Ludwik

Ludwik ([ˈludvik]) is a Polish given name, an equivalent of the names: Ludwig and Louis. Notable people with the name include: Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884–1954), Polish microbiologist Ludwik Krzywicki (1859–1941), Polish economist and sociologist Ludwik Marian Kurnatowski, Polish crime writer Ludwik Lawiński (1887–1971), Polish film actor Ludwik Mlokosiewicz (1831–1909), Polish explorer, zoologist and botanist Ludwik Mycielski (1854–1926), Polish politician Ludwik Rajchman (1881–1965), Polish bacteriologist Ludwik Silberstein (1872–1948), Polish-American physicist that helped make special relativity and general relativity staples of university coursework Ludwik Starski (1903–1984), Polish lyricist and screenwriter Ludwik Waryński (1856–1889), Polish activist and theoretician of the socialist movement Ludwik Zamenhof (1859–1917), Polish medical doctor, writer, and inventor of Esperanto. Other people include: Ignace Reiss (1899-1937), Soviet spy whose best-known cover name was "Ludwik."