List of Famous people named Detlef

Detlef Soost, also using the name D!, most often called Detlef D! Soost, is a German dancer, choreographer, and TV presenter.

Detlef Schrempf is a German-American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies from 1981 to 1985, and was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft, with the eighth overall pick. He was an All-NBA Third Team member in 1995, a three-time NBA All-Star and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year twice.

Detlef Bothe is a German actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Since the early 1990s, he has appeared in numerous film and television productions, both German and international. In 2015, he appeared in the James Bond film Spectre as a henchman, in a scene where he and Q are seen riding a cable car in the Austrian Alps.

Detlef Pirsig was a German football player and manager. He played in 385 matches, primarily with MSV Duisburg.

Detlef Scheele is a German politician (SPD). On 1 April 2017, he became Chairman of the German Federal Employment Agency.

Detlef Seif is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2009.

Detlef Müller or Metin Mert is a retired German-born naturalised Turkish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.