List of Famous people named Friedrich

Friedrich Julius Rosenbach, also known as Anton Julius Friedrich Rosenbach, was a German physician and microbiologist. He is credited for differentiating Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus albus, which is now called Staphylococcus epidermidis, in 1884. He also described and named Streptococcus pyogenes. Rosenbach's disease is also named in his honor.

Friedrich Wilhelm Weber was a German doctor, politician of the Prussian House of Deputies, and poet.

Friedrich Kasimir Medikus was a German physician and botanist.

Friedrich von Schmidt was an architect who worked in late 19th century Vienna.

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow or Zachau was a German musician and composer of vocal and keyboard music.

Friedrich Dingeldey was a German mathematician.

Friedrich Spee was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well-known as a forceful opponent of witch trials and one who was an insider writing from the epicenter of the European witch-hunt. Spee argued strongly against the use of torture, and as an eyewitness he gathered a book full of details regarding its cruelty and unreliability. He wrote, "Torture has the power to create witches where none exist."