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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.


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Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg Dietrich or Theoderic of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 14 February 1440) was a feudal lord in Northern Germany, holding the counties of Delmenhorst and Duchy of Oldenburg, Oldenburg. He was called "Fortunatus", as he was able to secure Delmenhorst ...
(c. 1398 – 1440) *
Thierry of Alsace Theoderic ( nl, Diederik, french: Thierry, german: Dietrich; – 17 January 1168), commonly known as Thierry of Alsace, was the fifteenth count of Flanders from 1128 to 1168. With a record of four campaigns in the Levant and Africa (including pa ...
(german: Dietrich, link=no; 1099–1168), Count of Flanders *
Dietrich of Ringelheim Dietrich, also known as Dietrich of Ringelheim, was a Saxon count of the Middle Ages. Biography Dietrich (Theodoric), sometimes called ''Dietrich of Ringelheim'' in later literature, was a medieval Saxon count in the German region of Westph ...
(9th century), Saxon count and father of St Matilda *
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer (; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have ...
(1906–1945), German Lutheran pastor and theologian * Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock (1672–1757), Prussian field marshal and cavalry leader *
Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707)  was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...
(c. 1637/39–1707), Danish-German composer and organist * Dietrich von Choltitz (1894–1966), German General and last commander of Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944 *
Dietrich Eckart Dietrich Eckart (; 23 March 1868 – 26 December 1923) was a German '' völkisch'' poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party. Eckart ...
(1868–1923), German politician *
Dietrich Enns Dietrich Enns (born May 16, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays. Amateur car ...
(born 1991), American baseball player *
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (28 May 1925 – 18 May 2012) was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Lieder (art song) performers of the post-war period, best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, ...
(1925–2012), German baritone singer *
Dietrich von Hildebrand Dietrich Richard Alfred von Hildebrand (12 October 1889 – 26 January 1977) was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and religious writer. Hildebrand was called "the twentieth-century Doctor of the Church" by Pope Pius XII. He was a leading ...
(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 Dietrich Mateschitz (; 20 May 1944 – 22 October 2022) was an Austrian billionaire businessman. He was the co-founder and 49% owner of Red Bull GmbH. In April 2022, Mateschitz's net worth was estimated at US$27.4 billion. Mateschitz worked in ...
(1944-2022), Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull *
Dietrich Mattausch Dietrich Mattausch is a German stage, film and television actor. Life and career Dietrich Mattausch was born on April 26, 1940, in Leitmeritz, Sudetenland (now Litoměřice, Czech Republic). He is a stage, film and television actor best known ...
(born 1940), German actor *
Dietrich von Saucken Dietrich Friedrich Eduard Kasimir von Saucken (16 May 1892 – 27 September 1980) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 2nd Army and the Army East Prussia. Turning down an offer to escape by air, he surrendered to the Re ...
, 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 Dietrich ("Didi") Thurau (; born 9 November 1954 in Frankfurt) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning the one-day classic, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, his home country's Deutschland ...
(born 1954), German cyclist


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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 to ...
(1795–1856), German botanist *
Amalie Dietrich Koncordie Amalie Dietrich (née Nelle) (26 May 1821 – 9 March 1891) was a German naturalist who was best known for her work in Australia from 1863 to 1872, collecting specimens for the Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. Australia Dietrich was one o ...
(1821–1891), German naturalist and museum collector * August Dietrich (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 Craig Dietrich is a digital artist and educator affiliated with Occidental College in Los Angeles. History Dietrich began his multimedia career as an Exhibit Engineering Assistant at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California. He atte ...
(born 1980), American digital artist and educator *
Dena Dietrich Deanne Frances Dietrich (December 4, 1928 – November 21, 2020) was an American actress. She was born in Pittsburgh and perhaps best known for her portrayal of Mother Nature in a series of 30-second Chiffon margarine commercials from 1971 to 1 ...
(1928–2020), American actress *
Derek Dietrich Derek Richard Dietrich (born July 18, 1989) is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers. ...
(born 1989), American baseball player *
Fritz Dietrich Fritz Dietrich (13 February 1905 – January 1945) was a German musicologist and composer. Biography Dietrich was born in Pforzheim. After his secondary education there, he attended the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for one semester, before ...
(1905–1945), German musicologist and composer *
Fritz Dietrich (Nazi) Fritz Dietrich ( Lavarone, August 6, 1898 – Landsberg am Lech, October 22, 1948) was a German SS officer and member of the Nazi Party. He held a doctoral degree in chemistry and physics. His name is also seen as Emil Dietrich. He was hanged ...
(1898–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes *
Guillermo Dietrich Guillermo Dietrich (born March 5, 1969) is an Argentine economist and politician. He served as the Minister of Transport of Argentina in the Mauricio Macri cabinet from 2015–2019. Life and education Guillermo Dietrich was born in Buenos Aires ...
(born 1969), Argentine politician *
Jacob Dietrich Jacob Dietrich (August 22, 1857 – February 6, 1932) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Dietrich moved with his parents to Cedarburg, Wisconsin. From 1882 to 1887, Dietrich lived in Bismarck, Dakota T ...
(1857–1932), American politician * John H. Dietrich (1878–1957), Unitarian humanist minister *
Klaus Dietrich Klaus Dietrich (born 27 June 1974) is an Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one ...
(born 1974), Austrian footballer * Louise Dietrich (1878–1962), American nurse *
Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...
(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 Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was A ...
(1892–1966), German Waffen-SS general *
Tyler Dietrich Tyler Dietrich (born July 2, 1984, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He is currently working for Team Canada. Career Dietrich played WHL hockey with the Moose Jaw Warriors, the Medicine Hat Tigers and ...
(born 1984), Canadian ice hockey coach * Wilhelm Dietrich (1911–1944), German Waffen SS major *
William E. Dietrich : ''For other people with the same or similar name, see William Dietrich (disambiguation).'' William Eric Dietrich (born 1950) is a professor of geology in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His ...
(born 1950), American geomorphologist * William S. Dietrich II (1938–2011), American industrialist and philanthropist *
Yevgeny Dietrich Yevgeny Ivanovich Dietrich or Ditrikh (russian: Евгений Иванович Дитрих) (born 8 September 1973) is a Russian politician, former Minister of Transport of Russia from 18 May 2018 to 9 November 2020. Biography Yevgeny Dietri ...
(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 ...
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Dietrich von Bern Dietrich von Bern is the name of a character in Germanic heroic legend who originated as a legendary version of the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great. The name "Dietrich", meaning "Ruler of the People", is a form of the Germanic name "Theodo ...
, 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 ''Barney Miller'' is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village. The series was broadcast on ABC Network from January 23, 1975, to May 20, 1982. It was created ...
, erudite police detective from the ABC sitcom '' Barney Miller''


Other uses

* Dietrich, Idaho, 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 ...
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Dietrich Industries Worthington Industries, Inc. is a global diversified metals manufacturing company based in Columbus, Ohio. It is a steel processor and manufacturer of pressure vessels, such as propane, oxygen and helium tanks, hand torches, refrigerant and indu ...
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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 The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences (Dietrich School or School of Arts and Sciences) is one of the 17 schools and colleges of University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A direct descendant of the 1787-chartered Pittsbur ...
, at the University of Pittsburgh * Dietrich Inc.


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Derek Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of '' Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler". Common variants of the name ar ...
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Derrick A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a ...
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Detrick Fort Detrick () is a United States Army Futures Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland. Historically, Fort Detrick was the center of the U.S. biological weapons program from 1943 to 1969. Since the discontinuation of that program, it ...
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Diederich Diederich is both a German surname and a masculine German given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Benjamin W. Diederich (1903–1974), American politician *Bernard Diederich (1926–2020) American author, journalist and historia ...
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Diederik Diederik Diederick is a Dutch language, Dutch male given name. People with the name include: *Diederik Aerts (born 1953), Belgian theoretical physicist *Diederik Bangma (born 1990), Dutch football goalkeeper *Diederik Boer (born 1980), Dutch f ...
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Diedrich Diedrich is both a masculine German given name and a German surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Diedrich Bader (born 1966), American actor, voice actor and comedian * Diedrich A. Bohlen (1827–1890), German-born American arc ...
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Dietrich v The Queen ''Dietrich v The Queen'' is a 1992 High Court of Australia constitutional case which established a de facto requirement that legal aid be provided to defendants in serious criminal trials. The Court determined an adjournment ought to be gran ...
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Dieter (disambiguation) 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. Given name *Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician * ...
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Dieterich Dieterich () is both a surname and a masculine German given name, a variant of Dietrich, itself the High German form of Theodoric. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Albrecht Dieterich (1866–1908), German classical philologist and ...
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Dietrick Dietrick (pronounced "dee-trik") is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Dietrick Lamade (1859–1938), American publisher and founder of the newspaper ''Grit (newspaper), Grit'' Surname * Blake Dietr ...
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Lorraine-Dietrich Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
, French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer *
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. Overview The name ...
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Thierry (disambiguation) Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German " Dietrich" and " Dieter", English Terry, Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname. People ...
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