Bird (surname)

For the jazz saxophonist nicknamed "Bird", see Charlie Parker.

Bird is an English surname, probably deriving from the vertebrates of the same name. ^[1] Another common variant of this surname is " Byrd ."

A–I

• Aaron Bird (born 1983), Australian cricketer
• Alan Bird (1906–1962), Australian politician
• Alan C. Bird (born 1938), British ophthalmologist
• Albert Bird (1867–1927), British cricketer
• Alfred Bird (1811–1878), British food manufacturer and chemist
• Sir Alfred Bird, 1st Baronet (1849–1922), British, chemist, food manufacturer, and politician
• Alice Bird, British actress
• Andrew Bird (born 1973), American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
• Antonia Bird (1951–2013), British director
• Anthony Bird (1931–2016), British Anglican priest, physician, and principal
• Arthur H. Bird (1856–1923), American composer
• Augustus A. Bird (1802–1870), American politician
• Barbara Bird, American organizational behavior academic
• Bill Bird (1888–1963), American journalist
• Billie Bird (1908–2002), American actress and comedian
• Bob Bird (editor), Scottish newspaper editor
• Bob Bird (politician) (born 1951), political activist and teacher
• Bobby Bird, British musician
• Brad Bird (born 1957), American director and writer
• Bud Bird (born 1932), Canadian politician
• Calvin Bird (1938–2013), American football player
• Carmel Bird (born 1940), Australian writer
• Charlie Bird (1949–2024), Irish journalist
• Christopher Bird (1928–1996), American journalist
• Claire B. Bird (1868–1954), American politician
• Corey Bird (born 1995), American baseball player
• Cuthbert Hilton Golding-Bird (1848–1939), British surgeon, son of Golding Bird
• D. Woodrow Bird (1912–1995), American politician from Virginia
• Daniel W. Bird Jr. (born 1938), American politician from Virginia
• David Bird (journalist) (c. 1959–2014), 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
• Dillard E. Bird (1906–1990), American industrial and consulting engineer
• Don Bird (1908–1987), English football player
• Doreen Bird (1928–2004), British dance instructor and dance school founder
• Doug Bird (1950–2024), American baseball pitcher
• Edward Bird (1772–1819), English painter
• Edward Wheler Bird (1823–1903), 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 (born 1957), Australian diplomat
• Golding Bird (1814–1854), British doctor
• Greg Bird (baseball) (born 1992), American baseball infielder
• Greg Bird (rugby league) (born 1984), Australian rugby league player
• Harlan P. Bird (1838–1912), American politician
• Harley Bird (born 2001), British voice actress
• Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird (1826–1907), American author, poet
• 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
• Ira W. Bird (1819–1899), American politician
• Isabella Bird (1831–1904), English writer and historian
• Ivor Bird (1944–2024), Antiguan high jumper and broadcasting executive

J–Z

• Jackie Bird (born 1962), Scottish broadcaster
• Jade Bird (born 1997), English musician
• Jake Bird (1901–1949), American serial killer and burglar
• Jake Bird (baseball) (born 1995), American baseball pitcher
• Jean Bird (1912–1957), British pilot
• John Bird (actor) (1936–2022), British actor and comedian
• John Bird (artist) (1766–1829), Welsh landscape artist
• 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, Baron Bird (born 1946), founder of Big Issue
• John Taylor Bird (1829–1911), American politician
• Kai Bird (born 1951), American author
• Larry Bird (Canadian football) (born 1945), Canadian football player
• Larry Bird (born 1956), American basketball player
• Lester Bird (1938–2021), Antiguan athlete and politician
• Lloyd C. Bird (1894–1978), American politician
• Martina Topley-Bird (born 1975), 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 (rower) (1947–1996), British ocean rower
• Richard Bird (actor) (1894–1986), British actor
• Richard Ely Bird (1878–1955), American politician
• Richard Bird (computer scientist) (1943–2022), professor at Oxford
• Robert Bird (Welsh politician) (1839–1909), Welsh politician
• Sir Robert Bird, 2nd Baronet (1876–1960), British politician
• Robert Byron Bird (1924–2020), American educator and chemical engineer
• Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854), American playwright, novelist, photographer, and physician
• Ronnie Bird (footballer) (1941–2005), English football player
• Rosa Bird, born Josephine Sarah Jacombs (1866–1927), Australian-English soprano
• Rosalyn Bird, Canadian politician
• Rose Bird (1936–1999), Chief Justice of California
• Ruth Bird (1899–1987), English historian and schoolteacher
• Sam Bird (born 1987), British racing driver
• Sharon Bird (born 1962), Australian politician
• Simon Bird (born 1984), British actor
• Sue Bird (born 1980), American basketball player
• Sue Bird (engineer), British acoustical engineer
• Tony Bird (singer-songwriter) (1945–2019), South African singer and songwriter
• Tony Bird (footballer born 1974), Welsh football player
• Towa Bird (born 1999), British singer-songwriter
• 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
• Warren Bird (born 1956), American writer and researcher
• Will R. Bird (1891–1984), Canadian writer
• Wallis Bird (born 1982), Irish musician

See also

• Justice Bird (disambiguation)
• Byrd (surname), a variant spelling of the same surname
• Golding-Bird (disambiguation)

References

1. "Surname Database: Bird Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database.