Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to

dieting Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated way to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes and obesity. As weight loss depends on calorie intake, List of diets, different kinds of ...

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Dieter is a German given name, a short form of

Dietrich Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "ruler of the people", but also "keeper of the keys" or "lockpick" (either the tool or the profession). Given name * Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398–1440) * Thierry of Alsace (; 1099–1168), ...

, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see

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 w ...

. Rarely, it is a German form of the given name Theodore.

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* Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician *

Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen (; born Dieter Günter Bohlen on 7 February 1954) is a German songwriter, producer, singer and television personality. He first achieved fame as a member of the pop duo Modern Talking in the 1980s, and has since produced numerous G ...

(born 1954), German music producer * Dieter Borsche (1909–1982), German actor * Dieter Brummer (1976–2021), Australian actor * Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), American Vietnam War veteran * Dieter Fuchs (born 1940), German football player, manager and coach. *

Dieter Dierks Dieter Dierks (born 9 February 1943) is a German record producer, sound engineer, music publisher, studio owner and musician. He became well known as producer of the rock band Scorpions (band), Scorpions who were signed to him between 1975 and ...

(born 1943), German musician * Dieter Eiselen (born 1996), South African American football player * Dieter Fox (born 1966), German roboticist *

Dieter Gerhardt Dieter Felix Gerhardt (born 1 November 1935) is a former Commodore (rank), commodore in the South African Navy and commander of the strategic Simon's Town naval dockyard. He was arrested by the FBI in New York City in 1983 following information ...

(born 1935), Soviet spy * Dieter Haack (born 1934), German politician * Dieter Hallervorden (born 1935), German comedian *

Dieter Thomas Heck Dieter Thomas Heck (born Carl-Dieter Heckscher; 29 December 1937 – 23 August 2018) was a German television presenter, singer and actor. He is known as the presenter of the popular TV program ''ZDF-Hitparade'', featuring German Schlager mus ...

(1937–2018), German television presenter, singer and actor *

Dieter Helm Sir Dieter Robin Helm (born 11 November 1956) is a British economist and academic. Career Helm is Professor of Energy Policy in the University of Oxford and Tutor in Economics in New College, Oxford.New College, University of Oxforprofile. Re ...

(1941–2022), German farmer and politician *

Dieter Hoeneß Dieter Hoeneß (born 7 January 1953) is a German former professional football player and executive. A forward during his playing career, Hoeneß was primarily associated with Bayern Munich. After retiring, he remained involved in football, work ...

(born 1953), German football (soccer) player * Dieter Kühn (born 1956), East German football (soccer) player * Dieter Laser (1942–2020), German actor *

Dieter Lüst Dieter Lüst (born 21 September 1956 in Chicago) is a German physicist, full professor for mathematical physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich since 2004 and a director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. His resear ...

(born 1956), German physicist *

Dieter Meier Dieter Meier (born 4 March 1945) is a Swiss musician, conceptual artist and entrepreneur. He is the frontman of the electronic music group Yello, which was co-founded (with ex-member Carlos Perón) by music producer Boris Blank (musician), Boris ...

(born 1945), Swiss musician *

Dieter Nuhr Dieter Herbert Nuhr (born 29 October 1960) is a German kabarett artist, comedian, author and television presenter. Nuhr's stage program ''nuhr in Berlin'' (the title is a pun; for explanation, see below) is the first German stand-up comedy whic ...

(born 1960), German comedian *

Dieter Rams Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer who is most closely associated with the consumer products company Braun (company), Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalism (architecture), functionalist school of ...

(born 1932), German industrial designer *

Dieter Ruehle Dieter Ruehle is an American musician who is the stadium organist for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers and National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings. As of December 2024, Ruehle has played for three championship teams in three differe ...

(born 1968), American sports organist *

Dieter Schnebel Dieter Schnebel (14 March 1930 – 20 May 2018) was a German composer, theologian and musicologist. He composed orchestral music, chamber music, vocal music and stage works. From 1976 until his retirement in 1995, Schnebel served as professor of e ...

(1930–2018), German composer *

Dieter Thoma Dieter Thoma (born 19 October 1969) is a West German/German former ski jumper. Career During that time he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Weißflog. Thoma was not the first known ski jumper in the family: his uncle Georg Thom ...

(born 1969), German ski jumper * Dieter F. Uchtdorf (born 1940), German aviator, airline executive, and religious leader *

Dieter Versen Dieter Versen (22 June 1945 – 8 April 2025) was a German professional footballer who played as a left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary ro ...

(1945–2025), German football player *

Dieter Wisliceny Dietrich "Dieter" Wisliceny (13 January 1911 – 4 May 1948) was a member of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) and one of the deputies of Adolf Eichmann, helping to organise and coordinate the large-scale deportations of the Jews across Europe during t ...

(1911–1948), German Nazi SS officer and perpetrator of the Holocaust executed for war crimes * Dieter Zetsche (born 1953), German engineer and businessman

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* Bernie Dieter, German cabaret artist, songwriter, and performance artist * Giovanni Battista Dieter (1903–1955), German bishop * Hermann Dieter (1879–?), German architect * Paul Dieter (born 1959), American sound engineer and record producer * Robert J. Dieter (born 1946), American lawyer and diplomat * Walter Dieter (1916–1988), Canadian First Nations leader * William John Dieter (1912–1942), American airman

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* Dieter, a recurring character on ''Saturday Night Live'' played by Mike Myers and host of a fictional German television show skit called

Sprockets A sprocket, sprocket-wheel or chainwheel is a profiled wheel with teeth that mesh with a chain, rack or other perforated or indented material. The name 'sprocket' applies generally to any wheel upon which radial projections engage a chain passi ...

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* '' Dieter: Der Film'', a 2006 film about Dieter Bohlen ** ''Dieter: Der Film'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the film * Dieter Township, Roseau County, Minnesota, United States * the demon in Norman Mailer's book, '' The Castle in the Forest'' * Dispatch and Investment Evaluation Tool with Endogenous Renewables, an Open energy system model

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