Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick is an Irish (Ulster) and Scottish surname, and occasionally a given name, possibly a branch of the Cenél nEógain of the Northern Uí Néill. The name traditionally relates to a church ("kirk") dedicated to Saint Patrick.

Surname

 * Alexander Kirkpatrick (1849-1940), British professor of Hebrew and biblical commentator Chris at manband.jpg
 * Alexander Kirkpatrick (rugby union) (1898-1971), New Zealand rugby union player
 * Andrew Kirkpatrick (lawyer) (1756–1831), Chief Justice of New Jersey Supreme Court
 * Andrew Kirkpatrick (judge) (1844–1904), U.S. District Court for New Jersey, grandson of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) (above)
 * Andrew Kirkpatrick (politician) (1848–1928), South Australian politician
 * Andy Kirkpatrick (born 1971), British climber and writer
 * Ann Kirkpatrick (born 1950), American politician—Arizona
 * Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick (born 1946), American diplomat
 * Bob Kirkpatrick (musician) (born 1934), American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
 * Chris Kirkpatrick (born 1971), American musician
 * Clayton Kirkpatrick (1915–2004), American journalist and newspaper editor
 * Conilee Kirkpatrick (born 1948), American electronics engineer
 * Cyril Kirkpatrick (1872–1957), British civil engineer
 * David Kirkpatrick (producer) (born 1951), American film producer
 * David Gordon Kirkpatrick (1927–2003), Australian country musician known as Slim Dusty
 * David G. Kirkpatrick, Canadian computer scientist
 * Donald Kirkpatrick (1924–2014, fl. 1960s), American educator
 * Ethel Kirkpatrick (1869–1966), British artist and jeweller
 * Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (1933–1986), African-American musician, civil rights activist, and minister
 * Gary Kirkpatrick (1941–2021), American concert pianist
 * George Airey Kirkpatrick (1841–1899), Canadian politician
 * George G. Kirkpatrick Jr. (1938–2003), American politician
 * Harry Kirkpatrick (born c. 1958), Irish activist and convict
 * Ian Kirkpatrick (born 1946), New Zealand rugby union player
 * Ivone Kirkpatrick (1897–1964), British diplomat
 * J. Davy Kirkpatrick, American astronomer
 * James Kirkpatrick (disambiguation), various people
 * Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926–2006), American diplomat for whom the American political doctrine, Kirkpatrick Doctrine, is named
 * Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952), American glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator
 * John Kirkpatrick (rugby league) (born 1979), British player
 * John Kirkpatrick (musician) (born 1947), English musician
 * John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892–1915), British-born Australian soldier
 * Joseph Kirkpatrick (1872-1930), British artist
 * Karey Kirkpatrick (born 1964), American writer
 * Kitty Kirkpatrick (1802–1889), Anglo-Indian noblewoman, muse of the philosopher Thomas Carlyle
 * Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797–1859), 19th-century American attorney, political figure
 * Lyman Kirkpatrick (1916–1995), American government administrator
 * Maggie Kirkpatrick (born 1941), Australian actress
 * María Manuela Kirkpatrick (1794–1879), Spanish royal family member
 * Martha Kirkpatrick (1925–2015), American psychoanalyst and clinical professor of psychiatry
 * Nora Kirkpatrick (born 1984), American actress and musician, founding member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
 * Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911–1984), American musician, musicologist and cataloguer of the works of Domenico Scarlatti
 * Randolph Kirkpatrick (1863–1950), British naturalist and author
 * Roger de Kirkpatrick (fl. 14th century), Scottish activist
 * Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio and Eastern Michigan University
 * Sanford Kirkpatrick (1842–1932), American politician—Iowa
 * Sean M. Kirkpatrick, physicist and director of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
 * Sidney D. Kirkpatrick (born 1955), American documentary filmmaker and author
 * Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (1848–1909), American politician—Kansas
 * Sophia Astley Kirkpatrick (1802–1871), wife of Littleton Kirkpatrick (above), donor to Rutgers College
 * Ted Kirkpatrick (1960–2022), American musician
 * Timothy Kirkpatrick (born 1978), American drummer
 * Thomas Kirkpatrick (Canadian politician) (1805–1870), Canadian politician
 * Thomas Kirkpatrick (New York), New York politician
 * Thomas J. Kirkpatrick (1829–1897), American lawyer and politician
 * Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1960), American musician
 * William Kirkpatrick (disambiguation), various people

Given name

 * Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1812–1878), Scottish blacksmith and inventor of the mechanical bicycle
 * Kirkpatrick Sale, American author, technology critic and tax resister