Hirst (surname)
Appearance
Hirst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Stanley Hirst (1883-1930), British entomologist
- Ben Hirst, English footballer
- Christopher Hirst (born 1947), a British cricketer and educator
- Claude Raguet Hirst (1855-1942), an 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), British 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), a British chemist
- Edward Hirst (1857-1914), a British cricketer
- Edward Hirst, English photographer and videographer
- Elín Hirst (born 1960), an Icelandic politician.
- Emily Hirst (born 1993), Canadian actress
- Ernest Hirst (1855-1933), a British cricketeer
- Francis Wrigley Hirst (1873–1953), British journalist and editor of The Economist
- Geoffrey Hirst (1904-1984), a British industrialist and politician.
- George Henry Hirst (1879-1933), a 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
- G. M. Hirst (1869–1962), English-American classicist
- Grace Hirst (1805-1901), a New Zealander businesswoman
- Henry Hirst (1838-1911), a New Zealander politician.
- Henry Beck Hirst (1813-1874), an American poet
- Hugo Hirst (1863-1943), a British industrialist.
- Ivan Hirst (1916–2000), British Army officer instrumental in reviving Volkswagen in postwar Germany
- Jack Hirst, a British rugby player
- Jack Hirst (1936-2012), a British rugby player.
- Jemmy Hirst (1738–1829), English eccentric
- Joe Hirst (born 1987), a British rugby player.
- Joseph Hirst (1863-1945), a British architect.
- John Hirst
- John Hirst (born 1947), British businessman
- John Hirst (born 1950), a British killer and campaigner for prisoners' rights
- John Hirst, an Australian academic and historian.
- John Hirst (born 1970), rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s for Wakefield Trinity
- Kenneth Hirst (1940-2008), British rugby league footballer
- Larry Hirst (born 1951), a British businessman.
- Mark Hirst, a British journalist.
- Michael Hirst, a British art historian.
- Michael Hirst (born 1946), former Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician
- Michael Hirst (born 1952), English screenwriter
- Nicky Hirst (born 1963), an English sculptor and artist.
- Paul Hirst (1947–2003), British sociologist
- Rob Hirst (born 1956), Australian musician
- Shakespeare Hirst (1841-1907), a British actor and author.
- Shari Decter Hirst, a Canadian politician.
- Simon Hirst (born 1975), British radio presenter
- Thomas Hirst (1865-1927), a British cricketeer.
- Thomas Archer Hirst (1830–1892), British mathematician
- Tony Hirst (born 1967), a British actor and stage director.
- Tony Hirst, a British academic and blogger.
- Ursula Hirst (1909–2002), British actress
- William Hirst (1873-1946), a British politician.