U-Ludwig Guttmann wazalwa nge-3 kaJulayi ngo-1899 kusapho lwamaJamani-lwamaJuda eTost, ngaphakathi kwendawo eyayilawulwa yiJamani e-Upper Silesia, kwaye ngoku yiToszek ePoland. Wazalelwa eKonigshutte (namhlanje yiChorzow, ePoland) apho waphumelela khona u-Abitur kwisikolo segrama yabantu ngo-1917 ngaphambi kokuba abizelwe emkhosini. Ngo-1933 wayesebenza eBreslau njenge-neurosurgeon. NgoSeptemba 1943, uLudwig Guttmann wacelwa ukuba aseke iZiko leLizwe lokuLawulwa koMqolo eStoke Mandeville Hospital eBuckinghamshire. Iziko lavulwa nge-1 kaFebruwari 1944, icandelo lokuqala lase-United Kingdom lokunyanga ukwenzakala emqolo. Wonyulwa njengomlawuli wayo, isikhundla awasibambayo kwade kwangowe-1966. Ngo-1961, waseka iBritish Sports Association yabakhubazekileyo, eyayiza kuthi kamva yaziwe njenge-English Federation of Disability Sport. U-Ludwig Guttmann usebenze no gqirha we-neurologist ohamba phambili wase-Yurophu u-Otfrid Foerster ukusukela ngo-1924 ukuya ku-1928. Waye wacelwa nguRhulumente ukuba abe nguMlawuli weZiko elitsha leSizwe lokuKonzakala koMqolo kwiSibhedlele i-Emergency Medical Services Hospital e-Stoke Mandeville ngo-1943. Wafundisa isizukulwana sonke samagqirha. Ukusuka kwihlabathi liphela ngeendlela zakhe, kwaye amaziko asekwa kwihlabathi liphela. Umdlali we-Paralympian uTanni Grey-Thompson wathetha kanye, 'Ukuba ndingathetha nantoni na kuMhlekazi uLudwig kunokuba kunjalo, Enkosi!'