Kirby (surname)
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Kirby is a surname. Kirby is found in 116 governed bodies in the world, though is most concentrated in the USA (70,753), England (22,162), Australia (7,160), Canada (5,268), and Ireland (1,931) but most prevalent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1:1,127).[1] This shows the people with this surname have travelled and become residents in many nations around the world. It originated in Northern England from the Old Norse word kirkja + býr meaning church + settlement or in Southwestern Ireland.[2]
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
- Eric Kirby (footballer) (born 1926), 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
- 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
- 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
- Kier M. Kirby, singer of Deee-Lite
- Lee-Ann Kirby (born 1987), Trinidad and Tobago cricketer
- Louis Kirby (1928–2006), British newspaper editor
- Luke Kirby (actor), Canadian film actor
- Luke Kirby (priest) (1540s–1582), Catholic Priest and martyr
- 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
- 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
- Vanessa Kirby (born 1986 or 1987), English actress
- Wallace W. Kirby (1881–1962), Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- 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
See also
This page lists people with the surname Kirby.
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References
- ^ Forebears. "Kirby Surname Distribution Map". Forebears.io. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Ancestry. "Kirby Family History". Ancestry.com. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 November 2020.