Charlemagne is a good one no doubt and of course Ronald Reagan is a modern favorite. My last name is a variation of Theodoric who is (or was) a Germanic hero as you mentioned, so I've read alot of his history about 8 years ago. It seems that people back 500 years ago liked to name themselves after heros.
Good subject and would make for a great film as Theoderic beheads Odoacer in the persuit of Germanic civilization. Ever see the tomb of Theodoric? It's a strange structure.
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