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. 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
• Alfred Frederick Bird (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 (born 1950), 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), American 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)