{{wiktionary|Dietrich}} {{otheruses}} '''Dietrich''' ({{IPA|de|ˈdiːtʁɪç|-|de-Dietrich.ogg}}) is an ancient German name meaning "ruler of the people", but also "keeper of the keys" or "lockpick" (either the tool or the profession).{{cn|date=June 2025}}
{{tocright}} ==Given name== * Thierry of Alsace ({{langx|de|Dietrich|link=no}}; 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== * 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== * 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
== See also == *''Dietrich v The Queen'', case in the High Court of Australia *Lorraine-Dietrich, French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer *{{in title}} *Derek *Derrick *Detrick (disambiguation) *Diderik *Diederich *Diederik *Diedrich *Dieter (disambiguation) *Dieterich *Dietrick *Theodoric *Thierry (disambiguation)
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