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
See also Dirks (disambiguation) Dierckx or Dierkx, surname DIRKS, an Australian government methodology for record keeping