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

  • Thierry of Alsace (; 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
  • Derek
  • Derrick
  • Detrick (disambiguation)
  • Diderik
  • Diederich
  • Diederik
  • Diedrich
  • Dieter (disambiguation)
  • Dieterich
  • Dietrick
  • Theodoric
  • Thierry (disambiguation)