# Byrd (surname)

Byrd is a surname of English and Irish origin, a variant of the surname Bird.

## Notable people with the surname

* A. Dean Byrd (1948–2012), American psychologist
* Adam M. Byrd (1859–1912), American politician
* Adrianne Byrd (1970–2020), American romance novelist
* Albert Byrd (1915–1990), American cyclist
* Alma W. Byrd (1924–2017), American politician
* Alton Byrd (born 1957), American-British basketball player, sports broadcaster and sports executive
* Andrew Byrd (born 1982), American politician
* Bill Byrd (1907–1991), American baseball player
* Billy Byrd (1920–2001), American country guitarist
* Bobby Byrd (1934–2007), American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and musician
* Boris Byrd (born 1962), American football player
* Brandon R. Byrd, American historian
* Bretton Byrd (1904–1959), British composer and musician
* Brigitte Byrd (born 1959), French-American poet
* Butch Byrd (born 1941), AFL Hall of Fame
* Charles Byrd (fighter) (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
* Charles Pinckney Byrd (c. 1857–1935), American publisher and printer
* Charles Willing Byrd (1770–1828), first sitting justice on the United States District Court of Ohio
* Charlice Byrd (born 1951), American politician
* Charlie Byrd (1925–1999), American jazz guitarist
* Chris Byrd (born 1970), American heavyweight boxing champion
* Conley Byrd (1925–2014), Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
* Cord Byrd (born 1971), American attorney and politician
* Curley Byrd (1889–1970), American university administrator, educator, athlete, coach, and politician
* Damiere Byrd (born 1993), American football player
* Dan Byrd (born 1985), American actor
* Danny Byrd (born 1979), English DJ, record producer and musician
* Darryl Byrd (born 1960), American football player
* David Byrd (politician) (born 1957), American politician and retired basketball coach
* David Edward Byrd (1941–2025), American graphic designer and painter
* David Harold Byrd (1900–1986), American petroleum geologist and businessman
* Debra Byrd (1951–2024), American vocalist
* Deborah Byrd (born 1951), American science journalist
* Dennis Byrd (1966–2016), American football player
* Dennis Byrd (American football, born 1946) (1946–2010), American football player
* Demetrius Byrd (born 1986), American football player
* Dominique Byrd (born 1984), American football player
* Don Byrd, American poet
* Donald Byrd (1932–2013), American jazz trumpeter
* Donald Byrd (choreographer) (born 1949), American dance choreographer
* Dontez Byrd (born 1995), American football player
* Elizabeth Byrd (1912–1989), American author
* Emanuel Byrd (born 1994), American football player
* Eugene Byrd (born 1975), American actor
* Flossie M. Byrd (1927–2020), American home economist
* Garland T. Byrd (1924–1997), American politician
* Geoff Byrd (born 1970), American musician
* George Byrd (1926–2010), American conductor
* Gibson Byrd (1923–2002), American painter
* Gill Byrd (born 1961), American football player
* Harriet Elizabeth Byrd (1926–2015), American politician and educator
* Harry Byrd (baseball) (1925–1985), American baseball player
* Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966), U.S. senator for Virginia
* Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914–2013), U.S. senator for Virginia from 1965 until 1983
* Henry Roeland Byrd (1918–1980), American blues musician
* Imhotep Gary Byrd, American radio host and musician
* Isaac Byrd (born 1974), American football player
* Israel Byrd (born 1971), American college football player and coach
* Jairus Byrd (born 1986), American football player
* James Byrd Jr. (1949–1998), American murder victim
* James W. Byrd (born 1954), American politician
* Jazz Byrd (c. 1904–1994), American football player and coach and tax collector
* Jefferson Byrd (born 1971), American politician
* Jeff Byrd (born 1956), American baseball player
* Jeffrey J. Byrd, American biologist
* Jeffrey W. Byrd, American film director, producer and screenwriter
* Jerry Byrd (1920–2005), American lap steel guitarist
* Jessica Byrd, American feminist activist
* Jim Byrd (born 1968), American baseball player
* Jodi Byrd, Chickasaw academic
* Joe Byrd (vaudeville), American vaudeville comedian
* Joe Byrd (Cherokee Nation Principal Chief) (born 1954)
* John William Byrd Jr. (1963–2002), American murderer
* Johnnie Byrd (born 1951), American politician
* Joseph Byrd (born 1937), American rock musician
* Joseph Tali Byrd, Cherokee/Quapaw Nation politician
* Josephine Byrd, American activist and former social service worker
* Jonathan Byrd (golfer) (born 1978), American golfer
* Jonathan Byrd (musician) (born 1970), American folk singer-songwriter
* Jordan Byrd (born 2000), American football player
* Judie Byrd, American chef
* Kahlil Byrd, American political advisor and entrepreneur
* LaRon Byrd (born 1989), American football player
* Larry Byrd (born 1948), American politician
* Laurie Byrd, American basketball player and coach
* Leland Byrd (1927–2022), American college athletic administrator, basketball player and coach
* Leo Byrd (1936–1991), American basketball player
* Leonard Byrd (born 1975), American sprinter
* Louis Byrd, mayor of Lynwood, California
* Mabel Byrd (1895–1988), American civil rights activist
* Manford Byrd Jr. (1928–2021), American educator and education administrator
* Marc Byrd (born 1970), American musician, writer, and producer
* Maria Taylor Byrd (1698–1771), wife of William Byrd II
* Marlon Byrd (born 1977), American baseball player
* Mary E. Byrd (1849–1934), American educator
* Mary Willing Byrd (1740–1814), second wife of Colonel William Byrd III
* Michael Byrd, American police officer
* Mitch Byrd (born 1961), American comic book artist
* Ollie Byrd (1896–1929), American baseball player
* Paul Byrd (born 1970), American baseball player
* Petri Hawkins-Byrd (born 1957), bailiff "Byrd" on the Judge Judy TV series
* Ralph Byrd (1909–1952), American actor
* Raymond Byrd (1895–1926), American lynching victim
* Richard Byrd (athlete) (1892–1958), American athlete and baseball player
* Richard Byrd (American football) (born 1962), American football player
* Richard C. Byrd (c. 1805–1854), American politician
* Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925), Virginia lawyer, politician and newspaperman
* Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), American admiral, polar explorer, aviator
* Richard Evelyn Byrd III (1920–1988), American naval officer and polar explorer
* Rick Byrd (born 1953), American college basketball coach
* Ricky Byrd (born 1956), American rock musician
* Robert Byrd (1917–2010), U.S. Senator, Democrat from West Virginia
* Robert Byrd (architect) (1904–1978), American architect
* Robert Byrd (artist) (born 1942), American author and illustrator
* Robert K. Byrd (1823–1885), American soldier and politician
* Robert L. Byrd, American politician and lobbyist
* Robin Byrd (born 1957), American former pornographic actress
* Russell Byrd (born 1992), American baseball player
* Sammy Byrd (1910–1981), American baseball player and golfer
* Solomon Byrd (born 1999), American football player
* Steve Byrd (1955–2016), English rock musician
* Sylvester Byrd (born 1963), American football player
* Terrill Byrd (born 1986), American football player
* Thomas Jefferson Byrd (1950–2020), American actor
* Tom Byrd (born 1960), American actor
* Tracy Byrd (boxer) (born 1964), American boxer
* Tracy Byrd (born 1966), American country singer
* Walt Byrd (born 1942), American retired basketball player
* Warren Byrd (born 1965), American jazz pianist, vocalist and composer
* Wendell Byrd, American politician and businessman
* William Byrd (1540–1623), English composer
* William Byrd I (1652–1704), member of colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses
* William Byrd II (1674–1744), founder of Richmond, Virginia
* William Byrd III (1728–1777), member of the House of Burgesses, and military officer
* William Byrd (died 1922), American lynching victim
* William M. Byrd (1819–1874), justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
* Willie Byrd (born 1983), American football player
* Winifred Byrd (1884–1970), American concert pianist