Rüdiger (English ''Ruediger'', ''Rudiger'',
Roger) is a German given name. The meaning comes from
Old High German: ''hruod'' (fame) and ''ger'' (
spear).
The name became popular because of the character
Rüdiger von Bechelaren from ''
Nibelung''.
People named Rüdiger
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Aleksei Rüdiger (1929–2008),
Patriarch Alexy II
Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, russian: link=no, Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger russian: link=no, Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December ...
of the
Russian Orthodox Church
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Antonio Rüdiger (b. 1993), German footballer
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Prince Rüdiger of Saxony
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...
(b. 1953), German prince
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Maria Rüdiger-Belyaeva, mother of
John Shalikashvili
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Rüdiger Abramczik (b. 1956), German footballer
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Rüdiger Gamm
Rüdiger Gamm (born 10 July 1971) is a German "mental calculator". He attained the ability to mentally evaluate large arithmetic expressions at the age of 21. He can also speak backwards, and calculate calendars. Featured on the Discovery Channel p ...
(b. 1971), German "mental calculator"
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Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865-1945), German army general during the First World War, one of the principal commanders of
Finnish Civil War,
Latvian War of Independence,
Battle of Cēsis (1919) and
Estonian War of Independence
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Rüdiger Haas
Rüdiger Haas (born 15 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Career
Despite winning two Grand Prix doubles titles, Haas never competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. He did however make some Grand Slam appea ...
(b. 1969), German tennis player
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Rüdiger Heining (b. 1968), German agrarscientist and economist
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Rüdiger Huzmann (died 22 February 1090), Bishop of Speyer from 1075 to his death
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Rüdiger Nehberg (1935-2020), German human rights activist, author and survival expert
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Rüdiger Overmans, (born 1954), German historian specialized in World War II
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Rüdiger Safranski (b. 1945), German philosopher and author.
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Rüdiger Schleicher (1895-1945), German resistance fighter
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Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638–1701), Austrian politician, military general and chief of
Vienna, one of the principal commanders of
Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna; pl, odsiecz wiedeńska, lit=Relief of Vienna or ''bitwa pod Wiedniem''; ota, Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası, lit=siege of Beç; tr, İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit=second siege of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mou ...
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Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899-1956), Austrian nationalist and politician who helped introduce
austrofascism and install a
clerico-fascist dictatorship in Austria, chancellor of
Federal State of Austria
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Rüdiger Vogler (b. 1942), German film actor
See also
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Rutger
Rutger is a male given name common in the Netherlands, and a cognate of the first name Roger.
People
*Ruotger (died 931), archbishop of Trier
* (c.975–1050), First Duke of Cleves
* (died 1075), Second Duke of Cleves
*Rutger von Ascheberg (1621 ...
References
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Germanic given names
German masculine given names