Van Dijk
Van Dijk (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ˈdɛik] ) 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.[1][2] Abroad, people with this surname usually abandoned the ij digraph, resulting in names like Van Dyke and Van Dyk. People with the original surname include:
Dutch people
- Anouk van Dijk (born 1965), choreographer and dancer
- Ans van Dijk (1905–1948), Nazi collaborator during World War II
- Arjan van Dijk (born 1987), football player
- Bill van Dijk (born 1947), singer
- Bryan van Dijk (born 1981), judoka
- Cilia van Dijk (1941–2023), film producer
- Daan van Dijk (1907–1986), track cyclist
- Dick van Dijk (1946–1997), football striker
- Dick van Dijk (born 1970), darts player
- Diederik van Dijk (born 1971), politician
- Dominique van Dijk (born 1979), football midfielder
- Edith van Dijk (born 1973), swimmer
- Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), road and track cyclist
- Frans Van Dijk (1853–1939), Belgian architect
- Gé van Dijk (1923–2005), football player and coach
- Gerrit van Dijk (1938–2012), animator, film maker, and painter
- Gijs van Dijk (born 1980), politician and union leader
- Gregoor van Dijk (born 1981), football midfielder
- Hanno van Dijk (born 1989), business consultant
- Herman K. van Dijk (born 1948), economist
- Jan van Dijk (born 1952), sociologist and communication scientist
- Jan van Dijk (born 1956), football midfielder
- Jappie van Dijk (born 1944), speed skater
- Jasper van Dijk (born 1971), politician
- Joeri van Dijk (born 1983), sailor
- Johannes van Dijk (1868–1938), rower
- Joost van Dijk (died 1632), privateer and first settler of the Virgin Islands
- Kay van Dijk (born 1984), volleyball player
- Kees van Dijk (1931–2008), politician
- Ko van Dijk (1916–1978), theater and television actor
- Leon van Dijk (born 1992), football player
- Louis van Dijk (1941–2020), pianist
- Marijn van Dijk (born 1979), developmental psychologist and linguist
- Nelis van Dijk (1904–1969), boxer
- Niek van Dijk (born 1951), orthopaedic surgeon
- Otwin van Dijk (born 1975), politician
- Peter van Dijk (born 1952), politician
- Philip van Dijk (1683–1753), painter
- Philip van Dijk (footballer) (1885–1937), midfielder
- Rob van Dijk (born 1969), football goalkeeper
- Rudi Martinus van Dijk (1932–2003), composer
- Ryan van Dijk (born 1990), football midfielder
- Sam van Dijk (born 1996), basketball player
- Sergio van Dijk (born 1982), football player
- Stefan van Dijk (born 1976), racing cyclist
- Steven van Dijk (born 1969), cricket bowler
- Teun A. van Dijk (born 1943), scholar in linguistics
- Virgil van Dijk (born 1991), football player
- Wendy van Dijk (born 1976), actress and television presenter
Other people
- Anne-Mette van Dijk (born 1968), Danish badminton player
- Germaine van Dijk (born 1983), Surinamese football player
- Hilbert Van Dijk (1918–2001), Australian fencer
- Jace Van Dijk (born 1981), Australian rugby league player
- Jennifer van Dijk-Silos (born 1954), Surinamese Minister of Justice and Police
- Mijk van Dijk (born 1963), German DJ
- Nikki Van Dijk (born 1994), Australian professional surfer
- Ruel (born 2002), Australian singer-songwriter
See also
References
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