Ulrich
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Ulrich is the name of several historical persons and can be either a surname or given name:
- Ulrich of Augsburg - Catholic Bishop and saint (890 - 973)
- Ulrich of Zell - abbot and saint (1029-93)
- Ulrich II of Württemberg, (ca. 1254- September, 18 1279), Count of Württemberg
- Ulrich III of Württemberg (after 1286-11 July 1392) Count of Württemberg
- Ulrich IV of Württemberg (born after 1315–1366) Count of Württemberg
- Ulrich von Württemberg (1487 – 1550) Duke of Württemberg
- Henry G. Ulrich III - United States Navy admiral
- Lars Ulrich - drummer for heavy metal band Metallica
- Ulrich Zwingli - founder of Reformation movement in Switzerland
- Ulrich Drepper
- Ulrich Schnauss - German musician
- Ulrich Leyendecker - German composer of contemporary classical music
- Ulrich von Liechtenstein - medieval poet knight
- Richard Ulrich - a German board game designer
- Joe Ulrich - U.S. soccer player
- Ulrich Mühe - German actor
- Dipl. Math. Ulrich Rohde - German TV personality, appeared for years regularly in a show about computers.
- Ulrich Wild - American record producer
Ulrich is also the name of fictional characters
- Ulrich Stern is a character on Code Lyoko
- Ulrich is the protagonist of Robert Musil's 20th Century novel The Man Without Qualities
- Ulrich von Lichtenstein is also the name taken by William Thatcher, in the movie A Knight's Tale
The name goes back to the Old High German word Uodalrich (uodal = heritage) und rich (powerful). Other names which are related: Ullrich, Ullerich, Ulricher, Ullmann, Ulke, Utz, Utzmann, Ützle; Jedele, Yetley, Jehle, Jehl, Uller.
[edit] See also
- Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
- Jewish_surnames
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