Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician.

U.S. Senator known for eloquence.

the second office building constructed for members and staff of the United States Senate, northeast of the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C., and was named for the late longtime Minority Leader Everett Dirksen from Illinois in 1972.

Eduard Willy Kurt (2 April 1882 – 19 December 1955) a German diplomat (and from 1936, when he joined the party, specifically a Nazi diplomat) who was the last German ambassador to Britain before World War II.

The Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, commonly referred to as the Dirksen Federal Building, is a skyscraper in the Chicago Loop at 219 South Dearborn Street.