Ludwig Frederick Audrieth (February 23, 1901 – January 28, 1967) was a chemist, educator, and United States Army officer.

[2][3] From 1930 to 1942, he served as a United States Army Reserves officer with the Chemical Corps.

[2] From 1959 to 1963, Audrieth was the science attaché at the American embassy in Bonn, West Germany.

[2][3] He frequently contributed to academic journals on chemistry and received 15 patents for his work, mostly on rocket fuels.

[4] He was posthumously awarded the Otto von Guericke Medal from the Association of Industrial Research Organizations of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1967.