Kirk (given name)

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

People

Arts

• Kirk Covington, American musician

• Kirk Docker, co-creator of Australian TV series You Can't Ask That
• Kirk Franklin (born 1970), American gospel musician
• Kirk Hammett (born 1962), American musician, lead guitarist of Metallica
• Kirk Jarvinen (born 1967), American artist
• Kirk Joseph (born 1961), American musician
• Kirk Kelly (born c. 1960), American singer
• Kirk Lightsey (born 1937), American pianist
• Kirk Mitchell (born 1950), American author
• Kirk Pengilly (born 1958), Australian musician
• Kirk Powers (born 1957), American musician
• Kirk Whalum (born 1958), American saxophonist
• Kirk Windstein (born 1965), American musician

Athletics

• Kirk Baptiste (born 1963), American Olympics athlete
• Kirk Barton (born 1984), American football player
• Kirk Baumgartner (born 1967), American football player
• Kirk Bowman (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk Broadfoot (born 1984), Scottish footballer
• Kirk Bullinger (born 1969), American baseball player
• Kirk Chambers (born 1979), American football player
• Kirk Cousins (born 1988), American football player
• Kirk Dixon (born 1984), English rugby player
• Kirk Dressendorfer (born 1969), American baseball player
• Kirk Earlywine (born 1964), American basketball coach
• Kirk Edwards (born 1984), Barbadian cricketer
• Kirk Ferentz (born 1955), American football coach
• Kirk Furey (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk Gibson (born 1957), American baseball player
• Kirk Hanefeld (born 1956), American golfer
• Kirk Haston (born 1979), American basketball player
• Kirk Herbstreit (born 1969), American sportscaster
• Kirk Hilton (born 1981), English footballer
• Kirk Hinrich (born 1981), American basketball player
• Kirk Hudson (born 1986), English footballer
• Kirk Hunter (born 1963), Northern Irish footballer
• Kirk Jackson (born 1976), English footballer
• Kirk Johnson (born 1972), Canadian boxer
• Kirk Lowdermilk (born 1963), American football player
• Kirk Maltby (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk McCarthy (1966–2004), Australian motorcycle racer
• Kirk McCaskill (born 1961), Canadian baseball player
• Kirk McLean (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk Merritt (born 1997), American football player
• Kirk Morrison (born 1972), American football player
• Kirk Morrison (poker player), American poker player
• Kirk Muller (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirk Netherton (born 1985), English rugby player
• Kirk Nielsen (born 1973), American ice hockey player
• Kirk O'Bee (born 1977), American cyclist
• Kirk Olivadotti (born 1974), American football coach
• Kirk Palmer (born 1986), Australian Olympics swimmer
• Kirk Penney (born 1980), New Zealand basketball player
• Kirk Powell (born 1972), Jamaican cricketer
• Kirk Radomski (born 1969), American figure in the baseball steroids scandal
• Kirk Reynoldson (born 1979), Australian rugby player
• Kirk Rueter (born 1970), American baseball player
• Kirk Saarloos (born 1979), American baseball player
• Kirk Scrafford (born 1967), American football player
• Kirk Shelmerdine (born 1958), American race car driver
• Kirk Yeaman (born 1983), English rugby player

Entertainment

• Kirk Acevedo (born 1974), American actor
• Kirk Alyn (1910–1999), American actor
• Kirk Baily (1963–2022), American actor
• Kirk Baltz (born 1959), American actor
• Kirk Baxter (born 1972), Australian film editor
• Kirk Brandon (born 1956), English musician
• Kirk Browning (1921–2008), American television executive
• Kirk Cameron (born 1970), American actor
• Kirk DeMicco (born 1969), American screenwriter
• Kirk Degiorgio, British DJ
• Kirk Demorest, American filmmaker
• Kirk Douglas (1916–2020), American actor
• Kirk Fogg (born 1959), American actor
• Kirk Francis (born 1947), American film sound mixer
• Kirk Harris, American actor
• Kirk Thornton (born 1956), American voice actor
• Kirk B. R. Woller (born 1962), American actor

Finance

• Kirk Boott (1791–1837), American industrialist
• Kirk Kerkorian (1917–2015), American businessman

Law

• Kirk Anderson (judge) (fl. 2000s), Jamaican judge
• Kirk Bloodsworth (born 1960), American advocate for justice reform
• Kirk Cashmere (1955–2004), American lawyer

Military

• Kirk Lippold, American naval officer

Politics

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

Science

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

Others

• Kirk Hyslop (1889–?), Canadian architect
• Kirk Lankford (born 1985), American murderer
• Kirk Martinez, English academic
• 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 Kettner, lead character in She’s Out of My League
• 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
• Knight Kirk, is a fictional character from the video game Dark Souls (video game)

As a middle name

• Michael Kirk Douglas (born 1944), American actor
• Marshall Kirk McKusick (born 1954), (computer scientist)

See also

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