Kirby (surname)

Kirby is a surname of Irish and English origin. The Irish surname is an anglicisation of Ó Ciarmhaic, while the English surname is from the Old Norse "kirkja" + "býr" meaning "church" + "settlement". Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abner Kirby (1818–1893), mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 * Adam Kirby (born 1980s), jockey
 * Alan Kirby (born 1977), Irish former footballer
 * Alex Kirby (disambiguation)
 * Alister Kirby (1886–1917), British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
 * Andy Kirby (1961–2002), stock car driver and motorcycle racer
 * Bill Kirby (born 1975), Australian swimmer
 * Bruce Kirby (disambiguation)
 * Bruno Kirby (1949–2006), American film and television actor
 * Cam Kirby (1909–2003), Canadian politician
 * Cecil Kirby (born 1950), Canadian outlaw biker and criminal.
 * Charles Kirk Kirby (1826–1910), American architect
 * Chauncey Kirby, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Claire Kirby (born 1987), New Zealand beauty queen
 * Clay Kirby (1948–1991), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Connor Kirby (born 1998), English football player
 * Dale Kirby (born 1971), Canadian politician
 * David Kirby (disambiguation)
 * David Kirby (journalist), journalist
 * David Kirby (judge) (born 1943), judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
 * David Kirby (poet) (born 1944), American poet
 * Dean Kirby, American politician
 * Dorothy Kirby, American professional golfer and sportscaster
 * Doug Kirby (born 1957), American author
 * Douglas Kirby (1943–2012), research scientist
 * Durward Kirby (1912–2000), television personality
 * Edmund Kirby (1838–1920), English architect
 * Edward Kirby (1901–1968), American athlete
 * Edward M. Kirby (1906-1974), American public relations manager and US Army colonel
 * Eric Kirby (footballer) (1926–2018), English professional footballer
 * Fran Kirby (born 1993), English footballer
 * Frank E. Kirby (1849–1929), Detroit designer of steamships in the early 20th century
 * Frank Howard Kirby (1871–1956), British soldier
 * Frank Kirby (disambiguation)
 * Fred Kirby (1910–1996), American country-and-western recording and performance artist and songwriter
 * Gary Kirby (born 1967), Irish hurling manager and former player
 * Gene Kirby (?–2011), American Major League Baseball announcer and front office executive
 * George Kirby (1923–1995), comedian
 * George Kirby (baseball) (born 1998), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Gerald Kirby (disambiguation)
 * Gustavus Town Kirby (1874–1956), American lawyer
 * Halder Kirby, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Harold Kirby (zoologist) (1900–1952), Canadian-American zoologist and protistologist
 * Harold James Kirby (1895–1956), lawyer, real estate agent, and political figure in Ontario
 * Henry Kirby (1889–1976), English cricketer
 * Jack Kirby (1917–1994), comic book artist
 * Jake Kirby (born 1994), English football midfielder
 * James Kirby (died 1915), American labor leader
 * Jane Kirby, Canadian figure skater
 * Jay Kirby (1920–1964), American actor
 * Jim Kirby (1884–1971), inventor
 * John Henry Kirby (1860–1940), American businessman
 * John Joshua Kirby (1716–1774), British landscape painter, engraver, and writer
 * John Kirby (artist) (born 1949), British painter
 * John Kirby (attorney), US attorney involved in some famous trials and the namesake of the video game character Kirby.
 * John Kirby (Canadian politician) (1772–1846), Canadian businessman and politician
 * John Kirby (disambiguation)
 * Jon Luke Kirby (born 1998), English rugby league player
 * Josh Kirby (1928–2001), British illustrator known for his Discworld covers
 * Joshua Kirby (1716–1774), British artist
 * Kathy Kirby (1938–2011), British singer
 * Kayle Kirby (born 1998), professional Australian rules footballer
 * Ken Kirby, Canadian-born actor and screenwriter
 * Kenneth Kirby, South African chess master
 * Kier M. Kirby, singer of Deee-Lite
 * Lee-Ann Kirby (born 1987), Trinidad and Tobago cricketer
 * Leyland Kirby, English electronic musician
 * Louis Kirby (1928–2006), British newspaper editor
 * Luke Kirby (actor), Canadian film actor
 * Luke Kirby (priest) (1540s–1582), Catholic Priest and martyr
 * Matt Kirby, Qld XR Festival + Australian XR Festival Founder
 * Micajah W. Kirby (1798–1882), New York politician
 * Michael J. L. Kirby (born 1941), former Canadian senator and current Chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada
 * Michael Kirby (judge) (born 1939), Justice of the High Court of Australia
 * Paul Kirby (born 1966), Australian politician
 * Pauline Kirby (1905–1981), American army nurse
 * Rene Kirby (born 1955), American male actor
 * Richard Kirby (arbitrator) (1904–2001), Australian arbitrator
 * Robert Kirby (musician) (1948–2009), British-born arranger of string sections for rock and folk music
 * Robert Kirby (cartoonist) (born 1962), American cartoonist
 * Robion Kirby (born 1938), American mathematician
 * Roger Kirby (born 1950), British urologist and surgeon
 * Rome Kirby, American sailor
 * Ryan Kirby (born 1974), English soccer player
 * Sandra Kirby (born 1949), Canadian academic and rower
 * Simone Kirby, Irish actress
 * Steve Kirby (cricketer), English cricketer
 * Steve T. Kirby (born 1952), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
 * Stuart Kirby (born 1981), race car driver
 * Sylvia Kirby (born 1956), American country singer
 * Terry Kirby (born 1970), American former football player
 * Vanessa Kirby (born 1989), English actress
 * Wallace W. Kirby (1881–1962), Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
 * Wayne Kirby (born 1964), American baseball player and coach
 * Will Kirby (born 1973), Big Brother contestant
 * William C. Kirby (born 1950), Historian at Harvard University
 * William F. Kirby (1867–1934), Senator from Arkansas
 * William Forsell Kirby (1844–1912), later English entomologist
 * William Kirby (author), Canadian author of The Golden Dog, etc.
 * William Kirby (entomologist) (1759–1850), English entomologist

Fictional characters

 * Paul Kirby, a character in the 2001 American science fiction movie Jurassic Park III