Dittrich is a variant of the German name
Dietrich. It occurs as a surname of ethnic Germans in
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Barbara Dittrich
Barbara Dittrich (born May 21, 1964) is an American politician. She was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican in 2018, defeating Democratic candidate Melissa Winker 57.6 percent to 42.4 percent. She represents District 38. On ...
(born 1964), American politician
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Boris Dittrich
Boris Ottokar Dittrich (; born 21 July 1955) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, jurist, author and human rights activist. He is a Member of the Senate since 11 June 2019.
Dittrich's father came to the Netherlands as a polit ...
(born 1955), Dutch politician and human rights activist
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Denise Dittrich
Denise R. Dittrich (pronounced DEE-trick) (born August 6, 1957) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2012, representing District 47A, which included portions of the cities of Coon Rapi ...
(born 1957), American Democratic politician
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Franz Dittrich
Franz Dittrich (16 October 1815 – 29 August 1859) was an Austrian pathologist born in Nixdorf, Bohemia (today Mikulášovice, Czech Republic).
He studied medicine at the University of Prague under Joseph Hyrtl (1810-1894), receiving his doct ...
, Austrian pathologist
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Klaus Dittrich
Klaus R. Dittrich (30 December 1950 – 20 November 2007) was a German computer scientist.
Biography
After his high school graduation at Gymnasium Münchberg he studied at University of Karlsruhe where he received his diploma degree (M.Sc.) in ...
, German computer scientist
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Olli Dittrich
Oliver Michael Dittrich (born 20 November 1956) is a German television personality, comedian, actor, and musician.
Life
Dittrich completed a three year-education as a theatre painter in the Hamburg State Opera (1975–1978). At the same time, ...
, German actor and comedian
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P. Dittrich (
fl. 1880–1918), first German photographer to establish himself in Egypt
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Paul-Heinz Dittrich (1930–2020), German composer and academic teacher
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Rudolph Dittrich
Rudolph Dittrich (23 December 1850 in Breslau – 19 December 1922 in Breslau ) was a German entomologist specialising in Coleoptera
and Hymenoptera.
His Hymenoptera collection is in the Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University
A muse ...
, German entomologist
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Raik Dittrich
Raik Dittrich (born 12 October 1968 in Sebnitz) is a retired East German biathlete who won two World Championships medals. He represented the sports club SG Dynamo Zinnwald / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo
The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () ...
, East German biathlete
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Thomas Dittrich
Thomas Dittrich (born 19 August 1954) is a German hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye i ...
(born 1954), German hurdler
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Werner Dittrich
Werner Dittrich (born 9 June 1937) is a retired German weightlifter. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, first in the lightweight (1960) and later in the middleweight category. His best achievement was sixth place in 196 ...
(born 1937), German weightlifter
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Wolfgang Dittrich
Wolfgang Dittrich (born 1962 in Neuss) is a German triathlete now living in the United States.
He won the German triathlon in 1987. He turned to triathlon after he failed to make the German Olympic team in swimming. He finished third at the Iron ...
, triathlete
{{surname, Dittrich
German-language surnames
Surnames of Silesian origin
Surnames from given names