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Dirk (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Related names
  
Theodoric

Language(s)
  
Dutch, Low German

Dirk is a Dutch and Low German short form of Dietrich. See Theodoric for the origin and history of the name.

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Dirk may refer to:

Given name

  • Dirk I, Count of Holland (died 944)
  • Dirk II, Count of Holland (944–988)
  • Dirk III, Count of Holland (died 1039)
  • Dirk IV, Count of Holland (1020–1049)
  • Dirk V, Count of Holland (1052–1091)
  • Dirk VI, Count of Holland (1114–1157)
  • Dirk VII, Count of Holland (died 1203)
  • Dirk Bach (1961–2012), German actor
  • Dirk Bauermann (born 1957), German basketball coach
  • Dirk Benedict (born 1945), American actor
  • Dirk Bikkembergs (born 1959), Belgian fashion designer
  • Dirk Blocker (born 1957), American actor
  • Dirk Bootsma (born 1936), Dutch geneticist
  • Dirk Brouwer (1902–1966), American astronomer
  • Dirk Brossé (born 1960), Belgian composer
  • Dirk Bruinenberg (born 1968), Dutch musician
  • Dirk Coster (1889–1950), Dutch physicist
  • Dirk Crabeth (1501–1574), Dutch artist
  • Dirk Cussler (born 1961), American writer
  • Dirk Dirksen (1937–2006), American music promoter
  • Dirk Elbers (born 1959), German politician
  • Dirk Fock (1858–1941), Dutch politician
  • Dirk Frimout (born 1941), Belgian astronaut and astrophysicist
  • Dirk Gates (born 1961), American businessman
  • Dirk Hartog (1580–1621), Dutch sailor and explorer
  • Dirk Hayhurst (born 1981), American author
  • Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960), Dutch politician and prime minister
  • Dirk Jan Struik (1894–2000), Dutch mathematician and historian
  • Dirk Johnson (born 1975), American football player
  • Dirk Kemp (born 1913), South African football player
  • Dirk Kempthorne (born 1951), American politician
  • Dirk Koetter (born 1959), American football coach
  • Dirk Kuyt (born 1980), Dutch football player
  • Dirk Mädrich (born 1983), German basketball player
  • Dirk Mudge (born 1928), Namibian politician
  • Dirk Müller (artist) (born 1946), Dutch sculptor
  • Dirk Müller (cyclist) (born 1973), German cyclist
  • Dirk Müller (racing driver) (born 1975), German race car driver
  • Dirk Nannes (born 1976), Australian cricket player
  • Dirk Niebel (born 1963), German politician
  • Dirk Nowitzki (born 1978), German basketball player
  • Dirk Polder (1919–2001), Dutch physicist
  • Dirk Schlächter (born 1965), German bassist
  • Dirk Stikker (1897–1979), Dutch politician and diplomat
  • Dirk Stoop (1615–1686), Dutch painter
  • Dirk Valkenburg (1675–1721), Dutch painter
  • Dirk van Erp (1860–1933), American coppersmith
  • Dirk van Braeckel (born 1958), Belgian car designer
  • Dirk de Waard (born 1919), Dutch geologist
  • Dirk Willems (died 1569), Dutch Anabaptist martyr and pacifist
  • Dirk Wilutzky (born 1965), German film maker
  • Stage name or nickname

  • Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999), stage name of British actor Derek van den Bogaerde
  • Stewart "Dirk" Fischer (1924–2013), American composer and musician
  • Richard Dirk Gringhuis (1918–1974), American artist and illustrator
  • Derrick Dirk Meyer (born 1961), American businessman
  • Gerald Dirk West (1930–1996), American editorial cartoonist and journalist
  • Surname

  • Robert Dirk (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Fictional characters

  • Dirk the Daring, the main character in the video game Dragon's Lair
  • Dirk Dagger (also known as Dirk Spanner), the main character in the video game Dirk Dagger and the Fallen Idol
  • Dirk Diggler, the main character in Boogie Nights played by Mark Wahlberg
  • Dirk Gently, the main character in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
  • Dirk McQuickly, the equivalent of Paul McCartney in The Beatles parody band The Rutles
  • Dirk Pitt, the main character in novels by Clive Cussler
  • Dirk Strider, a character from the webcomic Homestuck
  • Dirk Struan, the main character in James Clavell's 1966 novel Tai-Pan
  • References

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