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Theodor
Pronunciation	German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Other names
Related names	Theodore, Teodor

Theodor is a masculine given name. It is a German form of Theodore. It is also a variant of Teodor. Notable people with the name include:

Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969), German philosopher, musicologist, and social theorist
Theodor Aman, Romanian painter
Theodor Barth (1849–1909), German politician and publicist
Theodor Blueger, Latvian professional ice hockey forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL)
Theodor Burghele, Romanian surgeon, President of the Romanian Academy
Theodor Busse, German general during World War I and World War II
Theodor Cazaban, Romanian writer
Theodor Eicke, German SS general
Theodor Evertz (fl. c. 1554), Franco-Flemish composer
Theodor Fischer (fencer), German Olympic épée and foil fencer
Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), German writer
Theodor Seuss Geisel, American writer and cartoonist, known by the pseudonym Dr. Seuss
Theodor W. Hänsch (born 1941), German physicist
Theodor Herzl (1860–1904), Austrian-Hungary Jewish journalist and the founder of modern political Zionism
Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), German politician and publicist
Theodor Innitzer (1875–1955), Austrian Catholic cardinal
Theodor Kittelsen (1857–1914), Norwegian painter and illustrator
Teddy Kollek (1911–2007), mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993
Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Theodor Körner (Austrian politician) (1873–1957), President of Austria from 1951 to 1957
Theodor Körner (German politician) (1941–2018), German jurist and politician
Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903), German writer and historian, Nobel Prize in Literature 1902 laureate
Theodor Holm Nelson, American pioneer of information technology, philosopher of computer science, and sociologist, known as Ted Nelson
Theodor Paleologu, Romanian politician
Theodor Pallady, Romanian painter
Theodor Reuss, German occultist, freemason, illuminati, martinist, rosicrucian, theosophist, journalist, singer and founder of Ordo Templi Orientis
Theodor Rosetti, Romanian politician
Theodor Șerbănescu, Romanian poet
Theodor S. Slen (1885–1986), American judge, lawyer, and politician
Theodor Stolojan, Romanian politician
Theodor George Henry Strehlow, Australian anthropologist and linguist, known as Ted Strehlow
Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar
Theodor Jan Haraldsson, known by his stage name Theoz, Swedish influencer and singer

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