Dirks (surname)

Dirks is a patronymic surname ("son of Dirk"). Some variant forms are Derks, Dircks, Dirkse, Dirksen, Dirksz and Dirkx. People with this name include:


 * Andy Dirks (born 1986), American Major League Baseball player
 * Alexa Dirks (using stage name Begonia), Canadian musician
 * Gordon Dirks (born 1947), Canadian educator and former politician
 * Howard Dirks (1938–2018), Canadian politician
 * Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds (1912–2003), American ecologist, biologist and author
 * John Dirks (cartoonist) (1917–2010), American cartoonist and sculptor
 * John Dirks (physician) (born 1933), Canadian physician
 * Nicholas Dirks (born 1950), American historian and Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
 * Robert Dirks (1978–2015), American chemist
 * Rudolph Dirks (1877–1968), German-American comic strip artist, known for The Katzenjammer Kids
 * Samantha Dirks (born 1992), Belizean sprinter
 * Tonnie Dirks (born 1961), Dutch long distance runner
 * Walter Dirks (1901–1991), German political commentator, theologian and journalist
 * Dircks
 * Henry Dircks (1806–1873), English engineer
 * Dirksz
 * Germain Dirksz (born 1976), Aruban footballer
 * Lucien Dirksz (born 1968), Aruban racing cyclist