| Pronunciation | Italian: [luหiหdสi] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Ludwig (Chlodwig) |
| Meaning | renowned/famous warrior |
| Region of origin | Italy |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Luigino, Louis, Lewis, Levi, Ludvik, Aloysius, Luis |
Luigi is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of the German name Ludwig, through the Latinization Ludovicus, corresponding to the French name Louis and its anglicized variant Lewis.
Other forms of the same name in Italian are the names Ludovico, Clodoveo, Aloรญsio, and Alvise, the last form being more frequent in the Veneto region. A derived feminine name is Luigina.
People with the given name Luigi
editCrime and law
edit- Luigi Chiatti (born 1968), serial killer
- Luigi de Magistris (politician) (born 1967), prosecutor
- Luigi Ferrari Bravo (1933โ2016), jurist
- Luigi Giuliano (born 1949), Camorrista of the Giuliano clan
- Luigi Lucheni (1873โ1910), anarchist and assassin
- Luigi Mangione (born 1998), suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
- Luigi Manocchio (1927โ2024), Italian-American mobster
- Luigi Riccio (born 1957), pentito and former Camorrista
- Luigi Scotti (born 1932), judge
- Luigi Vollaro, Camorrista of the Vollaro clan
Engineering and mathematics
edit- Luigi Bianchi (1856โ1928), mathematician
- Luigi Colani (1928โ2019), German industrial designer
- Luigi Cremona (1830โ1903), mathematician
- Luigi Dadda (1923โ2012), computer engineer
- Luigi Fantappiรจ (1901โ1956), mathematician
- Luigi Giura (1795โ1865), Italian engineer and architect
- Luigi Martinelli (engineer), Italian aeronautical engineer, mechanical engineer, and professor
- Luigi Poletti (mathematician) (1864โ1967), mathematician and poet
- Luigi Segre (1919โ1963), automotive designer and engineer
- Luigi Vanvitelli (1700โ1773), engineer and architect
Film and television
edit- Luigi Almirante (1886โ1963), film actor
- Luigi Batzella, Z-movie director
- Luigi Bonos (1910โ2000), film actor
- Luigi Capuano (1904โ1979), film director and screenwriter
- Luigi Cimara (1891โ1962), film actor
- Luigi Comencini (1916โ2007), film director
- Luigi Cozzi (born 1947), movie director and screenwriter
- Luigi Filippo D'Amico (1924โ2007), director and writer
- Luigi Gervasi, set decorator from 1947โ68
- Luigi Lo Cascio (born 1967), actor
- Luigi Magni (1928โ2013), screenwriter and film director
- Luigi Pane (born 1977), director and video artist
- Luigi Pavese (1896โ1969), film actor
- Luigi Petrucci (born 1956), film and television actor
- Luigi Pistilli (1929โ1996), actor of stage, screen, and television
- Luigi Scaccianoce (1914โ1981), production designer, art director, and set decorator
- Luigi Zampa (1905โ1991), film-maker
Journalism and literature
edit- Luigi Alamanni (1495โ1556), poet and statesman
- Luigi Albertini (1871โ1941), journalist and antifascist
- Luigi Ballerini (born 1940), poet, professor, and historian of gastronomy
- Luigi Bartolini (1892โ1963), writer, poet, and painter
- Luigi Barzini, Jr. (1908โ1984), Italian-American journalist
- Luigi Barzini, Sr. (1874โ1947), journalist, war correspondent, and writer
- Luigi Capuana (1839โ1915), author, journalist, and member of the Verist movement
- Luigi Chiarelli (1880โ1947), playwright, theatre critic, and writer of short stories
- Luigi Da Porto (1485โ1529), writer and storiographer
- Luigi Fabbri (1877โ1935), anarchist, writer, agitator, and propagandist
- Luigi Fontanella (born 1943), poet, critic, translator, playwright, and novelist
- Luigi Freddi (1895โ1977), journalist and politician
- Luigi Malerba (1927โ2008), author and co-founder of the Gruppo 63
- Luigi Meneghello (1922โ2007), contemporary writer and scholar
- Luigi Pirandello (1867โ1936), writer
- Luigi Pulci (1432โ1484), poet best known for Morgante
- Luigi Tansillo (1510โ1568), poet of the Petrarchian and Marinist schools
- Luigi Ugolini (1891โ1980), writer
Military, nobility, and politics
edit- Luigi Alidosi (died 1430), lord of Imola from 1391 to 1424
- Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873โ1933), Italian prince, mountaineer, and explorer
- Luigi Antonini (1883โ1968), American trade union leader
- Luigi Arisio (1926โ2020), Italian politician
- Luigi Berlinguer (1932โ2023), Italian politician
- Luigi Bertoldi (1920โ2001), Italian politician
- Luigi Braschi Onesti (before 1787โ1816), nephew of Pope Pius VI
- Luigi Cacciatore (1900โ1951), Italian politician
- Luigi Cadorna (1850โ1928), Italian general and marshal
- Luigi Capello (1859โ1941), Italian general
- Luigi Castagnola (politician) (born 1936), Italian politician
- Luigi Cocilovo (born 1947), member of the European Parliament and university researcher in law
- Luigi Cornaro (1464โ1566), Venetian nobleman
- Luigi, Count Cibrario (1802โ1870), statesman and historian
- Luigi dal Verme (?โ1449), condottiero
- Luigi Durand de la Penne (1914โ1992), naval diver during World War II
- Luigi Einaudi (1874โ1961), politician and economist
- Luigi R. Einaudi, U.S. career diplomat
- Luigi Facta (1861โ1930), politician and journalist
- Luigi Carlo Farini (1812โ1866), Italian physician, statesman, and historian
- Luigi Federzoni (1878โ1967), nationalist and later Fascist politician
- Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658โ1730), soldier and naturalist
- Luigi Frusci (1879โ1949), Royal Army officer during World War II
- Luigi Gorrini (1917โ2014), Italian fighter pilot during World War II
- Luigi Granelli (1929โ1999), Italian politician
- Luigi Gui (1914โ2010), politician and philosopher
- Luigi Lonfernini (born 1938), Captain Regent of San Marino in 1971 and 2001
- Luigi Longo (1900โ1980), Italian communist politician and secretary of the Italian Communist Party
- Luigi Luzzatti (1841โ1927), politician, Prime Minister of Italy between 1910 and 1911
- Luigi Mazzella (born 1932), Italian jurist and politician
- Luigi Miceli (1824โ1906), patriot, politician, and military figure
- Luigi Mocenigo (disambiguation), multiple people
- Luigi Nocera (1955โ2025), Italian politician
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832โ1904), Italian-American soldier and amateur archaeologist
- Luigi Pantisano (born 1979), German politician
- Luigi Parrilli, aristocrat
- Luigi Pelloux (1839โ1924), general and politician
- Luigi Perenni (1913โ1943), military officer and skier
- Luigi Razza (1892โ1935), Italian journalist and politician
- Luigi Rava (1860โ1938), Italian politician
- Luigi Rizzo (1887โ1951), naval officer and torpedo boat commander
- Luigi Settembrini (1813โ1877), Neapolitan man of letters and politician
- Luigi Spaventa (1934โ2013), Italian academic and politician
- Luigi Viviani (born 1937), Italian politician
- Luigi Viviani (soldier) (1903โ1943), Italian engineer and soldier
Music
edit- Luigi Alva (1927โ2025), Peruvian opera singer
- Luigi Antinori (c. 1697โ?), tenor
- Luigi Arditi (1822โ1903), violinist, composer, and conductor
- Luigi Attademo (born 1972), classical guitarist
- Luigi Bassi (1766โ1825), operatic baritone
- Luigi Boccherini (1743โ1805), cellist and composer
- Luigi Cherubini (1760โ1842), Italian-born composer
- Luigi Creatore (1921โ2015), American songwriter and record producer
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904โ1975), composer known for lyrical twelve-tone compositions
- Ivan Della Mea (born as Luigi), singer-songwriter
- Luigi Denza (1846โ1922), composer
- Luigi Gatti (composer) (1740โ1817), classical composer
- Luigi Groto (1541โ1585), Italian poet, lutenist, and actor
- Luigi Illica (1857โ1919), librettist
- Luigi Infantino (1921โ1991), operatic tenor
- Luigi Lablache (1794โ1858), bass singer of French and Irish heritage
- Luigi Legnani (1790โ1877), guitarist and composer
- Luigi Marchesi (1754โ1829), castrato singer
- Luigi Marini (1885โ1942), Italian lyric tenor
- Luigi Morleo (born 1970), percussionist and composer of contemporary music
- Luigi Negri (disambiguation), multiple people
- Luigi Nono (1924โ1990), avant-garde composer of classical music
- Luigi Piazza (1884โ1967), operatic baritone
- Luigi Piccioli (1812โ1862), musician, singer, voice instructor, and professor
- Luigi Ricci (vocal coach) (1893โ1981), assistant conductor, accompanist, vocal coach, and author
- Luigi Ricci (composer) (1805โ1859), composer, particularly of operas
- Luigi Ricci-Stolz (1852โ1906), musician and composer
- Luigi Rossi (1597โ1653), Baroque composer
- Luigi Russolo, composer
- Luigi Antonio Sabbatini (1732โ1809), Italian composer and music theorist
- Luigi Sagrati (1921โ2008), violinist
- Luigi Tarisio (c. 1790โ1854), violin dealer and collector
- Luigi Tenco (1938โ1967), singer, songwriter, and actor
- Luigi Verderame, Belgian singer usually known just as Luigi
- Luigi von Kunits (1870โ1931), Austrian conductor, composer, violinist, and pedagogue
- Luigi Waites (1927โ2010), American jazz drummer and vibraphonist
- Luigi Zamboni (1767โ1837), operatic buffo bass-baritone
- Luigi Zenobi (1540s โ after 1602), virtuoso cornett player
Religion
edit- Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (1796โ1878), dean of the College of Cardinals
- Luigi Bilio (1826โ1884), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Bonazzi (1948โ2025), Roman Catholic apostolic nuncio
- Luigi Capotosti (1863โ1938), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Ciacchi (1788โ1865), Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Luigi Ciotti (born 1945), Roman Catholic priest
- Luigi Dadaglio (1914โ1990), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- Luigi "Ossian" D'Ambrosio (born 1970), modern Druid, musician and jeweler
- Luigi De Magistris (cardinal) (1926โ2022), Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Luigi d'Este (1538โ1586), Italian cardinal
- Luigi Fortis (1748โ1829), Jesuit
- Luigi Giussani (1922โ2005), Catholic priest, educator, and public intellectual
- Luigi Guanella (1842โ1912), Catholic priest from Northern Italy
- Luigi Jacobini (1832โ1887), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Lambruschini (1776โ1854), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Lavitrano (1874โ1950), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Lippomano (1500โ1559), cardinal and hagiographer
- Luigi Locati (1928โ2005), Catholic missionary and bishop
- Luigi Macchi (1832โ1907), Catholic nobleman and Cardinal
- Luigi Maglione (1877โ1944), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Mascolo, priest who defected to the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
- Luigi Mozzi (1746โ1813), Jesuit controversialist
- Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (1828โ1913), Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Luigi Orione (1872โ1940), saint
- Luigi Poggi (1917โ2010), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Raimondi (1912โ1975), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Sincero (1870โ1936), Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Luigi Sturzo (1871โ1959), Catholic priest and politician
- Luigi Taparelli (1793โ1862), Catholic scholar of the Society of Jesus
- Luigi Traglia (1895โ1977), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Tripepi (1836โ1906), Roman Catholic cardinal and poet
Science
edit- Luigi Aloysius Colla (1766โ1848), botanist
- Luigi Amoroso (1886โ1965), neoclassical economist
- Luigi Bellardi (1859โ1889), malacologist and entomologist
- Luigi Bodio (1840โ1920), economist and statistician
- Luigi Cagnola (1762โ1833), architect
- Luigi Canina (1795โ1856), archaeologist and architect
- Luigi Carnera (1875โ1962), astronomer
- Luigi Cossa (1831โ1896), economist
- Luigi di Bella (1912โ2003), medical doctor and physiology professor
- Luigi Ferri (1826โ1895), philosopher
- Luigi Frati (born 1943), academic physician and rector of the Sapienza University of Rome
- Luigi Gaetano Marini (1742โ1815), natural philosopher, jurist, historian, and archeologist
- Luigi Galvani (1737โ1798), physician and physicist
- Luigi Guido Grandi (1671โ1742), philosopher and mathematician
- Luigi Hugues (1836โ1913), academic geographer and amateur musician
- Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922โ2018), population geneticist
- Luigi Maria Ugolini (1895โ1936), archaeologist
- Luigi Palmieri (1807โ1896), physicist and meteorologist
- Luigi Pareyson (1918โ1991), philosopher
- Luigi Pasinetti (1930โ2023), economist of the Post-Keynesians school
- Luigi Pernier (1874โ1937), archaeologist and academic
- Luigi Piccinato (1899โ1983), architect and town planner
- Luigi Pigorini (1842โ1925), palaeoethnologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer
- Luigi Poletti (architect) (1792โ1869), neoclassical architect
- Luigi Rosselli, Italian/Australian practicing architect
- Luigi Rizzi (linguist) (born 1952), linguist
- Luigi Rolando (1773โ1831), anatomist
- Luigi Salvatorelli (1886โ1974), historian and publicist
- Luigi Snozzi (1932โ2020), Swiss architect
- Luigi Tosti (1811โ1897), Benedictine historian
- Luigi Zoja (born 1943), psychoanalyst and writer
Sports
edit- Luigi "Geno" Auriemma (born 1954), Italian-born American women's basketball coach
Football
edit- Luigi Agnolin (1943โ2018), football referee
- Luigi Allemandi (1903โ1978), football defender
- Luigi Anaclerio (born 1981), football striker
- Luigi Apolloni (born 1967), football manager and former player
- Luigi Barbesino (1894โ1941), footballer and manager from Casale Monferrato
- Luigi Beghetto (born 1973), football striker
- Luigi Bertolini (1904โ1977), football midfielder
- Luigi Bruins (born 1987), Dutch football midfielder
- Luigi Brunella (1914โ1993), football manager and former defender
- Luigi Burlando (1899โ1967), football midfielder
- Luigi Cagni (born 1950), football manager and former player
- Luigi Cevenini (1895โ1968), football player
- Luigi De Agostini (born 1961), football defender
- Luigi De Canio (born 1957), football manager and former player
- Luigi Della Rocca (born 1984), football striker
- Luigi Delneri (born 1950), football manager and former player
- Luigi Di Biagio (born 1971), football defensive midfielder
- Luigi Ferrero (1904โ1984), football manager and former player
- Luigi Garzja (born 1979), football player
- Luigi Giuliano (footballer) (1930โ1993), football player
- Luigi Glombard (born 1984), football striker
- Luigi Grassi (born 1983), football midfielder
- Luigi Griffanti (1917โ2006), football player
- Luigi Lavecchia (born 1981), football defender/midfielder
- Luigi Maifredi (born 1947), football manager
- Luigi Martinelli (footballer) (born 1970), football defender
- Luigi Perversi (1906โ1991), football defender
- Luigi Piangerelli (born 1973), football midfielder
- Luigi Pieroni (born 1980), Belgian football striker
- Luigi Radice (1935โ2018), football coach and former player
- Luigi Riccio (footballer) (born 1977), football midfielder
- Luigi Riva (1944โ2024), football forward
- Luigi Sala (born 1974), football defender
- Luigi Sartor (born 1975), football defender
- Luigi Scarabello (1916โ2007), football player
- Luigi Sepe (born 1991), football goalkeeper
- Luigi Simoni (1939โ2020), football manager and former player
- Luigi Turci (born 1970), football goalkeeper
- Luigi Vitale (born 1987), football wingback
Racing
edit- Luigi Arcangeli (1902โ1931), motorcycle racer and race car driver
- Luigi Arienti (1937โ2024), racing cyclist
- Luigi Cavalieri (1914โ1992), bobsledder
- Luigi Cecchini (born 1944), sports doctor, active in road bicycle racing
- Luigi Chinetti (1901โ1994), Italian-born racecar driver
- Luigi de Bettin, bobsledder
- Luigi De Manincor (1910โ1986), sailor
- Luigi Fagioli (1898โ1952), motor racing driver
- Luigi Figoli, bobsledder
- Luigi Ganna (1883โ1957), road racing cyclist
- Luigi Giacobbe (1907โ1995), cyclist who raced from 1926 to 1937
- Luigi Lucotti (1893โ1980), road bicycle racer
- Luigi Marchisio (1909โ1992), road racing cyclist
- Luigi Marfut (1904โ1980), boxer
- Luigi Musso (1924โ1958), racing driver
- Luigi Piotti (1913โ1971), racing driver
- Luigi Poggi (sailor) (1906โ1972), sailor
- Luigi Taramazzo (1932โ2004), racing driver
- Luigi Taveri (1929โ2018), Swiss motorcycle road racer
- Luigi Villoresi (1909โ1997), Grand Prix motor racing driver
Other
edit- Luigi Beccali (1907โ1990), athlete, Olympic winner of 1500 metres
- Luigi Bosatra (1905โ1981), track and field athlete who competed in racewalking
- Luigi Cambiaso (1895โ1975), gymnast
- Luigi Cantone (1917โ1997), fencer
- Luigi Castiglione (born 1967), boxer
- Luigi Contessi (1894โ1967), gymnast
- Luigi Costigliolo (1892โ1939), gymnast
- Luigi Datome (born 1987), basketball player
- Luigi Fioravanti (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
- Luigi Gaudiano (born 1965), boxer
- Luigi Guido (born 1968), judoka
- Luigi Maiocco (1892โ1965), gymnast
- Luigi Mannelli (1939โ2017), water polo player
- Luigi Mastrangelo (born 1975), volleyball player
- Luigi Rovati (1904โ1989), boxer
- Luigi Samele (born 1987), Italian Olympic sabre fencer
- Luigi Tarantino (born 1972), fencer
- Luigi Troiani (born 1964), rugby player
- Luigi Ulivelli (1935โ2010), long jumper
- Luigi Weiss (born 1951), ski mountaineer and biathlete
Visual arts
edit- Luigi Acquisti (1745โ1823), sculptor
- Luigi Anichini, engraver of seals and medals
- Luigi Basiletti (1780โ1860), painter
- Luigi Benfatto (1551โ1611), late-Renaissance painter
- Luigi Boccherini (1743โ1805), classical era composer and cellist
- Luigi Borgomainerio, engraver and caricaturist
- Luigi Calamatta (1801โ1868), painter and engraver
- Luigi Crosio (1835โ1915), Turin-based Italian painter
- Luigi De Giudici (1887โ1955), painter
- Luigi Diamante (1904โ1971), painter
- Luigi Fontana (1827โ1908), sculptor, painter, and architect
- Luigi Frisoni (1760โ1811), painter
- Luigi Ghirri (1943โ1992), photographer
- Luigi Garzi (1638โ1721), Baroque painter
- Luigi Guardigli (1923โ2008), painter and mosaicist
- Luigi Kasimir (1881โ1962), Austro-Hungarian-born etcher, painter, printmaker, and landscape artist
- Luigi Lanzi (1732โ1810), art historian and archaeologist
- Luigi Lucioni (1900โ1988), Italian-born American painter
- Luigi Malice (born 1937), artist
- Luigi Manini (1848โ1936), European set designer and architect
- Luigi Mascelli (1804โ1825), Italian goldsmith
- Luigi Melchiorre (1859 โ c. 1908), Italian sculptor
- Luigi Miradori (1600s โ c. 1656), Baroque painter
- Luigi Mussini (1813โ1888), painter
- Luigi Nono (painter) (1850โ1918), Italian painter
- Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia (1616โ1680), Baroque painter and artist biographer
- Luigi Primo (c. 1605โ1667), Flemish Baroque painter
- Luigi Quaini (1643โ1717), Baroque painter
- Luigi Rados (1773โ1840), engraver
- Luigi Riccardi (1807โ1877), painter
- Luigi Russolo (1885โ1947), Futurist painter and composer
- Luigi Sabatelli (1772โ1850), Neoclassical painter
- Luigi Schiavonetti (1765โ1810), reproductive engraver and etcher
- Luigi Serafini (artist) (born 1946), artist, architect, and designer
- Luigi Trinchero (1862โ1944), sculptor
Other fields
edit- Luigi Bertoni (1872โ1947), Italian-born anarchist writer and typographer
- Luigi Borrelli, Naples-based shirts maker
- Luigi Calabresi (1937โ1972), commissioner of Italian police in Milan
- Luigi Carrel (1901โ1983), mountain climber, mountain guide, and ski mountaineer
- Luigi D'Albertis (1841โ1901), naturalist and explorer
- Luigi Galleani (1861โ1931), anarchist
- Luigi Lavazza (1859โ1949), businessman
- Luigi Manzotti (1835โ1905), choreographer
- Luigi Ossoinack (1849โ1904), Hungarian businessman and politician
- Luigi Puccianti (1875โ1952), Italian physicist
- Luigi Veronelli (1926โ2004), gastronome and intellectual
- Luigi Villa, backgammon player
- Luigi Voltan, the founder of the eponymous shoe company
Fictional characters
edit- Luigi (Cars), a Fiat 500 car from Pixar's animated film franchise
- Luigi (character), a Nintendo video game character and the younger twin brother of Mario from the Super Mario franchise
- Luigi Risotto, from the animated sitcom The Simpsons
- Luigi Vendetta, in Kick Buttowski
See also
edit- Luigi (jazz dancer), stage name of Eugene Louis Faccuito (1925โ2015), American jazz dancer, choreographer, and teacher
- Louis (name)
- Luigia
- Luigina
- Luigino