Thiel
Thiel is a family name .
Origin and meaning
The family name Thiel can be traced back to the first name Theoderich . This is still to be found in today's German in the forms Dietrich , Dieter and Dirk and can in turn be based on the two roots of old Franconian thiuda or ahd. Diot "people" and the ahd. Rihhi "rich, mighty" or rihhan "rule" traced back. The name therefore means "the rich or powerful in or through the people" or "the ruler of the people". Related variants of the family name include a. Thiele , Diehl , Telemann and Thielemann .
Name bearer
A.
- Abetti Thiel (* 1989), tennis player from Aruba
- Achim Thiel (lawyer) (* 1953), German lawyer and police chief
- Achim Thiel (soccer player) (* 1962), German soccer player
- Adolf Thiel (1915–2001), Austrian-American rocket engineer
- Albert Thiel (1943–2017), American entrepreneur and aquarist
- Alessa Thiel (* 1994), German archer
- Alfred Thiel (1879–1942), German chemist
- Alvar Thiel (1893–1973), Swedish sailor
- Andreas Thiel (Bishop) (1826–1908), Bishop of Warmia
- Andreas Thiel (filmmaker) (1957–2006), German director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- Andreas Thiel (handball player) (* 1960), German handball goalkeeper
- Andreas Thiel (archaeologist) (* 1964), German archaeologist
- Andreas Thiel (satirist) (* 1971), Swiss satirist
- Andreas Mitschele-Thiel (* 1959), German engineer and university professor
- Angelika Thiel-Vigh (* 1956), German politician (SPD)
- Anne Thiel (* 1967), German author, singer and singing teacher
- Ansgar Thiel (* 1963), German sports scientist and university professor
B.
- Barbara Thiel (* 1955), German civil servant
- Bernhard Thiel (* 1953), German table tennis player
- Bernhard August Thiel (1850–1901), German clergyman, Bishop of San José
C.
- Carl Thiel (painter) (1835–1900), German painter
- Carl Thiel (church musician) ( Carl Josef Thiel ; 1862–1939), German church musician and university professor
- Carl Thiel (film composer) (* 1965), American film composer
- Christa Thiel (* 1954), German lawyer and sports official
- Christian Thiel (* 1937), German philosopher and science theorist
- Christiane Thiel (* 1968), German pastor and author
- Christoph Thiel (* 1966), German soccer player
E.
- Eckhard Thiel (* 1944), German physician
- Edward C. Thiel (1928–1961), American geophysicist and polar explorer
- Erich Thiel (1898–1973), German geographer and university rector
- Ernest Thiel (1859–1947), Swedish entrepreneur and art collector
- Ernst Thiel (entrepreneur, 1852) ( Ernst Eduard Thiel ; 1852–1902), German metal goods manufacturer
- Ernst Thiel (entrepreneur, 1874) ( Ernst Rudolf Thiel ; 1874–1942), German watch manufacturer
- Ernst Christian Thiel (1860–1932), German politician, mayor of Merzig
- Ewald Thiel (1855 – before 1939), German painter and illustrator
F.
- Felicitas Thiel (* 1961), German educationalist and university professor
- Frank Thiel (politician) (* 1952), German politician (Die Linke)
- Frank Thiel (actor) (* 1970), Danish actor
- Franz Thiel (1886–1972), Austrian teacher and local researcher
- Friedrich Thiel (1836–1902), German publisher and bookseller
- Fritz Thiel (judge) (1902–1965), German lawyer and judge
- Fritz Thiel (resistance fighter) (1916–1943), German resistance fighter
- Fritz Thiel (painter) (* 1951), German painter
- Fritz August Thiel (1863–1931), German interpreter and diplomat
G
- Georg Thiel (mountain master) (around 1490–1546), German mountain master, mine manager and city judge
- Georg Thiel (* 1957), German administrative lawyer
- Gerald Thiel (* 1955), German university professor for medical biochemistry and molecular biology
- Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel (* 1941), German journalist and television presenter
- Gilbert Thiel (1934–2012), Swiss internist
- Günter Thiel (* 1952), German entrepreneur
H
- Hans Thiel (1919–2017), German educator and author
- Hans-Lothar Thiel (1920–2002), German ophthalmologist
- Harald Thiel (1931–2002), German painter and graphic artist
- Heiner Thiel (* 1957), German artist
- Heinrich Thiel (industrialist) (1855–1925), German manufacturer and politician (NLP, DVP), member of the Lübeck citizenship
- Heinrich van Thiel (1896–1983), German civil engineer and trade unionist
- Heinrich Thiel (painter) (1899–1993), German painter and photographer
- Heinz Thiel (1920–2003), German film director
- Heinz-Jürgen Thiel (* 1949), German veterinarian, virologist and university professor
- Heinz-Peter Thiel (* 1962), German politician and district administrator
- Helmut van Thiel (1932–2014), German classical philologist
- Helmut Thiel (* 1933), German politician (SED, PDS), MdL Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Hermann Thiel (1885–1957), German entrepreneur
- Hugo Thiel (1839-1918), German politician
I.
- Ingo Thiel (* 1963), German journalist
J
- Jacobus Johannes van Thiel (1843–1912), Dutch clergyman, Bishop of Haarlem
- Jacquelyn Thiel (* 1980), American biathlete and athlete
- Jana Thiel (1971–2016), German sports presenter and journalist
- Jens Thiel (* 1966), German historian
- Joachim Thiel (* 1951), German soccer player
- Jochen Thiel (* 1938), German lawyer
- Johannes Thiel (Bishop) (1485–1545), German clergyman, titular bishop of Nicopolis
- Johannes Thiel (painter) (1889–1962), German graphic artist and painter
- Josef Franz Thiel (* 1932), German ethnologist
K
- Karl Thiel (entrepreneur) (1901–1968), German company founder
- Karl Heinz Thiel (* 1951), German artist
- Karl R. Thiel (* 1962), German photographer, journalist and entrepreneur
- Konrad Thiel (* 1980), American biathlete
L.
- Lea Thiel (* 1988), German basketball player
M.
- Manfred Thiel (1917–2014), German philosopher and poet
- Marie-Jo Thiel (* 1957), French Roman Catholic theologian
- Markus Thiel (* 1973), German law and administration scientist
- Matthias Thiel (1929–2015), German historian and diplomat
- Maximilian Thiel (* 1993), German soccer player
- Michael Thiel (* 1960), German psychologist and television presenter
- Mira Thiel (* 1979), German screenwriter and director
N
- Nikolaus Thiel (* 1969), Austrian religious, abbot of Schlierbach Abbey
O
- Otto Thiel (politician) (1884–1959), German politician (DHV, DVP), MdR
- Otto Thiel (soccer player) (1891-1913), German soccer player
P
- Paul Thiel (architect) († 1911), German architect
- Paul Thiel (racing driver) (1924–2007), German automobile racing driver
- Peter Thiel (cross-country skier) (* 1943), German cross-country skier
- Peter Thiel (* 1967), American entrepreneur
R.
- Rainer Thiel (General) , German Brigadier General
- Rainer Thiel (soccer player) (* 1949), German soccer player
- Rainer Thiel (politician) (* 1951), German politician (SPD)
- Rainer Thiel (philologist) (* 1962), German classical philologist
- Reinhard Thiel , German soccer player
- Reinhold Thiel (entrepreneur) (1882–1979), German entrepreneur and chamber official
- Reinhold Thiel (historian) (* 1944), German teacher and historian
- Robert Thiel (1909–1989), German party functionary (NSDAP)
- Rolf Thiel (* 1944), German football official
- Rudi Thiel ( Rudolf Thiel ; * 1928), German sports organizer
- Rudolf Thiel (politician) (1825–1884), German lawyer and politician (NLP), MdR
- Rudolf Thiel (industrialist) (1848–1924), German manufacturer and politician, member of the Lübeck citizenship
- Rudolf Thiel (physician) (1894–1967), German ophthalmologist
- Rudolf Thiel (writer) ( Ferdinand Rudolf Thiel ; 1899–1981), German writer
S.
- Sophia Thiel (* 1995), German fitness blogger and bodybuilder
- Stefan Thiel (* 1997), German volleyball player
T
- Thomas Thiel (* 1975), German journalist
- Thorsten Thiel (* 1980), German political scientist
U
- Udo Thiel (* 1954), German philosopher
- Ulli Thiel (1943–2014), German educator and peace activist
- Ulrich Thiel (* 1955), German historian and museum director
V
- Volker Thiel (politician) (* 1955), German politician (FDP) and management consultant
- Volker Thiel (virologist) (* 1966), German virologist and university professor
- Volker Thiel (geoscientist) , German geoscientist and university professor
W.
- Walter Thiel (Gestapo) , German police officer
- Walter Thiel (engineer) (1910–1943), German engineer and rocket designer
- Walter Thiel (anatomist) (1919–2012), Austrian anatomist
- Walter Thiel (chemist) (1949–2019), German chemist
- Werner Thiel (1927–2003), German artist
- Wilhelm Thiel (* 1934), Austrian manager
- Winfried Thiel (* 1940), German theologian
- Wolfgang Thiel (physician) (1908–1967), German gynecologist
- Wolfgang Thiel (composer) (* 1947), German musician and composer
- Wolfgang Thiel (politician) (* 1948), German politician (Die Linke)
- Wolfgang Thiel (artist) (* 1951), German sculptor
Y
- Yannic Thiel (* 1989), German soccer player
Fictional people
- Frank Thiel , commissioner from the Tatort television series , see Thiel and Boerne