Dieter is a German given name, a short form of Dietrich, from theod+ric "people ruler" (see Theodoric). Rarely, it is a German form of the given name Theodore. It is also a surname.
People
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Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician
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Dieter Bohlen (born 1954), German music producer
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Dieter Borsche (1909–1982), German actor
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Dieter Brömme, German-Canadian biochemist
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Dieter Brummer (1976–2021), Australian actor
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Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), American Vietnam War veteran
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Dieter Dierks (born 1943), German record producer, studio owner and musician
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Dieter Eiselen (born 1996), South African American football player
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Dieter Fersch (born 1946), German alpine skier
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Dieter Fox (born 1966), German roboticist
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Dieter Fuchs (born 1940), German football player, manager and coach
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Dieter Gerhardt (born 1935), Soviet spy
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Dieter Haack (born 1934), German politician
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Dieter Hallervorden (born 1935), German comedian
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Dieter Thomas Heck (1937–2018), German television presenter, singer and actor
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Dieter Hecking (born 1964), German football (soccer) manager
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Dieter Helm (1941–2022), German farmer and politician
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Dieter Herzog (1946–2025), German footballer
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Dieter Hoeneß (born 1953), German football (soccer) player
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Dieter Kaufmann (1941–2025), Austrian composer
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Dieter Kühn (born 1956), East German football (soccer) player
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Dieter Laser (1942–2020), German actor
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Dieter Lüst (born 1956), German physicist
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Dieter Meier (born 1945), Swiss musician
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Dieter Nuhr (born 1960), German comedian
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Dieter Rams (born 1932), German industrial designer
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Dieter Roth (1930–1998), Swiss artist
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Dieter Ruehle (born 1968), American sports organist
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Dieter Schnebel (1930–2018), German composer
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Dieter Thoma (born 1969), German ski jumper
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf (born 1940), German aviator, airline executive, and religious leader
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Dieter Versen (1945–2025), German football player
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Dieter Wisliceny (1911–1948), German Nazi SS officer and perpetrator of the Holocaust executed for war crimes
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Dieter Zetsche (born 1953), German engineer and businessman
Surname
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Bernie Dieter, German cabaret artist, songwriter, and performance artist
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Giovanni Battista Dieter (1903–1955), German bishop
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Hermann Dieter (1879–?), German architect
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Paul Dieter (born 1959), American sound engineer and record producer
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Robert J. Dieter (born 1946), American lawyer and diplomat
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William John Dieter (1912–1942), American airman
Fictional characters
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Dieter, a recurring character on Saturday Night Live played by Mike Myers and host of a fictional German television show skit called Sprockets
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Dieter Hellstrom in Inglourious Basterds played by August Diehl
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the demon in Norman Mailer's book The Castle in the Forest
See also
