Hirst (surname)

Hirst is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sir Amos Brook Hirst, OBE (6 December 1878[1] – 26 November 1955) chairman of The Football Association (FA) from 1941 to 1955.
 * Arthur Stanley Hirst (1883–1930), British entomologist
 * Barton Cooke Hirst (1861-1935), American obstetrician
 * Ben Hirst, English footballer
 * Christopher Hirst (born 1947), British cricketer and educator
 * Claude Raguet Hirst (1855–1942), American painter
 * Damien Hirst (born 1965), English artist
 * David Hirst
 * David Hirst (arachnologist), described many species of huntsman spider, based at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide
 * David Hirst (footballer) (born 1967), English professional footballer
 * David Hirst (journalist) (born 1936), British journalist based in Beirut
 * David Hirst (judge) (1925–2011), British Lord Justice of Appeal from 1992 to 1999
 * Derek Hirst (born 1948), British historian
 * Sir Edmund Langley Hirst (1898–1975), British chemist
 * Edward Hirst (1857–1914), British cricketer
 * Edward Hirst, English photographer and videographer
 * Elín Hirst (born 1960), Icelandic politician
 * Emily Hirst (born 1993), Canadian actress
 * Ernest Hirst (1855–1933), British cricketeer
 * Francis Wrigley Hirst (1873–1953), British journalist and editor of The Economist
 * Geoffrey Hirst (1904–1984), British industrialist and politician
 * George Hirst
 * George Henry Hirst (1879–1933), British politician
 * George Herbert Hirst (1871–1954), English professional cricketer
 * George Littlewood Hirst (1890–1967), Welsh international rugby union player
 * George Hirst (virologist) (1909–1994), American virologist
 * George Hirst (footballer) (born 1999), English footballer
 * G. M. Hirst (1869–1962), English-American classicist
 * Grace Hirst (1805–1901), New Zealand businesswoman
 * Henry Hirst (1838–1911), New Zealand politician
 * Henry Beck Hirst (1813–1874), American poet
 * Hugo Hirst (1863-1943), British industrialist
 * Ivan Hirst (1916–2000), British Army officer instrumental in reviving Volkswagen in post-war Germany
 * Jack Hirst, British rugby player
 * Jack Hirst (1936–2012), British rugby player
 * Jemmy Hirst (1738–1829), English eccentric
 * Joe Hirst (born 1987), British rugby player
 * Joseph Hirst (1863–1945), British architect
 * John Hirst
 * John Hirst (born 1947), British businessman
 * John Hirst (born 1950), British killer and campaigner for prisoners' rights
 * John Hirst, Australian academic and historian.
 * John Hirst (born 1970), rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s for Wakefield Trinity
 * John Malcolm Hirst (1921–1997), British aerobiologist, agricultural botanist, and mycologist
 * Judy Hirst, British biologist
 * Kenneth Hirst (1940–2008), British rugby league footballer
 * Keegan Hirst (born 1988), British rugby league footballer
 * Larry Hirst (born 1951), British businessman.
 * Mark Hirst, British journalist
 * Maude Hirst, English Actress
 * Michael Hirst (1933–2017), British art historian.
 * Michael Hirst (born 1946), Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician
 * Michael Hirst (born 1952), English screenwriter
 * Nicky Hirst (born 1963), English sculptor and artist
 * Olive Hirst (1912–1994), English advertising agent
 * Paul Hirst (1947–2003), British sociologist
 * Rob Hirst (born 1956), Australian musician
 * Shakespeare Hirst (1841–1907), British actor and author
 * Shari Decter Hirst, Canadian politician
 * Stephanie Hirst (born 1975), British radio presenter
 * Thomas Hirst (1865–1927), British cricketer
 * Thomas Archer Hirst (1830–1892), British mathematician
 * Tony Hirst (born 1967), British actor and stage director
 * Tony Hirst, British academic and blogger
 * Ursula Hirst (1909–2002), British actress
 * William Hirst (1873–1946), British politician