Luigi (name)
Pronunciation | Italian: [luˈiːdʒi] |
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Gender | male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Ludwig (Chlodwig) |
Meaning | renowned/famous warrior |
Region of origin | Italy |
Other names | |
Related names | Louis, Lewis, , Ludvik, Aloysius, Luis |
Luigi is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of the German name Ludwig, through[clarification needed] the Latinization Ludovicus, corresponding to the French form Louis and its anglicized variant Lewis.
Other forms of the same name in Italian are the names Ludovico, , Aloísio and Alvise, the last form being more frequent in the Veneto region. A derived feminine name is Luigina.
People with the given name Luigi[]
Royalty[]
- Prince Luigi Amedeo (1873–1933), Italian prince
Crime and law[]
- Luigi Chiatti (born 1968), serial killer
- Luigi de Magistris (politician) (born 1967), prosecutor
- Luigi Ferrari Bravo, jurist
- Luigi Giuliano (born 1949), Camorrista of the Giuliano clan
- Luigi Lucheni (1873–1910), anarchist and assassin
- Luigi Manocchio (born 1929), Italian-American mobster
- Luigi Mazzella (born 1932), lawyer and judge
- Luigi Riccio (born 1957), pentito and former Camorrista
- Luigi Scotti (born 1932), judge
- Luigi Vollaro, Camorrista of the Vollaro clan
Engineering and mathematics[]
- Luigi Bianchi (1856–1928), mathematician
- Luigi Colani (born 1928), German industrial designer
- Luigi Cremona (1830–1903), mathematician
- Luigi Dadda (born 1923), computer engineer
- Luigi Fantappiè (1901–1956), mathematician
- Luigi Poletti (mathematician) (1864–1967), mathematician and poet
- Luigi Segre (1919–1963), automotive designer and engineer
- Luigi Vanvitelli (1700–1773), engineer and architect
Film and television[]
- Luigi Almirante (1886–1963), film actor
- Luigi Batzella, Z-movie director
- Luigi Bonos (1910–2000), film actor
- Luigi Capuano (born 1904), film director and screenwriter
- Luigi Cimara (1891–1962), film actor
- Luigi Comencini (1916–2007), film director
- Luigi Cozzi (born 1947), movie director and screenwriter
- Luigi Filippo D'Amico (1924–2007), director and writer
- Luigi Gervasi, set decorator from 1947–68
- Luigi Lo Cascio (born 1967), actor
- Luigi Magni (born 1928), screenwriter and film director
- Luigi Pavese (1896–1969), film actor
- Luigi Petrucci (born 1956), film and television actor
- Luigi Pistilli (1929–1996), actor of stage, screen, and television
- Luigi Scaccianoce (1914–1981), production designer, art director, and set decorator
- Luigi Zampa (1905–1991), film-maker
Journalism and literature[]
- Luigi Alamanni (1495–1556), poet and statesman
- Luigi Albertini (1871–1941), journalist and antifascist
- Luigi Ballerini (born 1940), poet, professor, and historian of gastronomy
- Luigi Bartolini (1892–1963), writer, poet, and painter
- Luigi Barzini, Jr. (1908–1984), Italian-American journalist
- Luigi Barzini, Sr. (1874–1947), journalist, war correspondent, and writer
- Luigi Capuana (1839–1915), author, journalist, and member of the Verist movement
- Luigi Chiarelli (1880–1947), playwright, theatre critic, and writer of short stories
- Luigi Da Porto (1485–1529), writer and storiographer
- Luigi Fabbri (1877–1935), anarchist, writer, agitator, and propagandist
- Luigi Fontanella (born 1943), poet, critic, translator, playwright, and novelist
- Luigi Freddi (1895–1977), journalist and politician
- Luigi Malerba (1927–2008), author and co-founder of the Gruppo 63
- Luigi Meneghello (1922–2007), contemporary writer and scholar
- Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), writer
- Luigi Pulci (1432–1484), poet best known for Morgante
- Luigi Tansillo (1510–1568), poet of the Petrarchian and Marinist schools
- Luigi Ugolini (1891–1980), writer
Military, nobility, and politics[]
- Luigi Alidosi (died 1430), lord of Imola from 1391 to 1424
- Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933), Italian prince, mountaineer, and explorer
- Luigi Antonini (1883–1968), American trade union leader
- Luigi Arisio (1926–2020), Italian politician
- Luigi Berlinguer (born 1932), Italian politician
- Luigi Braschi Onesti (before 1787–1816), nephew of Pope Pius VI
- Luigi Cadorna (1850–1928), Italian General and Marshal of Italy
- Luigi Capello (1859–1941), Italian General
- Luigi Carlo Farini (1812–1866), Italian physician, statesman, and historian
- Luigi Cocilovo (born 1947), Member of the European Parliament and University researcher in law
- Luigi Contratto (1892–1984), World War I soldier
- Luigi Cornaro (1464–1566), Venetian nobleman
- Luigi, Count Cibrario (1802–1870), statesman and historian
- Luigi dal Verme (?–1449), condottiero
- Luigi Durand de la Penne (1914–1992), naval diver during World War II
- Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961), politician and economist
- Luigi R. Einaudi, U.S. career diplomat
- Luigi Facta (1861–1930), politician and journalist
- Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967), nationalist and later Fascist politician
- Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658–1730), soldier and naturalist
- Luigi Frusci (1879–1949), Royal Army officer during World War II
- Luigi Gorrini (1917–2014), Italian fighter pilot during World War II
- Luigi Granelli (1929–1999), Italian politician
- Luigi Gui (born 1914), politician and philosopher
- Luigi Lonfernini (born 1938), Captain Regent of San Marino in 1971 and 2001
- Luigi Longo (1900–1980), Italian Communist Politician and secretary of the Italian Communist Party
- Luigi Luzzatti (1841–1927), politician who served as Prime Minister between 1910 and 1911
- Luigi Miceli (1824–1906), patriot, politician, and military figure
- Luigi Mocenigo (disambiguation), multiple people
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832–1904), Italian-American soldier and amateur archaeologist
- Luigi Parrilli, aristocrat
- Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924), general and politician
- Luigi Perenni (1913–1943), military officer and skier
- Luigi Razza (1892–1935),Italian journalist and politician
- Luigi Rizzo (1887–1951), naval officer and torpedo boat commander
- Luigi Settembrini (1813–1877), Neapolitan man of letters and politician
- Luigi Spaventa (1934–2013), Italian academic and politician
- Luigi Viviani (born 1937), Italian politician
- Luigi Viviani (soldier) (1903–1943), Italian engineer and soldier
Music[]
- Luigi Alva, tenore leggiero
- Luigi Antinori (c. 1697–?), tenor
- Luigi Antonio Sabbatini (1732–1809), composer and music theorist
- Luigi Arditi (1822–1903), violinist, composer, and conductor
- Luigi Attademo (born 1972), classical guitarist
- Luigi Bassi (1766–1825), operatic baritone
- Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), cellist and composer
- Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842), Italian-born composer
- Luigi Creatore (born 1920), American songwriter and record producer
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975), composer known for lyrical twelve-tone compositions
- Ivan Della Mea (born as Luigi), singer-songwriter
- Luigi Denza (1846–1922), composer
- Luigi Gatti (1740–1817), classical composer
- Luigi Illica (1857–1919), librettist
- Luigi Infantino (1921–1991), operatic tenor
- Luigi Lablache (1794–1858), bass singer of French and Irish heritage
- Luigi Legnani (1790–1877), guitarist and composer
- Luigi Marchesi (1754–1829), castrato singer
- Luigi Marini (1885–1942), Italian lyric tenor
- Luigi Morleo (born 1970), percussionist and composer of contemporary music
- Luigi Mostacci (1934–2003), pianist
- Luigi Negri (disambiguation), multiple people
- Luigi Nono (1924–1990), avant-garde composer of classical music
- Luigi Otto (c. 1750–?), composer
- Luigi Piazza (1884–1967), operatic baritone
- Luigi Piccioli (1812–1862), musician, singer, voice instructor, and professor
- Luigi Ricci (vocal coach) (1893–1981), assistant conductor, accompanist, vocal coach, and author
- Luigi Ricci (composer) (1805–1859), composer, particularly of operas
- Luigi Ricci-Stolz (1852–1906), musician and composer
- Luigi Rossi (1597–1653), Baroque composer
- Luigi Sagrati (1921–2008), violinist
- Luigi Tarisio (c. 1790–1854), violin dealer and collector
- Luigi Tenco (1938–1967), singer, songwriter, and actor
- Luigi Verderame, Belgian singer usually known just as Luigi
- Luigi von Kunits (1870–1931), Austrian conductor, composer, violinist, and pedagogue
- Luigi Waites (born 1927), American jazz drummer and vibraphonist
- Luigi Zamboni (1767–1837), operatic buffo bass-baritone
- Luigi Zenobi (1540s – after 1602), virtuoso cornett player
Religion[]
- Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (1796–1878), dean of the College of Cardinals
- Luigi Bilio (1826–1884), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Capotosti (1863–1938), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Ciacchi (1788–1865), Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Luigi Ciotti (born 1945), Roman Catholic priest
- Luigi Dadaglio (1914–1990), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- Luigi De Magistris (cardinal) (born 1926), Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Luigi d'Este (1538–1586)
- Luigi Fortis (1748–1829), Jesuit
- Luigi Giussani (1922–2005), Catholic priest, educator, and public intellectual
- Luigi Guanella (1842–1912), Catholic priest from Northern Italy
- Luigi Jacobini (1832–1887), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Lambruschini (1776–1854), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Lavitrano (1874–1950), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Lippomano (1500–1559), cardinal and hagiographer
- Luigi Locati (1928–2005), Catholic missionary and bishop
- Luigi Macchi (1832–1907), Catholic nobleman and Cardinal
- Luigi Maglione (1877–1944), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Mascolo, priest who defected to the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
- Luigi Mozzi (1746–1813), Jesuit controversialist
- Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (1828–1913), Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Luigi Orione (1872–1940), saint
- Luigi Poggi (1917-2010), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Raimondi (1912–1975), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Sincero (1870–1936), Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Luigi Sturzo (1871–1959), Catholic priest and politician
- Luigi Taparelli (1793–1862), Catholic scholar of the Society of Jesus
- Luigi Traglia (1895–1977), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Luigi Tripepi (1836–1906), Roman Catholic cardinal and poet
Science[]
- Luigi Aloysius Colla (1766–1848), botanist
- Luigi Amoroso (1886–1965), neoclassical economist
- Luigi Bellardi (1859–1889), malacologist and entomologist
- Luigi Bodio (1840–1920), economist and statistician
- Luigi Cagnola (1762–1833), architect
- Luigi Canina (1795–1856), archaeologist and architect
- Luigi Caponaro (1567–1622), healer
- Luigi Carnera (1875–1962), astronomer
- Luigi Cossa (1831–1896), economist
- Luigi di Bella (1912–2003), medical doctor and physiology professor
- Luigi Ferri (1826–1895), philosopher
- Luigi Frati (born 1943), academic physician and rector of the Sapienza University of Rome
- Luigi Gaetano Marini (1742–1815), natural philosopher, jurist, historian, and archeologist
- Luigi Galvani (1737–1798), physician and physicist
- Luigi Guido Grandi (1671–1742), philosopher and mathematician
- Luigi Hugues (1836–1913), academic geographer and amateur musician
- Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (born 1922), population geneticist
- Luigi Maria Ugolini (1895–1936), archaeologist
- Luigi Palmieri (1807–1896), physicist and meteorologist
- Luigi Pareyson (1918–1991), philosopher
- Luigi Pasinetti (born 1930), economist of the Post-Keynesians school
- Luigi Pernier (1874–1937), archaeologist and academic
- Luigi Piccinato (1899–1983), architect and town planner
- Luigi Pigorini (1842–1925), palaeoethnologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer
- Luigi Poletti (architect) (1792–1869), neoclassical architect
- Luigi Rosselli, Italian/Australian practicing architect
- Luigi Rizzi (born 1952), linguist
- Luigi Rolando (1773–1831), anatomist
- Luigi Salvatorelli (1886–1974), historian and publicist
- Luigi Snozzi (born 1932), Swiss architect
- Luigi Tosti (1811–1897), Benedictine historian
- Luigi Zoja, psychoanalyst and writer
Sports[]
- Luigi "Geno" Auriemma (born 1954), Italian-born American women's basketball coach
Football[]
- Luigi Agnolin (born 1943), football referee
- Luigi Allemandi (1903–1978), football defender
- Luigi Anaclerio (born 1981), football striker
- Luigi Apolloni (born 1967), football manager and former player
- Luigi Barbesino (1894–?), footballer and manager from Casale Monferrato
- Luigi Beghetto (born 1973), football striker
- Luigi Bertolini (1904–1977), football midfielder
- Luigi Bruins (born 1987), Dutch football midfielder
- Luigi Brunella (born 1914), football manager and former defender
- Luigi Burlando (1899–1967), football midfielder
- Luigi Cagni (born 1950), football manager and former player
- Luigi Cevenini (1895–1968), 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 (1904–?), football manager and former player
- Luigi Garzja (born 1979), football player
- Luigi Giuliano (footballer) (1930–1993), football player
- Luigi Glombard (born 1984), football striker
- Luigi Grassi (born 1983), football midfielder
- Luigi Griffanti (1917–2006), football player
- Luigi Lavecchia (born 1981), football defender/midfielder
- Luigi Maifredi (born 1947), football manager
- Luigi Martinelli (born 1970), football defender
- Luigi Perversi (1906–1991), football defender
- Luigi Piangerelli (born 1973), football midfielder
- Luigi Pieroni (born 1980), Belgian football striker
- Luigi Radice (born 1935), football coach and former player
- Luigi Riccio (footballer) (born 1977), football midfielder
- Luigi Riva (born 1944), football forward
- Luigi Sala (born 1974), football defender
- Luigi Sartor (born 1975), football defender
- Luigi Scarabello (1916–2007), football player
- Luigi Sepe (born 1991), football goalkeeper
- Luigi Simoni (born 1939), football manager and former player
- Luigi Turci (born 1970), football goalkeeper
- Luigi Vitale (born 1987), football wingback
Racing[]
- Luigi Arcangeli (1902–1931), motorcycle racer and race car driver
- Luigi Arienti (born 1937), racing cyclist
- Luigi Cavalieri (born 1914), bobsledder
- Luigi Cecchini (born 1944), sports doctor, active in road bicycle racing
- Luigi Chinetti (1901–1994), Italian-born racecar driver
- Luigi de Bettin, bobsledder
- Luigi De Manincor (1910–1986), sailor
- Luigi Fagioli (1898–1952), motor racing driver
- Luigi Figoli, bobsledder
- Luigi Ganna (1883–1957), road racing cyclist
- Luigi Giacobbe (1907–1995), cyclist who raced from 1926 to 1937
- Luigi Lucotti (1893–1980), road bicycle racer
- Luigi Marchisio (1909–1992), road racing cyclist
- Luigi Marfut (1904–1980), boxer
- Luigi Musso (1924–1958), racing driver
- Luigi Piotti (1913–1971), racing driver
- Luigi Poggi (sailor) (1906–1972), sailor
- Luigi Taramazzo (1932–2004), racing driver
- Luigi Taveri (born 1929), Swiss motorcycle road racer
- Luigi Villoresi (1909–1997), Grand Prix motor racing driver
Other[]
- Luigi Beccali (1907–1990), athlete, Olympic winner of 1500 metres
- Luigi Bosatra (born 1905), track and field athlete who competed in racewalking
- Luigi Cambiaso (1895–1975), gymnast
- Luigi Cantone (born 1917), fencer
- Luigi Castiglione (born 1967), boxer
- Luigi Contessi (1894–1967), gymnast
- Luigi Costigliolo (1892–1939), 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 (1892–1965), gymnast
- Luigi Mannelli (born 1939), water polo player
- Luigi Mastrangelo (born 1975), volleyball player
- Luigi Rovati (1904–1989), boxer
- Luigi Tarantino (born 1972), fencer
- Luigi Troiani (born 1964), rugby player
- Luigi Ulivelli (born 1935), long jumper
- Luigi Weiss (born 1951), ski mountaineer and biathlete
Visual arts[]
- Luigi Acquisti (1745–1823), sculptor
- Luigi Anichini, engraver of seals and medals
- Luigi Basiletti (1780–1860), painter
- Luigi Benfatto (1551–1611), late-Renaissance painter
- Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), classical era composer and cellist
- Luigi Borgomainerio, engraver and caricaturist
- Luigi Calamatta (1801–1868), painter and engraver
- Luigi Crosio (1835–1915), Turin-based Italian painter
- Luigi De Giudici (1887–1955), painter
- Luigi Fontana (1827–1908), sculptor, painter, and architect
- Luigi Frisoni (1760–1811), painter
- Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), photographer
- Luigi Garzi (1638–1721), Baroque painter
- Luigi Guardigli (1923–2008), painter and mosaicist
- Luigi Kasimir (1881–1962), Austro-Hungarian-born etcher, painter, printmaker, and landscape artist
- Luigi Lanzi (1732–1810), art historian and archaeologist
- Luigi Lucioni (1900–1988), Italian-born American painter
- Luigi Malice (born 1937), artist
- Luigi Manini (1848–1936), European set designer and architect
- Luigi Mascelli (1804-1825), Italian goldsmith
- Luigi Melchiorre (1859 – c. 1908), Italian sculptor
- Luigi Miradori (1600s – c. 1656), Baroque painter
- Luigi Mussini (1813–1888), painter
- Luigi Nono (painter) (1850–1918), Italian painter
- Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia (1616–1680), Baroque painter and artist biographer
- Luigi Primo (c. 1605–1667), Flemish Baroque painter
- Luigi Quaini (1643–1717), Baroque painter
- Luigi Rados (1773–1840), engraver
- Luigi Riccardi (1807–1877), painter
- Luigi Russolo (1885–1947), Futurist painter and composer
- Luigi Sabatelli (1772–1850), Neoclassical painter
- Luigi Schiavonetti (1765–1810), reproductive engraver and etcher
- Luigi Serafini (artist) (born 1946), artist, architect, and designer
- Luigi Trinchero (1862–1944), sculptor
Other fields[]
- Luigi Bertoni (1872–1947), Italian-born anarchist writer and typographer
- Luigi Borrelli, Naples-based shirts maker
- Luigi Calabresi (1937–1972), commissioner of Italian police in Milan
- Luigi Carrel (1901–1983), mountain climber, mountain guide, and ski mountaineer
- Luigi D'Albertis (1841–1901), naturalist and explorer
- Luigi Galleani (1861–1931), anarchist
- Luigi Lavazza (1859–1949), businessman
- Luigi Manzotti (1835–1905), choreographer
- Luigi Ossoinack (1849–1904), Hungarian businessman and politician
- Luigi Puccianti (1875–1952), Italian physicist
- Luigi Veronelli (1926–2004), gastronome and intellectual
- Luigi Villa, backgammon player
- Luigi Voltan, the founder of the eponymous shoe company
Fictional characters[]
- Luigi, a Nintendo video game character and the younger twin brother of Mario from the Super Mario franchise
- Luigi, a Fiat 500 car from Pixar's Cars franchise
- Luigi Vendetta, in Kick Buttowski
- Luigi Risotto, from the animated sitcom The Simpsons
See also[]
- Luigi (disambiguation)
- Louis (name)
References[]
Categories:
- Given names
- Italian masculine given names