Lüdecke
Lüdecke , Luedecke or Lüdeke is a German family name .
variants
- Lüdeke, Lüddecke , Lüdke , Lüdtke , Lütke , Luedtke , Luidtke , Lütcke , Lüdtge , Lüttge , Lütkens
- Middle and Upper German : Lidl , Liedl
Word origin
Lüdecke with its above-mentioned variants goes back to a male personal name, namely a pet form of Ludolf or Ludwig formed with a k suffix .
Name bearer
- Albert Bogislav Lüdecke (1834–1910), landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Alexander Lüdeke (* 1968), German non-fiction author
- Alvin R. Luedecke (1910–1998), American major general in the Air Force
- August Lüdecke-Cleve (1868–1957), German animal and landscape painter
- August Lüdecke (* 1908), German painter, draftsman and illustrator
- Barbara Lüdecke (1913-around 2013), German photographer
- Carl Johann Lüdecke (1826–1894), German architect
- Christoph Wilhelm Lüdeke (1737–1805), German Lutheran theologian
- Cornelia Lüdecke (* 1954), German science historian
- Erich Lüdecke (* 1922), German soccer player and coach
- Frank Lüdecke (* 1961), German cabaret artist
- Fritz Lüdecke (1873–1931), rear admiral, commander of the small cruiser SMS Dresden
- Gebhard Levin Lüdecke (1662–1732), German councilor
- Gustav Lüdecke (1890–1976), German architect, a. a. worked in Berlin and Dresden-Hellerau
- Hans Lüdecke (1896–1972), German crop scientist
- Heinz Lüdecke (1906–1972), German writer
- Henning Lüdeke (1594–1663), also: Henningus Lüdeke, Ludeken, Ludeke, Ludecken, Ludekenius, Lüdeck or Lüdecke and combinations of the name variants, German lawyer and mayor of Hanover
- Horst-Joachim Lüdecke (* 1943), emeritus German professor for fluid mechanics and non-fiction author
- Hugo Ernest Luedecke (1883–1933), German writer, publisher, journalist, ethnologist and folklorist
- Hugo Wilhelm Julius Lüdecke (1831–1899), preacher at the preuss. Legation in Lisbon, pastor and publicist
- Jacob Lüdecke (1625–1696), lawyer, electoral Brandenburg bailiff zu Giebichenstein and Pfänner zu Halle
- Jan Lüdeke (* 1985), German sports journalist, commentator and rugby union player
- Johann Anton August Lüdeke (1772–1838), German-Swedish Lutheran theologian
- Johann Jacob von Lüdecke (1682–1750), German State Councilor
- Johann Lüdecke (also Johann Ludecus), Protestant theologian of the Reformation period
- Karl Lüdecke (1896–1977), German draftsman and sculptor
- Karl Lüdecke (chemist) (1880–1955), German chemist
- Klaus-Peter von Lüdeke (* 1947), German politician (FDP)
- Kurt Lüdecke (1890–1960), German journalist, former sponsor of Adolf Hitler
- Kurt Lüdecke (boxer) , German boxer
- Marianne Lüdeke (before 1866 – after 1912), German opera singer (soprano)
- Matthäus Ludecus (Latinized from Lüdke, also Luidtke or Lüdecke; 1517–1606), cathedral dean at the Havelberg cathedral
- Norbert Lüdecke (* 1959), German Roman Catholic theologian
- Old Man Luedecke (Chris Luedecke), Canadian songwriter, musician and banjo player
- Otto Lüdecke (1895–1971), German lieutenant general in World War II
- Otto Lüdecke (1909–1990), German football player
- Otto Luedecke (1851–1910), German geologist and mineralogist
- Roger Lüdeke (* 1966), German Anglicist
- Rolf Lüdecke (1924–1973), German politician (SED) and party and agricultural functionary
- Sebastian Lüdecke (* 1987), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Urban Dietrich von Lüdecke (1655–1729), German privy councilor and chancellor of Wolfenbüttel
- Volker Lüdecke (* 1961), German author
- Wenzel Lüdecke (1917–1989), German film producer
- Werner Lüdeke (* 1937), German composer, conductor, horn player and publicist
- Wilhelm Lüdecke (1868–1938), German composer
- Winfried Lüdecke (* 1886), German writer
- Wolfgang Lüdecke , singer of Christian pop music
Individual evidence
- ↑ family names. Origin and meaning. Edited by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2005, p. 437.