Kirby

Kirby is for:

  • Kirby (game series), video game character from Nintendo
  • Kirby (CMS), a database-less content management system
  • Kirby Company, US-American vacuum cleaner manufacturer
  • Kirby Corporation, US inland shipping company
  • Kirby Cone, mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica


Kirby is the family name of the following people:

  • Alister Kirby (1886-1917), British rower
  • Bill Kirby (* 1975), Australian swimmer
  • Bruce Kirby (1928-2021), US-American actor
  • Bruno Kirby (1949-2006), US actor
  • Christopher Kirby, US-American-Australian actor
  • David Kirby (1957-1990), US-American AIDS activist
  • Edward Kirby (1901-1968), US-American track and field athlete
  • Fran Kirby (* 1993), English football player
  • Gordon William Kirby (1934-2011), British chemist
  • Gustavus T. Kirby (1874-1954), US-American lawyer, sportsman and sports official
  • Jack Kirby (1917-1994), US-American comic artist
  • Joel Kirby (* 1964), US-American musical performer, dancer and actor
  • John Kirby (baseball player) (1865-1931), US American baseball player.
  • John Kirby (1908-1952), US-American jazz bassist
  • John Kirby (Bishop) (* 1938), Irish Roman Catholic bishop.
  • John Kirby (jurist) (1939-2019), US-American jurist
  • John Kirby (football player) (born 1942), US football player
  • John Kirby (admiral), US officer and former rear admiral of the United States Navy
  • Josh Kirby (1928-2001), British cartoonist, illustrator of the Discworld novels.
  • Karolyn Kirby (* 1961), US-American beach volleyball player
  • Kathy Kirby (1938-2011), British singer
  • Laurence Kirby (* 1952), British mathematician
  • Luke Kirby (priest) († 1582), English priest and martyr.
  • Luke Kirby (actor) (* 1978), Canadian actor
  • Malachi Kirby (* 1989), British actor
  • Moses H. Kirby, US-American lawyer and politician
  • Percival R. Kirby (1887-1970), South African ethnomusicologist and university lecturer.
  • Peter Kirby (* 1931), Canadian bobsledder
  • Pierre Kirby († 1990), British martial arts artist and actor.
  • Ralph Kirby (1884-1945), English football player and coach
  • Robert Kirby (1925-2005), US-American automobile racing driver
  • Robert Kirby (singer) (1948-2009), British folk-rock singer.
  • Robion Kirby (* 1938), US-American mathematician
  • Roy Kirby († 2010), British jazz musician and bandleader.
  • Steve T. Kirby (* 1952), US-American politician
  • Sylvia Kirby (b. 1956), US singer and songwriter, see Sylvia (singer).
  • Vanessa Kirby (* 1988), British actress
  • Vicki Kirby (* 1950), Australian sociologist, anthropologist and university lecturer
  • William Kirby (1759-1850), British entomologist and priest
  • William C. Kirby (* 1950), US-American historian and sinologist
  • William F. Kirby (1867-1934), US-American politician
  • William Forsell Kirby (1844-1912), British entomologist and folklorist


Kirby is the name of the following places in the United States:

  • Kirby (Arizona)
  • Kirby (Arkansas)
  • Kirby (Georgia)
  • Kirby (Indiana)
  • Kirby (Montana)
  • Kirby (Ohio)
  • Kirby (Oklahoma)
  • Kirby (Pennsylvania)
  • Kirby (Texas)
  • Kirby (Vermont)
  • Kirby (West Virginia)
  • Kirby (Wisconsin)
  • Kirby (Wyoming)


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