Kirst

Kirst is a surname:
 * Alex Kirst, drummer in The Nymphs, an alternative rock band of the late 1980s
 * Edgar Kirst (born 1951), German athletics competitor
 * Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989), German novelist and the author of 46 books
 * Joachim Kirst (born 1947), retired East German decathlete
 * Jutta Kirst (born 1954), retired female track and field athlete who competed for East Germany
 * Michael W. Kirst (born 1939), professor
 * Rita Kirst (born 1950), German high jumper
 * Roger Kirst, Henry M. Grether Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law
 * Whitey Kirst, American-Canadian rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter