Friedrich (given name)

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

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
Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843), German poet
Friedrich "Fritz" Lang (1890–1976), film maker
Otto Friedrich Walter (1928–1994), Swiss journalist, author and publisher
Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis) (1772 - 1801), German poet and philosopher

Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), German chemist who synthesised urea
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856–1936)
Friedrich Ludwig Abresch (1699–1782), German born Dutch philologist
Friedrich Bergius (1884–1949), German chemist
Friedrich Czapek, plant physiologist who developed Czapek medium
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 "Fritz" Hartjenstein (1905–1954), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948), German SS Obergruppenführer, a Gauleiter, executed for war crimes
Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012), German mathematician
Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), German Nazi SS officer and Police Leader executed for war crimes
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