Bird (surname)
Bird is an English surname, probably deriving from the vertebrates of the same name.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaron Bird (born 1983), Australian cricketer
- Alan Bird (1906–1962), Australian politician
- Albert Bird (1867–1927), British cricketer
- Alfred Bird (1811–1878), British food manufacturer and chemist
- Alfred Frederick Bird (1849–1922), British, chemist, food manufacturer, and politician
- Andrew Bird (born 1973), American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
- Antonia Bird (1951–2013), British director
- Bill Bird (1888–1963), American journalist
- Billie Bird (1908–2002), American actress and comedian
- Bob Bird, newspaper editor
- Bob Bird (politician) (born 1951), political activist and teacher
- Bobby Bird, musician
- Brad Bird (born 1957), American director and writer
- Brandon Bird (born 1980), American artist
- Bud Bird (born 1932), Canadian politician
- Carmel Bird (born 1940), Australian writer
- Charlie Bird (born 1949), Irish journalist
- Christopher Bird (1928–1996), American journalist
- David Bird (journalist) (died 2014), American journalist
- David Bird (bridge writer) (born 1946), British writer on Bridge
- Derrick Bird (1957–2010), English spree killer
- Dickie Bird (born 1933), English cricket umpire
- Doreen Bird (1928–2004), British dance instructor and dance school founder
- Doug Bird (born 1950), American baseball pitcher
- Edward Bird (1772–1819), English painter
- Edward Wheeler Bird, founder of the British-Israelite Movement
- Eugene K. Bird (1926–2005), American military officer
- Florence Bird (1908–1998), Canadian journalist and politician
- Forrest Bird (1921–2015), American physician and inventor
- Frederic Mayer Bird (1838–1908), American educator and clergyman
- George Bird (baseball) (1850–1940), American baseball outfielder
- Gillian Bird, Australian diplomat
- Golding Bird (1814–1854), British doctor
- Greg Bird (born 1984), Australian rugby league player
- Greg Bird (baseball) (born 1992), American baseball infielder
- Henry Edward Bird (1830–1908), English chess player and writer
- Ian Bird (field hockey) (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ian Bird (software developer), game designer
- Isabella Bird (1831–1904), English writer and historian
- Jackie Bird (born 1962), Scottish broadcaster
- John Bird (actor) (born 1936), British actor and comedian
- John Bird (astronomer) (1709–1776), British astronomer and instrument designer
- John Bird (bishop) (died 1558), British Bishop of Chester
- John Bird (New York) (1768–1806), American politician
- John Bird (footballer) (born 1948), British football player and manager
- John Bird (entrepreneur), founder of Big Issue
- John Taylor Bird (1829–1911), American politician
- Kai Bird (born 1951), American author
- Larry Bird (born 1956), American basketball player
- Lester Bird (born 1938), American athlete and politician
- Lloyd C. Bird (1894–1978), American politician
- Martina Topley-Bird, British singer
- Michael J. Bird (1928–2001), British writer
- Morice Bird (1888–1933), British cricketer
- Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009), Australian aviator
- Norman Bird (1920–2005), British actor
- Peter Bird, (died 1996), British ocean rower
- Richard Bird (actor) (1894–1986), British actor
- Richard Ely Bird (1878–1955), American politician
- Richard Bird (computer scientist) (born 1943), professor at Oxford
- Robert Bird (Welsh politician) (1839–1909), Welsh politician
- Sir Robert Bird, 2nd Baronet (1876–1960), British politician
- Robert Byron Bird, Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854), American playwright, novelist, photographer, and physician
- Ronnie Bird (footballer) (1941–2005), English football player
- Rose Bird (1936–1999), Chief Justice of California
- Sharon Bird (born 1962), Australian politician
- Sue Bird (born 1980), American basketball player
- Tony Bird (singer-songwriter), South African singer and songwriter
- Tony Bird (footballer born 1974), Welsh football player
- Vere Bird (1910–1999), prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda
- Víctor Bird (born 1982), Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Walter James Bird (1863–1953), organ builder based in Birmingham, England
- Will R. Bird (1891–1984), Canadian writer
- Wallis Bird (born 1982), Irish musician
See also
- Byrd (surname), a similar surname
References
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