Udo

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Udo can mean the following:

• A flowering plant Aralia cordata (独活 in Japanese) found in Japan.

• A common male first name in German-speaking countries. People named Udo include:

• • Udo (Obotrite prince)
  • Udo Beyer, German shot put champion
  • Udo Bullmann, politician, MEP
  • Udo Dirkschneider, heavy metal vocalist
  • Udo Erasmus, nutritionist, creator of Udo's Choice Food Pyramids
  • Udo Foreman, Skateboarder
  • Udo Hempel, road and track cyclist
  • Udo Jürgens, composer and singer
  • Udo Kasemets, composer
  • Udo Kier, actor
  • Udo Lindenberg, musician
  • Udo Mechels, Belgian musician
  • Udo Prambs, chef
  • Udo Proksch, businessman, industrialist, and murder
  • Udo Voigt, political boss of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
  • Udo of Aachen, fictional monk
• University of Derby online (UDo), computer network for students and staff at the University of Derby
• Ultra Density Optical, a disk format for data storage able to store 60GB on 5.25" optical disk using blue laser technology.
• Udo (宇藤), a Japanese surname.
• Udo (우도), the name of several Korean islands including:
  • Udo (Jeju) (牛島)
  • Udo (South Jeolla) (牛島)