# Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick is an Irish (Ulster) and Scottish surname, and occasionally a given name, possibly a branch of the Cenél nEógain of the Northern Uí Néill. The name traditionally relates to a church ("kirk") dedicated to Saint Patrick.

## Surname

* Alexander Kirkpatrick (1849-1940), British professor of Hebrew and biblical commentator Chris Kirkpatrick
* Alexander Kirkpatrick (rugby union) (1898-1971), New Zealand rugby union player
* Andrew Kirkpatrick (lawyer) (1756–1831), Chief Justice of New Jersey Supreme Court
* Andrew Kirkpatrick (judge) (1844–1904), U.S. District Court for New Jersey, grandson of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) (above)
* Andrew Kirkpatrick (politician) (1848–1928), South Australian politician
* Andy Kirkpatrick (born 1971), British climber and writer
* Ann Kirkpatrick (born 1950), American politician—Arizona
* Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick (born 1946), American diplomat
* Bob Kirkpatrick (musician) (born 1934), American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Chris Kirkpatrick (born 1971), American musician
* Clayton Kirkpatrick (1915–2004), American journalist and newspaper editor
* Conilee Kirkpatrick (born 1948), American electronics engineer
* Cyril Kirkpatrick (1872–1957), British civil engineer
* David Kirkpatrick (producer) (born 1951), American film producer
* David Gordon Kirkpatrick (1927–2003), Australian country musician known as Slim Dusty
* David G. Kirkpatrick, Canadian computer scientist
* Donald Kirkpatrick (1924–2014, fl. 1960s), American educator
* Ethel Kirkpatrick (1869–1966), British artist and jeweller
* Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (1933–1986), African-American musician, civil rights activist, and minister
* Gary Kirkpatrick (1941–2021), American concert pianist
* George Airey Kirkpatrick (1841–1899), Canadian politician
* George G. Kirkpatrick Jr. (1938–2003), American politician
* Harry Kirkpatrick (born c. 1958), Irish activist and convict
* Ian Kirkpatrick (born 1946), New Zealand rugby union player
* Ivone Kirkpatrick (1897–1964), British diplomat
* J. Davy Kirkpatrick, American astronomer
* James Kirkpatrick (disambiguation), various people
* Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926–2006), American diplomat for whom the American political doctrine, Kirkpatrick Doctrine, is named
* Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952), American glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator
* John Kirkpatrick (rugby league) (born 1979), British player
* John Kirkpatrick (musician) (born 1947), English musician
* John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892–1915), British-born Australian soldier
* Joseph Kirkpatrick (1872-1930), British artist
* Karey Kirkpatrick (born 1964), American writer
* Kitty Kirkpatrick (1802–1889), Anglo-Indian noblewoman, muse of the philosopher Thomas Carlyle
* Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797–1859), 19th-century American attorney, political figure
* Lyman Kirkpatrick (1916–1995), American government administrator
* Maggie Kirkpatrick (born 1941), Australian actress
* María Manuela Kirkpatrick (1794–1879), Spanish royal family member
* Martha Kirkpatrick (1925–2015), American psychoanalyst and clinical professor of psychiatry
* Nora Kirkpatrick (born 1984), American actress and musician, founding member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
* Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911–1984), American musician, musicologist and cataloguer of the works of Domenico Scarlatti
* Randolph Kirkpatrick (1863–1950), British naturalist and author
* Roger de Kirkpatrick (fl. 14th century), Scottish activist
* Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio and Eastern Michigan University
* Sanford Kirkpatrick (1842–1932), American politician—Iowa
* Sean M. Kirkpatrick, physicist and director of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
* Sidney D. Kirkpatrick (born 1955), American documentary filmmaker and author
* Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (1848–1909), American politician—Kansas
* Sophia Astley Kirkpatrick (1802–1871), wife of Littleton Kirkpatrick (above), donor to Rutgers College
* Ted Kirkpatrick (1960–2022), American musician
* Timothy Kirkpatrick (born 1978), American drummer
* Thomas Kirkpatrick (Canadian politician) (1805–1870), Canadian politician
* Thomas Kirkpatrick (New York), New York politician
* Thomas J. Kirkpatrick (1829–1897), American lawyer and politician
* Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1960), American musician
* William Kirkpatrick (disambiguation), various people

## Given name

* Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1812–1878), Scottish blacksmith and inventor of the mechanical bicycle
* Kirkpatrick Sale, American author, technology critic and tax resister