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family name of West Frisian origin. It most commonly refers to: * Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930–2002), Dutch computer scientist ** Named after him:

Dijkstra's algorithm Dijkstra's algorithm ( ) is an algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a graph, which may represent, for example, road networks. It was conceived by computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1956 and published three years ...

Dijkstra Prize The Edsger W. Dijkstra Paper Prize in Distributed Computing is given for outstanding papers on the principles of distributed computing, whose significance and impact on the theory and/or practice of distributed computing has been evident for at lea ...

, Dijkstra–Scholten algorithm Dijkstra may also refer to:

People

Bram Dijkstra Bram Dijkstra (born 5 July 1938) is an American author, literary critic and former professor of English literature. Dijkstra wrote seven books on various literary and artistic subjects concerning writing. He also curates art exhibitions and write ...

(born 1938), American professor of English literature and cultural historian * Jan Dijkstra (1910–1993), Dutch mayor * (1896–1978), Dutch painter, illustrator and stained glass artist * Lenie Dijkstra (born 1967), Dutch racing cyclist *

Lou Dijkstra Luitzen "Lou" Dijkstra (7 May 1909 – 24 April 1964) was a Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Paesens, Friesland. In 1936 he finished 16th in the 5000 metres event, 20th in the 1500 metres competition ...

(1909-1964), Dutch speed skater, father of Sjoukje Dijkstra * Margaret Dijkstra, pseudonym of Eva Gerlach (born 1948), Dutch poet * Marjolein Dijkstra (born 1967), Dutch physicist * Mart Dijkstra (born 1990), Dutch footballer *

Meindert Dijkstra Meindert Dijkstra (born 28 February 1967) is a Dutch former footballer who played primarily at right back. He spent a majority of his career playing in the Dutch leagues, only spending two seasons abroad when he played in England for Notts Coun ...

(born 1967), Dutch footballer *

Peter Dijkstra Peter Dijkstra (born 11 June 1978) is a Dutch conductor, especially of choirs and vocal ensembles. Born in Roden, Drenthe, Dijkstra sang in his youth in Jongenskoor Roder, a boys' choir, which his father, Bouwe Dijkstra, founded in 1985. He sang t ...

(born 1978), Dutch choir conductor *

Pia Dijkstra Pia Dijkstra (born 9 December 1954 in Franeker) is a Dutch politician and chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Dutch House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives. Ms Dijkstra is a member of Democrats 66 (D6 ...

(born 1954), Dutch politician and television presenter *

Remco Dijkstra Remco Jan Dijkstra (born 18 August 1972, Zeist) is a Dutch politician. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he has been an House of Representatives (Netherlands), MP since 20 Sept ...

(born 1972), Dutch politician *

Rineke Dijkstra Rineke Dijkstra HonFRPS (born 2 June 1959) is a Dutch photographer. She lives and works in Amsterdam.Sieb Dijkstra Sybrandus Johannes Andreas Dijkstra (born 20 October 1966) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer, who is goalkeeping coach at Fortuna Sittard. As a player, he was a goalkeeper who notably played in the Premier League for Qu ...

(born 1966), Dutch football goalkeeper *

Sjoukje Dijkstra Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra (, born 28 January 1942) is a Dutch former competitive figure skater. She is the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (1962–1964), five-time Europe ...

(born 1942), Dutch figure skater * Wieke Dijkstra (born 1984), Dutch field hockey player

Fictional characters

Roel Dijkstra ''Roel Dijkstra'' is a Dutch comic book series about a fictional football player. The series was created in 1975 by Jan Steeman (1933-2018; winner of the 2005 Dutch Stripschapprijs) and Andrew Brandt. The first 21 volumes, drawn by Steeman and hi ...

, eponymous character in a comic book series published from 1977 to 1995 * Sigismund Dijkstra, character from

Andrzej Sapkowski Andrzej Sapkowski (; born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer, essayist, translator and a trained economist. He is best known for his six-volume series of books ''The Witcher'', which revolves around the eponymous "witcher," a monster-hunte ...

's ''

The Witcher ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are bea ...

'' saga and the third ''Witcher'' game * Kenny Dykstra a Wrestler played by Kenneth George Doane in The

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and was a member of the Spirit Squad

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