Kirk (given name) explained
Kirk is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
Arts
- Kirk Covington, American musician
- Kirk Docker, co-creator of Australian TV series You Can't Ask That
- Kirk Franklin (1970–), American gospel musician
- 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 (1963–), American Olympics athlete
- Kirk Barton (1984–), American football player
- Kirk Baumgartner (1967–), American football player
- Kirk Bowman (1952–), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk Broadfoot (1984–), Scottish footballer
- Kirk Bullinger (1969–), American baseball player
- Kirk Chambers (1979–), American football player
- Kirk Cousins (1988–), American football player
- Kirk Dixon (1984–), English rugby player
- Kirk Dressendorfer (1969–), American baseball player
- Kirk Earlywine (1964–), American basketball coach
- Kirk Edwards (1984–), Barbadian cricketer
- Kirk Ferentz (1955–), American football coach
- Kirk Furey (1976–), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk Gibson (1957–), American baseball player
- Kirk Hanefeld (1956–), American golfer
- Kirk Haston (1979–), American basketball player
- Kirk Herbstreit (1969–), American sportscaster
- Kirk Hilton (1981–), English footballer
- 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 (1966–2004), 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 Acevedo (1974–), American actor
- Kirk Alyn (1910–1999), American actor
- Kirk Baily (1963–2022), American actor
- Kirk Baltz (1959–), American actor
- Kirk Baxter (1972–), Australian film editor
- Kirk Brandon (1956–), English musician
- Kirk Browning (1921–2008), American television executive
- Kirk Cameron (1970–), American actor
- Kirk DeMicco (1969–), American screenwriter
- Kirk Degiorgio, British DJ
- Kirk Demorest, American filmmaker
- Kirk Douglas (1916–2020), American actor
- Kirk Fogg (1959–), American actor
- Kirk Francis (1947–), American film sound mixer
- Kirk Harris, American actor
- Kirk Thornton (1956–), American voice actor
- Kirk B. R. Woller (1962–), American actor
Finance
Law
Military
Politics
- Kirk Cornish, Bahamian politician
- Kirk Cox (1957–), American politician
- Kirk Dawes (1958–), British mediator
- Kirk Fordham (1967–), American Congressional aide
- Kirk Fordice (1934–2004), American politician, governor of Mississippi
- Kirk Humphreys (1950–), American politician
- Kirk MacDonald, Canadian politician
- Kirk Schuring (1952–), American politician
- Kirk Talbot (1969–), Louisiana politician
Science
Others
Fictional characters
- Kirk Anderson (As the World Turns), fictional character on the soap opera As the World Turns
- Kirk Cranston (Santa Barbara), fictional character on the soap opera Santa Barbara
- Kirk Gleason, a character from the hit WB show Gilmore Girls
- Kirk Kettner, lead character in She’s Out of My League
- Kirk Lazarus, fictional character from Tropic Thunder
- Kirk Sutherland, fictional character in British TV series Coronation Street
- Kirk Van Houten, fictional character from The Simpsons
As a middle name
See also
