Dolf is a Dutch masculine given name, often a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

) of Adolf, which may refer to: *

Dolf Brouwers Dolf Brouwers (31 August 1912 – 23 September 1997) was a Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor who rose to fame late in life playing the character Sjef van Oekel in the 1970s satirical television shows aired on VPRO, written and directed ...

(1912–1997), Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor *

Dolf Jansen Dolf Jansen (born 25 June 1963 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch comedian, host of the Radio 2 programme '' Spijkers met Koppen'' and an active Marathon runner. On television Jansen hosted '' Loods 6'' (1991), '' Kunstbende'' (1992), ''Jansen slaat do ...

(born 1963), comedian, presenter of the Radio 2 program ''Spijkers met Koppen'' *

Dolf Joekes Adolf Marcus "Dolf" Joekes (5 May 1884 – 1 April 1962) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman. Joekes worked as a salesman fo ...

(1884–1962), Dutch politician * Dolf Kessler (1884–1945), Dutch football player and industrialist *

Dolf van Kol Adolf Henri "Dolf" van Kol (2 August 1902 – 20 January 1989) was a Dutch footballer who earned 33 caps for the Dutch national side between 1925 and 1931, scoring four goals. He also participated at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He played club foot ...

(1902–1989), Dutch footballer who earned 33 caps for the Dutch national side * Dolf van der Linden (1915–1999), Dutch conductor of popular music * Dolf Luque (1890–1957), Cuban Major League Baseball pitcher *

Dölf Mettler Dölf Mettler (22 May 1934 – 15 October 2015) was a Swiss yodeler, composer and painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commo ...

(1934–2015), Swiss yodeler, composer and painter *

Dolf van der Nagel Rudolf Cornelis van der Nagel (28 May 1889 in Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies – 10 October 1949) was a Dutch amateur football (soccer) player. He was a part of the Dutch Olympic team which won the bronze medal in the 1912 tournament. Due to be ...

(1889–1949), Dutch amateur footballer *

Dolf Rieser Dolf Rieser (1898–1983) was a South Africa painter, printmaker, and teacher. Early life and education Dolf Rieser was born in King William's Town, Cape Colony, and educated in Germany and Switzerland. In 1917, he studied at École Polytechni ...

(1898–1983), South African born British painter, printmaker, and teacher * Dolf Roks (born 1962), former amateur footballer from The Netherlands * Dolf Sternberger (1907–1989), German philosopher and political scientist at the University of Heidelberg * Dolf Verroen (born 1928), Dutch writer of children's literature * Dolf de Vries (1937–2020), Dutch actor *

Dolf van der Voort van Zijp Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1 September 1892 in Klambir Lima, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies – 8 March 1978 in Monaco) was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Biography Born ...

(1892–1978), Dutch horse rider *

Dölf Wild Dölf Wild (born 1954) is a Swiss historian, archaeologist and science writer, and works as the chief archaeologist of the city of Zürich. He is best known for his research into the building industry of medieval Zürich and for his contribution t ...

(born 1954), Swiss historian and archaeologist *

Dolf Wyllarde Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes, writing as Dolf Wyllarde (3 April 1871 - 10 May 1950) was a British journalist and a writer of verse and fiction. From 1897 to 1939, she was known to publish in excess of 30 books, including novels, stories and ...

(1871–1950), English writer

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