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Van Dijk Van Dijk () is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) dike". With 56,441 people, it was the fifth most common name in the Netherlands in 2007. Abroad, people with this surname usually abandoned the ij digraph, resulting in names like Van Dy ...

'', ''Van Dijke'', '' Van Dijck'', or '' Van Dyck''. Meaning living near the dike. Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke may refer to:

As a surname

*The Van Dyke family of American entertainers: :*

Dick Van Dyke Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke began his career as an entertainer on radio and telev ...

(born 1925), actor :** Barry Van Dyke (born 1951), actor :*** Shane Van Dyke (born 1979), actor, screenwriter, and director :* Jerry Van Dyke (1931–2018), comedian and actor, brother of Dick :**

Kelly Jean Van Dyke Kelly Jean Van Dyke (June 5, 1958 – November 17, 1991) was an American actress and adult film performer. She was the daughter of actor Jerry Van Dyke, niece of the actor Dick Van Dyke, and first cousin once removed of Shane Van Dyke. As an a ...

(1958–1991), actress and adult film performer *

Aldo Calderón van Dyke Aldo Calderón van Dyke (died 14 August 2013) was a Honduran journalist that worked for Canal 11, ''La Prensa'', and ''El Tiempo''. He committed suicide and died on 14 August 2013 at around ten at night in a Honduran Social Security Instit ...

(1968–2013), Honduran journalist and news anchor * Alex Van Dyke (born 1974), American football wide receiver *

Anthony E. Van Dyke Anthony E. Van Dyke is a United States Marine Corps colonel and current commander of Marine forces at Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia. He has previously served at the United States Navy's European headquarters in London, England and i ...

, United States Marine Corps colonel *Antony van Dyke, variant English spelling of the Flemish-born painter

Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

, (1599–1641) *

Arlington P. Van Dyke Arlington Paul Van Dyke (October 26, 1926–February 28, 1990) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Biography Van Dyke was born on October 26, 1926, in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York. He is not related to Dick Van ...

(1926–1990), American businessman and New York politician *

Ben Van Dyke Benjamin Harrison Van Dyke (August 15, 1888 – October 22, 1973) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies () and Boston Red Sox (). Listed at , 150 lb., Van Dyke batted right-handed and threw left-hande ...

(1888–1973), American baseball pitcher *

Bill Van Dyke Bill Van Dyke (December 15, 1863 – May 5, 1933) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball in the 19th century. He played for the Toledo Maumees of the American Association in 1890, the St. Louis Browns of the National League in 1892, and the B ...

(1863–1933), American baseball player *

Bruce Van Dyke Bruce Van Dyke (born August 6, 1944) is a former American football guard who played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Green Bay Packers. Early years Van Dyke grew up i ...

(born 1944), American football guard *

Carl Van Dyke Carl Chester Van Dyke (February 18, 1881 – May 20, 1919) was an American soldier, lawyer and politician from Minnesota. Van Dyke was born in Alexandria and attended the local public schools there. He taught primary school classes in surro ...

(1881–1919), American soldier, lawyer and politician from Minnesota *

Charie Van Dyke Charie Van Dyke (born December 10, 1965) is a former actor and model, the current president and co-owner of New Image College of Fine Arts, and a producer, known for The Clean-Up (2014), Famine (2011), and Star Vehicle (film) (2010). Personal li ...

(born 1965), American film producer * Charlie Van Dyke (born 1947), American former radio disc jockey * Conny Van Dyke (born 1945), American singer and actress * DeMarcus Van Dyke (born 1989), American football cornerback *

Dick van Dyke (politician) Richard Gerard van Dyke (August 27, 1931 – December 2, 1986) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1985 to 1986 for District 39. Van Dyke was from Bothell, Washington ...

(fl. 1985), American (Washington State) politician * Earl Van Dyke (1930–1992), American soul musician, keyboardist for Motown Records * Edwin Van Dyke (1849–1952), American physician and entomologist *

Harry Van Dyke Harry Van Dyke, also known as Harry'O The Vandizzle (born September 29, 1972) is an American actor and record producer, most known for his role as Douby in the movie ''Split Decisions ''Split Decisions'' is a 1988 American crime drama sports ...

(born 1972), American actor and music producer * Henry van Dyke (1852–1933), American author, educator, and clergyman *

Hilary Van Dyke Hilary Van Dyke (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress and singer who began her career in TV advertisements before landing the role of Marilyn Munster in ''The Munsters Today'', replacing the actress in the original pilot episodes, Mary Ell ...

(born 1970), American actress and singer *

Inger Vandyke Inger Vandyke is an Australian wildlife photojournalist, explorer, and global expedition leader. She has photographed rare snow leopards in the wild. She was honoured in 2013 as an International Member of the Explorer's Club The Explorers ...

, Australian wildlife photojournalist, explorer and expedition leader *

James A. Van Dyke James Adams Van Dyke (December 1813 – May 7, 1855) was a lawyer, fireman and the 21st mayor of Detroit, Michigan. He was elected in 1847. Early biography James Adams Van Dyke was born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania in December, 1813, the so ...

(1813–1855), American lawyer, mayor of Detroit in 1847 *

Jan Van Dyke Jan Van Dyke (April 15, 1941 – July 3, 2015) was an American dancer, choreographer, dance educator and scholar who was a pioneer of modern dance, modern and contemporary dance. Education Van Dyke graduated from the University of Wisconsin wi ...

(1941–2015), American dancer and choreographer * John van Dyke (canoeist) (born 1935), American sprint canoer * John Van Dyke (politician) (1807–1878), American jurist and Whig Party politician * John Charles Van Dyke (1856–1932), American art historian and critic *

John Wesley Van Dyke John Wesley Van Dyke (1849–1939) was president of the Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1911 until 1927. After the break-up of Standard Oil Trust, Van Dyke led the debt-ridden Atlantic Refining Company into expanded mark ...

(1849–1939), American oil refiner *

Joost van Dyke Joost van Dyk (sometimes spelled Joost van Dyke) was a Dutch privateer (and, reportedly, sometime pirate) who was one of the earliest European settlers in the British Virgin Islands in the seventeenth century, and established the first permanent ...

(died c.1631), Dutch privateer in the West Indies *

Lawrence VanDyke Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke (born 1972) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a former solicitor general of Nevada and Montana. Earl ...

(1972 - ), American judge * Leroy Van Dyke (born 1929), American auctioneer and singer * Les Vandyke (1931–2021), English pop singer and songwriter *

Louis van Dyke Louis van Dijk, also spelled Louis van Dyke (27 November 1941 – 12 April 2020), was a beloved Dutch pianist. Born as Arnold Ludwig van Dijk in Amsterdam, he studied solo piano at the Amsterdam Conservatorium. Louis van Dijk became well-known fo ...

, international spelling of ''Louis van Dijk'' (born 1941), Dutch pianist * Marcia Van Dyke (1922–2002), American violinist and actress, niece of W.S. Van Dyke * Matthew VanDyke (born 1979), American documentary filmmaker and Prisoner of War in the Libyan civil war * Milton Van Dyke (1922–2010), American aerospace engineer and aerodynamicist *

Nicholas Van Dyke (governor) Nicholas Van Dyke (September 25, 1738 – February 19, 1789) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, in the Continental Congress, where ...

(1738–1789), American lawyer and President of Delaware *

Nicholas Van Dyke (senator) Nicholas Van Dyke (December 20, 1769 – May 21, 1826) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as U.S ...

(1770–1826), American lawyer and Senator from Delaware *

Paul Van Dyke Matthias Paul (; born 16 December 1971), known professionally as Paul van Dyk () is a German DJ, record producer and musician. One of the first true renowned DJs, van Dyk was the first artist to receive a Grammy Award nomination in the newly a ...

(1859–1933), American historian, brother of Henry Van Dyke * Phillip Van Dyke (born 1984), American voice actor *

Ria van Dyke Ria van Dyke (born 16 February 1989) is a New Zealand model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2010. Van Dyke represented New Zealand at the Miss Universe 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, but unplaced. Pers ...

(born 1989), New Zealand model and beauty pageant *

Ronny van Dyke Ronny van Dyke (born Jörg T. Hartmann; 1 March 1956 in Duisburg, Germany) is a German singer and songwriter. He gave his first concert in 1973 with psychedelic rock band P.S.I. He focused on composing and wrote hundreds of songs. Together with ...

, stage name of Jörg T. Hartmann (born 1956), German singer and songwriter *

Russ Van Dyke Russell Van Dyke (August 28, 1917 – July 19, 1992) was a broadcast journalist during the early years of television in Iowa, known as "The Walter Cronkite of Iowa" and the dean of the state's newscasters. Van Dyke was born in Adams, Nebraska, a ...

(1917–1992), radio and television newsman in Iowa *

Ryan Van Dyke Ryan Van Dyke (born February 13, 1980) is a former American football quarterback who played two seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Los Angeles Avengers and Grand Rapids Rampage. He played college football at Michigan State Uni ...

(born 1980), American football quarterback *

Vonda Kay Van Dyke Vonda Kay Van Dyke (born May 19, 1943) was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State College at Flagstaff (as of 1966, "Northern Arizona University") ...

(born 1943), American model, 1965 Miss America * W. S. Van Dyke (1889–1943), American film director *

Walter Van Dyke Walter Van Dyke (October 8, 1823 – December 25, 1905) was a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and a justice of the California Supreme Court in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Biography Van Dyke was born on October 8, 1823, in ...

(1823–1905), American justice of the California Supreme Court * Willard Van Dyke (1906–1986), American filmmaker, photographer, and Museum of Modern Art director

As a derived given or middle name

* Van Dyke Brooke, stage name of Stewart McKerrow (1859–1921), American actor, screenwriter and film director * Van Dyke Parks (born 1943), American musician and actor * Walter Van Dyke Bingham (1880–1952), American applied and industrial psychologist * Henry Vandyke Carter (1831–1897), English anatomist, surgeon, and anatomical artist *

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (22 November 1787 – 3 March 1855), commonly called Copley Fielding, was an English painter born in Sowerby, near Halifax, and famous for his watercolour landscapes. At an early age Fielding became a pupi ...

(1787–1855), English painter *

Henry Van Dyke Johns Henry Van Dyke Johns (1803–1859) was an Episcopal clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate. Early years Johns was born October 23, 1803, in New Castle County, Delaware, the son of the son of Kensey and Anne (Van Dyke) Johns. His was a ...

(1803–1859), American Episcopal clergyman, Chaplain of the Senate *

Samuel Van Dyke Stout Samuel Van Dyke Stout (1786–1850) was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1841 to 1842. Early life Samuel Van Dyke Stout was born on April 18, 1786, in Redstone Fort, Fayette County, Pennsylva ...

(1786–1850), American (Tennessee) Whig politician

Places

* Jost Van Dyke, island of the British Virgin Islands named after Joost van Dyk * M-53 (Michigan highway), highway in the U.S. state of Michigan known as Van Dyke Avenue and Van Dyke Road in Metro Detroit *

Van Dyke, Michigan Van Dyke was a community along the northern boundary of Detroit, Michigan, near Van Dyke Avenue and 9 Mile Road. The town was named for Van Dyke Avenue, which was named for James Van Dyke, Mayor of Detroit in 1847. This was in the southern end of w ...

, former community in the United States *

Vandyke, Texas Vandyke is an unincorporated community located in Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000. History The community was named for Van Dyke Frost. A post office wa ...

, unincorporated community in Comanche County *

Vandyke, Virginia Vandyke is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North ...

, unincorporated community named after the postmaster Henry Vandyke *

Van Dyke Public Schools Van Dyke Public Schools is a school district based in Warren, Michigan. It serves parts of Warren and a small portion of Center Line.

, Michigan school district *

Vandyke Upper School Vandyke Upper School and Community College is an academy school and sixth form in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. As of 2022, there are approximately 1500 students in both the sixth form at Vandyke, and compulsory education. Histor ...

, School in Bedfordshire, England

Others

* Van Dyke beard, 19th century name for a style of beard, as worn by the painter and his subjects * Van Dyke brown, colour, named after the painter Anthony van Dyck *

Van Dyke brown (printing) Van Dyke brown is a printing process named after Anthony van Dyck. It involves coating a canvas with ferric ammonium citrate, tartaric acid, and silver nitrate, then exposing it to ultraviolet light. The canvas can be washed with water, and hy ...

, printing process named after Anthony van Dyck *

Van Dyke mango The 'Van Dyke' mango is a named commercial mango cultivar that originated in south Florida. History The original tree grew from a seed likely planted in the 1930s on the property of Mrs. Madeline Van Dyke in Miami, Florida. For decades the pare ...

, a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida *

Vandyke Productions Vandyke Productions was a British film production company which operated between 1947 and 1956. It specialised in making B films which would be released on the bottom-half of a double bill. Founded by the brothers Nigel and Roger Proudlock in 1 ...

, British film production company between 1947 and 1956 *

Van Dyke Records Van Dyke Records was a budget American record label which operated in 1929 and 1930. Van Dyke was a subsidiary of Grey Gull Records of Boston, Massachusetts and releases duplicated material found on the parent label. Despite claims of quality fo ...

, American record label from about early 1929 through 1932

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