Dieter

Last updated August 26, 2025

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

Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician
Dieter Bohlen (born 1954), German music producer
Dieter Borsche (1909–1982), German actor
Dieter Brummer (1976–2021), Australian actor
Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), American Vietnam War veteran
Dieter Dierks (born 1943), German record producer, studio owner and musician
Dieter Eiselen (born 1996), South African American football player
Dieter Fersch (born 1946), German alpine skier
Dieter Fox (born 1966), German roboticist
Dieter Fuchs (born 1940), German football player, manager and coach
Dieter Gerhardt (born 1935), Soviet spy
Dieter Haack (born 1934), German politician
Dieter Hallervorden (born 1935), German comedian
Dieter Thomas Heck (1937–2018), German television presenter, singer and actor
Dieter Hecking (born 1964), German football (soccer) manager
Dieter Helm (1941–2022), German farmer and politician
Dieter Hoeneß (born 1953), German football (soccer) player
Dieter Kühn (born 1956), East German football (soccer) player
Dieter Laser (1942–2020), German actor
Dieter Lüst (born 1956), German physicist
Dieter Meier (born 1945), Swiss musician
Dieter Nuhr (born 1960), German comedian
Dieter Rams (born 1932), German industrial designer
Dieter Roth (1930–1998), Swiss artist
Dieter Ruehle (born 1968), American sports organist
Dieter Schnebel (1930–2018), German composer
Dieter Thoma (born 1969), German ski jumper
Dieter F. Uchtdorf (born 1940), German aviator, airline executive, and religious leader
Dieter Versen (1945–2025), German football player
Dieter Wisliceny (1911–1948), German Nazi SS officer and perpetrator of the Holocaust executed for war crimes
Dieter Zetsche (born 1953), German engineer and businessman

Surname

Bernie Dieter, German cabaret artist, songwriter, and performance artist
Giovanni Battista Dieter (1903–1955), German bishop
Hermann Dieter (1879–?), German architect
Paul Dieter (born 1959), American sound engineer and record producer
Robert J. Dieter (born 1946), American lawyer and diplomat
Walter Dieter (1916–1988), Canadian First Nations leader
William John Dieter (1912–1942), 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

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