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 (Dietrich; 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 (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 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

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 professional 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
 * 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; first mayor of Strasbourg
 * 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
 * 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

Other uses

 * Dietrich, Idaho, United States
 * Dietrich, Pennsylvania
 * Dietrich Industries
 * Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, at Carnegie Mellon University
 * Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, at the University of Pittsburgh
 * Dietrich Inc.