Ulrich

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Ulrich, formerly Huldrich or Huldrych, is a Germanic name, derived from Old High German Uodalrich (uodal- meaning "heritage" and -rich meaning "powerful"). It is also common as a German language surname. Other names which are related include: Ullrich, Urich, Ulich, Ullerich, Ulricher, Ulrico, Orrico, Ullrisch, Woolrich, Ullmann, Ulke, Utz, Utzmann, Ützle, Jedele, Yetley, Jehle, Jehl, Uller.

The form Ulrich is used not only in German, but also in English and French. Equivalents in other languages are: Odalric (Catalan), Oldrich (Slovak), Oldřich (Czech), Ódor (Hungarian), Ryczek (Polish), Ulderico (Italian), Uldis (Latvian), Ulrik (Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish), Ulryk (Polish), Huldericus (Latin). Ulrich may refer to:

Given name

Middle Ages

Ulrich of Augsburg (ca. 890–973), bishop and saint
Ulrich of Zell (1029–93), abbot and saint
Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia (ca. 1220–1269)
Ulrich II, Count of Celje (1406–1456)
Ulrich I, Count of East Frisia (1408–1466)
Ulrich III, Lord of Hanau
Ulrich of Hardegg (after 1483–1535), Count of Hardegg
Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (1527–1603)
Ulrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (probably before 1428–1471)
Ulrich, Duke of Pomerania (1589–1622)
Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1487–1550)
Ulrich II, Count of Württemberg (ca. 1254–1279)
Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (after 1286–1392)
Ulrich IV, Count of Württemberg (after 1315–1366)
Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (1413–1480)
Ulrik of Denmark (1578–1624), administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin
Ulrik of Denmark (1611–1633), administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin
Ulrich Rülein von Calw (1465–1523), mayor of Freiberg, Saxony
Ulrich Fugger the Elder (1441–1510), German businessman and member of the Fugger family
Ulrich II von Graben (before 1300–ca. 1361), Austrian nobleman
Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523), German scholar, poet and reformer
Ulrich von Jungingen (1360–1410), 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200–1275), medieval writer, poet and knight
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven, author of the Arthurian romance Lanzelet
Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1535), leader of the Reformation in Switzerland

Modern era

Ulrich, 10th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1893–1938), titular pretender
Ulrich Daldrup (born 1947), mayor of Aachen and German scientist
Ulrich Drepper, a software developer and lead maintainer for GNU libc
Ulrich Eberl (born 1962), German science and technology journalist
Ulrich Leyendecker (born 1946), German composer of contemporary classical music
Ulrich Matthes (born 1959), German actor
Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), German actor and director
Ulrich Noethen (born 1959), German actor
Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), German figure skater and inventor of the salchow jump
Ulrich Schmid-Maybach, philanthropist, real estate developer and entrepreneur
Ulrich Schnauss (born 1977), German musician
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld, one of the key conspirators in the failed assassination attempt on Hitler's life in the 20 July plot of 1944
Ulrich Steinhilper (1918–2009), World War II Luftwaffe ace credited by some with the concept of word processing
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848–1931), German classical philologist
Ulrich Wild, American record producer

Surname

Benjamin Ulrich (born 1988), German rugby union international
Christian Ulrich (1836–1909), Austrian architect
Dutch Ulrich (1899–1929), American baseball player
Edward Oscar Ulrich (1857–1944), American invertebrate paleontologist
Eric Ulrich (born 1985), American politician from New York City
Fernando Ulrich (born 1952), Portuguese economist and banking administrator
Henry G. Ulrich III, United States Navy admiral
Jennifer Ulrich (born 1984), German actress
Jan Ullrich (born 1973), German race cyclist
Joe Ulrich, American soccer player
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–1895), German writer and LGBT activist
Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish drummer for heavy metal band Metallica
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (born 1938), American historian and writer
Richard Ulrich, German board game designer
Skeet Ulrich (born 1970), American actor
Torben Ulrich (born 1928), Danish writer and tennis pro

Fictional characters

Ulrich Stern, a character on Code Lyoko
Ulrich von Liechtenstein, an alias of Heath Ledger's character in the film A Knight's Tale
Ulrich, the old sorcerer in the film Dragonslayer
Ulrich, the protagonist of Robert Musil's 20th century novel The Man Without Qualities
Ulrich von Gradwitz, a character in Saki's short story The Interlopers