Bird (surname)

Bird is an English surname, probably deriving from the vertebrates of the same name. Another common variant of this surname is "Byrd."

A–I

 * Aaron Bird (born 1983), Australian cricketer
 * Alan Bird (1906–1962), Australian politician
 * Alan C. Bird (born 1938), British ophthalmologist
 * Albert Bird (1867–1927), British cricketer
 * Alfred Bird (1811–1878), British food manufacturer and chemist
 * Alfred Frederick Bird (1849–1922), British, chemist, food manufacturer, and politician
 * Alice Bird, British actress
 * Andrew Bird (born 1973), American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
 * Antonia Bird (1951–2013), British director
 * Anthony Bird (1931–2016), British Anglican priest, physician, and principal
 * Arthur H. Bird (1856–1923), American composer
 * Augustus A. Bird (1802–1870), American politician
 * Barbara Bird, American organizational behavior academic
 * Bill Bird (1888–1963), American journalist
 * Billie Bird (1908–2002), American actress and comedian
 * Bob Bird, Scottish newspaper editor
 * Bob Bird (politician) (born 1951), political activist and teacher
 * Bobby Bird, British musician
 * Brad Bird (born 1957), American director and writer
 * Bud Bird (born 1932), Canadian politician
 * Calvin Bird (1938–2013), American football player
 * Carmel Bird (born 1940), Australian writer
 * Charlie Bird (1949–2024), Irish journalist
 * Christopher Bird (1928–1996), American journalist
 * Claire B. Bird (1868–1954), American politician
 * Corey Bird (born 1995), American baseball player
 * Cuthbert Hilton Golding-Bird (1848–1939), British surgeon, son of Golding Bird
 * David Bird (journalist) (c. 1959–2014), American journalist
 * David Bird (bridge writer) (born 1946), British writer on Bridge
 * Derrick Bird (1957–2010), English spree killer
 * Dickie Bird (born 1933), English cricket umpire
 * Dillard E. Bird (1906–1990), American industrial and consulting engineer
 * Don Bird (1908–1987), English football player
 * Doreen Bird (1928–2004), British dance instructor and dance school founder
 * Doug Bird (born 1950), American baseball pitcher
 * Edward Bird (1772–1819), English painter
 * Edward Wheler Bird (1823–1903), founder of the British-Israelite Movement
 * Eugene K. Bird (1926–2005), American military officer
 * Florence Bird (1908–1998), Canadian journalist and politician
 * Forrest Bird (1921–2015), American physician and inventor
 * Frederic Mayer Bird (1838–1908), American educator and clergyman
 * George Bird (baseball) (1850–1940), American baseball outfielder
 * Gillian Bird (born 1957), Australian diplomat
 * Golding Bird (1814–1854), British doctor
 * Greg Bird (baseball) (born 1992), American baseball infielder
 * Greg Bird (rugby league) (born 1984), Australian rugby league player
 * Harlan P. Bird (1838–1912), American politician
 * Harley Bird (born 2001), British voice actress
 * Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird (1826–1907), American author, poet
 * Henry Edward Bird (1830–1908), English chess player and writer
 * Ian Bird (field hockey) (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ian Bird (software developer), game designer
 * Ira W. Bird (1819–1899), American politician
 * Isabella Bird (1831–1904), English writer and historian

J–Z

 * Jackie Bird (born 1962), Scottish broadcaster
 * Jade Bird (born 1997), English musician
 * Jake Bird (1901–1949), American serial killer and burglar
 * Jake Bird (baseball) (born 1995), American baseball pitcher
 * Jean Bird (1912–1957), British pilot
 * John Bird (actor) (1936–2022), British actor and comedian
 * John Bird (artist) (1766–1829), Welsh landscape artist
 * John Bird (astronomer) (1709–1776), British astronomer and instrument designer
 * John Bird (bishop) (died 1558), British Bishop of Chester
 * John Bird (New York) (1768–1806), American politician
 * John Bird (footballer) (born 1948), British football player and manager
 * John Bird, Baron Bird (born 1946), founder of Big Issue
 * John Taylor Bird (1829–1911), American politician
 * Kai Bird (born 1951), American author
 * Larry Bird (Canadian football) (born 1945), Canadian football player
 * Larry Bird (born 1956), American basketball player
 * Lester Bird (1938–2021), American athlete and politician
 * Lloyd C. Bird (1894–1978), American politician
 * Martina Topley-Bird (born 1975), British singer
 * Michael J. Bird (1928–2001), British writer
 * Morice Bird (1888–1933), British cricketer
 * Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009), Australian aviator
 * Norman Bird (1920–2005), British actor
 * Peter Bird (rower) (1947–1996), British ocean rower
 * Richard Bird (actor) (1894–1986), British actor
 * Richard Ely Bird (1878–1955), American politician
 * Richard Bird (computer scientist) (1943–2022), professor at Oxford
 * Robert Bird (Welsh politician) (1839–1909), Welsh politician
 * Sir Robert Bird, 2nd Baronet (1876–1960), British politician
 * Robert Byron Bird (1924–2020), American educator and chemical engineer
 * Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854), American playwright, novelist, photographer, and physician
 * Ronnie Bird (footballer) (1941–2005), English football player
 * Rosa Bird, born Josephine Sarah Jacombs (1866–1927), Australian-English soprano
 * Rose Bird (1936–1999), Chief Justice of California
 * Ruth Bird (1899–1987), English historian and schoolteacher
 * Sam Bird (born 1987), British racing driver
 * Sharon Bird (born 1962), Australian politician
 * Simon Bird (born 1984), British actor
 * Sue Bird (born 1980), American basketball player
 * Sue Bird (engineer), British acoustical engineer
 * Tony Bird (singer-songwriter) (1945–2019), South African singer and songwriter
 * Tony Bird (footballer born 1974), Welsh football player
 * Towa Bird (born 1999), British singer-songwriter
 * Vere Bird (1910–1999), prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda
 * Víctor Bird (born 1982), Puerto Rican volleyball player
 * Walter James Bird (1863–1953), organ builder based in Birmingham, England
 * Will R. Bird (1891–1984), Canadian writer
 * Wallis Bird (born 1982), Irish musician