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: Dietrich, link=no; 1099–1168), Count of Flanders * Dietrich of Ringelheim (9th century), Saxon count and father of St Matilda * Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), German Lutheran pastor and theologian *

Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock Wilhelm Dietrich Freiherr von Buddenbrock (15 March 1672 – 28 March 1757) was a Prussian ''Generalfeldmarschall'' and cavalry leader. Biography Buddenbrock was born on 15 March 1672 to Elisabeth Sophia von Rappe and Johann von Buddenbrock ...

(1672–1757), Prussian field marshal and cavalry leader * Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637/39–1707), Danish-German composer and organist *

Dietrich von Choltitz Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (; 9 November 1894 – 5 November 1966) was a German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in ...

(1894–1966), German General and last commander of Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944 * Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923), German politician * Dietrich Enns (born 1991), American baseball player * Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), German baritone singer * Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977), German Catholic philosopher and theologian *

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (born 16 August 1942) is a German-Swedish actor. He is known for his role in '' Downfall'' as Robert Ritter von Greim and for playing Adam in the German Netflix series ''Dark''. Early life Hollinderbäumer was born t ...

(born 1942), German-Swedish actor * Dietrich Mateschitz (1944-2022), Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull * Dietrich Mattausch (born 1940), German actor * Dietrich von Saucken, German general *

Dietrich Stobbe Dietrich Stobbe (25 March 1937 – 19 February 2011) was a German politician who served as the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Mayor of West Berlin from 1977 to 1981, as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD ...

(1938–2011), German politician * Dietrich Thurau (born 1954), German cyclist

Surname

Albert Dietrich Albert Hermann Dietrich (28 August 182920 November 1908), was a German composer and conductor. In addition to his work, he is remembered for his friendship with Johannes Brahms. Dietrich was born at Golk, near Meissen. From 1851 he studied com ...

(1829–1908), German composer and conductor *

Albert Gottfried Dietrich Albert Gottfried Dietrich (8 November 1795 – 22 May 1856) was a German botanist born in Danzig. Dietrich was curator at the Botanical Garden in Berlin and was an instructor at the institute of horticulture at Berlin-Schöneberg. From 1833 t ...

(1795–1856), German botanist * Amalie Dietrich (1821–1891), German naturalist and museum collector *

August Dietrich August Dietrich (July 6, 1858 – ?) was an American politician. Born in New York City, he was educated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was in the manufacturing and real estate business. He served in the Milwaukee Common Council and on the Milwau ...

(1858–?), American politician *

Brandon Dietrich Brandon Dietrich (born March 22, 1978) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for EHC München in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Prior to turning professional, Dietrich attended St. Lawrence University where h ...

(born 1978), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Craig Dietrich (born 1980), American digital artist and educator * Dena Dietrich (1928–2020), American actress * Derek Dietrich (born 1989), American baseball player * Fritz Dietrich (1905–1945), German musicologist and composer * Fritz Dietrich (Nazi) (1898–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes * Guillermo Dietrich (born 1969), Argentine politician * Jacob Dietrich (1857–1932), American politician *

John H. Dietrich John Hassler Dietrich (1878–1957) was a Unitarian minister, born at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, is called the "Father of Religious Humanism".Mason Olds, ''American Religious Humanism'' (Fellowship of Religious Humanists 1996) Chapter 4: Jo ...

(1878–1957), Unitarian humanist minister * Klaus Dietrich (born 1974), Austrian footballer *

Louise Dietrich A. Louise Dietrich (November 17, 1878 - January 22, 1962) was an American nurse, activist and suffragist who was based in El Paso, Texas. Dietrich came to El Paso in 1902 and stayed to help with the typhoid fever epidemic. In El Paso, she started t ...

(1878–1962), American nurse * Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), German-American actress, singer and entertainer *

Philippe Friedrich Dietrich Baron Philippe Friedrich Dietrich (german: Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Dietrich; 14 November 1748 – 29 December 1793) was a French scholar and politician. He was most well known as the first mayor of Strasbourg who encouraged Rouget de l'Isl ...

(1748–1793), French scientist and politician; first mayor of Strasbourg * Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966), German Waffen-SS general * Tyler Dietrich (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey coach *

Wilhelm Dietrich The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of the Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awa ...

(1911–1944), German Waffen SS major * William E. Dietrich (born 1950), American geomorphologist *

William S. Dietrich II William S. Dietrich II (May 13, 1938 – October 6, 2011) was a successful industrialist who took over and expanded Dietrich Industries, a Steel frame, steel framing manufacturer which he eventually sold to Worthington Industries. Late in li ...

(1938–2011), American industrialist and philanthropist * Yevgeny Dietrich (born 1973), Russian politician

Fictional characters

* Ian Dietrich, member of the Garrison Regiment in the series ''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as ...

'' * Dietrich von Bern, hero of Germanic legend based on Dietrich the Great *

Colonel Dietrich This is a list of characters in the Indiana Jones (franchise), ''Indiana Jones'' series. Introduced in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' Indiana Jones Indiana Jones (character), Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (Harrison Ford), the titular chara ...

, Nazi colonel in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' * Arthur Dietrich, erudite police detective from the ABC sitcom '' Barney Miller''

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Dietrich, Idaho Dietrich is a city in Lincoln County, Idaho, United States. The population was 284 at the 2020 census. Geography Dietrich is located at (42.912070, -114.264879). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all ...

, United States *

Dietrich, Pennsylvania Dietrich is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsyl ...

* Dietrich Industries *

Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences The Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences (Dietrich College) is the liberal and professional studies college and the second-largest academic unit by enrollment (after the Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering) at Ca ...

, at Carnegie Mellon University * Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, at the University of Pittsburgh *

Dietrich Inc. Dietrich Inc. was an American coachbuilder founded in 1925 by Raymond H. Dietrich (1894–1980), co-founder of LeBaron Incorporated in New York City. He was a close friend to Edsel Ford who supported him by talking the owner of the J W Murray Manu ...

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