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

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''