Dieter


Dieter is a German given name, a short form of Dietrich, from theod+ric "people ruler". Rarely, it is a German form of the given name Theodore. It is also a surname.

People

  • Dieter Althaus, German politician
  • Dieter Bohlen, German music producer
  • Dieter Borsche, German actor
  • Dieter Brömme, German-Canadian biochemist
  • Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
  • Dieter Dengler, American Vietnam War veteran
  • Dieter Dierks, German record producer, studio owner and musician
  • Dieter Eiselen, South African American football player
  • Dieter Fersch, German alpine skier
  • Dieter Fox, German roboticist
  • Dieter Fuchs, German football player, manager and coach
  • Dieter Gerhardt, Soviet spy
  • Dieter Haack, German politician
  • Dieter Hallervorden, German comedian
  • Dieter Thomas Heck, German television presenter, singer and actor
  • Dieter Hecking, German football manager
  • Dieter Helm, German farmer and politician
  • Dieter Herzog, German footballer
  • Dieter Hoeneß, German football player
  • Dieter Kaufmann, Austrian composer
  • Dieter Kühn, East German football player
  • Dieter Laser, German actor
  • Dieter Lüst, German physicist
  • Dieter Meier, Swiss musician
  • Dieter Nuhr, German comedian
  • Dieter Rams, German industrial designer
  • Dieter Roth, Swiss artist
  • Dieter Ruehle, American sports organist
  • Dieter Schnebel, German composer
  • Dieter Thoma, German ski jumper
  • Dieter F. Uchtdorf, German aviator, airline executive, and religious leader
  • Dieter Versen, German football player
  • Dieter Wisliceny, German Nazi SS officer and perpetrator of the Holocaust executed for war crimes
  • Dieter Zetsche, German engineer and businessman

    Surname

  • Bernie Dieter, German cabaret artist, songwriter, and performance artist
  • Giovanni Battista Dieter, German bishop
  • Hermann Dieter, German architect
  • Paul Dieter, American sound engineer and record producer
  • Robert J. Dieter, American lawyer and diplomat
  • William John Dieter, American airman

    Fictional characters

  • Dieter, a recurring character on Saturday Night Live played by Mike Myers and host of a fictional German television show skit called Sprockets
  • Dieter Hellstrom in Inglourious Basterds played by August Diehl
  • the demon in Norman Mailer's book ''The Castle in the Forest''