Birch (surname)

Birch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Fictional characters
 * A. A. Birch Jr. (1932–2011), American lawyer and judge
 * Adam Birch (born 1979), American wrestler
 * Alice Birch (born 1986), British playwright and screenwriter
 * Andreas Birch (1758–1829), Danish cleric and academic
 * Arthur Birch (disambiguation), several people
 * Bill Birch (born 1934), New Zealand politician
 * Bob Birch (1956–2012), American musician
 * Brian Birch (footballer, born 1938), played for Bolton Wanderers
 * Brian Birch (1931–1989), English footballer
 * Bryan Birch (born 1931), British mathematician
 * Charles Birch (1918–2009), Australian geneticist, theologian and author
 * Charles Bell Birch (1832–1893), English sculptor
 * Charlie Birch (born 2001), English footballer
 * Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (1800–1868), German actress and playwright
 * Christian Birch-Reichenwald (1814–1891), Norwegian jurist and mayor of Oslo
 * Chris Birch (stroke survivor) (born 1984), Welsh rugby player, self-described gay convert
 * Chris Birch (game designer)
 * Chris Birch (politician) (1950–2019), member of the Alaska Senate
 * Diane Birch (born 1983), American singer-songwriter
 * Daniel Birch (born 1997), Has the largest 3rd leg in the Birch family
 * Edmund Birch (1831–1875), Western Australian politician
 * Elizabeth Birch (born 1956), American LGBT attorney
 * Eugenius Birch (1818–1884), English seaside architect
 * Francis Birch (cryptographer) (1889–1956), British cryptographer and actor
 * Francis Birch (geophysicist) (1903–1992), American geophysicist
 * Gary Birch (footballer) (born 1981), English footballer
 * Gina Birch, English post-punk musician
 * James Birch (disambiguation), several people
 * Jeff Birch (1927–2005), English professional footballer
 * Jim Birch (rugby union) (1889–1968), English-born rugby union player
 * John Birch (disambiguation) several people
 * Juno Birch (born 1993), English drag queen, sculptor, and YouTuber
 * Lamorna Birch (1869–1955), English artist
 * Leann Birch (1946–2019), American developmental psychologist
 * Margaret Birch (1921–2020), Canadian politician
 * Martin Birch (1948–2020), British music producer
 * Michael Birch (disambiguation), several people
 * Patricia Birch (born 1934), American choreographer, film and theatre director
 * Paul Birch (disambiguation), several people
 * Percy Birch (1860–?), English footballer
 * Peter Birch-Reichenwald (1843–1898), Norwegian politician
 * Reg Birch (1914–1994), British communist and trade unionist
 * Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856–1943), English-American artist and illustrator
 * Ric Birch (born 1945), Australian TV producer and event director
 * Robert H. Birch (c. 1827–c. 1866), American western outlaw
 * Robert L. Birch (1925–2005), American librarian and National Trivia Day creator
 * Rosalie Birch (born 1983), English cricketer
 * Ryan Birch (1969–2013), British judoka
 * Samuel Birch (disambiguation), several people
 * Sarah Birch (born 1963), American political scientist and academic
 * Scholes Birch (1826–1910), English cricketer
 * Stanley F. Birch Jr. (born 1945), US Circuit Judge
 * Thomas Birch (disambiguation), several people
 * Thora Birch (born 1982), American actress and producer
 * Wallace Birch (1910–1987), English footballer
 * Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924), English historian
 * William Birch (disambiguation), several people
 * Edna Birch, Peter Birch and Eve Birch, from the British TV soap Emmerdale
 * Professor Birch, from the Pokémon series
 * Simon Birch, main character of the eponymous 1998 American comedy-drama film