# Bird (surname)

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), 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