Birkhead

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


 * Edith Birkhead, lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol and a Noble Fellow at the University of Liverpool
 * George Birkhead (died 1614), English Roman Catholic priest, archpriest in England from 1608
 * Harry Birkhead (died 2013), South African philatelist
 * Henry Birkhead (1617–1696), English academic, lawyer and Latin poet
 * Leon Milton Birkhead (1885–1954), American Unitarian minister
 * Martin Birkhead (died 1590), English politician
 * Tim Birkhead, Professor of Zoology at the University of Sheffield and author