Friedrich (given name)

Friedrich
Pronunciation	German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç]
Gender	male
Origin
Meaning	peaceful ruler
Other names
Related names	Frederick, Fredrik, Federico

Friedrich is a German given name and the origin of the English Frederick. Notable people with the name include:

Arts

• Friedrich Gorenstein (1932–2002), Russian author and screenwriter
• Friedrich Hohe (1802–1870), German lithographer and painter
• Fritz Lang (Friedrich Lang, 1890–1976), film maker
• Otto Friedrich Walter (1928–1994), Swiss journalist, author and publisher

Philosophy

• Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German political philosopher
• Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), Austrian economist and political philosopher
• Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher

Other fields

• Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856–1936)
• Friedrich Ludwig Abresch (1699–1782), German born Dutch philologist
• Friedrich Bergius (1884–1949), German chemist
• Friedrich Dickel (1913–1993), German politician
• Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1852), German pedagogue
• Friedrich Geisshardt (1919–1943), German World War II flying ace
• Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009), German composer and conductor
• Friedrich August Grotefend (1798–1836), German philologist
• Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012), German mathematician
• Friedrich Loeffler (1852–1915), German bacteriologist
• Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1738–1808), German physician and botanist
• Friedrich von Rabenau (1884–1945), German General of the Artillery, theologian, and opponent of National Socialism
• Friedrich Sämisch (1896–1975), German chess player
• Friedrich Wetter (born 1928), German Roman Catholic Cardinal

See also

• Federico
• Fred (disambiguation)
• Freddo
• Freddy (disambiguation)
• Frédéric
• Frederick (given name)
• Frederico
• Fredrik
• Fryderyk (given name)
• Friedreich
• Fried (disambiguation)