Udo is a masculine given name. It may refer to:

People

Medieval era

* Udo of Neustria, 9th-century nobleman *

Udo (Obotrite prince) Udo (or Uto) (died 1028), born Pribignev (also ''Pribignew'' or ''Pribygnev''), was an Obodrite leader in the early eleventh century. His name Udo, of Germanic origin, was probably given him at his Christian baptism, perhaps after his possible g ...

(died 1028) *

Udo (archbishop of Trier) Udo of Nellenburg (c. 1030 – 11 November 1078) was the Archbishop of Trier from 1066 until his death. He was an important mediator during the height of the Investiture Controversy. Biography Udo was born in Tübingen, Swabia, as the eldest ...

(c. 1030 – 1078) * Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark (c. 1025 – 1082)

Modern era

Udo Anneken 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 Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarde ...

(1917–1997), German Wehrmacht officer in World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross * Udo Bullmann (born 1956), German politician * Udo Cordes (1921–2007), German Luftwaffe officer in World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross * Udo Di Fabio (born 1954), German jurist * Udo Dziersk (born 1961), German painter *

Udo Z. Karzi Udo Z. Karzi (born June 12, 1970, in Liwa, Lampung) is an Indonesian writer. Education He graduated from the Department of Government Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Science (FISIP) of Lampung University in 1996. Journal ...

(born 1970), Indonesian writer * Udo Kasemets (1919–2014), Estonian-Canadian composer *

Udo Keppler Udo J. Keppler (April 4, 1872 – July 4, 1956), known from 1894 as Joseph Keppler Jr., was an American political cartoonist, publisher, and Native American advocate. The son of cartoonist Joseph Keppler (1838–1894), who founded '' Puck'' magazi ...

(1872–1956), American cartoonist * Udo Kier (born 1944), German actor * Udo Pastörs (born 1952), German far-right politician * Udo Proksch (1934–2001), Austrian businessman, industrialist and murderer * Udo Samel (born 1953), German actor * Udo Schaefer (1926–2019), German lawyer and Bahá'í author *

Udo Schnelle Udo Schnelle (born 8 September 1952) is a German biblical scholar and Lutheran theologian, who serves as Professor of New Testament at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, and is the author of a number of theological works. Schnelle s ...

(born 1952), German theologian and professor *

Udo Sellbach Udo Sellbach (1927–2006) was a German-Australian visual artist and educator whose work focused primarily around his printmaking practice. History Udo Sellbach was born in Cologne, Germany in 1927. Trained at Kölner Werkschulen, Cologn ...

(1927–2006), German-Australian visual artist and educator *

Udo Spreitzenbarth Udo Spreitzenbarth is a fashion and art photographer, residing in New York City. He was born in Germany and studied architecture at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. In 1993 he moved to New York and began his career as a fashion photog ...

, German photographer *

Udo Steinke Udo Steinke (2 May 1942, Łódź – 12 October 1999) was a German writer. Professional career The chaos of war led the Steinke family to move to Eilenburg, Saxony, East Germany in 1947 where Mr. Steinke attended the “Bergschule” from 1948 ...

(1942–1999), German writer * Udo Uibo (born 1956), Estonian literary critic, editor, translator and lexicographer * Udo Voigt (born 1952), German politician and former soldier * Udo Walendy (1927–2022), German author, historian, former soldier and Holocaust denier *

Udo Weilacher Dr. Udo Weilacher (born 1963 in Kaiserslautern) is a German landscape architect, author and Professor for Landscape Architecture. Biography Udo Weilacher was educated as a gardener in 1984. He studied landscape architecture at the Technical Univer ...

(born 1963), German landscape architect, author and professor * Udo von Woyrsch (1895–1983), high-ranking Nazi SS officer responsible for numerous murders during the Holocaust *

Udo Zander Udo Zander (born March 30, 1959) is a Swedish organizational theorist, and Professor in Business Administration at the Stockholm School of Economics until 2012. He is particularly known for his work with Bruce Kogut on knowledge-based theory of the ...

(born 1959), Swedish organizational theorist and former professor of business administration

Music

* Udo Dahmen (born 1951), German drummer and author * Udo Dirkschneider (born 1952), German heavy metal vocalist who formed the band U.D.O. * Udo Jürgens (1934–2014), Austrian composer and singer * Udo Lindenberg (born 1946), German rock musician and composer * Udo Mechels (born 1976), Belgian musician often known simply as "Udo" *

Udo Suzuki , also known as Udo, is a Japanese musician and comedian. He used to be a member of the Japanese band UltraCats and is a member of the owarai group . See also * List of Japanese comedians This is a list of Japanese comedians—known in Japa ...

(born 1970), Japanese musician and comedian * Udo Zimmermann (1943–2021), German composer, music director and conductor

Sports

* Udo Beyer (born 1955), East German shot putter * Udo Bölts (born 1966), German retired racing cyclist * Udo Fortune (born 1988), Nigerian soccer player * Udo Gelhausen (born 1956), West German shot putter * Udo Hempel (born 1946), German retired road and track cyclist * Udo Horsmann (born 1952), German former footballer * Udo Kiessling (born 1955), first ice hockey player to compete in five Olympic Games (1976–1992) * Udo Lattek (1935–2015), German football player and coach and TV pundit * Udo Lehmann (born 1973), German former bobsledder * Udo Müller, East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s * Udochukwu "Udo" Nwoko (born 1984), Maltese-Nigerian footballer * Udo Onwere (born 1971), English former footballer *

Udo Poser Udo Poser (born 21 August 1947) is a German former swimmer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: Münche ...

(born 1947), East German swimmer *

Udo Quellmalz Udo Quellmalz (born 8 March 1967 in Leipzig) is a German judoka, who is nicknamed ''Quelle''. He won two Olympic medals in the half-lightweight (60–66 kg) division, in 1992 and 1996. After he retired from competitive judo in 1998, Ud ...

(born 1967), German judoka * Udo Raumann (born 1969), German former slalom canoer * Udo Riglewski (born 1966), German retired tennis player *

Udo Schütz Udo Schütz (born 11 January 1937) is a German entrepreneur, who was competing successfully with racing cars in the 1960s, and with yachts in the 1990s. Career His career began in the early 1960s. With Anton Fischhaber and his #72 Porsche 9 ...

(born 1937), German racing driver *

Udo Schwarz Udo Schwarz (born 7 July 1986) is a German international rugby union player, playing for the SC Neuenheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. Schwarz played one game for Germany, against a Welsh Districts XV on 28 ...

(born 1986), German international rugby union player *

Udo Segreff Udo Segreff (born July 20, 1973) is a German ice sledge hockey Sledge hockey, also known as Sled hockey in American English, and Para ice hockey in international competition, is an adaptation of ice hockey for players who have a physical disa ...

(born 1973), German ice sledge hockey player *

Udo Wagner Udo Wagner (born 2 November 1963) is a German former fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team foil event for Germany at the 1992 Summer ...

(born 1963), German fencer * Udo Werner (1955–2012), West German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s

Other

Udo of Aachen Udo of Aachen (c.1200–1270) is a fictional monk, a creation of British technical writer Ray Girvan, who introduced him in an April Fool's hoax article in 1999. According to the article, Udo was an illustrator and theologian who discovered the Mand ...

, fictional 13th-century monk created as a 1999 April Fool's hoax * Udo the Red Panda, mascot of the University of Mannheim athletics teams {{Given name German masculine given names Masculine given names Estonian masculine given names