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.
| 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 |
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 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








