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Durk Stoker
German (Dürk) is a nickname for a wild or unruly person. Durk is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Durk Jager (born 1943), American businessman * Durk Pearson (born 1943), American writer * Durk Willems (died 1569), Dutch Anabaptist martyr * Lil Durk (real name Durk Banks; born 1992), American rapper References {{reflist Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durk Jager
Durk I. Jager (born 30 April 1943 - April 3, 2022) was a Dutch and American businessman, private investor and consultant.Durk I. Jager Forbes.com. As of 2012, he was the director of (since December 2002). He was the of from 1 September 1999 to 2000. He has served on the board of directors of |
Durk Pearson
Durk Pearson (born 1943 in Illinois) is a research scientist best known for coauthoring a series of books on longevity, beginning with '' Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach''. Early life While a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was a member of the MIT Science Fiction Society and one of the writers for the early underground comic ''God Comics''. Pearson graduated from MIT with a triple major in physics, biology, and psychology. Career Pearson has patents in the area of oil shale and tar sands recovery, lasers, holography and supplement formulations. Pearson assisted with equipment design and experiments for NASA's Space Shuttle. Pearson is also an International Society for Testing and Failure Analysis honoree. Publications Pearson and Sandy Shaw are the authors of '' Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach'' (, Warner Books, 1982), ''The Life Extension Companion'' (Warner Books), ''The Life Extension Weight Loss Program'', and ''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durk Willems
Dirk Willems (died 16 May 1569; also spelled Durk Willems) was a Dutch martyred Anabaptist who is most famous for escaping from prison but then turning back to rescue his pursuer—who had fallen through thin ice while chasing Willems—to then be recaptured, tortured and killed for his beliefs. Life Willems was born in Asperen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was rebaptized (Anabaptist) as a young man in Rotterdam, thus rejecting the infant baptism practiced at that time by both Catholics and established Protestants in the Netherlands, which he would have received previously. This action, plus his continued devotion to his new faith and the baptism of several other people in his home, led to his condemnation by the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands and subsequent arrest in Asperen in 1569. Willems was held in a residential palace turned into a prison, from which he escaped using a rope made out of knotted rags. Using this, he was able to climb out of the prison onto the fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil Durk
Durk Derrick Banks (born October 19, 1992), known professionally as Lil Durk, is an American rapper and singer. He is the lead member and founder of the collective and record label Only the Family (OTF). Durk garnered a cult following with the release of his ''Signed to the Streets'' mixtape series (2013–2014), which lead to a record deal with Def Jam Recordings. The label would release his debut studio albums, ''Remember My Name (album), Remember My Name'' (2015) and ''Lil Durk 2X'' (2016), before Durk departed Def Jam in 2018. Following the independent release of his ''Just Cause Y'all Waited'' mixtape in March 2018, Durk signed a deal with Alamo Records in July. In April 2020, Durk made his first appearance as a lead artist on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with the single "Viral Moment" off his fifth studio album, ''Just Cause Y'all Waited 2'' (2020). Lil Durk's commercial resurgence continued with singles such as "3 Headed Goat" (featuring Polo G and Lil Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
