Friedrich (surname)

Friedrich or Friedrichs is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Friedrich

• Ariane Friedrich (born 1984), German high jumper
• Arne Friedrich (born 1979), German football player
• Bruce Friedrich (born 1969), United States campaigner for the ethical treatment of animals
• Christian Friedrich (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player
• Gerhard Friedrich (1917–1945), German fighter pilot
• Johann Friedrich (1836–1917), German theologian
• Johannes Friedrich ( (1893–1972), German linguist (hittitologist)
• Johannes Friedrich (1948–2025), German Lutheran theologian and bishop
• John Friedrich (fraudster) (1950–1991), Australian conman
• Jörg Friedrich (born 1944), independent historian and writer
• Jörg Friedrich (born 1959), German rower
• Josef Friedrich (1893–?), Austro-Hungarian flying ace
• Karlheinz Friedrich (born 1934), German artistic gymnast
• Manuel Friedrich (born 1979), German football player
• Wolf Matthias Friedrich (born 1957), German classical singer

Politics

• Carl Joachim Friedrich (1901–1984), political scientist
• Dwight Friedrich (1913–1993), American politician and businessman
• Hans Friedrich (1917–1998), German politician
• Hans-Peter Friedrich (born 1957), German politician, MP
• Ingo Friedrich (born 1942), German politician, MEP
• István Friedrich (1883–1951), Hungarian politician
• Rudolf Friedrich (1923–2013), Swiss politician and lawyer

Artistry

• Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), German Romantic painter
• Gary Friedrich (1943–2018), United States comic book writer
• Mike Friedrich (born 1949), United States comic book writer

Friedrichs

• Fritz Walter Paul Friedrichs (18821958), also published under the name Fritz Friedrichs, German chemist, and inventor of the Friedrichs condenser
• Hanns Joachim Friedrichs (19271995), German journalist
• Kurt Otto Friedrichs (19011983), American mathematician
• Rebecca Friedrichs, lead plaintiff in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court case

See also

• Fredericks (surname)
• Frederick (given name)
• Friedreich
• Friz
• Friedrichs v. California Teachers Ass'n