The Ludington family was an American family active in the fields of business, banking, and politics. Henry Ludington was active in the American Revolution, while Lewis, James, Nelson, and Harrison Ludington were involved in developing cities in the states of New York, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Harrison was a governor of Wisconsin.

Sybil Ludington was an alleged heroine of the American Revolutionary War, though modern accounts dispute this. On April 26, 1777, at age 16, Ludington, the daughter of a colonel in the Colonial militia, Henry Ludington, is said to have made an all-night horseback ride 40 miles (64 km) to rally militia forces in neighboring towns after the burning of Danbury, Connecticut, by British forces.