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Dirk Dirk is a Dutch and Low German short form of Dietrich.
People called 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 for NBA's Dallas Mavericks
- Dirk Johnson, football player for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Dirk Kuyt, a Dutch striker who plays for Liverpool F.C.
- Dirk Willems an Anabaptist martyr and pacifist
Fictional characters:
- Dirk Gently, the main character in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams
- Dirk (play), an adaptation for stage of the above book
- 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 the Daring, the main character in the video game Dragon's Lair.
- Dirk Diggler is the main character in Boogie Nights played by Mark Wahlberg
- 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
See also
Categories:- Given names
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