Dirk (disambiguation)
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A Dirk is a long dagger. Dirk is also an uncommon name English, but common in Dutch and German.
Real people:
- Geddy Lee, Bass and vocals for canadian band Rush, whose nickname is Dirk.
- Dirk Bogarde, English stage and film star.
- Dirk Benedict, American actor known from Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team.
- Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player, currently playing in the NBA for the Dallas Mavericks.
- Dirk Johnson, football player for the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Dirk Kuyt, a Dutch striker who plays for Liverpool F.C.
In fiction:
- Dirk Gently, the main character in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams.
- Dirk Pitt, the protagonist of Clive Cussler's novels.
- Dirk McQuickly, the equivalent of Paul McCartney in The Beatles parody band The Rutles (played by Eric Idle).
- Dirk (play), an adaptation for stage of the above book
- Dirk the Daring, the main character in the video game Dragon's Lair.
- Dirk Diggler is main character in Boogie Nights played by Mark Walberg
- Dirk Dagger (also known as Dirk Spanner), the main character in the video game Dirk Dagger and the Fallen Idol for the N-Gage 2.0 service.
Other uses:
- A topping lift is known as a "dirk" in Dutch, German and Frisian.
- The name "Theodoric" in Dutch is "Dirk".
- Several Counts of Holland were called "Dirk"
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