Van Dyke

Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke is an Americanized or anglicized form of the Dutch-language toponymic surname Van Dijk, 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 (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 (1958–1991), actress and adult film performer


 * Aldo Calderón van Dyke (1968–2013), Honduran journalist and news anchor
 * Alex Van Dyke (born 1974), American football wide receiver
 * Anthony E. Van Dyke, United States Marine Corps colonel
 * Antony van Dyke, variant English spelling of the Flemish-born painter Anthony van Dyck, (1599–1641)
 * Arlington P. Van Dyke (1926–1990), American businessman and New York politician
 * Ben Van Dyke (1888–1973), American baseball pitcher
 * Bill Van Dyke (1863–1933), American baseball player
 * Bruce Van Dyke (born 1944), American football guard
 * Carl Van Dyke (1881–1919), American soldier, lawyer and politician from Minnesota
 * Charie Van Dyke (born 1965), American film producer
 * Charlie Van Dyke (born 1947), American former radio disc jockey
 * Conny Van Dyke (born 1945), American singer and actress
 * David Van Dyke (born 1959), American serial killer
 * DeMarcus Van Dyke (born 1989), American football cornerback
 * Dick van Dyke (politician) (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 (born 1972), American actor and music producer
 * Henry van Dyke (1852–1933), American author, educator, and clergyman
 * Hilary Van Dyke (born 1970), American actress and singer
 * Inger Vandyke, Australian wildlife photojournalist, explorer and expedition leader
 * James A. Van Dyke (1813–1855), American lawyer, mayor of Detroit in 1847
 * Jan Van Dyke (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 (1849–1939), American oil refiner
 * Joost van Dyke (died c.1631), Dutch privateer in the West Indies
 * Lawrence VanDyke (1972 - ), American judge
 * Leroy Van Dyke (born 1929), American auctioneer and singer
 * Les Vandyke (1931–2021), English pop singer and songwriter
 * Louis van Dyke, international spelling of Louis van Dijk (1941–2020), 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) (1738–1789), American lawyer and President of Delaware
 * Nicholas Van Dyke (senator) (1770–1826), American lawyer and Senator from Delaware
 * Paul Van Dyke (1859–1933), American historian, brother of Henry Van Dyke
 * Phillip Van Dyke (born 1984), American voice actor
 * Ria van Dyke (born 1989), New Zealand model and beauty pageant
 * Ronny van Dyke, stage name of Jörg T. Hartmann (born 1956), German singer and songwriter
 * Russ Van Dyke (1917–1992), radio and television newsman in Iowa
 * Ryan Van Dyke (born 1980), American football quarterback
 * Vonda Kay Van Dyke (born 1943), American model, 1965 Miss America
 * W. S. Van Dyke (1889–1943), American film director
 * Walter Van Dyke (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 (1787–1855), English painter
 * Henry Van Dyke Johns (1803–1859), American Episcopal clergyman, Chaplain of the Senate
 * Samuel Van Dyke Stout (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, former community in the United States
 * Vandyke, Texas, unincorporated community in Comanche County
 * Vandyke, Virginia, unincorporated community named after the postmaster Henry Vandyke
 * Van Dyke Public Schools, Michigan school district
 * Vandyke Upper School, 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), printing process named after Anthony van Dyck
 * Van Dyke mango, a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida
 * Vandyke Productions, British film production company between 1947 and 1956
 * Van Dyke Records, American record label from about early 1929 through 1932