Kirk

**Kirk** means "church". Often  it can mean Church of Scotland.

**Kirk** or **KIRK** can also be

## Places

- Kirk, Azerbaijan
- Kirk, Ontario, Canada
- Kirk, California, United States; now Kirkwood
- Kirk, Colorado, United States
- Kirk, Oregon, United States
- Kirk, West Virginia, United States
- Kirk (crater), crater on Charon, the primary moon and double planet of dwarf planet Pluto
- Kirk (placename element)

### Arts

- Kirk Hammett (1962– ), American musician, lead guitarist of Metallica
- Kirk Jarvinen (1967–), American artist
- Kirk Joseph (1961–), American musician
- Kirk Kelly (c. 1960–), American singer
- Kirk Lightsey (1937–), American pianist
- Kirk Mitchell (1950–), American author
- Kirk Pengilly (1958– ), Australian musician
- Kirk Powers (1957– ), American musician
- Kirk Whalum (1958– ), American saxophonist
- Kirk Windstein (1965– ), American musician

### Athletics

- Kirk Baptiste (d. 2022), American Olympics athlete
- Kirk Cousins (1988– ), American football player
- Kirk Hinrich (1981– ), American basketball player
- Kirk Hudson (1986– ), English footballer
- Kirk Hunter (1963– ), Northern Irish footballer
- Kirk Jackson (1976– ), English footballer
- Kirk Johnson (1972– ), Canadian boxer
- Kirk Lowdermilk (1963– ), American football player
- Kirk Maltby (1972– ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk McCarthy (d. 2004), Australian motorcycle racer
- Kirk McCaskill (1961– ), Canadian baseball player
- Kirk McLean (1966– ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk Merritt (born 1997), American football player
- Kirk Morrison (1972– ), American football player
- Kirk Morrison (poker player), American poker player
- Kirk Muller (1966– ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk Netherton (1985– ), English rugby player
- Kirk Nielsen (1973– ), American ice hockey player
- Kirk O'Bee (1977– ), American cyclist
- Kirk Olivadotti (1974– ), American football coach
- Kirk Palmer (1986– ), Australian Olympics swimmer
- Kirk Penney (1980– ), New Zealand basketball player
- Kirk Powell (1972– ), Jamaican cricketer
- Kirk Radomski (1969– ), American figure in the baseball steroids scandal
- Kirk Reynoldson (1979– ), Australian rugby player
- Kirk Rueter (1970– ), American baseball player
- Kirk Saarloos (1979– ), American baseball player
- Kirk Scrafford (1967– ), American football player
- Kirk Shelmerdine (1958– ), American race car driver
- Kirk Yeaman (1983– ), English rugby player

### Entertainment

- Kirk Alyn (d. 1999), American actor
- Kirk Cameron (1970– ), American actor
- Kirk Douglas (1916–2020), American actor
- Kirk Fogg (1959– ), American actor

- Kirk Harris, American actor
- Kirk Thornton (1956– ), American voice actor
- Kirk B. R. Woller (1962– ), American actor
- Kirk Wise (born 1963), movie director

### Finance

- Kirk Boott (d. 1837), American industrialist
- Kirk Kerkorian (d. 2015), American businessman

### Law

- Kirk Anderson (judge), Jamaican judge
- Kirk Bloodsworth (1960– ), American advocate for justice reform

### Military

- Kirk Lippold, American naval officer

### Politics

- Kirk Cornish, Bahamian politician
- Kirk Cox (1957– ), American politician
- Kirk Dawes (1958– ), British mediator
- Kirk Fordham (1967– ), American Congressional aide
- Kirk Fordice (d. 2004), American politician, governor of Mississippi
- Kirk Humphreys (1950– ), American politician
- Kirk MacDonald, Canadian politician
- Kirk Schuring (1952– ), American politician
- Kirk Talbot (1969– ), Louisiana politician

- Kirk (given name)

### Others

- Kirk Martinez, English academic
- Kirk Schulz, president of Kansas State University
- Kirk White, Pagan lecturer and author

### Last name, Kirk

- Aidan Kirk (born 1986), New Zealand rugby player
- Alan Goodrich Kirk (d. 1963), American admiral
- Alejandro Kirk (born 1998), Mexican baseball player
- Alexander Kirk (disambiguation), several people
    - Alexander Kirk
- Alexandra Kirk (born 1944), pseudonymous author
- Alexis Kirk (d. 2010), jeweler
- Andrew Kirk (disambiguation), several people
    - Andrew Kirk
- Anne Kirk (born 1951), Scottish darts player
- Belinda Kirk, British explorer and entrepreneur
- Bernard Kirk (d. 1922), American football player
- Bobby Kirk (ice hockey) (d. 1970), Irish ice hockey player
- Brett Kirk (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
- Brian Kirk (born 1968), Irish television presenter
- C. Frank Kirk (d. 1916), American politician from Maryland
- Cecil Kirk (d. 1944), American politician from Maryland
- Charles Kirk (architect) (d. 1847), English builder and architect
- Charlie Kirk (d. 2025), American conservative political activist
- Charlie Kirk (footballer) (born 1997), English footballer
- Claude R. Kirk, Jr. (d. 2011), Governor of Florida
- Chris Kirk (born 1985), American professional golfer
- Christian Kirk (born 1996), American football player
- Dana Kirk (disambiguation), some people
    - Dana Kirk
- David Kirk (disambiguation), some people
    - David Kirk
- Deanna Kirk, American singer/songwriter
- Donald James Kirk, American accountant
- Edward Kirk (disambiguation), some people
    - Edward Kirk
- Elizabeth Mooney Kirk (d. 2004), American literacy advocate
- Evan Kirk (born 1987), Lacrosse player
- Francis Kirk (d. 1869), early settler of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia
- Kirk (surname)