# Birch (surname)

Birch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. A. Birch Jr. (1932–2011), American lawyer and judge
* Adam Birch (born 1979), American wrestler
* Alice Birch (born 1986), British playwright and screenwriter
* Andreas Birch (1758–1829), Danish cleric and academic
* Arthur Birch (disambiguation), several people
* Bill Birch (born 1c934), New Zealand politician
* Bob Birch (1956–2012), American musician
* Brian Birch (footballer, born 1938), played for Bolton Wanderers
* Brian Birch (1931–1989), English footballer
* Bryan Birch (born 1931), British mathematician
* Charles Birch (1918–2009), Australian geneticist, theologian and author
* Charles Bell Birch (1832–1893), English sculptor
* Charlie Birch (born 2001), English footballer
* Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (1800–1868), German actress and playwright
* Christian Birch-Reichenwald (1814–1891), Norwegian jurist and mayor of Oslo
* Chris Birch (stroke survivor) (born 1984), Welsh rugby player, self-described gay convert
* Chris Birch (game designer)
* Chris Birch (politician) (1950–2019), member of the Alaska Senate
* Diane Birch (born 1983), American singer-songwriter
* Daniel Birch (born 1997), Has the largest 3rd leg in the Birch family
* Edmund Birch (1831–1875), Western Australian politician
* Elizabeth Birch (born 1956), American LGBT attorney
* Eugenius Birch (1818–1884), English seaside architect
* Francis Birch (cryptographer) (1889–1956), British cryptographer and actor
* Francis Birch (geophysicist) (1903–1992), American geophysicist
* Gary Birch (footballer) (born 1981), English footballer
* Gina Birch, English post-punk musician
* James Birch (disambiguation), several people
* Jeff Birch (1927–2005), English professional footballer
* Jim Birch (rugby union) (1889–1968), English-born rugby union player
* John Birch (disambiguation) several people
* Juno Birch (born 1993), English drag queen, sculptor, and YouTuber
* Lamorna Birch (1869–1955), English artist
* Leann Birch (1946–2019), American developmental psychologist
* Margaret Birch (1921–2020), Canadian politician
* Martin Birch (1948–2020), British music producer
* Michael Birch (disambiguation), several people
* Patricia Birch (born 1934), American choreographer, film and theatre director
* Paul Birch (disambiguation), several people
* Percy Birch (1860–?), English footballer
* Peter Birch-Reichenwald (1843–1898), Norwegian politician
* Reg Birch (1914–1994), British communist and trade unionist
* Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856–1943), English-American artist and illustrator
* Ric Birch (born 1945), Australian TV producer and event director
* Robert H. Birch (c. 1827–c. 1866), American western outlaw
* Robert L. Birch (1925–2005), American librarian and National Trivia Day creator
* Rosalie Birch (born 1983), English cricketer
* Ryan Birch (1969–2013), British judoka
* Samuel Birch (disambiguation), several people
* Sarah Birch (born 1963), American political scientist and academic
* Scholes Birch (1826–1910), English cricketer
* Stanley F. Birch Jr. (born 1945), US Circuit Judge
* Thomas Birch (disambiguation), several people
* Thora Birch (born 1982), American actress and producer
* Wallace Birch (1910–1987), English footballer
* Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924), English historian
* William Birch (disambiguation), several people
Fictional characters
* Edna Birch, Peter Birch and Eve Birch, from the British TV soap Emmerdale
* Professor Birch, from the Pokémon series
* Simon Birch, main character of the eponymous 1998 American comedy-drama film