Dolf is a Dutch masculine given name, often a short form (

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Adolf Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins. The name is a compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', mean ...

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Dolf Brouwers Dolf Brouwers (31 August 1912 – 23 September 1997) was a Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor who rose to fame late in life playing the character Sjef van Oekel in the 1970s satirical television shows aired on VPRO, written and directed ...

(1912–1997), Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor *

Dolf Jansen Dolf Jansen (born 25 June 1963 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch comedian, host of the Radio 2 programme '' Spijkers met Koppen'' and an active Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usuall ...

(born 1963), comedian, presenter of the Radio 2 program ''Spijkers met Koppen'' * Dolf Joekes (1884–1962), Dutch politician *

Dolf Kessler Geldolph Adriaan "Dolf" Kessler (2 April 1884 – 21 August 1945) was a Dutch footballer and industrialist. Kessler – along with brother Boeli and cousins Tonny and Dé – played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won ...

(1884–1945), Dutch football player and industrialist *

Dolf van Kol Adolf Henri "Dolf" van Kol (2 August 1902 – 20 January 1989) was a Dutch footballer who earned 33 caps for the Netherlands national side between 1925 and 1931, scoring four goals. He also participated at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He played cl ...

(1902–1989), Dutch footballer who earned 33 caps for the Dutch national side *

Dolf van der Linden David Gijsbert van der Linden (22 June 1915 – 30 January 1999), known as Dolf van der Linden, was a Dutch Conductor (music), conductor of popular music with a reputation which extended beyond the borders of the Netherlands. Biography David Gij ...

(1915–1999), Dutch conductor of popular music *

Dolf Luque Adolfo Domingo De Guzmán Luque (August 4, 1890 – July 3, 1957) was a Cuban starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . He spent 12 seasons of his career (1918–1929) with the Cincinnati Reds. Luque was not only the Hispanic an ...

(1890–1957), Cuban Major League Baseball pitcher * Dölf Mettler (1934–2015), Swiss yodeler, composer and painter * Dolf van der Nagel (1889–1949), Dutch amateur footballer *

Dolf Rieser Dolf Rieser (1898–1983) was a South African painter, printmaker, and teacher. He illustrated the 1952 edition of ''Two Tales of the Congo'' by Joseph Conrad with eight copper engravings. He was the author of ''Art and Science'' published in 1 ...

(1898–1983), South African born British painter, printmaker, and teacher *

Dolf Roks Dolf Roks (born 21 November 1962 in Zierikzee) is a former amateur football player from the Netherlands. As a football coach he had a long time spell with Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in ...

(born 1962), former amateur footballer from The Netherlands *

Dolf Sternberger Dolf Sternberger (originally ''Adolf Sternberger''; 28 July 1907 – 27 July 1989) was a German people, German philosopher and political scientist at the University of Heidelberg. Biography Dolf Sternberger was born in Wiesbaden in 1907. He is ...

(1907–1989), German philosopher and political scientist at the University of Heidelberg *

Dolf Verroen Dolf Verroen (born 20 November 1928) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. He won the Gouden Griffel, Zilveren Griffel award five times. Career Early in his career, he worked for the newspaper ''Het Vrije Volk''. Verroen made his debut ...

(born 1928), Dutch writer of children's literature *

Dolf de Vries Dolf de Vries (11 July 1937 – 5 December 2020) was a Dutch actor from The Hague. De Vries was best known for his television appearances, especially for his role as Verhulst in '' Dossier Verhulst'' (1986–87). He also appeared in several of P ...

(1937–2020), Dutch actor *

Dolf van der Voort van Zijp Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1 September 1892 in Klambir Lima, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies – 8 March 1978 in Monaco) was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Biography Born i ...

(1892–1978), Dutch horse rider *

Dölf Wild Dölf Wild (born 1954) is a Swiss historian, archaeologist and science writer, and works as the chief archaeologist of the city of Zürich. He is best known for his research into the building industry of medieval Zürich and for his contribution ...

(born 1954), Swiss historian and archaeologist *

Dolf Wyllarde Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes, writing as Dolf Wyllarde (3 April 1871 - 10 May 1950) was a British journalist and a writer of verse and fiction. From 1897 to 1939, she was known to publish in excess of 30 books, including novels, stories and ...

(1871–1950), English writer *

Dart Golf Dart golf games are games in which darts are thrown at traditional dart boards or dart boards that resemble golf courses with colored areas that represent a golf course. Dart golf games use golf-like rules and scoring. Rules and board configurati ...

Dart golf game called Dolf

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