A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger. Historically, it gained its name from the Highland dirk (Scottish Gaelic biodag) where it was a personal weapon...

Dirk Werner Nowitzki (German: [ˈdɪʁk noˈvɪtski] ; born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the...

Look up Dirk or dirk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A dirk is a type of dagger. Dirk may also refer to: Dirk (name), a list of people and fictional...

Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner; March 1, 1945) is an American actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in...

Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially...

1980s. The film is an expansion of Anderson's mockumentary short film The Dirk Diggler Story (1988), and stars Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds...

Dirk Pitt is a fictional character created by American novelist Clive Cussler and featured in a series of novels first published in 1976. Pitt is a larger-than-life...

Dennis Dirk Blocker (born July 31, 1957) is an American actor. He earned his first regular TV role on Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–1978), playing pilot Jerry...

Dirk Verbeuren (born 8 January 1975) is a Belgian drummer, best known as the current drummer of American thrash metal band Megadeth, and formerly the drummer...

Dirk Kuijt (Dutch: [ˈdɪr(ə) ˈkœyt] ; born 22 July 1980), anglicised to Kuyt, is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager who currently serves...

Dirk Valkenburg (1675, in Amsterdam – 1721, in Amsterdam) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Michiel van Musscher...

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comic science fiction detective television series created and primarily written by Max Landis. The two seasons...

Dirk Gently (born Svlad Cjelli, also known as Dirk Cjelli) is a fictional character created by English writer Douglas Adams and featured in the books Dirk...

The Dirk Diggler Story is a 1988 mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It follows the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a...

Dirk Maas (12 September 1659 – 25 December 1717), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Maas was born and died in Haarlem. According to Houbraken he...

Dirk Cussler (born 1961) is an American author. He is the son of best selling author Clive Cussler and a co-author of several Dirk Pitt adventure novels...

Dirk (Dutch: [ˈdɪr(ə)k]), formerly Dirk van den Broek (Dutch: [ˈdɪr(ə)k fɑn də(m) ˈbruk]), is a supermarket chain that operates 121 stores in the Netherlands...

Dirk Alvermann (24 December 1965 – 17 October 2023) was a German historian and archivist. Born in Berlin, Alvermann was the son of the photographer Dirk...

Look up Dirk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dirk is a male given name of Dutch origin. It is a traditional diminutive of the Dutch name Diederik...

Dirk Deppey is a comics journalist and critic. He is best known as the writer of The Comics Journal's news blog Journalista!. He was managing editor of...

George Alex Katunich (born August 18, 1976), best known by his stage name Dirk Lance, is an American musician. He was the founding bassist of the Californian...

Dirk Hartog (Dutch: [ˈdɪr(ə)k ˈɦɑrtɔx]; baptised 30 October 1580 – buried 11 October 1621) was a 17th-century Dutch mariner and explorer. Dirk Hartog's...

Dirk Reinhard Westphal (born 1963 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American artist living in New York City. Since completing his MFA at California Institute of...

Delilah Dirk is a series of action-adventure graphic novels by writer and illustrator Tony Cliff. Set in the early 19th century, the series follows Delilah...

Zachary Dirk Top (born September 26, 1997) is an American country music singer. Born in Sunnyside, Washington, he began his musical career in 2019 and...

DIRKS, an acronym for Designing and Implementing Recordkeeping Systems, is a comprehensive manual outlining the process for creating records management...

Dirk Powell (born June 7, 1969) is an American fiddler, banjo player, and singer. He was born in Oberlin southwest of Elyria, Ohio into a family with deep...

Dirk Bikkembergs (born 2 January 1959) is a Belgian fashion designer. Dirk Bikkembergs was born in Cologne, Germany, as his father was in the Belgian Army...

Dirk Jeffrey Koetter (/ˈkʌtər/ KUT-ər; born February 5, 1959) is an American former college and professional football coach. He recently served as the...

Dirk Abels (born 13 June 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a as a right back or center-back for V.League 1 club Cong An Ho Chi Minh...

Dirk VII (died 4 November 1203, in Dordrecht) was the count of Holland from 1190 to 1203. He was the elder son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon. Due...

Dirk Wanner Proper (born 24 February 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Heerenveen. Born in Elst, Gelderland...

Dirk Hoogendam, a.k.a. Dieter Hohendamm, alias The Boxer (18 May 1922, Vlaardingen – 8 August 2003 in Ringgau, Germany), was a Dutch war criminal. Hoogendam...

Dirk Kurbjuweit (born 3 November 1962 in Wiesbaden) is a German journalist and editor-in-chief of the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, which is published...

Dirk Gerard Willem Spitzen (18 March 1896, Wageningen – 26 January 1957, The Hague) was a Dutch politician. Mr. D.G.W. Spitzen at www.parlement.com v t...

Dirk Krüger is a German economist and currently Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at the University...

Dirk, Count van Hogendorp (18 December 1797, Amsterdam – 18 March 1845, The Hague), son of Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, nephew of Dirk van Hogendorp...

Dirk III may refer to: Dirk III, Count of Holland from 993 to 1039 Dirk III van Valkenburg [nl] (died 1305) Dirk III van Wassenaer (c. 1325–1391 or 1392)...

The Oxborough Dirk is a large ceremonial weapon or dirk from the Middle Bronze Age. One of only six such objects across Europe, it was found in a rural...

Dirk Henn (born 1960) is a German-style board game designer who was born in Bendorf, Germany. Dirk Henn is best known for his game Alhambra, which won...

Dirk Mommertz (born 12 August 1974) is a German pianist and chamber musician. Born in Mainz, Mommertz, grew up in Michelstadt, where he began his musical...

A dirk dance is a Scottish dance performed while brandishing a dirk. It is a solo dance but can be performed by two or more people dancing in unison....

Dirk Coetzee/Coetsee (1655 – 1725) was a Dutch colonist and the Hoofdheemraad (Chancellor) of the District of Stellenbosch and Drakenstein in South Africa...

third mate and future nemesis, Dirk Struan was whipped mercilessly. Dirk Struan vowed to someday destroy Brock. Later, Dirk Struan and Tyler Brock would...

Dirk Helbing (born January 19, 1965) is Professor of Computational Social Science at the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences of ETH...

Dirk Vanden (born Richard Fullmer; May 7, 1933 – October 21, 2014), was an American author and illustrator. He is considered the first gay Mormon writer...

Dirk Brandes (born 25 May 1974) is a German politician for the AfD and since 2021 member of the Bundestag, the federal diet. Brandes was born 1974 in the...

Derrick R. "Dirk" Meyer (born November 24, 1961) is a former chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices, serving in the position from July 18, 2008...

Dirk D. Obbink (born 13 January 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American papyrologist and classicist. He was Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature...

Dirk Johannes Hermann (born 13 January 1972) is a South African labour executive. He is chief executive officer of Solidarity, an Afrikaans union. He has...

Anthony Dirk Moses (born 1967) is an Australian scholar who researches various aspects of genocide. In 2022 he became the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor...

Dirk Klinkenberg (15 November 1709, Haarlem – 3 March 1799, The Hague) was secretary of the Dutch government for 40 years. He was also known as a mathematician...

Dirk Carlson (born 1 April 1998) is a professional footballer who plays for Austrian club SKN St. Pölten as a left back. Born in the United States, he...

Robert Michael Dirk (born August 20, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Dirk played in the National Hockey League between 1987...

Dirk Görlich, born October 18, 1966, in Halle (Saale) of Germany, is a German biochemist. He is now director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary...

Dirk Weise (born 4 February 1952) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he finished fourth...

Dirk Dirksen (August 25, 1937 – November 20, 2006) was a music promoter and emcee of the San Francisco punk rock clubs Mabuhay Gardens and On Broadway...

Dirk Herman Willem "Lak" Filarski (15 October 1885 — 28 February 1964) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist, a representative of the Bergen school. He...

Dirk Stoop (c. 1618–1686) was a widely travelled painter and engraver of the Dutch Golden Age. Alternative versions of his name include Dirck Stoff, Theodorus...

Dirk Ulaszewski (born 19 March 1964 in Essen) is a West German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he...

Dirk Erich Markus (born January 15, 1971) is a German-born entrepreneur. He is a founding partner of private equity investment group Aurelius.  From an...

Dirk Böttcher (13 October 1921 – 23 January 2011) was a German printer master, author and president of the association of Friends of the Historisches Museum...

Dirk Köhler (18 March 1968 – 30 May 1994) was a German sport shooter who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in Karlsruhe. Biography of Dirk...

Dirk VI (c. 1114 – 5 August 1157) was Count of Holland between 1121 and 1157, at first, during his minority, under the regency of his mother Petronilla...

Dirk Stephens (born June 13, 1963) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...

Dirk Ivens is a Belgian musician and performer in the industrial music genre. In 1978 he started as singer and guitar player in the punk band Slaughterhouse...

following her rescue, Dirk and Daphne are married. In both games, Dirk is voiced by sound editor Dan Molina. Retro Gamer included Dirk on their list of top...

Jan Dirk Bleijkmans (Bleykmans) (16 May 1875 – 27 December 1944) was a Dutch chess master. Bleijkmans was born in Amsterdam as the son of Karel Bleijkmans...

Dirk Willems (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)k ˈʋɪləms]; also spelled Durk Willems; died 16 May 1569) was a Dutch Anabaptist martyr most famous for escaping...

Eberhard Dirk Schuster (born 29 December 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Georgian Erovnuli Liga...

Dirk Kotzé is a South African politician, businessman and farmer serving as the Executive Mayor of the Mossel Bay Local Municipality since November 2021...

Dirk Kaftan (born 1971) is a German opera and concert conductor. Born in Marburg, West Germany, Kaftan grew up in Wittlich and Canada. At the age of 18...

Dirk Wiese may refer to: Dirk Wiese (bobsleigh), German bobsledder Dirk Wiese (politician) (born 1983), German politician This disambiguation page lists...

Dirk Bumann is a German infection biologist and professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland. Dirk Bumann studied chemistry and...

Dirk Bach (23 April 1961 – 1 October 2012) was a German actor, comedian and television presenter, best known as the co-host of Ich bin ein Star – Holt...

Dirk I may refer to: Dirk I, Count of Holland from ca. 896 to ca. 928 or 939 Dirk I van Valkenburg [nl] (died 1227) Dirk I (bishop) (died in 1197) Dirk...

Dirk Wynants (born 9 May 1964) is a Flemish furniture designer. He is the son of cabinet maker and studied interior and furniture design at the Sint-Lucas...

Dirk Joestel (born 14 August 1965 in Berlin) is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he finished...

Dirk Theismann (born 8 June 1963) is a German former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the...

Dirk Hubers (Amersfoort, 24 September 1913 – Guanajuato, 1 November 2003) was a Dutch ceramist, who lived and worked in Bergen, North Holland and starting...

Dirk Wouters (born 1955) was Belgium's ambassador to the United States. Wouters earned a B.A. degree in law and economics at the University of Antwerp...

Dirk Bauermann (born 10 December 1957) is a German professional basketball coach. Bauermann played club basketball in the German senior club of BBC Krefeld...

Dirk Bergemann (born 23 September 1964) is a German-American economist and the Douglass and Marion Campbell Professor of Economics at Yale University,...

Dirk (or Dirck) Pietersz Crabeth (1501 – 1574) was a Dutch Renaissance glass painter, tapestry designer, and mapmaker. He was employed by the Janskerk...

Dirk II may refer to: Dirk II, Count of Holland (920/930 – 988) Dirk II van Valkenburg [nl] (died 1268) Dirk II van Brederode (c. 1256 – 1318) This disambiguation...

Dirk Weiler is a German actor and singer. Dirk Weiler is a German-born actor and singer. He showed an interest in the performing arts from an early age...

Dirk Ahlborn is an entrepreneur, investor, and an American businessman. He is from Berlin and currently works in California; he holds a U.S. citizenship...

Dirk Rossmann (born 1946) is a German billionaire businessman and author, founder of Rossmann, Germany's second-largest drug store chain. As of April 2024...

Dirk Krüssenberg (born 29 September 1945) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the first goalkeeper in Bundesliga history who...

Dirk Coetzee (15 April 1945 – 7 March 2013) was co-founder and commander of the covert South African Security Police unit based at Vlakplaas. He and his...

Dirk Baert (14 February 1949 – 7 July 2026) was a Belgian road and track cyclist. On track, he won one gold and two bronze medals in the individual pursuit...

Dirk Pohlmann (born August 11, 1959) is a German journalist, author, screenwriter, director and producer of around 20 historical documentaries for German...

Dirk Van de Put (born 14 May 1960) is a Belgian businessman, and the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mondelez International since November...

Dirk Galuba (born 28 August 1940 in Schneidemühl) is a German television actor. 1972: Tears of Blood 1976: Derrick - Season 3, Episode 5: "Schock" 1976:...

Dirk Johannes Lehmann (born 16 August 1971) is a German former professional footballer who is currently the manager of SC 1910 Ederen. Lehmann was born...

Pieter-Dirk Uys (/ˈeɪs/; born 28 September 1945) is a South African performer, author, satirist, and social activist. One of his best known roles is as...

Dirk Geukens (29 June 1963 – 22 July 2020) was a Belgian professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1984 to 1996...

Dirk Leun (born 11 April 1964) is a German handball coach. He is the current head coach of Buxtehuder SV in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen. Between 1999...

Dirk Frederik Mudge (16 January 1928 – 26 August 2020) was a Namibian politician. He served in several high-ranking positions in the South African administration...

Dirk Dammann (born 14 August 1967) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Dammann played professionally for FC St. Pauli...

Dirk Gently is a British comic science fiction detective television series based on characters from the novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by...

Dirk Geeraerd (born 2 December 1963) is a Belgian football manager and former player. Geeraerd was dismissed as Roeselare manager in October 2008. In November...

Dirk Oberritter (born 10 July 1972) is a German former professional footballer. As a defender, Oberritter began his career with Dynamo Dresden, making...

Dirk Heyne (born 10 October 1957) is a German professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Heyne began his footballing career...

Dirk Schweisfurth (born 24 October 1965) is a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics representing West...

Dirk Demol (born 4 November 1959) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and a cycling team manager. He is currently assistant sports director...

Dirk Niebel (German pronunciation: [ˈdɪʁk ˈniːbl̩]; born 29 March 1963) is a German politician. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Federal Minister of Economic...

Dirk Müller may refer to: Dirk Müller (artist) (born 1946), Dutch sculptor Dirk Müller (cyclist) (born 1973), German cyclist Dirk Müller (racing driver)...

Dirk Jozef Alfons Fransaer (born 9 August 1958 in Dendermonde) is a Belgian engineer and director of the Flemish Institute for Technological Research in...

Dirk Arthur Kempthorne (October 29, 1951 – April 24, 2026) was an American politician from the state of Idaho. A Republican, he served as a United States...

and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on The New York Times fiction best-seller list more...

Dirk "Dizi" Zimmer (2 October 1943 – 26 September 2008) was a German artist and an illustrator and writer of American children's books. Zimmer was born...

Dirk IV (ca. 1020/1030 – 13 January 1049) was Count of Holland from 1039 to 1049 (which was called Frisia at that time). Dirk's date of birth is unknown...

Dirk Barsikow (born 1 October 1962) is a German retired football defender and later manager. Dirk Barsikow at WorldFootball.net v t e...

Dirk Roosenburg (June 6, 1887 – October 22, 1962) was a Dutch architect and designer. His father Dirk Leonard Roosenburg was a doctor, his mother Selinde...

children. His siblings were William Donald Rambo; identical twin Orman Ray "Dirk" Rambo (died 1967), and sister Beverly Jean Rambo. Beatrice Rambo outlived...

Dirk Toepffer (born 6 June 1965 in Hannover) is a German politician serving as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony since 2008. From 2017 to 2022, he...

Dirk Brouwer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)ɡ ˈbrʌu.ər]; September 1, 1902 – January 31, 1966) was a Dutch-American astronomer. He received his PhD in 1927...

Dirk Radszat (born 4 June 1971) is a German judoka. Webmaster. "Ehrentafel". Judoclub Leipzig e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2026-01-31. Dirk Radszat at JudoInside...

Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪk ɑtfoːˈkaːt] ; born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player...

Dirk Stoltz (born 26 February 1969) is a South African actor. He is most notable for the roles in the films Safe House, Witness to a Kill, Stander and...

Dirk Richter (born 12 September 1964) is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer...

Dirk Lottner (born 4 March 1972) is a German football manager and a former player who is currently the manager of Hannover 96's under-19 team. From 2016...

caused by improper maintenance. Captain Robert Piché, 48, and First Officer Dirk DeJager, 28, glided the plane to a successful emergency landing in the Azores...

Dirk, Knight Brossé (born 18 February 1960, Ghent) is a Belgian conductor and composer. He has composed over 200 works, including concerti, oratorios,...

Dirk Steffen Schübel (born 1965) is a diplomat and economist from Germany. He serves in the European External Action Service (EEAS) as the Head of the...

Dirk Schneider (born in 1968) is a German film director and author. Dirk Schneider studied journalism in Leipzig and worked as an author during this time...

Dirk IV may refer to: Dirk IV, Count of Holland Dirk IV of Valkenburg Dirk IV van Wassenaer [nl] Dirk IV van Wisch [nl] This disambiguation page lists...

1999 "Dirk Huysmans". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 September 2021. "Dirk Huysmans". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 September 2021. "Dirk Huysmans"...

Dirk Pietersz (1558 – c. 1621) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Karel van Mander he was born in Amsterdam, the son of Pieter Aertsen and the...

Dirk Mädrich (born 16 July 1983) is a German professional basketball player who currently plays for EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Basketball League...

Grissemann are an Austrian German comedy duo comprising Dirk Stermann and Christoph Grissemann. Dirk Stermann (born 7 December 1965 in Duisburg) hails from...

Dirk Wippermann (born 27 January 1946) is a German former discus thrower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans...

Dirk H. Ehnts (born 1977) is a German heterodox economist. He is one of the leading proponents of Modern Monetary Theory in Europe. Ehnts was born in Bremen...

Star was a former name of the 3,181 GT super-trawler and factory ship Dirk-Dirk, built in 1983 at Harlingen, Netherlands for the Dutch fishing company...

Dirk IV (also Thierry IV or Dietrich IV) was the lord of Valkenburg [nl] from 1333 until 1346. Like his father, Dirk joined an alliance against the expansionist...

Dirk Steffens (born May 20, 1950) is a German musician, audio engineer, and record producer. Steffens studied guitar and piano at the Hamburg Conservatory...

Dirk Schlächter (born 15 February 1965, in Bad Nauheim, West Germany) is the bassist of the power metal band Gamma Ray. Dirk got in touch with music for...

The statue of Dirk Nowitzki (nicknamed "The Fadeaway") is located in front of the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, United States. The 23-foot...

Dirk I (Frisian Durk I or Diderik, Latin Theoderic or Thidericus Fresonie, German Dietrich) was count of West Frisia, later known as the County of Holland...

Dirk Demeersman (born 15 July 1964) is a Belgian equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he was a...

Dirk Wittenborn (born November 5, 1951) is an American screenwriter and novelist. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and started writing...

Dirk V (c. 1052 – June 17, 1091) was Count of West-Frisia from 1061 to 1091. Dirk V succeeded his father, Floris I, under the guardianship of his mother...

Dirk Meerkerk (1620 in Gouda – 1660 in Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he was born in the former brewery "Van den Passer"...

Dirk Baksteen (29 March 1886 in Rotterdam – 24 September 1971 in Antwerp,) was a Belgian painter and etcher. Baksteen, the son of Dirk Baksteen and Jansje...

Dirk Hilbert is a German politician. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), he has served as the current Lord Mayor of Dresden, the capital city...

(September 1, 1924 – February 25, 2013) known professionally as Dirk Fischer or Dirty Dirk Fischer was an American composer, arranger, educator, trumpeter...

Dirk Jozef Maria Sterckx (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)k ˈstɛr(ə)ks]; born 25 September 1946 in Herent) is a Belgian politician of Anders (formerly Open...

Dirk Strangely is a multimedia artist based in Houston, Texas. He is frequently a guest artist at comic book, horror, and sci-fi conventions, and is featured...

Dirk Schachtsiek (born November 4, 1965) is a German fistball player, recognized at "Europe's player of the century". During the late 1980s and the early...

Dirk Philips (1504–1568) was an early Anabaptist writer and theologian. He was one of the peaceful disciples of Melchior Hoffman and later joined Menno...

Dirk Sondermann (born 1960 in Bochum) is a German theologian and specialist for folklore expert. He is specialized into the regional legend world of North...

Dirk Werner (born 25 May 1981 in Hannover, Lower Saxony) is a German racing driver. Born in Hannover, Werner was 2007 and 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car...

Cyclone Dirk was a large and deep European windstorm that affected Western Europe from the Iberian Peninsula to Iceland from 22 December 2013. Dirk formed...

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, published in 1987. It is described by the author...

Dirk Lohan (born 1938, Rathenow, Germany) is an American architect and principal partner at Lohan Architecture. His own works include McDonald's former...

Dirk Hartog Island is an island off the Gascoyne coast of Western Australia, within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. It is about 80 kilometres (50 miles)...

Dirk Eddelbuettel is a Canadian-American statistician, data scientist and researcher. He is one of the authors of the open-source software package Rcpp...

Dirk Bremser (born 1 October 1965) is a German football coach and a former player, He is the currently assistant head coach of Bundesliga club Holstein...

Dirk Josef Hebel (born 24 November 1972) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. As a player, he played professionally in...

Dirk Drescher (born 28 February 1968) is a German retired football goalkeeper. "Dirk Drescher" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 15 April 2011....

Dirk Coster (5 October 1889 – 12 February 1950) was a Dutch physicist. He was a professor of physics and meteorology at the University of Groningen. Coster...

Dirk Alan Shafer (November 7, 1962 – March 5, 2015) was an American model, actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Carbondale, Illinois, he was most...

Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium) is a Belgian astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew...

Dirk (Dik) Bouwmeester (born 1967) is a Dutch experimental physicist specializing in quantum optics and quantum information. He currently holds faculty...

Dirk Peter Nannes (born 16 May 1976) is an Australian-Dutch cricket commentator and former cricketer who has played internationally for both Australia...

Dirk Brouwer Award may refer to: Brouwer Award (Division on Dynamical Astronomy), an award given annually by the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the...

Dirk Wears White Sox is the debut studio album by English new wave band Adam and the Ants. It was released on 30 November 1979 by record label Do It. It...

Dirk Heesen (born 15 September 1969) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is assistant coach of Jupiler Pro League side Beerschot...

Dirk Von Hayhurst (born March 24, 1981) is an American author and broadcaster, and formerly a professional baseball pitcher. Hayhurst played in Major League...

Dirk Borgognone (born January 9, 1968) is a former National Football League placekicker who holds the record for the longest field goal ever kicked in...

Dirk Dubbers (short for Dietrich Jochen Dubbers) (born 16 November 1943 in Dresden) is a German physicist. Dubbers studied physics at the universities...

Dirk Dufner (born 20 February 1968 in Hausach) is a German football official. Dufner, the son of a lawyer, did not get beyond a youth career as a football...

Dirk Verdoorn (born 1957 in Dordrecht), is a French peintre de la marine from the Netherlands. He spent his childhood on a barge at the confluence of the...

Dirk Caspers (born 31 May 1980 in Duisburg) is a German former footballer. Caspers played for several clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia, including many reserve...

Gerald Glynn "Dirk" West (October 23, 1928 – July 26, 1996) was an editorial cartoonist, journalist, and mayor from Lubbock, Texas, most famous for his...

Dirk Penkwitz (born 1969 in Pinneberg, Germany) is a German television host. Penkwitz visited the Axel-Springer-Akademie and hosted Punkt 12, Life! Die...

Dirk II or Theoderic II (920/930 – 6 May 988) was a count in West Frisia, and ancestor of the counts of Holland. He was the son and heir of Dirk I and...

Dirk Robert Englund is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his research...

Dirk Vöpel (born 29 May 1971) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state...

Dirk Reuyl (1906 – 1972) was a Dutch American physicist and astronomer. He was the cousin of astronomer Peter van de Kamp. Like his cousin, Reuijl (later...

Dirk Bezemer (born 1971) is a Dutch economist who is a professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. He studied...

Dirk Inzé (born 19 October 1957) is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor emeritus at Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium). He received his PhD from...

Dirk E. Deaton (born 1994) is an American politician serving as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 159th district. He assumed office...

Dirk Christian Baltzly (born 1963) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. He is known for his research...

Dirk Kummer (born 29 September 1966 in Hennigsdorf) is a German actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing movies Sugar Sand (2017)...

Dirk Fock (19 June 1858 – 17 October 1941) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Liberal State Party (LSP) now merged into the People's Party...

Captain Dirk Meinerts Hahn, sometimes spelt Dirk Meinertz Hahn (born 1804 in Westerland, Sylt, died 1860) was the captain of the ship Zebra that he captained...

Dirk Medved (born 15 September 1968) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a defender (right or central). During his professional career, Genk-born...

Dirk Braeckman (born 1958 in Eeklo, Belgium) is a Belgian photographer who lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. The artist studied photography and film at...

Dirk Bellemakers (born 19 January 1984) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2008 and 2013. Bellemakers...

Dirk Urban (born 14 January 1969 in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein) is a retired German shot putter. His personal best throw was 20.26 metres, achieved...

Dirk Wayenberg (14 September 1955 – 15 March 2007) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1988 Tour de France. "Dirk Wayenberg"...

Lucas Theodoor Dirk Uittenbogaard (born 8 May 1990) is a Dutch representative rower. He is a European champion, an Olympic gold and bronze medallist and...

Wikispecies has information related to Hendrik Cornelis Dirk de Wit. Hendrik (Henk) Cornelis Dirk de Wit (24 October 1909 – 16 March 1999) was a Dutch systematic...

Dirk van den Broek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)k fɑn də(m) ˈbruk]; 27 March 1924 – 8 April 2020) was a Dutch businessman. He was the founder of Cooperating...

Dirk Eitzert (born 1 November 1968) is a retired German football midfielder. "Dirk Eitzert" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 20 April 2011. "Eitzert...

Dirk Christian Herber (born 24 September 1979) is a German politician serving as state secretary of the interior of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2026. From...

Dirk van Braeckel (born 19 February 1958 in Deinze), is a Belgian car designer. He is known for the designing of various models for Volkswagen Group, especially...

Dirk Spaniel (born 3 November 1971) is a German politician (Values Union since 2025, formerly Alternative for Germany). Dirk Spaniel has served as a member...

Dirk Wilutzky (born 1965 in Herleshausen, West Germany) is a German film producer and director. He won the shared Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature...

Dirk Kreimer (born 12 July 1960) is a German physicist who pioneered the Hopf-algebraic approach to perturbative quantum field theory with Alain Connes...

Dirk Busch (born 1950 in Brunsbüttelkoog, Kreis Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) is a German professor, singer, songwriter, composer, and music...

Dirk Nicolaas Lotsij, sometimes spelled as Dirk Lotsy (3 July 1882 – 27 March 1965), was a Dutch amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics...

Dirk Stamer (born 13 June 1980) is a German politician serving as a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2016. He has been a municipal...

Dirk Heidolf (born 14 September 1976, Hohenstein) is a German former road racer of solo motorcycles at Grand Prix level. Heidolf's best seasons were in...

Dirk Jan Struik (September 30, 1894 – October 21, 2000) was a Dutch-born American (since 1934) mathematician, historian of mathematics, and Marxist theoretician...

Dirk Gotink (Dutch: [ˈdɪr(ə)k ˈxoːtɪŋk]; born 13 August 1981) is a Dutch politician of the Christian-democratic New Social Contract (NSC) party, serving...

Dirk de Vos may refer to: Dirk de Vos (cricketer) Dirk de Vos (art historian) Dirk de Vos (rugby union) This disambiguation page lists articles about people...

Dirk Rehbein (born 14 August 1967 in Langenfeld (Rheinland)) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Rehbein joined FC Berlin...

Dirk van Hoogstraten (1596–1640) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, and father of Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten. Dirk's father Hans (1568–1605) emigrated...

Dirk Poot (born 1968) is a Dutch programmer and politician who is a former lijsttrekker and spokesperson for the board of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands...

Dirk Dresselhaus (born 28 August 1970 in Bielefeld), better known by his stage name Schneider TM, is a German musician from Berlin. "Schneider TM - Ereignishorizont...

Dirk Kontny (born 30 November 1965) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. "Dirk Kontny" (in German). fussballdaten.de...

Dirk Flock (born 23 May 1972) is a German former professional football player and now manager. 1. FC Kaiserslautern DFB-Pokal: 1995–96 Werder Bremen DFB-Pokal:...

Dirk Van Oekelen (born 31 March 1971) is a Belgian footballer who played as a defender. Van Oekelen spent his early career in Turnhout, concurrent to studying...

Dirk De Wolf (born 16 January 1961) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium. In 1982 at the age of 23 De Wolf won the Sealink International...

Dirk Rafelsz Camphuysen (1586, Gorinchem – 9 July 1627, Dokkum) was a Dutch painter, poet and theologian. According to Houbraken, he was the son of a respected...

Dirk III (also called Dirik or Theodoric) was the count with jurisdiction over what would become the county of Holland, often referred to in this period...

Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar (born 12 August 1983), known professionally as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌklaːˈɕjɑn ˈɦʏntəlaːr] ), is a Dutch...

Dirk M. Guldi is a German chemist, academic, and author. He is a full professor at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, an adjunct professor...

Dirk Vanderherten (born 9 March 1957) is a Belgian long-distance runner who competed in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Dirk Antony Williams (born 31 March 1961) is a New Zealand-born Australian former rugby union player. Born in Tauranga, Williams was educated at Mount...

Dirk Rossmann GmbH, commonly referred to as Rossmann, is one of the largest drug store chains in Europe with around 56,200 employees and more than 4000...

Dirk Pieter Kroese (born 1963) is a Dutch-Australian mathematician and statistician, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland. He is known...

Dirk Rijnders (born 8 March 1909 in Harderwijk, Gelderland – died 7 November 2006 in Eindhoven) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Historical Union...

Dirk Kienscherf (born 20 December 1965 in Hamburg) is a German politician serving as a member of the Hamburg Parliament since 2001. He has served as group...

Dirk Leppen (born 23 August 1966) is a German former professional tennis player. Leppen, a native of Vreden, reached a career high singles ranking of 174...

Dirk Orlishausen (born 15 August 1982) is a German former professional football goalkeeper, and currently the goalkeeper coach of Hansa Rostock. Orlishausen...

Dirk Müller (born 18 November 1975) is a German Ford factory racing driver. He drove for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar...

Dirk Koperlager van Erp (1862–1933) was a Dutch American artisan, coppersmith and metalsmith, best known for lamps made of copper with mica shades, and...

Dirk Ameyden or Teodoro Amideno (1586–1656) was a canonist and journalist from the Low Countries who was active in 17th-century Rome. Ameyden was born...

David George Dirk Maggs (born St. Helier, Jersey, February 1955) is a British freelance writer and director. During his career as a Senior Producer in...

Dirk Sager (13 August 1940 – 2 January 2014) was a German journalist. Sager studied American studies, politics and journalism at the Free University of...

Dirk Balthaus (born 1965 in Oberhausen) is a German jazz pianist. He is leader of the Dirk Balthaus Trio, which performed with Lars Dietrich at the North...

Dirk Boonstra (24 February 1893 – 9 September 1944) was a police commander for the village of Grijpskerk in the Netherlands during World War II. For his...

fisheries company based in the Netherlands, founded in 1949 by Dirk Parlevliet and brothers Dirk and Jan van der Plas. The company began by purchasing herring...

Dirk Knappheide (born 10 May 1967) is a German former modern pentathlete. He competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics and for Germany at the...

1st tai-pan: Dirk Struan, 1828–1841 2nd tai-pan: Culum Struan, 1841–1862 3rd tai-pan: Sir Lochlin Struan, 1862–1873?? 4th tai-pan: Dirk Dunross, 1873–1894...

Harold Dockweiler (1920 – August 1948), professionally known by his pen name Dirk Wylie, was an American science fiction author and literary agent. Wylie was...

Dirk Greiser (born 24 February 1963 in West Berlin) is a retired German footballer. "Greiser, Dirk" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 5 February 2012. Dirk...

Dirk Sadowicz (born 25 February 1965) is a retired German football defender. "Dirk Sadowicz". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 May 2013. "Dirk Sadowicz"...

Dirk Brinkmann (born 2 October 1964) is a former West German field hockey player who competed at two Summer Olympics. On both occasions he won the silver...

John Dirk Walecka, often quoted as J. Dirk Walecka (born March 11, 1932) is an American theoretical nuclear and particle physicist. He is a fellow of...

pilot episode of Dirk Gently is the first broadcast episode of the BBC Four television series inspired by Douglas Adams's novel Dirk Gently's Holistic...

Dirk Stegmann (born 8 March 1983) is a former South African tennis player. Stegmann has a career high ATP singles ranking of 341 achieved on 28 October...

Dirk de Ridder may refer to: Dirk de Ridder (sailor) Dirk De Ridder (neurosurgeon) This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same...

Dirk Dagger and the Fallen Idol is an adventure game by Swedish developer Jadestone and published on the N-Gage 2.0 platform, released on August 19, 2008...

Adriaan Dirk Jacob Meeuse (18 October 1914 – 15 September 2010) was a Dutch botanist and naturalist. Apart from plants he had an interest in insects and...

Dirk Müller (born 4 August 1973) is a German former cyclist. He won the German National Road Race Championships in 2006. 1993 1st Stage 2 Bayern-Rundfahrt...

Dirk Hinderyckx (15 December 1956) is a former Belgian footballer who played mostly as attacking midfielder. Belgian First Division: 1975-76, 1976-77 Belgian...

Dirk Smorenberg (September 4, 1883 – September 14, 1960) was a Dutch painter. Smorenberg was born in Alkmaar, North Holland and started painting professionally...

Dirk Martens (Latin: Theodoricus Martinus) (1446 or 1447 – 28 May 1534) was a printer and editor in the County of Flanders. He published over fifty books...

Dirk Schouten (born 1 March 2001) is a Dutch racing driver who is currently competing in the 2026 Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland and in the Porsche...

Dirk Cornelis du Toit (19 September 1943 — 1 June 2009) was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Republic of South Africa from 1999...

Dirk Peter Viljoen (born 11 March 1977, in Enkeldoorn – now Chivhu) is a former cricketer who played 2 Tests and 53 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe...

Dirk Copeland (born September 5, 1972) is an American former cyclist. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Hartog Plate or Dirk Hartog's Plate is either of two pewter plates, although primarily the first, which were left on Dirk Hartog Island on the western...

Dirk John Vlug (August 20, 1916 – June 25, 1996) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the...

Dirk Becker (born 4 May 1966 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician and member of the SPD. From 2005 to 2015 he was a member of the...

Dirk I. Gates (born June 25, 1961 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American businessman, founder and chief executive officer of two companies, Xircom and...

Dirk Fabriek (born 2 April 1985) is a Dutch motorcycle racer who competes in longtrack and Grasstrack. Fabriek represented the Netherlands national long...

Dirk Klingenberg (born 23 July 1969 in Duisburg) is a former professional water polo player from Germany. Klingenberg is counted as the best water polo...

American television and film actress. She starred in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Jade Eshete was born to Guyanese and...

Dirk Kurtenbach (born 2 August 1964) is a German former footballer who played as a forward. Kurtenbach started his career at 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna...

Dirk Bus (5 December 1907 - 10 June 1978 in The Hague) was a Dutch sculptor. Bus was educated in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague and Rijksakademie...

Dirk Langendijk (8 March 1748 – 15 December 1805) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and etcher. He produced mainly depictions of land and sea battles and...

Dirk Postma (Dokkum, Friesland, the Netherlands, 10 January 1818 – Burgersdorp, 28 December 1890) was the first minister in the Reformed Church in South...

Dirk Baberowski is a German Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players of the game. He has won three Pro Tours, tying him in...

during the 1990s, entering a period of rebuilding, until the acquisition of Dirk Nowitzki in 1998. Nowitzki would become the cornerstone of the most successful...

Dirk B.K. Van Raalte (March 1, 1844 – February 10, 1910) was a Union soldier during the American Civil War and served as a member of the Michigan State...

Dirk Hafemeister (17 April 1958 – 31 August 2017) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the West German...

Dirk Matthias Panter (born 7 February 1974 in Achern) is a German politician serving as minister of economic affairs, labour, energy and climate protection...

Dirk Kuhnen is a retired German rugby player, who played prop for the German national team from 1988 to 1998. He was the regular captain of Germany from...

Dr. Dirk Spennemann, an Australian cultural heritage academic, is an associate professor in Cultural Heritage Management at the School of Agriculture,...

Dirk Wolf (born 4 August 1972) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Wolf is best known for playing in the Bundesliga...

Dirk Louis Maria Van Mechelen (born 27 August 1957) is a Belgian politician for Anders (formerly Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats) who served as Flemish...

Dirk Johannes Wessels is a South African politician who has served as a Democratic Alliance Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since 2024...

Dirk De fauw (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)ɡ də ˈfʌu]; born 7 December 1957) is a Belgian politician of the CD&V party. He is the son of Hilaire De fauw [nl]...

Dirk van Teylingen, lord of Brederode (Latin: Theodericus de Theylingen) (c. 1180 – 1236) was lord of Brederode and landdrost of the counts of Holland...

Dirk Meyer is a German conductor active in the United States of America since 2002. Meyer is currently music director of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra...

Dirk Anthony Ballendorf (April 22, 1939 – February 4, 2013) was an American historian and professor whose area of expertise was Micronesia. Ballendorf...

Dirk Schreyer (28 July 1944 – 5 December 2025) was a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany. Schreyer won a gold medal in the eight at...

Dirk Hannemann (born 11 August 1970) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 11 appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga...

Dirk de Vrije (1620, Gouda – 1681, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age glass painter. According to the RKD he was probably related to the glass painter Adriaan...

Dirk Reichardt (born September 9, 1964) is a German composer, sound designer, jingle producer and pioneer in the field of curative or medico-functional...

Dirk Gidney (born 23 April 1952) is a Canadian rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans...

This tendency to divide himself between multiple "splinters" (Robo-Dirk, Brain Ghost Dirk, his Auto-responder) is a reoccurring motif of his character. This...

Dirk MacDonald Wellham (born 13 March 1959) is a former Australian cricketer who played in six Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between...

Dirk Van Tichelt (born 10 June 1984) is a Belgian judoka. Van Tichelt's biggest achievement was his 2008 European title in Lisbon. At the same year, at...

Dirk Vekeman (25 September 1960 – 5 May 2013) was a Belgian football player. He came through the youth ranks at R.S.C. Anderlecht and played 35 matches...

Dirk Hillbrecht (born 10 June 1972, Hannover) is a software developer and a former leader of the Pirate Party Germany. He is also a campaigner against...

Pharmakon is a 2008 novel written by the author Dirk Wittenborn. Though fictional, it was greatly influenced by Wittenborn's relationship with his father...

Dirk Holdorf (born 3 September 1966) is a retired German football player. He spent two seasons in the 2. Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschweig. After...

Dirk Wagener (born 21 April 1971), is a German diplomat and international development official serving as the United Nations Resident Coordinator for the...

Dirk Zupancic (* 1969) is a German academic. He was president and professor for management and management education at the private German Graduate School...

Dirk De Ridder (born 6 August 1966) is a Belgian neurosurgeon. He is a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. De...

in the RKD Dirk Dalens in Jan van Gool's Nieuwe Schouburg, 1750, pp. 134-136 2 artworks by or after Dirk Dalens III at the Art UK site Dirk Dalens III...

Dirk Trauner (born 17 April 1967 in Linz) is an Austrian-American chemist. From 1986 to 1991, Trauner studied biology and biochemistry at the University...

impression. Walter Van Beirendonck Ann Demeulemeester Dries Van Noten Dirk Van Saene Dirk Bikkembergs Marina Yee The fashion collective presented a distinct...

Dirk Schrade (born 29 June 1978 in Münsingen) is a German equestrian. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Individual eventing and team eventing...

horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, and Heather Menzies. Its plot follows a college student who becomes...

Dirk Imhof (born 1961) is a Belgian book historian, author and museum curator specializing in rare books and rare maps of Renaissance Europe, particularly...

Dirk Cornelis "Dick" Elffers (Rotterdam, 9 December 1910 – Amsterdam, 17 June 1990) was a Dutch artist. Elffers was trained at the Academie voor Beeldende...

Dirk Baldinger (born 27 August 1971) is a German former professional racing cyclist who now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team...

Dirk van Duijvenbode (born 30 June 1992) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he reached...

Dirk Bielefeldt (born 1957 in Hamburg) is a German actor and cabaret artist, particularly famous for his role of the policeman, Herr Holm. Bielefeldt completed...

Dirk Schübeler is a German researcher, Director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) and professor at the University of Basel...

Dirk Heirweg (born 27 September 1955) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1976...

Yōzan Dirk W. Mosig (born 1943) is a psychologist, historian, literary critic and ordained Zen monk noted for his critical work on H. P. Lovecraft. He...

Dirk Müller (born 25 October 1968) is a German stock trader, fund manager and author. He is internationally known as Mr. DAX and Dirk of the DAX, because...

Dirk Stahmann (born 23 March 1958) is a former East German football player. He spent his entire career with 1. FC Magdeburg. Shortly after his 20th birthday...

episode, the Tagi alliance led by Hatch secretly worked together to vote Dirk Been off the island, surprising many of the remaining contestants, who were...

Dirk Marten Fortuin (14 July 1901 – 24 November 1986) was a Dutch rower. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with the men's coxed four where...

Dirk Weetendorf (born 1 October 1972) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a striker, and manager. Weetendorf was born in Burg auf...

Dirk Kramer (born 11 April 1960) is a German former skier. He competed in the Nordic combined event at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...

Dirk Lewandowski (born 1973) is a German professor of information research and information retrieval at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany...

Dirk Scott (born 14 September 1955) is a South African cricketer. He played in seventeen first-class and four List A matches for Border from 1978/79 to...

Dirk Stettner (born 24 August 1969) is a German entrepreneur and politician. He is a member of (CDU). Stettner completed high school in Siegen. He then...

Dirks is a patronymic surname ("son of Dirk"). Some variant forms are Derks, Dircks, Dirkse, Dirksen, Dirksz and Dirkx. People with this name include:...

Dirk Laurie de Beer (born 2 June 1963) is a South African Formula One aerodynamicist. He was most recently the head of aerodynamics at the Alpine team...

Dirk Rauin (born 16 March 1957) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the West German handball...

Dirk Lives in Holland (original title: Jackie bor i Holland) is the title of a book by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, with photos by Anna Riwkin-Brick...

Dirk Bellemans (born 22 February 1966) is a Belgian former sailor. He competed in the men's 470 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. "Dirk Bellemans". Olympedia...

Dirk Bolt (24 October 1930 – 13 December 2020) was a Dutch-born architect who is best known for his post-Second World War Australian modernist architecture...

Dirk Janssen (11 July 1881 – 22 November 1986) was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Born in Groningen, Janssen was part of the...

Dirk Polder (23 August 1919 – 18 March 2001) was a Dutch physicist working on solid-state physics, magnetism, molecular physics and nanoscale physics....

Dirk Fudickar (born 2 August 1946) is a German former sports shooter. He competed in the 300 m rifle, three positions event at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

Dirk Matschenz (born 30 May 1979 in Erfurt) is a Dutch skeleton racer, who took part in the 2005/2006 Skeleton World Cup trying to qualify for the 2006...

Dirk de Vries Lam (20 January 1869, Leeuwarden – 5 July 1937, Groningen) was a Dutch painter who specialized in cityscapes. The name De Vries, from his...

Dirk van der Aa (1731 – 23 February 1809) was a Dutch rococo painter who is best known for his allegorical work. He was born in The Hague, and first apprenticed...

Konrad Karl Erich Bodo Wilhelm Dirk Dressler (born 19 July 1958) is a German neurologist and psychiatrist. He is Full Professor of Neurology at Hannover...

Dirk Dedeaux is an American politician who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 93rd district from 1996 to 2012. "Dirk Dedeaux"...

Dirk Korthals (born 22 March 1962) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;...

Lieutenant General Dirk Verbeek SD SM MMM is a South African Army general who spent his career in the Military Intelligence Service. He served as Chief...

Dirk Uipko Stikker (5 February 1897 – 23 December 1979) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Liberal State Party (LSP), co-founder of the...

is part of a Jewish conspiracy to decimate non-Jews. He is the father of Dirk Hamer, who died of gunshot wounds allegedly inflicted by Vittorio Emanuele...

Dirk Anders (born 26 September 1966) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Anders began playing football for the youth...

Dirk Hornung is a German curler. Dirk Hornung at World Curling Dirk Hornung at World Curling v t e...

Dirk Hannema (16 September 1895 – 7 July 1984) was a controversial museum director and art collector. The Museum Boijmans flourished under his directorship...

Dirk Scalongne (12 December 1879 – 1 April 1973) was a Dutch Schout-bij-nacht and fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1912 Summer...

Buscemi is the nickname of the Belgian DJ Dirk Swartenbroekx, who is also active as a newspaper journalist. His style can be described as dance music with...

finished the game perfectly. The "Dirk Niblick of the Math Brigade" segment was an animated cartoon. The title character, Lt. Dirk Niblick, is tasked in each...

Dirk Muschiol (born 13 April 1969) is a former professional German footballer. Muschiol made 55 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga for SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890...

the 1912 novella of the same name by German author Thomas Mann. It stars Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach and Björn Andrésen as Tadzio, with supporting...

Dirk Nak (1884 or 1885 – 2 May 1967) was a Dutch trade union leader, active in Denmark. Born in the Netherlands, Nak became a cigar maker. In 1913, he...

Diederik (or Dirk) Johannes Opperman, commonly referred to as D.J. Opperman (/ˈɔːpərmʌn/ 29 September 1914 – 22 September 1985) was a South African poet...

Dirk J. Debbink is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy and former Chief of the Navy Reserve. From Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Debbink holds a bachelor's...

Dirk Antoon Nico Marcellis (born 13 April 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre back. After a non-playing period at PSV...

Dirk Jan Anbeek (born 25 April 1963) is a Dutch corporate executive and football administrator. He has served as vice-chairman of the supervisory board...

Dirk Heylen (born 23 August 1967) is a Belgian curler and curling coach. Heylen is secretary of the Belgian Curling Association (BCA) and is affiliated...

Marvin Dirk Bakalorz (born 13 September 1989) is a German professional footballer most recently who played as a midfielder for MSV Duisburg. In May 2016...

Dirk van Dalen (born 20 December 1932, Amsterdam) is a Dutch mathematician and historian of science. Van Dalen studied mathematics and physics and astronomy...

Dirk Van der Hoff (2 September 1814 in Dordrecht, Netherlands, – 9 October 1881 in Potchefstroom, South Africa) was minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde...

Dirk ter Haar FRSE FIP[clarification needed] DSc (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)k tɛr ˈɦaːr]; 19 April 1919 –3 September 2002) was an Anglo-Dutch physicist...

Dirk de Bruyn (born 14 October 1950) is a Dutch-born Australian experimental filmmaker, animator, curator, and academic. He is recognized for his contributions...

Dirk Braunleder (born 11 March 1957) is a German swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also won...

Dirk Müller (born 29 November 1946) is a Dutch sculptor. Voetstappen (1976), Amsterdam Steinplastik (1976), Amsterdam Twee kleidelen (1983), Rotterdam...

Dirk De Vriese (born 3 December 1958) is a Belgian footballer. He played in one match for the Belgium national football team in 1984. "Dirk De Vriese"...

Hernandez Frumpkis in Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and Lydia Spring in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Thornton began performing at the age...

Dirk Lellek (3 January 1964 – 21 April 2016) was a German professional footballer who played as a defender. Lellek started his children's football with...

Dirk Franciscus "Danny" Blind (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)k frɑnˈsɪskʏz ˈdɛni ˈblɪnt];[citation needed] born 1 August 1961) is a Dutch former football...

to be forced into marriage, Dirk's children and his mother-in-law are clearly upset by the abduction of Daphne, and Dirk must once again save her. Home...

Dirk Nowitzki: German Wunderkind (stylized as DIRK NOWITZKI German wunderkind) is a biography of the German NBA basketball star Dirk Nowitzki, written...

and liberal Dutch statesman. He was the brother of Dirk van Hogendorp the elder and the father of Dirk van Hogendorp the younger. Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp...

Dirk Vellert (1480, Amsterdam – 1547, Antwerp), was a Flemish Renaissance artist. Painter, engraver, etcher and designer of stained glass windows and woodcuts...

Dirk Hendrik Theodoor Vollenhoven (1 November 1892, in Amsterdam – 6 June 1978, Amsterdam) was a Dutch philosopher. Vollenhoven was born in Amsterdam,...

Dirk Klop (17 July 1906 – 9 November 1939) was a Dutch Army intelligence officer who is known for his role in the Venlo incident. Klop was born in Nieuw-Helvoet...

Dirk Michel (born 23 January 1945) is a German field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...

to close the match. Chris Dobey hit 13 maximums during his contest with Dirk van Duijvenbode, but the Englishman missed four match darts before entering...

Dirk Johannes van Haaren (April 21, 1878, Amsterdam– June 30, 1953, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter. Dirk Johannes van Haaren lived and worked in Amsterdam...

based on the 1996 novel Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. It was dramatised by Dirk Maggs. The theme music is by James Hannigan. On Saturday 16 March 2013, BBC...

Dirk Dunbar (born 28 October 1953) is an American former basketball player and coach. He was one of the first foreign players to play in Iceland where...

death in 1475. His name also appears at various museums and institutions as Dirk Bouts. Bouts was among the first northern painters to demonstrate the use...

Dirk Adorf (born 10 July 1969 in Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German racing driver. A Nürburgring Nordschleife specialist, he has served as...

Dirk Käsebier (born 16 September 1966) is a German boxer. He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin. "Dirk Käsebier". www.boxring-eintracht-berlin.com. Retrieved...

Dirk Meier (born 28 January 1964) is a retired East German cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m team pursuit, winning silver medals at the...

Dirk Beheydt (born 17 October 1951) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Beheydt was discovered by Cercle Brugge while...

early 2004. In 2003, a band was formed named 'The Tourettes', featuring Dirk and Donny Tourette (real names Francis and Patrick Brannan); the brothers...

Dirk Edward Ziff (born 1965) is an American billionaire businessman, the eldest son of publishing magnate William Bernard Ziff Jr. and grandson of William...

Dirk Crois (born 18 April 1961 in Bruges) is a Belgian rower. Dirk Crois at World Rowing Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill;...

Dirk De Bock (born 9 October 1944) is a sailor from Belgium. He was born in Wilrijk. De Bock represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel...

Peter Dirk Van Wieren (October 7, 1944 – August 2, 2014) was an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play for Major League...

Dirk Dalens the Younger (1657 Amsterdam – buried 24 August 1687 Amsterdam ) was a Dutch painter. He was a student of his father, Willem Dalens, and his...

Andrew Lee Dirks (born January 24, 1986) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He attended Haven High School in Haven, Kansas, and was...

Dirk Meusel (born 11 December 1977) is a German rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 2000 Summer Olympics where he finished 11th on...

The Dirk Brouwer Award was established by the American Astronautical Society to honor significant technical contributions to space flight mechanics and...

South Holland, Gelderland, Overijssel and Flevoland. Dutch businessman Dirk Kat opened his first grocery store in Velsen-Noord in 1941, but it had to...

Dirk Reinier Lippits (born 3 May 1977) is a Dutch rower, born in Geldrop, North Brabant. He won a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Men's...

Dirk Geeraerts (born 24 October 1955) is a Belgian linguist. He is professor emeritus of theoretical linguistics at the University of Leuven, Belgium....

Dirk Raudies (born June 17, 1964) is a German former professional motorcycle racer and current television sports presenter. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle...

first championship in franchise history. Mavericks forward and German player Dirk Nowitzki was named Finals MVP, becoming the second European to win the award...

Dirk Bootsma (23 May 1936 – 5 October 2020) was a Dutch geneticist. He was a professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam from 1969 and 2002. He and his research...

Dirk de Waard (5 February 1919 – 26 January 2011) was a Dutch-born American geologist. He was a professor of geology at Syracuse University. De Waard was...

Dirk Jacoby (born 21 March 1962) is a German former water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Dirk Regel (born 1968 in Berlin) is a German filmmaker. He worked mainly for comedy films and for television. After high school Dirk Regel was trained...

Dirk van Lokhorst (11 November 1818 – 9 July 1893) was a Dutch painter. He was born, lived and worked in Utrecht throughout his life, specialising in landscapes...

Dirk Van Der Elst (born 6 August 1965) is a Belgian former equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild;...

Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer (14 December 1870 – 28 November 1960) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Historical Union. He served as Chairman of the...

Dirk Schulze-Makuch (born 1964) is a professor at the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany and adjunct professor...

Dirk Karkuth (9 January 1962 – 14 January 2003) was a German football manager. Dirk Karkuth at WorldFootball.net Ex-Zweitligacoach Karkuth gestorben [Ex-second...

Dirk Riechmann (born 12 May 1965) is a German former football midfielder. "Dirk Riechmann". fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 23 December 2010. "Riechmann,...

Dirk Rupnow (born 1972 in Berlin, Germany) is a German historian. Since 2009 he has taught as assistant professor, since 2013 as full professor at the...

Dirk Verhofstadt (born 25 August 1955 in Dendermonde) is a Belgian social liberal and Rawlsian theorist and younger brother of former Belgian Prime Minister...

Dirk Schouten may refer to: Dirk Schouten (racing driver) (born 2001), Dutch racing driver Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten (1923–2018), Dutch economist This...

Jacob Dirk "Jaap" Kelderman (2 January 1928 – 4 February 1976) was a Dutch association football player, who played as a goalkeeper for Ajax. Kelderman...

House is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston and James Robertson...

Dirk Cornelis Geijskes (16 May 1907 – 27 September 1985) was a Dutch biologist, ethnologist and curator. He was the first director of the Surinaams Museum...

Dirk de Villiers (26 July 1924 – 28 December 2009) was a South African filmmaker. Considered one of the most prolific filmmakers and a 'Godfather' of the...

Everything in 1993, but the project did not begin until after his death in 2001. Dirk Maggs, with whom Adams had discussed the new series, directed and co-produced...

Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna) is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st...

Judgement is a Belgian new wave band, formed in Leuven in 1981 by Dirk Da Davo (born Dirk Timmermans, keyboards/vocalist) and TB Frank (born Frank Vloeberghs...

Dirk Johnson (born June 1, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL). He is most...

Dirk Claes (born 1959) is a Belgian politician and a member of the CD&V. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007. "Belgische Senaat" (in...

Dirk Boest Gips (30 July 1864 – 11 November 1920) was a Dutch sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in pistol shooting. He participated...

Dirk Keetbaas Jr. (June 20, 1921 – July 27, 1995) was a Dutch-born flautist, composer, and record producer in Canada. He became known as a member of the...

Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) (born 15 April 1951) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer. Maas achieved fame after the...

tabloid, which belongs to the media group Münchner Merkur/tz from publisher Dirk Ippen. The tabloid's main circulation areas include Munich and the surrounding...

Dirk Smit is a Dutch researcher, academic, and entrepreneur associated with both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Oxford University...

Dirk Sanders (born 30 September 1955) is a former Belgian footballer who played as midfielder. Club Brugge Belgian First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78...

According to the RKD his work later influenced Wilhelm von Kobell. (in Dutch) Dirk van Bergen Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders...

DirkJan is a Dutch comic strip series, created in 1989 by Dutch author and artist Mark Retera. It is also the name of its main character. The series is...

Dirk Bruinenberg (born 21 August 1968) is a Dutch musician known as the former drummer of several European progressive metal and power metal bands, including:...

Dirk Heidenblut (born 21 April 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state...

Dirk Jens Nonnenmacher (born 3 June 1963) is a former CEO and chairman of HSH Nordbank. A trained mathematician, Nonnenmacher worked for several private...

Jhr. Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (7 August 1872 – 24 April 1957) was a governor-general of the Dutch East Indies and a Dutch minister for foreign affairs...

Dirck Barendsz or Theodor Barendszoon (1534–1592) was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam who traveled to Italy in his youth to learn from the Italian...

Dirk Loef of Horne was a medieval nobleman from the Holy Roman Empire. Dirk Loef van Horne was born in 1338 or 1339. He was the second son of Willem IV...

Koene Dirk Parmentier (27 September 1904 – 21 October 1948) was a pilot of the Dutch national airline KLM. Parmentier worked at Dutch aircraft manufacturer...

Dirk Cloete Jackson (21 April 1885 – 17 September 1976) was a South African rugby union player and cricketer. Jackson was born on a farm on the outskirts...

Dirk Heun (born 4 January 1953) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. Heun made ten appearances for Tennis Borussia Berlin during the...

screenplay by Harold Pinter, who adapted Robin Maugham's 1948 novella. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and James Fox. The first of Pinter's three...

Dirk van Hogendorp (13 October 1761 – 29 October 1822) was a Dutch military officer, politician, colonial administrator and diplomat. In 1812 he was governor...

Dirk Vollmar (born 4 April 1972) is a German former footballer who played as a forward. Dirk Vollmar at WorldFootball.net Dirk Vollmar at fussballdaten...

Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten (25 January 1923 – 3 February 2018), known as Dick Schouten, was a Dutch economist, and Professor of General Economics and...

Dirk Else (born 27 August 1977 in Erlabrunn, GDR) is a retired German ski jumper. In the World Cup he finished once among the top 15, a twelfth place from...

It is the second book by Adams featuring private detective Dirk Gently, the first being Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Adams had intended to...

adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1965 novel by Nicholas Mosley. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, and Jacqueline Sassard, with supporting roles played...

surname include: Aimée R. Kreimer (born 1975), American cancer epidemiologist Dirk Kreimer (born 1960), German physicist Disappearance of Asha Kreimer This...

Dirk Nuyts (20 March 1952 – November 2024) was a Belgian politician who was a member of the Christian Social Party / Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams. He...

Dirk Peter Balster (born 19 July 1966, in Gütersloh) is a German rower. He finished 4th in the coxless four at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

known as a punch dagger, punch knife, push knife or, less often, a push dirk) is a short-bladed dagger with a "T"-shaped handle, designed to be grasped...

Dirk Jan Snoek (4 April 1926 – 16 November 2002) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward for SC Eindhoven. He made three appearances for the Netherlands...

Dirk Cornelius Froneman (born 14 April 1954 in Winburg, Free State, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player. Froneman made his provincial...

Dirk Milton Graham (born July 29, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota North...

Theodorus Johannes "Dirk" Graswinckel (1 October 1600 – 12 October 1666) was a Dutch jurist, a significant writer on the freedom of the seas. He was a...

"saber-toothed cat" subfamily of the Felidae. The tribe is also known as the "dirk-toothed cats". They were found in South America, North America, Europe, Asia...

Dirk-Ulrich Mende (born 26 December 1957 in Münster) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the...

Dirk de Groot (born 1943 in Amsterdam) is a former Dutch football player. De Groot was born in the de Meer district of Amsterdam but became a football...

action adventure MetaJets (2011) and the BBC America science fiction comedy Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017). Mpho Koaho was born 22 April...

Dirk Hupe (born 29 May 1957) is a retired German footballer who played as a central defender. Dirk Hupe at fussballdaten.de (in German) v t e...

Dirk Stefan Beljaarts (Dutch: [ˈdɪr(ə)ɡ ˈbɛljaːrts]; born 8 February 1978) is a Dutch hotelier, lobbyist, and politician of the right-wing populist Party...

Dirk Dier (born 16 February 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Dier, an under 12s and 14s national champion, was a semi finalist...

by Dirk Nauta. After an extensive refit she participated in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race as Equity and Law II again skippered by Dirk Nauta...

Christianity portal Dirk Willem van Leeuwen (born 1945) is an Anglican clergyman. He was Archdeacon of North West Europe from 2005 to 2007. Van Leeuwen...

Dirk de Graeff (Amsterdam, February 1, 1601 - April 26, 1637 ibid) was a Dutch 17th-century regent who belonged to the States Party. Dirk was a scion...

Dirk Jan (‘DJ’) ten Geuzendam (born January 11, 1957) is a Dutch chess writer, commentator and organizer. For three decades he was the editor-in-chief...

Bradley Miguel Dirk Vliet (born 24 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back. Born in Rotterdam, Vliet played in the youth...

Mackinac Retold (Mackinac State Historic Parks, 1974) Who's Who in Oz, p. 277 ""Dirk Gringhuis mural," East Lansing Public Library web site". Archived from the...

Dirk Fok van Slooten (1891, Amersfoort, the Netherlands – 1953, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a Dutch botanist. He obtained a doctorate from Utrecht...

Jonkheer Dirk van Foreest (3 May 1862 – 24 February 1956) was a Dutch chess master. The elder brother of Arnold van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship...

Dr. Dirk-Achim Pajonk (born March 27, 1969) is a German physician and former athlete. Dirk Pajonk was eleven years a member of the German national team...

Dirk von Lowtzow (born 21 March 1971) is a German musician. He has been the singer and guitarist with German rock band Tocotronic since 1994. Since 2001...

The Enchiridion, Manual or Handbook of Dirk Philips is alternatively titled The Handbook of the Christian Doctrine and Religion, compiled (by the grace...

Dirk D. Smith is a retired United States Air Force major general who served as the Vice Director for Joint Force Development of the Joint Staff. Previously...

Dirk Johannes Hendrik "Dick" Dreux (27 May 1913 – 6 December 1978) was a Dutch writer of historical literature. Dick Dreux was born in Amsterdam as a child...

Mavericks only. Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 22 through November 28. Dirk Nowitzki was named...

Dirk Gysbertus van Reenen van Breda (5 May 1803 – 14 November 1870) was a politician from Cape Colony. Van Breda was born on 5 May 1803, in Cape Town,...

Dirk Gijsbertus van 't Klooster (born 23 April 1976) is a Dutch baseball coach and former player. He is currently a coach for Kinheim in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse...

Dirk M. Sandefur (born October 22, 1961) is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 2017 to 2025. He served...

The John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is given by the Gairdner Foundation to recognize scientists who have made achievements in 'global health...

Two Cities is a 1958 British film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin. It is a period drama based on parts of Charles...

Dirk Herbert Arnold Kolff (born 11 February 1938) is a Dutch historian and Indologist. Born at Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Kolff earned a doctorate degree...

Dirk van Holland (died at Pavia, 28 August 1197) was briefly bishop of Utrecht in 1197. Dirk van Holland was the son of Count Dirk VI of Holland and Sophia...

1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affectionate epithet for their math teacher...

Dirk Meyer (born 9 July 1960) is a German windsurfer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics. "Dirk Meyer". Olympedia. Retrieved...

Lodewijk Bennewitz (20 July 1764 – 21 September 1826), also referred to as Dirk Lodewijk Bennewitz, was a Dutch goldsmith, silversmith and jeweller. Bennewitz...

in the Showtime drama Penny Dreadful. He played the lead role of Dirk Gently in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, the 2016 BBC America adaptation...

Dirk Donker Curtius (19 October 1792 – 17 July 1864) was a Dutch politician who served as Minister of Justice between 1848 and 1849, and again from 1853...

Dirk Bockel (born 18 October 1976) is a professional triathlete originally from Schwaikheim, Germany. He holds Luxembourgish nationality and raced for...

Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Richard Mulligan, Tony Randall, Dirk Benedict, Willie Aames, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen Furst, Richard Masur, and...

with Knight, who was deemed not good enough for the band. They recruited Dirk Kennedy, who had been involved in the formation of popular thrash metal band...

Aces is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Robert Butler, and starring Dirk Benedict and Melanie Griffith. A group of misfits park cars in a hotel's...

Dirk Frans Elisabeth Thys van den Audenaerde (born 14 March 1934 in Mechelen) is a Belgian ichthyologist. He is an honorary director of the Royal Museum...

Dirk Kaesler (born in Wiesbaden on 19 October 1944 as Dirk Käsler) is a German sociologist and Max Weber expert. Now retired, he was formerly Professor...

Dirk Padgett is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Navy Reserve's Judge Advocate corp. Padgett is notable for his appointment to serve...

Nan Dirk de Graaf (born 1958) is a Dutch sociologist working in Nuffield College, University of Oxford. He is known for his work on social stratification...

Dirk Elbers (born 11 December 1959) German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union. After the death of Lord Mayor Joachim Erwin...

Dirk Labudde is a German informatician and forensic scientist who teaches Germany's only course on digital forensics at Hochschule Mittweida. Labudde,...

Dirk Cornelis "Dirkie" Uys (3 March 1823 – 9 April 1838) was a Voortrekker hero during the Great Trek. Uys was born in Swellendam in 1823, the son of Petrus...

John Alexander Dirk Healey (25 October 1927 – 21 February 2022) was a British rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1948 Summer Olympics...

Dirk Isaac de Villiers (20 July 1889 – 1 October 1958) was a South African rugby union international and first-class cricketer active in the 1910s and...

and urban legends retold for children by Alvin Schwartz and illustrator Dirk Zimmer. It was published as part of the I Can Read! series in 1984. In 2017...

the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Dirk Nowitzki was named NBA Finals MVP. The San Antonio Spurs entered their fourteenth...

Dirk Zander (born 13 May 1965) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. "Dirk Zander". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August...

Mustaine, bassist James LoMenzo (2006 to 2010, and since 2021), drummer Dirk Verbeuren (since 2016) and guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari (since 2023). The original...

Dirk Sacré is a professor of Latin at KU Leuven. He was general editor of Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia, and is co-editor of Officina Neolatina and...

Jacobus Dirk (Koos) Hertogs (The Hague, 16 December 1949 – 's-Hertogenbosch, 19 July 2015) was a convicted Dutch serial killer. He was convicted of a total...

play Adams' Dirk Gently". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 January 2026. Hemley, Matthew (5 May 2009). "Douglas Adams's final Dirk Gently novel...

Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Peña. The screenplay by Burger and Dirk Wittenborn focuses on three United States Army soldiers who find themselves...