Namesakes

Were you disappointed to find the wrong Neil Van Dyke here? Below are the ones I've found on the Web (with first name variations Neal, Niel, Nial, and Niall, and surname variations Vandyke, van Dyke, Van Dike, van Dijk, Van Dyk, van Dyck, etc.), listed in the order in which I found them.

Neil W. Van Dyke
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA
Hawaii, USA
Me.

Neil Van Dyke
Stowe, Vermont, USA
Owner, Golden Eagle Resort
Chief, Stowe Hazardous Terrain Evacuation Team
Director, Stowe Emergency Management
Trustee, Stowe Area Association

Neil Van Dyke
Milton, New Jersey, USA
1st Engineer, Jefferson Township Fire Department, Company Number One

Neil A. Van Dyke
Wisconsin, USA
Principal, engineering consulting firm Foth & Van Dyke

Neil Van Dyke
Missouri, USA
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Missouri Western State College

Neil Van Dyke
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pastor, St. Pius X Parish, Archdiocese of Chicago
Associate Pastor, St. Bede the Venerable, Archdiocese of Chicago (former)

Neil Van Dyke
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Student and soccer player, Central Piedmont Community College

Neil Vandyke
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Musician with band "Project One".

Even though we both have worked in the fields of software engineering, software agents, and hypertext, and have at least once published at the same conference, H. Van Dyke Parunak (or H. Van Parunak) is a different and unrelated person.

I've no relation to Van Dyke Software, although I wish I had their domain name.

No relation to Uncle Dicky, either.

Sure, I'm related to Paul van Dyk. We're tight. Maybe if you're real nice ta me, I could introduce ya...

Neither am I Neil Gaiman, but I'm flattered to be mistaken for him or any other Neils (except Neil Diamond or Neil Bush).