Dirk (name)

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

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
• Dirk (Bizaardvark character), a main character on Disney Channel's Bizaardvark

See also

• Dirks (disambiguation)