Kirk is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
Arts Kirk Covington (born 1956/1957), American musician 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 Fox, American actor Kirk Francis (born 1947), American film sound mixer Kirk Harris, American actor Kirk Talley (born 1958), American musician Kirk Thornton (born 1956), American voice actor Kirk B. R. Woller (born 1962), American actor
Finance Kirk Boott (1790–1837), American industrialist Kirk Kerkorian (1917–2015), American businessman
Law Kirk Anderson (judge) (born 1967), Jamaican judge Kirk Bloodsworth (born 1960), American advocate for justice reform Kirk Cashmere (1955–2004), American lawyer
Military Kirk Lippold (born 1959), American naval officer
Politics Kirk Bangstad (born 1976/1977), American brewer and political candidate 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 Kirk Humphreys (born 1950), American politician Kirk MacDonald (born 1975), Canadian politician Kirk Schuring (born 1952), American politician Kirk Talbot (born 1969), American politician Kirk Wagoner, American politician Kirk Watson (born 1958), American politician Kirk White (born 1962), American politician and neopagan author
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 (born 1963), president of Kansas State University
Fictional characters Kirk Anderson (As the World Turns), character on the soap opera As the World Turns Kirk Cranston (Santa Barbara), character on the soap opera Santa Barbara Kirk Gleason, a character from the WB show Gilmore Girls Kirk Lazarus, character from Tropic Thunder Kirk Sutherland, character in British TV series Coronation Street Kirk Van Houten, character from The Simpsons
See also Kirk (disambiguation) Kirk (surname)