Luigi (name)

Luigi
Pronunciation	Italian: [luˈiːdʒi]
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Ludwig (Chlodwig)
Meaning	renowned/famous warrior
Region of origin	Italy
Other names
Related names	Louis, Lewis, Levi, 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 name Louis and its anglicized variant Lewis.

Other forms of the same name in Italian are the names Ludovico, Clodoveo, 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[edit]

Royalty[edit]

Prince Luigi Amedeo (1873–1933), Italian prince

Crime and law[edit]

Luigi Chiatti (born 1968), serial killer
Luigi de Magistris (politician) (born 1967), prosecutor
Luigi Ferrari Bravo (1933–2016), jurist
Luigi Giuliano (born 1949), Camorrista of the Giuliano clan
Luigi Lucheni (1873–1910), anarchist and assassin
Luigi Manocchio (born 1927), 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 (1856–1928), mathematician
Luigi Colani (1928–2019), German industrial designer
Luigi Cremona (1830–1903), mathematician
Luigi Dadda (1923–2012), 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[edit]

Luigi Almirante (1886–1963), film actor
Luigi Batzella, Z-movie director
Luigi Bonos (1910–2000), film actor
Luigi Capuano (1904–1979), 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 (1928-2013), screenwriter and film director
Luigi Pane (born 1977), director and video artist
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[edit]

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[edit]

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 (1932–2023), Italian politician
Luigi Bertoldi (1920–2001), Italian politician
Luigi Braschi Onesti (before 1787–1816), nephew of Pope Pius VI
Luigi Cacciatore (1900–1951), Italian politician
Luigi Cadorna (1850–1928), Italian general and marshal
Luigi Capello (1859–1941), 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 (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 Carlo Farini (1812–1866), Italian physician, statesman, and historian
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 (1914–2010), 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 Mazzella (born 1932), Italian jurist and politician
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 Rava (1860–1938), Italian 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[edit]

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 (1921–2015), 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 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 Russolo, 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 (1927–2010), American jazz drummer and vibraphonist
Luigi Zamboni (1767–1837), operatic buffo bass-baritone
Luigi Zenobi (1540s – after 1602), virtuoso cornett player

Religion[edit]

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 "Ossian" D'Ambrosio (born 1970), modern Druid, musician and jeweler
Luigi De Magistris (cardinal) (1926-2022), 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[edit]

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 (1922–2018), population geneticist
Luigi Maria Ugolini (1895–1936), archaeologist
Luigi Palmieri (1807–1896), physicist and meteorologist
Luigi Pareyson (1918–1991), philosopher
Luigi Pasinetti (1930–2023), 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 (1932–2020), Swiss architect
Luigi Tosti (1811–1897), 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 (1943–2018), 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 (1894–1941), 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 (1914–1993), 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 (1904–1984), 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 (footballer) (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 (1935–2018), 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 (1939–2020), football manager and former player
Luigi Turci (born 1970), football goalkeeper
Luigi Vitale (born 1987), football wingback

Racing[edit]

Luigi Arcangeli (1902–1931), motorcycle racer and race car driver
Luigi Arienti (born 1937), racing cyclist
Luigi Cavalieri (1914–date of death unknown), 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 (1929–2018), Swiss motorcycle road racer
Luigi Villoresi (1909–1997), Grand Prix motor racing driver

Other[edit]

Luigi Beccali (1907–1990), athlete, Olympic winner of 1500 metres
Luigi Bosatra (1905–1981), track and field athlete who competed in racewalking
Luigi Cambiaso (1895–1975), gymnast
Luigi Cantone (1917–1997), 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 (1939–2017), water polo player
Luigi Mastrangelo (born 1975), volleyball player
Luigi Rovati (1904–1989), boxer
Luigi Samele (born 1987), Italian Olympic sabre fencer
Luigi Tarantino (born 1972), fencer
Luigi Troiani (born 1964), rugby player
Luigi Ulivelli (1935–2010), long jumper
Luigi Weiss (born 1951), ski mountaineer and biathlete

Visual arts[edit]

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 Diamante (1904–1971), 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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