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''