Dieter
Dieter is a male given name , which also occurs as a family name .
Origin and meaning
There are two possible explanations for the origin of the name Dieter:
- Dieter is a short form of the name Dietrich .
- The name is derived from Old Franconian or Old High German. It is the combination between thioda, the people (see: Etymology of the term German ) and heri, the army
The spread took place u. a. due to Dietrich von Bern's brother Dieter, who fell in the fight against Wittich . The height of popularity was the time after the Second World War.
Name bearer
First name
Since Dieter is a very common first name, here are just a few very well-known first name carriers:
- Dieter Althaus (* 1958), former German politician and Prime Minister
- Dieter Bohlen (* 1954), German musician, music producer and songwriter
- Dieter Borsche (1909–1982), German theater and film actor
- Dieter Eckstein (* 1964), German soccer player
- Dieter Engelhardt (soccer player) (* 1938), German soccer player
- Dieter Engelhardt (athlete) (* 1926), German marathon runner
- Dieter Hallervorden (* 1935), German comedian and cabaret artist
- Dieter Thomas Heck (1937–2018), German show master
- Dieter Hecking (* 1964), German football coach
- Dieter Hildebrandt (1927–2013), German cabaret artist and author
- Dieter Hoeneß (* 1953), former German football manager
- Dieter Hundt (* 1938), German entrepreneur, employer president and football official
- Dieter Jaßlauk (1934–2019), German actor and radio play speaker
- Dieter Kronzucker (* 1936), German journalist and television presenter
- Dieter Thomas Kuhn (* 1965), German musician
- Dieter Kürten (* 1935), German sports reporter and ZDF sports presenter
- Dieter Lattmann (1926–2018), German writer and politician
- Dieter Nuhr (* 1960), German cabaret artist and presenter
- Dieter Pfaff (1947–2013), German actor and director
- Dieter Reiter (* 1958), German local politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Munich
- Dieter Salevsky (1944–2019), German enduro athlete
- Dieter Thoma (* 1969), German ski jumper
- Dieter Wedel (* 1939 or 1942), German director and screenwriter
- Dieter Wellershoff (1925–2018), German writer
- Dieter Zetsche (* 1953), German manager, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG
- Dieter E. Zimmer (* 1934), German writer and translator
family name
- Erich Dieter (1896–1960), German politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Fritz Dieter (1931–2002), German architect
- Gerburg Treusch-Dieter (1939–2006), German sociologist and actress, professor of sociology and cultural studies
- Gerhard Dieter (1933–2013), German boxer
- Hans Dieter (1881–1968), German impressionist landscape painter and poet
- Hans-Heinrich Dieter (* 1947), General in the Bundeswehr
- Heribert Dieter , German political scientist at the University of Potsdam
- Hermann H. Dieter (* 1945), German biochemist and toxicologist at the German Federal Environment Agency
- Horst Dieter (1930–2001), German ancient historian
- Jean Baptiste Dieter (1903–1955), German religious, missionary and bishop in Oceania
- Jürgen Dieter (* 1955), German state politician (Hesse) (SPD)
- Karl Dieter (1903–1956), German detective and head of the Moringen youth concentration camp
- Rolf Dieter , German national basketball player
- Theodor Dieter (* 1951), German Protestant theologian
- Ulrich Dieter (1932–2018), German mathematician
- Walter Dieter (physician) (1895–1973), German professor for ophthalmology in Breslau and ophthalmologist in Kiel
- Walter Dieter (1916–1988), Indian tribal leader and politician in Canada
- Werner Dieter (* 1929), German industrial manager