Van Dyke beard style was worn by van Dyck himself and by many of the sitters for his portraits, including King Charles I of England. The Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin also wore a Van Dyke. The Van Dyke had a revival in the 19th century and was worn by several well-known figures, including General Custer (among other styles) and the actor Monty Woolley. Colonel Sanders would also qualify as having a Van Dyke. Van Dyke beard A Van Dyke (sometimes spelled Vandyke, or Van Dyck) is a style of facial hair named after the 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). A
Henry Van Dyke (novelist) Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971 and, in 1974, a Richard Rodgers Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died of heart failure on December 22, 2011, at the Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home, to which he had recently moved when he felt he was failing and nearing the end. Henry Van Dyke (novelist) Henry L. Van Dyke, Jr. (1928 – December 22, 2011), was an American novelist, editor, teacher and musician. Henry Van Dyke was born in Allegan, Michigan, to an academic family. He spent his childhood in Montgomery, Alabama, where his father taught at Alabama State Teachers