Kirk (given name)

Kirk is a given name. Notable people with the name include:;Law

Arts

• Kirk Covington, American musician
• Kirk Franklin (1970- ), American gospel musician
• Kirk Hammett (1962- ), American musician, lead guitarist of Metallica
• Kirk Jarvinen (1967- ), American artist
• Kirk Joseph (1961- ), American musician
• Kirk Kelly (c. 1960- ), American singer
• Kirk Lightsey (1937- ), American pianist
• Kirk Mitchell (1950- ), American author
• Kirk Pengilly (1958- ), Australian musician
• Kirk Powers, American musician
• Kirk Whalum (1958- ), musician
• Kirk Windstein, American musician in the band, Crowbar

Athletics

• Kirk Baptiste (1963- ), American Olympics athlete
• Kirk Barton (1984- ), American football player
• Kirk Baumgartner (1967- ), American football player
• Kirk Bowman (1952-), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk Broadfoot (1984- ), Scottish footballer
• Kirk Bullinger (1969- ), American baseball player
• Kirk Chambers (1979- ), American football player
• Kirk Cousins (1988- ), American football player
• Kirk Dixon (1984- ), English rugby player
• Kirk Dressendorfer (1969- ), American baseball player
• Kirk Earlywine (1964- ), American basketball coach
• Kirk Edwards (1984- ), Barbadian cricketer
• Kirk Ferentz (1955- ), American football coach
• Kirk Furey (1976- ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk Gibson (1957- ), American baseball player
• Kirk Hanefeld (1956- ), American golfer
• Kirk Haston (1979- ), American basketball player
• Kirk Herbstreit (1969- ), American sportscaster
• Kirk Hilton (1981- ), English footballer
• Kirk Hinrich (1981- ), American basketball player
• Kirk Hudson (1986- ), English footballer
• Kirk Hunter (1963- ), Northern Irish footballer
• Kirk Jackson (1976- ), English footballer
• Kirk Johnson (1972- ), Canadian boxer
• Kirk Lowdermilk (1963- ), American football player
• Kirk Maltby (1972- ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk McCarthy (1966-2004), Australian motorcycle racer
• Kirk McCaskill (1961- ), Canadian baseball player
• Kirk McLean (1966- ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk Morrison (1972- ), American football player
• Kirk Morrison (poker player), American poker player
• Kirk Muller (1966- ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk Netherton (1985- ), English rugby player
• Kirk Nielsen (1973- ), American ice hockey player
• Kirk O'Bee (1977- ), American cyclist
• Kirk Olivadotti (1974- ), American football coach
• Kirk Palmer (1986- ), Australian Olympics swimmer
• Kirk Penney (1980- ), New Zealand basketball player
• Kirk Powell (1972- ), Jamaican cricketer
• Kirk Radomski (1969- ), American figure in the baseball steroids scandal
• Kirk Reynoldson (1979- ), Australian rugby player
• Kirk Rueter (1970- ), American baseball player
• Kirk Saarloos (1979- ), American baseball player
• Kirk Scrafford (1967- ), American football player
• Kirk Shelmerdine (1958- ), American race car driver
• Kirk Yeaman, professional rugby league player for Hull FC

Entertainment

• Kirk Acevedo (1974- ), American actor
• Kirk Alyn (1910-1999), American actor
• Kirk Baltz (1959- ), American actor
• Kirk Baxter, Australian film editor
• Kirk Brandon (1956- ), English musician
• Kirk Browning (1921-2008), American television executive
• Kirk Cameron (1970- ), American actor
• Kirk DeMicco, American screenwriter
• Kirk Degiorgio, British DJ
• Kirk Demorest, American filmmaker
• Kirk Douglas (1916- ), American actor
• Kirk Fogg (1959- ), American actor
• Kirk Francis (1947- ), American film sound mixer
• Kirk Harris, American actor
• Kirk Thornton, voice actor
• Kirk B. R. Woller (1962- ), American actor

Finance

• Kirk Boott (1791-1837), American industrialist
• Kirk J. Davis, American business consultant
• Kirk Kerkorian (1917-2015), American businessman

Law

• Kirk Anderson (judge) (fl. 2000s), Jamaican judge
• Kirk Bloodsworth, American advocate for justice reform
• Kirk Cashmere (1955-2004), American lawyer

Military

• Kirk Lippold, American naval officer

Politics

• Kirk Cox (1957- ), American politician
• Kirk Dawes (1958- ), British mediator
• Kirk Fordham (1967- ), American Congressional aide
• Kirk Fordice (1934-2004), American politician, governor of Mississippi
• Kirk Humphreys (1950- ), American politician
• Kirk MacDonald, Canadian politician
• Kirk Schuring (1952- ), American politician
• Kirk Talbot (1969- ), Louisiana politician

Science

• Kirk Bryan (geologist) (1888-1950), American geologist
• Kirk Bryan (oceanographer) (1929- ), American oceanographer

Others

• Kirk Hyslop (1889-?), Canadian architect
• Kirk Lankford (1985- ), American murderer
• Kirk Martinez, English academic
• Kirk Miklethun (1986 - ), Door technician
• Kirk Schulz, president of Kansas State University
• Kirk White, Pagan lecturer and author

Fictional characters

• Kirk Anderson (As the World Turns), fictional character on the soap opera As the World Turns
• Kirk Cranston (Santa Barbara), fictional character on the soap opera "Santa Barbara"
• Kirk Gleason, a character from the hit WB show "Gilmore Girls"
• Kirk Lazarus, fictional character from Tropic Thunder
• Kirk Sutherland, fictional character in British TV series Coronation Street
• Kirk Van Houten, fictional character from The Simpsons

As a middle name

• Michael Kirk Douglas Actor
• Marshall Kirk McKusick computer scientist

See also

• Kirk
• Kirk (disambiguation)
• Kirk (surname)
• Kirk as a placename element