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

Kirk Covington Kirk Covington is a drummer best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Tribal Tech. Covington was born in Midland, Texas, where he attended the University of North Texas College of Music, where he met bassist Gary Willis, with whom he l ...

, American musician *

Kirk Docker Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk'' ...

, co-creator of Australian TV series ''

You Can't Ask That ''You Can't Ask That'' is an Australian TV series created by ABC Television that first went to air in August 2016. its seventh season is on air in Australia. The series will take a rest in 2023, however is expected to return beyond that. His ...

Kirk Franklin Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) ...

(1970– ), American gospel musician *

Kirk Hammett Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica, he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, ...

(1962– ), American musician, lead guitarist of Metallica *

Kirk Jarvinen Kirk Jarvinen (born 1967 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American artist / illustrator best known for his cartoon-style comic book art. Early life Kirk Jarvinen was born in 1967 in Detroit, and raised in Michigan. Career Jarvinen became a profession ...

(1967–), American artist *

Kirk Joseph Kirk Joseph (born 1961) is a jazz sousaphone player from New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of trombonist Waldren "Frog" Joseph, Kirk Joseph began playing the sousaphone while a student at Andrew Bell Middle School, and took part in his first profess ...

(1961–), American musician *

Kirk Kelly Kirk P. Kelly (born circa 1960) is a folk singer, songwriter and labor activist from New York City. In the mid-1980s Kelly and a group of like-minded musicians started calling themselves "anti-folk" and started a small but intense movement.Robb ...

(c. 1960–), American singer *

Kirk Lightsey Kirkland "Kirk" Lightsey (born February 15, 1937, Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz pianist. Biography Lightsey had piano instruction from the age of five and studied piano and clarinet through high school. After service in the Army, Lights ...

(1937–), American pianist * Kirk Mitchell (1950–), American author *

Kirk Pengilly Kirk Pengilly ( ; born 4 July 1958) is an Australian musician and member of the Australian rock group INXS. Kirk plays saxophone, guitar and also performs as a backing vocalist. Early career Pengilly moved to Sydney in 1966, and became best fri ...

(1958– ), Australian musician *

Kirk Powers Kirk Powers is an American bassist. In 1976, he joined American Tears, one of the first keyboard-oriented Heavy Ivory bands. He also made pre-production demos and masters with Touch. He found work in the 1980s touring with various artists inc ...

(1957– ), American musician *

Kirk Whalum Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk'' ...

(1958– ), American saxophonist *

Kirk Windstein Kirk Windstein (born April 14, 1965) is an American musician. He is the frontman, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and sole constant member of the sludge metal band Crowbar. He is also a founding member of the heavy metal supergroup Down, playing gu ...

(1965– ), American musician ;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 Kirk John Broadfoot (born 8 August 1984) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Lowland League club Open Goal Broomhill. Broadfoot started his senior career with St Mirren and he helped the club gain promotion to the Scottish P ...

(1984– ), Scottish footballer *

Kirk Bullinger Kirk Matthew Bullinger (born October 28, 1969) is an American former professional baseball middle relief pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos (), Boston Red Sox (), Philadelphia Phillies (), and Houston ...

(1969– ), American baseball player * Kirk Chambers (1979– ), American football player *

Kirk Cousins Kirk Daniel Cousins (born August 19, 1988) is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State and was drafted by the team then known as the Washingto ...

(1988– ), American football player * Kirk Dixon (1984– ), English rugby player *

Kirk Dressendorfer Kirk Richard Dressendorfer (born April 8, 1969) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1991. Dressendorfer attended and played college baseball at The University ...

(1969– ), American baseball player * Kirk Earlywine (1964– ), American basketball coach *

Kirk Edwards Kirk Anton Edwards (born 3 November 1984) is a West Indies former international cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman, domestically mainly for Barbados. Domestic career In May 2018, he was selected to play for the Windward Islands nat ...

(1984– ), Barbadian cricketer *

Kirk Ferentz Kirk James Ferentz (born August 1, 1955) is an American football coach. He is the current head football coach at the University of Iowa, a position he has held since the 1999 season. From 1990 to 1992, Ferentz was the head football coach at the ...

(1955– ), American football coach * Kirk Furey (1976– ), Canadian ice hockey player *

Kirk Gibson Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He is currently a color commentator for the Detroit Tigers on Bally Sports Detroit and a special assistant for the Tigers. As a player, Gibso ...

(1957– ), American baseball player * Kirk Hanefeld (1956– ), American golfer *

Kirk Haston Kirk Haston (born March 10, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player and politician. He played for Indiana University under coach Bobby Knight between 1998–99 and 2000–01. He was subsequently drafted 16th overall in 2001 by ...

(1979– ), American basketball player *

Kirk Herbstreit Kirk Edward Herbstreit (; born August 19, 1969) is an American sportscaster and former college football player. He serves as an analyst for ESPN's '' College GameDay'', a television program covering college football, and he also provides color ...

(1969– ), American sportscaster *

Kirk Hilton Kirk Hilton (born 2 April 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool. Club career Hilton began his career in the Manchester United youth programme. He was released from United and played ...

(1981– ), English footballer *

Kirk Hinrich Kirk James Hinrich ( born January 2, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He has also been a member of the USA National Team. Growing up in Sioux City, Iowa, Hinrich was exposed to basketball at an early age. His father, ...

(1981– ), American basketball player * Kirk Hudson (1986– ), English footballer *

Kirk Hunter Kirk Hunter (born 2 October 1965) is a retired Northern Irish footballer. While he played less due to injuries and suspension in the later stages of his career, he won two Irish League titles with Crusaders, and is one of the most decorated Cr ...

(1963– ), Northern Irish footballer * Kirk Jackson (1976– ), English footballer *

Kirk Johnson Kirk Cyron Johnson (born June 29, 1972) is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2010, and challenged once for the WBA heavyweight title in 2002. Amateur career Johnson represented Canada at the 1992 Olympics in Barc ...

(1972– ), Canadian boxer *

Kirk Lowdermilk Robert Kirk Lowdermilk (born April 10, 1963) is a former American football center who played twelve seasons (178 games) in the National Football League (NFL), with the Minnesota Vikings and Indianapolis Colts. He was drafted by the Vikings in th ...

(1963– ), American football player *

Kirk Maltby Kirk Frederick Maltby (born December 22, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers and Detroit Red Wings, the latter with whom he won the Stanley ...

(1972– ), Canadian ice hockey player *

Kirk McCarthy Kirk Richard McCarthy (18 November 1966 – 15 August 2004), in Melbourne Victoria, Australia, was an Australian motorcycle road racer who competed in several major championships both at home and internationally. He was killed in an Australia ...

(1966–2004), Australian motorcycle racer *

Kirk McCaskill Kirk Edward McCaskill (born April 9, 1961) is a Canadian-American former Major League Baseball pitcher and former professional ice hockey player. He played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox between 1985 and 1 ...

(1961– ), Canadian baseball player *

Kirk McLean Kirk Alan McLean (born June 26, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers. ...

(1966– ), Canadian ice hockey player *

Kirk Merritt Kirk Merritt (born January 5, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arkansas State. Early life and high school Merritt grew up in Destrehan, ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Kirk Morrison Kirk David Morrison (born February 19, 1982) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft and also played for the Jacksonville Jag ...

(1972– ), American football player * Kirk Morrison (poker player), American poker player *

Kirk Muller Kirk Christopher Muller (born February 8, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for 19 seasons from 1984–85 until 2002–03. He was also the head coach of the National Hockey League ...

(1966– ), Canadian ice hockey player *

Kirk Netherton Kirk Netherton (born ), also known by the nickname of "Nevo", is an English rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Featherstone Rovers. His usual position is . Career Kirk formerly played for Hull Kingston Rovers, and made his Su ...

(1985– ), English rugby player *

Kirk Nielsen Kirk G. Nielsen (born October 19, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 6 games in the NHL with the Boston Bruins during the 1997–98 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1996 to 1999, was spent in th ...

(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 Kirk Samuel Penney (born 23 November 1980) is a New Zealand professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers between 1999 and 2003, where he was twice named first-team all-conference and an all ...

(1980– ), New Zealand basketball player * Kirk Powell (1972– ), Jamaican cricketer *

Kirk Radomski Kirk J. Radomski (born 1969) is a former batboy and clubhouse employee, colloquially known by players as Murdock, for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball from 1985 to 1995. On April 27, 2007, he pleaded guilty in United States district cour ...

(1969– ), American figure in the baseball steroids scandal *

Kirk Reynoldson Kirk Reynoldson (born 11 March 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights and the Melb ...

(1979– ), Australian rugby player *

Kirk Rueter Kirk Wesley Rueter ( ; born December 1, 1970), nicknamed "Woody", is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Rueter played for the Montreal Expos and the San Francisco Giants. Early life Rueter was born in Centralia, Illi ...

(1970– ), American baseball player *

Kirk Saarloos Kirk Craig Saarloos (born May 23, 1979) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the TCU Horned Frogs. He played college baseball at Cal State Fullerton for coach George Horton from 1999 to 2001 ...

(1979– ), American baseball player *

Kirk Scrafford Kirk Tippet Scrafford (born March 13, 1967) is a former professional American football player who played offensive lineman for nine seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals, the Denver Broncos, and the San Francisco 49ers. Scrafford played college fo ...

(1967– ), American football player *

Kirk Shelmerdine Edward Kirk Shelmerdine V (born March 8, 1958) is an American stock car racing driver and former championship-winning crew chief for Dale Earnhardt. Crew chief After spending his early NASCAR career as an engineer for Hylton Engineering, in 19 ...

(1958– ), American race car driver * Kirk Yeaman (1983– ), English rugby player ;Entertainment *

Kirk Acevedo Kirk M. Acevedo (born November 27, 1971) is an American actor. He is primarily known for his work on television for the portrayals of Miguel Alvarez in the HBO series '' Oz'', Joe Toye in '' Band of Brothers'', and FBI Agent Charlie Francis i ...

(1974– ), American actor *

Kirk Alyn Kirk Alyn (born John Feggo Jr.; October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial '' Superman'' and its 1950 sequel '' ...

(1910–1999), American actor *

Kirk Baily Kirk Baily (February 2, 1963 – February 28, 2022) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Kevin "Ug" Lee on the Nickelodeon sitcom '' Salute Your Shorts'', and later for his voice acting roles in animation and video games. E ...

(1963–2022), American actor *

Kirk Baltz William Kirk Baltz (born September 14, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the police officer Marvin Nash in Quentin Tarantino's film '' Reservoir Dogs''. Life and career Baltz was born in New York City, New York. He play ...

(1959– ), American actor *

Kirk Baxter Kirk Baxter (born 1972) is an Australian film editor. He has worked with director David Fincher and editor Angus Wall several times, winning Academy Awards for ''The Social Network'' and ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo''. Baxter was raised in ...

(1972– ), Australian film editor *

Kirk Brandon Kirk Brandon (born 3 August 1956) is an English musician best known as the leader of the bands Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny and a former lover of Boy George. Musical career Brandon's music career started in 1978, in Clapham, south Lo ...

(1956– ), English musician *

Kirk Browning Kirk Browning (March 28, 1921 – February 10, 2008) was an American television director and producer who had hundreds of productions to his credit, including 185 broadcasts of ''Live from Lincoln Center''. Born in New York City, Browning dropp ...

(1921–2008), American television executive *

Kirk Cameron Kirk Thomas Cameron (born October 12, 1970) is an American actor and evangelist. He first gained fame as a teen actor playing Mike Seaver on the ABC sitcom '' Growing Pains'' (1985–1992), a role for which he was nominated for two Golden G ...

(1970– ), American actor *

Kirk DeMicco Kirk DeMicco (born May 15, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing ''Space Chimps'', ''The Croods'' and ''Vivo''. Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey and a former resident of Franklin Lakes, DeMicco attended Ramapo ...

(1969– ), American screenwriter *

Kirk Degiorgio Kirk Degiorgio, better known as As One, is a British techno producer and DJ. Born in the late 1960s in Stepney, East London, and raised in Suffolk, he started producing music in the early 1990s. He founded the labels A.R.T. Records and Op-Art ...

, British DJ * Kirk Demorest, American filmmaker *

Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Dou ...

(1916–2020), American actor *

Kirk Fogg ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' is an American action-adventure TV game show that broadcast from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon. Created by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone, and Stephen Brown, the program features a fictitious temple, "filled w ...

(1959– ), American actor *

Kirk Francis Kirk H. Francis (born August 27, 1947) is a former production sound mixer in the motion picture industry. See also * Foley (filmmaking) *Composer *audio engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) hel ...

(1947– ), American film sound mixer * Kirk Harris, American actor *

Kirk Thornton Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor, director and script writer working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese anime shows. Career His major roles include Brandon Heat in ''Gungrave'', Hotohori in ''Fushigi Yūgi'', Klein in ' ...

(1956– ), American voice actor *

Kirk B. R. Woller Kirk B. R. Woller is an American actor who has played Gaius in The Chosen, Agent Gene Crane on The X-Files, and the boss of the mysterious cleaners in Charmed. His notable film characters include coach Cal Sawyer in Hometown Legend, Chief Officer ...

(1962– ), American actor ;Finance *

Kirk Boott Kirk Boott (October 20, 1790 – April 11, 1837) was an American Industrialist instrumental in the early history of Lowell, Massachusetts. Biography Boott was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1790. His father had emigrated to the United State ...

(1791–1837), American industrialist *

Kirk Kerkorian Kerkor Kerkorian ( hy, Գրիգոր Գրիգորեան; June 6, 1917 – June 15, 2015) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Bever ...

(1917–2015), American businessman ;Law *

Kirk Anderson (judge) Kirk Brian Anderson (born 20 April 1967) is a Caribbean jurist. A dual national of Jamaica and Belize, he has experience both before the bench and behind it, in Belize as Director of Public Prosecutions and in Jamaica as a justice of the Supreme C ...

(fl. 2000s), Jamaican judge *

Kirk Bloodsworth Kirk Noble Bloodsworth (born October 31, 1960) is a former Maryland waterman and the first American sentenced to death to be exonerated post-conviction by DNA testing. He had been wrongfully convicted in 1985 of the 1984 rape and first-degree mur ...

(1960– ), American advocate for justice reform * Kirk Cashmere (1955–2004), American lawyer ;Military *

Kirk Lippold Kirk S. Lippold (born April 29, 1959) is a former U.S. Navy officer. He was the commanding officer of the United States Navy destroyer on October 12, 2000, when the ship was attacked and bombed by al-Qaeda terrorists during a refueling stop in ...

, American naval officer ;Politics * Kirk Cox (1957– ), American politician * Kirk Dawes (1958– ), British mediator *

Kirk Fordham Kirk Fordham serves as Senior Director of Member and Board Relations for the National Association of Manufacturers. Fordham spent 18 years working on Capitol Hill and later worked for several philanthropists on a range of conservation, civil right ...

(1967– ), American Congressional aide *

Kirk Fordice Daniel Kirkwood "Kirk" Fordice Jr. () (February 10, 1934 – September 7, 2004), was an American politician and businessman who served as the 61st Governor of Mississippi from 1992 to 2000. He was the first Republican governor of the sta ...

(1934–2004), American politician, governor of Mississippi *

Kirk Humphreys Kirk Humphreys (born September 13, 1950) is an American politician who served as Mayor of Oklahoma City from April 9, 1998, to November 3, 2004. He was considered a favorite candidate of the Republican party establishment for U.S. Senator in 2004, ...

(1950– ), American politician * Kirk MacDonald, Canadian politician *

Kirk Schuring Kirk Schuring (born September 17, 1952) is an American politician serving as a member of the Ohio Senate. He served as interim Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, following the resignation of Speaker Cliff Rosenberger. Rosenberger resign ...

(1952– ), American politician *

Kirk Talbot Michael Kirk Talbot (born November 18, 1969) is an American politician from Louisiana. A Republican, Talbot has represented the 10th district in the Louisiana State Senate since 2020, and previously represented the 78th district in the Louisian ...

(1969– ), Louisiana politician ;Science *

Kirk Bryan (geologist) Kirk Bryan (22 July 1888 in Albuquerque, New Mexico Territory – 22 August 1950 in Cody, Wyoming) was an American geologist on the faculty of Harvard University from 1925 until his death in 1950. The son of R.W.D. Bryan (Astronomer under Hall ...

(1888–1950), American geologist *

Kirk Bryan (oceanographer) Kirk Bryan Jr. (born July 21, 1929), son of Kirk Bryan, Sr.(geologist, 1888–1950) is an American oceanographer who is considered to be the founder of numerical ocean modeling. Starting in the 1960s at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, ...

(1929– ), American oceanographer ;Others * Kirk Hyslop (1889–?), Canadian architect * Kirk Lankford (1985– ), American murderer *

Kirk Martinez Kirk Martinez is a Professor in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton UK. He gained a BSc in Physics from the University of Reading and a PhD in Image Processing in the department of Electronic Systems Engineering at ...

, English academic *

Kirk Schulz Kirk Herman Schulz (born May 11, 1963) is an American educator, currently serving as the 11th president of Washington State University, a position he began on June 13, 2016. Prior to serving at Washington State, Schulz was the 13th president of ...

, president of Kansas State University *

Kirk White Kirk White (born May 21, 1962) is an American neopagan author and politician. Prior to serving the Windsor-Addison district in the Vermont House of Representatives, he was founder and president of Cherry Hill Seminary. White's multidisciplinary e ...

, 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 This is a list of characters for the comedy-drama television series ''Gilmore Girls''. Main characters Lorelai Gilmore Lorelai Gilmore, played by Lauren Graham, is the only daughter of Richard and Emily Gilmore. She is the mother of Lore ...

, a character from the hit WB show ''

Gilmore Girls ''Gilmore Girls'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham ( Lorelai Gilmore) and Alexis Bledel ( Rory Gilmore). The show debuted on October 5, 2000, on The WB and became a flag ...

'' * Kirk Lazarus, fictional character from ''Tropic Thunder'' *

Kirk Sutherland Kirk Sutherland is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. The character first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 22 May 2000, played by an uncredited actor and originally referred to as Mark. ...

, fictional character in British TV series ''Coronation Street'' *

Kirk Van Houten The American animated television series '' The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The wr ...

, fictional character from ''The Simpsons''

As a middle name

* Michael Kirk Douglas (born 1944), American actor *

Marshall Kirk McKusick Marshall Kirk McKusick (born January 19, 1954) is a computer scientist, known for his extensive work on BSD UNIX, from the 1980s to FreeBSD in the present day. He was president of the USENIX Association from 1990 to 1992 and again from 2002 to ...

(born 1954), (computer scientist)