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Friedrich (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç]

Meaning
  
peaceful ruler

Gender
  
male

Related names
  
Frederick, Fredrik, Federico

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

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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

    • References

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