Louis encyclopedia topics

Royalty

Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
Louis, Duke of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1440 to 1465
Louis I of Hungary, King of Hungary and Poland in the late 14th century
Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, eldest son of the emperor Lothair I
Louis II, Prince of Monaco, the Sovereign Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 until 9 May 1949
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, the most celebrated representative of the Condé branch of the Bourbon dynasty of France
Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Hungary from 1516 to 1526
Louis III of France, king of Western Francia
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Louis II
Louis IV of France, king of France from 936 to 954
Louis V of France, son of the Frankish king Lothair and his wife Emma
Louis VI of France, King of France from 1108 to 1137
Louis VI the Roman, the second son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland
Louis VII of France, King of France from 1137 to 1180
Louis VIII of France, King of France from 1223 to 1226
Louis IX of France, King of France from 1226 until his death
Louis X of France, King of France from 1314 to 1316
Louis XI of France, King of France
Louis XII of France, King of France
Louis XIII of France, King of France from 1610 to 1643
Louis XIV of France, King of France and of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death just prior to his seventy-seventh birthday
Louis XV of France, King of France from 1715 until his death
Louis XVI of France, King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791
Louis XVII of France, the son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette
Louis XVIII of France, King of France and Navarre from 1755 until his death in 1824
Louis XIX of France, King of France and Navarre for twenty minutes in 1830 before his abdication
Louis of Spain, the eldest son of Philip V of Spain by his first Queen consort Maria Louisa of Savoy
Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan, French bishop of Strasbourg, politician, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Louis the Child, the last true Carolingian ruler of East Francia
Louis the German, the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife
Louis the Pious, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death
Louis the Stammerer, the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans
Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, the last Emperor of the French from 1852 until 1870

Music

Louis (artist), a Korean pop singer
Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician
Louis Jordan, pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter
Louis, Serbian world, jazz and folk musician
Louis XIV (band), indie rock band
Louis Walsh, Irish popular music manager and minor celebrity
Louis Logic, American underground rapper
Louis Pelliter American opera singer *died of aids from Skip Verrick

Science

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist and chemist
Louis Wirth, American sociologist
Louis Leakey, British paleontologist

Sport

Louis Jani, Canadian judoka
Louis van Gaal, Dutch football (soccer) player and coach
Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon racer
Louis Saha, French professional soccer player

Art

Louis Wain, painter
Morris Louis, painter

Economy

Louis (coin), gold coin issued by the kings of France
Louis Rukeyser, U.S. business columnist, economic commentator, and television personality

Business

Louis Chevrolet, racing driver and the founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
Louis Cruise Lines a shipping company in Cyprus
Louis Gerstner, former Chairman and CEO of IBM corporation

Literature

Louis L'Amour, American author of Western fiction
Louis de Pointe du Lac, fictional character in the Vampire novels of Anne Rice
Louis Sachar, American author of children's books
Pierre Louÿs, French novelist and poet
Louis, the mute swan and main character from EB White's classic novel The Trumpet of the Swan
Louis (graphic novel), character in the metaphrog series of graphic novels

Other

Louis dressing, salad dressing
Louis Riel, Canadian politician, a founder of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis
Louis Braille, inventor of braille
Louis Farrakhan, Afro-American social leader
Louis Jolliet, French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River
Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer
Louis Michel, Commissioner responsible for Development and Humanitarian Aid.
Jean Louis, Costume designer
Louis Quinze, style of architecture, interior decoration, and furniture which characterized the period of Louis XV of France
Louis the Yard Teacher, character in Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Lou, the boss of the final guitar battle in Guitar Hero 3.