Dieter or dieter may refer to:
* A person committed to
dieting
People
Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of
Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see
Theodoric
Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.
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Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician
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Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen (; born Dieter Günter Bohlen, 7 February 1954) is a German songwriter, producer, singer and television personality. He first achieved fame as a member of pop duo Modern Talking in the 1980s, and has since produced numerous German a ...
(born 1954), German music producer
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Dieter Borsche
Albert Eugen Rollomann (25 October 1909 – 5 August 1982), better known as Dieter Borsche, was a German actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1935 and 1981. Since 1944, he suffered from muscle atrophy and had to use a wheelchair ...
(1909–1982), German actor
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Dieter Brummer
Dieter Kirk Brummer (5 May 1976 – 24 July 2021) was an Australian actor. He was best known for his roles in television soap operas, including playing Shane Parrish in ''Home and Away'' from 1992 to 1996 and Troy Miller in ''Neighbours'' from 2 ...
(1976–2021), Australian actor
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Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), American Vietnam War veteran
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Dieter Dierks
Dieter Dierks (born 9 February 1943) is a German record producer, sound engineer, music publisher, studio owner and musician. He became well known as producer of the rock band Scorpions who were signed to him between 1975 and 1988. Before that ...
(born 1943), German musician
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Dieter Eiselen (born 1996), South African American football player
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Dieter Gerhardt
Dieter Felix Gerhardt (born 1 November 1935) is a former commodore in the South African Navy and commander of the strategic Simon's Town naval dockyard. He was arrested by the FBI in New York City in 1983 following information obtained from a ...
(born 1935), Soviet spy
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Dieter Hallervorden
Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden (born 5 September 1935) is a German comedian, actor, singer, and cabaret artist.
He achieved great popularity in German-speaking countries in the mid-1970s with the slapstick series Nonstop Nonsens and his character ...
(born 1935), German comedian
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Dieter Thomas Heck (1937–2018), German television presenter, singer and actor
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Dieter Helm
Sir Dieter Robin Helm (born 11 November 1956) is a British economist and academic.
Career
Helm is Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford, and Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford.New College, University of Oxforprofile. ...
(1941–2022), German farmer and politician
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Dieter Hoeneß
Dieter Hoeneß (born 7 January 1953) is a German former professional football player and executive. A forward in his playing career, Hoeneß was mainly associated with Bayern Munich. After retiring, he stayed connected with football, working ...
(born 1953), German football (soccer) player
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Dieter Kühn
Dieter Kühn (born 4 July 1956 in Leipzig, Bezirk Leipzig) is a former Association football player from East Germany, who won the silver medal with the East German national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union
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(born 1956), East German football (soccer) player
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Dieter Lüst
Dieter Lüst (born 21 September 1956 in Chicago) is a German physicist, full professor for mathematical physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich since 2004 and a director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. His research ...
(born 1956), German physicist
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Dieter Meier (born 1945), Swiss musician
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Dieter Nuhr (born 1960), German comedian
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Dieter Rams
Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer and retired academic who is closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalist school of industrial design. His unobtru ...
(born 1932), German industrial designer
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Dieter Ruehle
Dieter Ruehle (born November 18, 1968) is an American musician who is the stadium organist for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers and National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings. As of October 2020, Ruehle has played for three championshi ...
(born 1968), American sports organist
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Dieter Schnebel (1930–2018), German composer
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Hans-Dieter Sues (born 1956), German-born American paleontologist, Senior Scientist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC
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Dieter Thoma (born 1969), German ski jumper
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf (born 6 November 1940) is a German aviator, airline executive and religious leader. He is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...
(born 1940), LDS leader
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Dieter Wisliceny (1911–1948), German Nazi SS officer and perpetrator of the Holocaust executed for war crimes
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Dieter Zetsche (born 1953), German engineer and businessman
Surname
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Giovanni Battista Dieter (1903–1955), bishop
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Paul Dieter (born 1959), sound engineer and record producer
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Walter Dieter
Walter Perry Deiter (31 May 1916 – 7 September 1988) was a Canadian First Nations leader. He was the founding chief of the National Indian Brotherhood in 1968, which is today known as the Assembly of First Nations.
Early years
Deiter wa ...
(1916–1988), Canadian First Nations leader
Fictional
* Dieter, a recurring character on ''Saturday Night Live'' played by Mike Myers and host of a fictional German television show skit called
Sprockets
A sprocket, sprocket-wheel or chainwheel is a profiled wheel with teeth that mesh with a chain, track or other perforated or indented material. The name 'sprocket' applies generally to any wheel upon which radial projections engage a chain passi ...
Other
* ''
Dieter: Der Film'', a 2006 film about Dieter Bohlen
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''Dieter: Der Film'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the film
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Dieter Township, Roseau County, Minnesota
Dieter Township is a township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States located along the Canada–US border. The population was 162 at the 2000 census. Dieter Township contains the unincorporated communities of Pinecreek and Ross.
Dieter ...
, United States
* the demon in Norman Mailer's book, ''
The Castle in the Forest
''The Castle in the Forest'' is the last novel by writer Norman Mailer, published in the year of his death, 2007. It is the story of Adolf Hitler's childhood as seen through the eyes of Dieter, a demon sent to put him on his destructive path. T ...
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* Dispatch and Investment Evaluation Tool with Endogenous Renewables, an
Open energy system model
See also
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Dietrich (disambiguation)
Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "Ruler of the People.” Also "keeper of the keys" or a "lockpick" either the tool or the profession.
Given name
* Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 1440)
* Thierry of Alsace (german: Dietric ...
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Theodoric
Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.
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The name ...
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German masculine given names