Dietrich

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Dietrich (German pronunciation: [ˈdiːtʁɪç] ⁱ) is an ancient German name meaning "ruler of the people", but also "keeper of the keys" or "lockpick" (either the tool or the profession).^{[citation needed ]}

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Thierry of Alsace (German: Dietrich; 1099–1168), Count of Flanders
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398–1440)
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 (c. 1637/39–1707), Danish-German composer and organist
Dietrich von Choltitz (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 Grunewald (1916–2003), Swedish American artist and designer
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 Opitz (1901–1992), German assyriologist
Dietrich Reinkingk (1590–1664), German constitutional lawyer and politician
Dietrich von Saucken (1892–1980), German general
Dietrich Stobbe (1938–2011), German politician
Dietrich Thurau (born 1954), German cyclist
Dietrich Wortmann (1884–1952), German wrestler

Surname

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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
Suzy Dietrich (1926–2015), American amateur sports car racing driver
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

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Ian Dietrich, member of the Garrison Regiment in the series Attack on Titan
Dietrich von Bern, 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.
Dietrich Kluge the fictional leader of the Illuminati in the Netflix adult animated series Inside Job

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