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158 famous people named Bodo found on Wikipedia.
Bodo (variants Botho, Boto, Boddo, Potho, Boda, Puoto, etc.) is an Old High German name, also adopted in Modern German. It is in origin a short name or hypocorism for Germanic names with a first element Bod-, Puot-, reflecting the verbal root beud- "to bid, command". As a monothematic name, Old High German Boto, Old Saxon Bodo, could mean "lord, commander" or alternatively "messenger" (c.f. Old English bod "command; message", boda "messenger, angel"). Full dithematic names with this first element (attested for the medieval period but not surviving into modern use) included Bodegisil, Bothad, Bodomar, Boderad, Poterich, Bodirid, Butwin, Potelfrid, Botolf, Podalolf, Bodenolf.
The Anglo-Saxon cognate was Beda (West Saxon Bīeda, Northumbrian Bǣda, Anglian Bēda).
Middle Ages
Bodo (deacon), 9th-century German deacon who converted to Judaism, assuming the name of Eleazar
Bodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1375-1455)
Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1467-1538)
Early Modern
Bodo Otto (1711–1787), a Senior Surgeon of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
Modern
Bodo Bittner, West German bobsledder
Bodo Ferl (born 1959), East German retired bobsledder
Bodo Hell (born 1943), Austrian writer
Bodo Hombach (born 1952), German politician
Bodo Illgner (born 1967), German former football goalkeeper
Bodo Lafferentz (1897–1974), Nazi and high-ranking SS officer
Bodo Linnhoff (born 1948), chemical engineer
Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1927–2008), German politician
Bodo Ramelow (born 1956), German politician
Bodo Rudwaleit (born 1957), German former football goalkeeper
Bodo Schmidt (born 1967), German football coach and former player
Botho Strauß (b. 1944), German playwright
Bodo Thyssen (1918–2004), German industrialist and medical doctor
Bodo Tümmler (born 1943), German former middle distance runner
Germanic element, means: command, order. Derivative of the personal name Bod, pet form of the Old Slavic personal name Ostrobod, composed of the elements ostro (sharp) and bode (to stab, prick). From a personal name derived from the Germanic root bald: bold, brave.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Bodo Wartke | 1977 | German pianist and cabaret artist |
2 | Bodo Illgner | 1967 | German footballer |
3 | Bodo Bach | 1957 | Fictional character |
4 | Bodo Schäfer | 1960 | German writer |
5 | Eugeniusz Bodo | 1899 | Actor |
6 | Bodo H. Hauser | 1946 | German television presenter and journalist |
7 | Bodo Ramelow | 1956 | German politician |
8 | Bodo Spranz | 1920 | German officer and Knight's Cross recipient |
9 | Bodo Staiger | 1949 | German actor |
10 | Bodo Pieroth | 1945 | German jurist |
11 | Bodo Knut Uebber | 1959 | German manager |
12 | Bodo Lafferentz | 1897 | SS officer |
13 | Bodo Fürneisen | 1950 | German film director |
14 | Bodo Boeck | 2000 | German television presenter |
15 | Bodo Primus | 1938 | German actor and voice actor |
16 | Bodo Ebhardt | 1865 | German architect and castle explorer |
17 | Bodo Uhse | 1904 | German politician |
18 | Bodo Otto | 1711 | Physician in the American Revolution |
19 | Bodo Hombach | 1952 | German politician |
20 | Bodo Linnhoff | 1948 | Chemical engineer |
21 | Bodo Löttgen | 1959 | German politician |
22 | Peter Bodo | 1949 | American sportswriter and author |
23 | Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode | 1467 | Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode |
24 | Bodo Frank | 1977 | German actor |
25 | Bodo Klimpel | 1963 | Mayor of Haltern |
26 | Bodo Mattern | 1958 | German association football player |
27 | Bodo Tümmler | 1943 | German middle distance runner |
28 | Bodo Wiegand-Hoffmeister | 1966 | |
29 | Bodo Sperling | 1952 | German artist, Conceptual Art, Inventor |
30 | Bodo Mrozek | 1968 | German journalist and author |
31 | Bodo von Harbou | 1887 | |
32 | Bodo Hechelhammer | 1968 | German historian |
33 | Bodo Thyssen | 1918 | German businessman |
34 | Bodo Kirchhoff | 1948 | German writer |
35 | Bodo von Borries | 1943 | German historian and educationist |
36 | Boaringdao Bodo | ||
37 | Bodo Krämer | 1945 | German actor |
38 | Bodo Morshäuser | 1953 | German writer |
39 | Bodo Scheurig | 1928 | German historian of modern age and author |
40 | Bodo Rudwaleit | 1957 | German footballer |
41 | Yaakov Bodo | 1931 | Actor |
42 | Bodo Theodor Adolphi | 1939 | German politician |
43 | Bodo Dewitz | 1950 | German art historian |
44 | Bodo Manstein | 1911 | German physician |
45 | Bodo Menze | 1953 | German association football manager |
46 | Bodo Zeuner | 1942 | German political scientist |
47 | Bodo Niggemann | 1951 | German physician |
48 | Bodo Sperlein | German industrial designer | |
49 | Bodo | 0814 | 9th-century bishop |
50 | Bodo Dettke | 1967 | Solomon Islands politician |
51 | Bodo Abel | 1948 | German business theorist |
52 | Bodo Borries von Ditfurth | 1852 | German military advisor (1852-1915) |
53 | Bodo Sieber | 1979 | German rugby union player |
54 | Bodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode | German noble | |
55 | Bodo Ihrke | 1955 | |
56 | Bodo Richter | 1941 | German politician |
57 | Bodo Scriba | 1939 | German film producer and entrepreneur |
58 | Bodo Wißen | 1974 | German politician |
59 | Bodo von Oeynhausen | 1881 | |
60 | Bodo von Witzendorff | 1876 | German officer |
61 | Bodo Kolbe | 1949 | German musician |
62 | Bodo Krüger | 1958 | German journalist |
63 | Bodo von Hodenberg | 1826 | German diplomat and politician |
64 | Bodo Zimmermann | 1902 | German illustrator and painter |
65 | Bodo Mette | 2000 | German actor |
66 | Bodo Schulte | 1963 | German screenwriter |
67 | Bodo Bockenauer | 1940 | German figure skater |
68 | Bodo Bittner | 1940 | Bobsledder |
69 | Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo | 1968 | French politician |
70 | Bodo Müller | 1924 | German philologist and romanist |
71 | Bodo Gorgaß | 1950 | German physician, journalist and author |
72 | Bodo Dieckmann | 1952 | German archaeologist and prehistorian |
73 | Bodo Champignon | 1941 | German politician |
74 | Bodo Olthoff | 1940 | German painter |
75 | Bodo Baumgarten | 1940 | German painter |
76 | Bodo Heimann | 1935 | German author |
77 | Bodo Venten | 1964 | German television presenter, journalist and radio host |
78 | Bodo Straubel | 1958 | |
79 | Bodo Ferl | 1963 | Bobsledder |
80 | Bodo Hell | 1943 | Austrian writer |
81 | Bodo Ritscher | 1948 | German historian |
82 | Bodo Broschat | 1959 | German sculptor |
83 | Bodo Sandberg | 1914 | Royal Netherlands Air Force personnel |
84 | Bodo Bischoff | 1952 | German musicologist |
85 | Bodo Lorenzen | 1947 | German journalist |
86 | Bodo Schmidt | 1965 | German association football player |
87 | Bodo Homberg | 1926 | German screenwriter and author |
88 | Bodo Meier | 1949 | German painter |
89 | Bodo Sommer | 1952 | German association football player |
90 | Bodo Nowodworski | 1949 | German politician |
91 | Bodo Kühn | 1912 | German author |
92 | Bodo von Trott zu Solz | 1879 | |
93 | Bodo E. Linde | 1970 | German author |
94 | Bodo Igesz | 1935 | |
95 | Bodo Schümann | 1937 | German politician |
96 | Bodo Hertsch | 1943 | German veterinarian |
97 | Bodo Karcher | 1886 | German engineer |
98 | Bodo Saggel | 1939 | |
99 | Bodo Fischer | 1935 | German politician |
100 | Bodo Seidenthal | 1947 | German politician |
101 | Bodo Morawe | 1938 | German historian |
102 | Bodo Kuhn | 1967 | German athletics competitor |
103 | Bodo Schwanbeck | 1935 | German opera singer |
104 | Bodo von Bülow | 1834 | German politician and jurist |
105 | Bodo Berheide | 1944 | German sculptor |
106 | Bodo Schramm | 1932 | German painter (1932-2006) |
107 | Bodo Schütt | 1906 | |
108 | Bodo von Bodenhausen | 1860 | German jurist |
109 | Bodo Fuchs | 1941 | German association football player |
110 | Bodo Schaff | 2000 | German diplomat |
111 | Thomas Bodo | 1980 | French bicycle racer |
112 | Bodo Leckelt | 1970 | German handball player |
113 | Bodo Fründt | 1945 | German journalist (1945-2014) |
114 | Bodo Wehmeier | 1954 | German association football player |
115 | Bodo Wildberg | 1862 | German author |
116 | Bodo Voigts | 1844 | German judge |
117 | Bodo Hamprecht | 1940 | German physicist |
118 | Bodo Selge | 1911 | German politician |
119 | Hans Bodo von Alvensleben-Neugattersleben | 1882 | German politician |
120 | Bodo Teichmann | 1932 | German politician |
121 | Bodo Spiethoff | 1918 | German economist |
122 | Bodo Wallbrecht | ||
123 | Bodo Räke | 1941 | German politician |
124 | Bodo Francke | 1918 | German teacher and painter |
125 | Bodo Buhl | 1951 | German painter |
126 | Bodo Mros | 1930 | |
127 | Bodo Bodenhausen | 1633 | German jurist |
128 | Bodo Daus | 1957 | German association football player |
129 | Bodo Heyne | 1893 | |
130 | Bodo Martin Vogel | 1900 | German author |
131 | Bodo von Scriba | 1863 | |
132 | Bodo Wolf | 1940 | |
133 | Bodo Schulz | 1911 | German politician |
134 | Bodo Lampe | 1955 | German physicist |
135 | Bodo Lecke | 1939 | German educationist |
136 | Bodo Jopp | 1952 | German association football player |
137 | Bodo Saake | 1961 | German university teacher |
138 | Bodo Buschmann | ||
139 | Bodo Borchers | 1835 | |
140 | Bodo Helmholz | 1913 | German jurist |
141 | Bodo Krumbholz | 1958 | German politician |
142 | Bodo Horstkotte | 1950 | German association football player |
143 | Fritz Bodo | 1893 | Austrian educationist |
144 | Bodo Kox | 1977 | Polish actor and film director |
145 | Bodo Nüdling | 1943 | German politician |
146 | Bodo Kaltenboeck | 1893 | |
147 | Bodo Pareigis | 1937 | |
148 | Bodo Klüßendorf | 1958 | German association football player |
149 | Bodo Thomas | 1932 | |
150 | Bodo Kampmann | 1913 | |
151 | Bodo von dem Knesebeck | 1851 | |
152 | Bodo Witzke | 1955 | |
153 | Bodo Genz | 1973 | |
154 | Bodo Kroehl | 1873 | German politician |
155 | Cristiano Bodo | 1968 | |
156 | Bodo Spalty | ||
157 | Bodo Middeldorf | 1967 | German politician |
158 | Bodo Hollemann | 1940 |