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), Count of Flanders * Dietrich of Ringelheim (9th century), Saxon count and father of St Matilda * Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), German Lutheran pastor and theologian * Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock (1672–1757), Prussian field marshal and cavalry leader *

Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, ; – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque music, Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal ...

(c. 1637/39–1707), Danish-German composer and organist *

Dietrich von Choltitz Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (; 9 November 1894 – 5 November 1966) was a German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving i ...

(1894–1966), German General and last commander of Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944 * Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923), German politician * Dietrich Enns (born 1991), American baseball player * Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), German baritone singer * Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977), German Catholic philosopher and theologian * Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (born 1942), German-Swedish actor * Dietrich Keller (born 1943), German retired basketball player * Dietrich Mateschitz (1944-2022), Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull * Dietrich Mattausch (born 1940), German actor * Dietrich von Saucken, German general * Dietrich Stobbe (1938–2011), German politician * Dietrich Thurau (born 1954), German cyclist * Dietrich Grunewald (1916–2003), Swedish American artist and designer

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* Albert Dietrich (1829–1908), German composer and conductor * Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1795–1856), German botanist * Amalie Dietrich (1821–1891), German naturalist and museum collector * August Dietrich (1858–?), American politician * Brandon Dietrich (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Craig Dietrich (born 1980), American digital artist and educator * Dena Dietrich (1928–2020), American actress * Derek Dietrich (born 1989), American baseball player * Fritz Dietrich (1905–1945), German musicologist and composer * Fritz Dietrich (Nazi) (1898–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes * Gabriele Dietrich (born 1943), German-Indian scholar and philosopher * Guillermo Dietrich (born 1969), Argentine politician * Hermann Dietrich (1879–1954), German politician * Jacob Dietrich (1857–1932), American politician * John H. Dietrich (1878–1957), Unitarian humanist minister * Klaus Dietrich (born 1974), Austrian footballer * Louise Dietrich (1878–1962), American nurse * Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), German-American actress, singer and entertainer * Otto Dietrich (1897–1952), German SS officer * Philippe Friedrich Dietrich (1748–1793), French scientist and politician * Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966), German Waffen-SS general * Tyler Dietrich (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey coach * Wilhelm Dietrich (1911–1944), German Waffen SS major * William E. Dietrich (born 1950), American geomorphologist * William S. Dietrich II (1938–2011), American industrialist and philanthropist * Yevgeny Dietrich (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 a ...

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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 "Theodor ...

, hero of Germanic legend based on Dietrich the Great * Colonel Dietrich, Nazi colonel in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' * Arthur Dietrich, erudite police detective from the ABC sitcom '' Barney Miller'' * Dietrich, a claymore soldier having the rank 8 in the manga ''Claymore'' * Dietrich Zimmermann, a soldier in the Alan Gratz novel ''Allies'' * Dietrich von Lohengrin, an antagonist in the '' Trinity Blood'' light novel series and its anime adaptation.

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