovicus de Beaumanoir, pseudonym of Louis Richeome (1544–1625), French Jesuit theologian and controversialist.
  * Ludovicus Sasada (ルイス笹田, 1598–1624), Japanese Franciscan missionary and saint
  
  ## Birth name
  
  * Ludovicus F.J. "Louis" Ancot [nl; sv] (1803–1836), Flemish pianist
  * Ludovicus Henricus "Lode" Baekelmans [de; eo; nl; sv] (1879–1965), Belgian naturalist writer
  * Ludovicus de Bisschop (c.1520–1595), Flemish composer
  * P. Ludovicus "Louis" Brion (1782–1821), Belgian-Curaçaon officer, admiral for Venezuela and Colombia
  * Ludovicus "Louis" de Dieu (1590–1642), Dutch Protestant minister and orientalist
  * Ludovicus Makeblijde (1565–1630), Flemish Jesuit, poet and hymn writer
  * Ludovicus Neefs (1617–c.1649), Flemish Baroque painter
  * Ludovicus Jacobus "Lodewijk" Rogier [fr; nl] (1894–1974), Dutch teacher and historian
  * Ludovicus Schoenmaekers (born 1931), Belgian swimmer
  * Ludovicus Stornebrink (1847–1941), Dutch-born Japanese businessman
  * Ludovicus M. M. Van Iersel (1893–1987), Dutch-born Sergeant in the United States Army
  * Ludovicus Carolus "Lode" Zielens (1901–1944), Belgian novelist and journalist
  