Dirck is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Dirck Barendsz (1534–1592), Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam *

Dirck Bleker Dirck Bleker (1621 in Haarlem – 1702 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he painted a Danae for the ''Lord of Halsteren, Baljuw of Kennemerland'', that was made famous by a poem by Joost van den ...

(1621–1702), Dutch Golden Age painter * Dirck Coornhert (1522–1590), Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician and theologian *

Dirck Cornelis de Hooch Dirk Cornelis de Hooch (1613–1651) was a 17th-century Dutch portrait painter, who lived and worked in The Hague (the Netherlands). Born in 1613 at The Hague, he was a son of a Dutch bailiff, Cornelis de Hooch and his wife Jannetje Dirx van ...

(1613–1651), 17th-century Dutch portrait painter * Dirck de Bray (1635–1694), Dutch Golden Age painter *

Dirck Ferreris Dirck Ferreris, Diederik, or Theodor Freres (1639 – 6 June 1693), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography He spent most of his life in Enkhuizen and several works of his hang in the Enkhuizen city hall. He travelled to Italy in 1666 wit ...

(1639–1693), Dutch Golden Age painter * Dirck Gerritsz Pomp (1544–1608), Dutch sailor, the first known Dutchman to visit Japan * Dirck Hals (1591–1656), Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes * Dirck Halstead, (born 1936), photojournalist, and editor and publisher of ''The Digital Journalist'' * Dirck Helmbreker (1633–1696), Dutch Golden Age painter of Italianate landscapes *

Dirck Jacobsz. Dirck Jacobsz. (1496–1567) was a Dutch Renaissance painter. His exact birthplace is unknown, but it was somewhere near Amsterdam. Career Born into a family of painters, he was first trained by his father, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen. Ja ...

(1496–1567), Dutch Renaissance painter * Dirck Pesser (1585–1651), Dutch brewer from Rotterdam *

Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (1610 – 4 November 1682) was a seventeenth-century Dutch cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, shoemaker and Mennonite teacher. Life Van Nierop was born and died at Nieuwe Niedorp ("Nierop"), Holland (n ...

(1610–1682), Dutch cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, teacher and preacher * Dirck Storm (1630–1716), early colonial American, recorded the history of the Dutch community at Sleepy Hollow * Dirck Ten Broeck (1765–1832), American lawyer and politician * Dirck Tulp or Diederik Tulp (1624–1682), son of surgeon professor Nicolaes Tulp, involved in the Dutch East India Company and the Civic guard * Dirck van Baburen (1595–1624), Dutch painter associated with the Utrecht Caravaggisti *

Dirck van Bergen Dirck van Bergen (1645, Haarlem – c. 1700, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Adriaen van de Velde, who copied his style very well.Dirck van Cloon (1684–1735), Eurasian Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies * Dirck van der Lisse (1607–1669), Dutch Golden Age painter * Dirck van Santvoort (1610–1680), Dutch Golden Age painter * Peter Dirck Keyser (born 1835), United States ophthalmologist

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