Famous People with Name Dietrich

Dietrich Mateschitz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Dietrich Mateschitz: is an Austrian businessman and billionaire. He is of Croatian heritage[1]. He lives in Salzburg, but also owns Laucala Island, off Fiji, which he bought from the Forbes family for

Dietrich Stoyan            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Dietrich Stoyan: mathematician, statistician; student of Mathematics at Technical University Dresden; applied research at Deutsches Brennstoffinstitut Freiberg, 1967 PhD, 1975 Habilitation. Since 1976 at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, President of that university in 1991—1997;

Dietrich ("Didi") Thurau            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Dietrich ("Didi") Thurau: is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning the one-day classic, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his home country's Deutschland Tour and surprising the field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stage

Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel: was the inventor of the first successful metronome. He also invented the componium, an instrument that composed original music.while experimenting with pendulums, he discovered that a pendulum weighted on both sides of the pivot could beat steady time, even for the slow tempos often used in European classical music. Winkel did not appropriately protect his idea, and by 1816, Johann Nepomuk Mälzel had stolen his construction ideas and patented the Mälzel Metronome, which remains in use to this day. Thus, even today Mälzel often incorrectly receives credit for what was rightly Winkel's creation.

Dietrich Von Bausznern            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Dietrich Von Bausznern: was a German composer, cantor, organist und music teacher. In 1981, Bausznern initiated the founding of the Baußnern-Vereins zur Förderung des musikalischen Schaffens Waldemar von Baußnerns,“ an organisation dedicated to promoting awareness of the music of Waldemar von Baußnern, Bausznern's grandfather. The society, which is located in Darmstadt, is now known as the Baußnern Gesellschaft.

Marlene Dietrich Actress            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marlene Dietrich Actress: German-born American actress, singer and entertainer. She is regarded as the first German actress to become successful in Hollywood.

Albert Hermann Dietrich            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Albert Hermann Dietrich: was a German composer and conductor, remembered less for his own achievements than for his friendship with Johannes Brahms.

Marlene Dietrich            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marlene Dietrich: was a German-born American actress, singer and entertainer. She is considered to be the first German actress to flourish in Hollywood.She managed to remain popular by continually re-inventing herself through her long lasting career. During the 1920s she began her work as a cabaret singer, chorus girl and film actress in Berlin. In the 1930s, she became a Hollywood actress, a World War II frontline entertainer, and lastly an international stage show performer from the 1950s to the 1970s. She accomplished the great achievement of managing to become an entertainment icon of the 20th century by the end of her career.

Peter Dietrich            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Peter Dietrich: a former German football player.Midfielder Dietrich won his lone cap for West Germany straight before the 1970 FIFA World Cup, but did not add any further international match to his tally before his retirement.

Walter Dietrich            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Walter Dietrich: is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for FC Winterthur.He also has Italian and English descent.