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Dietrich (German pronunciation: [ˈdiːtʁɪç] ^ⓘ) 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 (German: 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
• 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.