Rüdiger (English ''Ruediger'', ''Rudiger'',

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) is a German given name. The meaning comes from

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: ''hruod'' (fame) and ''ger'' (

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). The name became popular because of the character Rüdiger von Bechelaren from ''

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''.

People named Rüdiger

* Aleksei Rüdiger (1929–2008), Patriarch Alexy II of the

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Antonio Rüdiger Antonio Rüdiger (; born 3 March 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and the Germany national football team, Germany national team. He is known for his aggressive playi ...

(b. 1993), German footballer * Herbert Rudiger, (b. ), American radio technician and serial bomber who terrorized the city of

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with explosives in the span of one month * Prince Rüdiger of Saxony (1953–2022), German prince * Maria Rüdiger-Belyaeva, mother of

John Shalikashvili John Malchase David Shalikashvili ( ka, ჯონ მალხაზ დავით შალიკაშვილი, tr, ; 27 June 1936 – 23 July 2011) was a United States Army general who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1992 ...

* Rüdiger Abramczik (b. 1956), German footballer *

Rüdiger Bieler Rüdiger Bieler (born 1955 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German-American biologist whose primary scientific field of study is malacology, the study of mollusks. Training and career Bieler studied biology, geography, and biology education at the Uni ...

(b. 1955), German-American biologist * Rüdiger Gamm (b. 1971), German "mental calculator" *

Rüdiger von der Goltz Gustav Adolf Joachim Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz (8 December 1865 – 4 November 1946) was a German army general during the First World War. He commanded the Baltic Sea Division, which successfully intervened in the Finnish Civil War in the sp ...

(1865–1945), German army general during the First World War, one of the principal commanders of

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Latvian War of Independence The Latvian War of Independence (), sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles () or the Latvian War of Liberation (), was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invade ...

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and

Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence, also known as the War of Freedom in Estonia, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Russian westward offensive of 1918–1919 and the ...

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 app ...

(b. 1969), German tennis player * Rüdiger Heining (b. 1968), German agrarscientist and economist *

Rüdiger Huzmann Rüdiger Huzmann (died 22 February 1090) was a German religious leader who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer from 1075 to his death. He was born into an old Speyer family with Salian connections and before became a canon at Speyer ...

(died 22 February 1090), Bishop of Speyer from 1075 to his death *

Rüdiger Nehberg Rüdiger Nehberg, also known as 'Sir Vival', (4 May 1935 – 1 April 2020) was a German human rights activist, author and survival expert. He was the founder and chairman of the anti- FGM organization TARGET, and chairman of the organizations F ...

(1935–2020), German human rights activist, author and survival expert *

Rüdiger Overmans Rüdiger Overmans (born 6 April 1954 in Düsseldorf) is a German military historian who specializes in World War II history. His book ''German Military Losses in World War II'', which he compiled as leader of a project sponsored by the Gerda He ...

, (b. 1954), German historian specialized in World War II *

Rüdiger Safranski Rüdiger Safranski (born 1 January 1945) is a German philosopher and author. Life From 1965 to 1972, Safranski studied philosophy (among others, with Theodor W. Adorno), German literature, history and history of art at Goethe University ...

(b. 1945), German philosopher and author *

Rüdiger Schleicher Rüdiger Schleicher (14 January 1895 – 23 April 1945) was a German legal academic and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime. Life Born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, Schleicher was married to Ursula Bonhoeffer (1902–1983), Karl ...

(1895–1945), German resistance fighter *

Rüdiger Schmitt Rüdiger Schmitt (born 1 July 1939) is a German linguist, Iranologist, and educator. He was a professor of Comparative Indo-European Philology and Indo-Iranian Studies at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany, from 1979 until 2004 ...

(b. 1939), German linguist, Iranologist, and educator *

Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (12 January 1638 – 4 January 1701) was military governor of Vienna from 1680, the city's defender during the Battle of Vienna in 1683, Holy Roman Empire, Imperial general during the Great Turkish War, an ...

(1638–1701), Austrian politician, military general and chief of

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, one of the principal commanders of

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Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg Prince Ernst Rüdiger Camillo von Starhemberg, often known simply as Prince Starhemberg, (10 May 1899 – 15 March 1956) was an Austrian nationalist and politician who helped introduce the dictatorial conservative Ständestaat in Austria durin ...

(1899–1956), Austrian nationalist and politician who helped introduce

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and install a clerico-fascist dictatorship in Austria, chancellor of

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Rüdiger Vogler Rüdiger Vogler (born 14 May 1942 in Warthausen, near Biberach an der Riß) is a German film and stage actor. Biography Rüdiger Vogler attended acting school in Heidelberg from 1963 to 1965. Later he played for six years at "''Theater am Turm ...

(b. 1942), German film actor

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People named Rüdiger

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