Kirby

Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:

• Kirby (Nintendo), a popular video game character (see also: List of Kirby games)
• Kirby Company, the manufacturer of Kirby vacuum cleaners

Places

United Kingdom

• Kirkby, Merseyside (pronounced as 'Kirby')
• Kirby Bedon, Norfolk
• Kirby Cane, Norfolk
• Kirby Cross, Essex
• Kirby Grindalythe, North Yorkshire
• Kirby Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• Kirby Hill, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire
• Kirby Knowle, North Yorkshire
• Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire
• Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire
• Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire
• Kirby Wiske, North Yorkshire
• Cold Kirby, North Yorkshire
• Horton Kirby, Kent
• Monks Kirby, Warwickshire kirby sucks
• West Kirby, Merseyside
• see also: Places named Kirkby

United States

• Kirby, Arizona
• Kirby, Arkansas
• Kirby, Georgia
• Kirby, Ohio
• Kirby, Oklahoma
• Kirby, Pennsylvania
• Kirby, Texas
• Kirby, Vermont
• Kirby, West Virginia
• Kirby, Wyoming
• Upper Kirby, a commercial district in Houston, Texas

Canada

• Kirby, Ontario

People

Surname

• List of people with the surname Kirby
• List of people with the surname Kirkby

Given name

• Kirby Ian Andersen, Canadian musician
• Kirby Bliss Blanton (born 1990), American actress
• Kirby Chambliss (born 1959), American pilot
• Kirby Congdon, poet
• Kirby Dick, American filmmaker
• Kirby Doyle (1932-2003), American poet
• Kirby Freeman, American football player
• Kirby Grant (1911-1985), American actor
• Kirby J. Hensley (1911-1999), American religious leader
• Kirby Heyborne (born 1976), American actor
• Kirby Hocutt, American sports director
• Kirby Larson, American writer
• Kirby Law (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kirby Mack (born 1983), American wrestler
• Kirby Morrow (born 1973), Canadian performer
• Kirby Puckett (1960-2006), American baseball player
• Kirby Scott (died 2006), American adult entertainer
• Kirby Shaw, American musician
• Kirby Wilbur, American radio personality
• Kirby Wilson (born 1961), American football coach
• Kirby Wright, American writer

Titles of nobility

• Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirby (c. 1605-1670), English politician
• Christopher Hatton, 2nd Baron Hatton of Kirby (1632-1706), English politician

Buildings, institutions or facilities

• Kirby Castle, a castle in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England
• Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house located near Corby, Northamptonshire, England
• Kirby Sports Center, a sports arena in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
• Kirby's Mill, a flour mill located in Medford, New Jersey, USA
• Kirby College of Further Education, now part of Middlesbrough College, North Yorkshire, England
• Kirby Cross railway station, Essex, England
• Kirby Lake Airport, Alberta, Canada
• Kirby Park railway station, a defunct railway station in West Kirby, Merseyside, England

Other uses

Comics

• Kirby Award, an award presented from 1985-1987 for achievements in comic books
• Kirby dots, an artistic convention in comic books
• Rip Kirby, fictional comic strip character created by Alex Raymond

Law

• United States v. Kirby, an 1868 US Supreme Court case regarding statutory construction
• United States v. Kirby Lumber Co., a 1931 US Supreme Court case regarding taxation
• R v Kirby; Ex parte Boilermakers' Society of Australia, a 1956 Australian High Court case regarding the judicial power of the Commonwealth

Mathematics

• Kirby calculus
• Kirby-Siebenmann class
• Freedman-Kirby theorem

Miscellaneous

• Kirby 23, a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980's
• Kirby-Bauer antibiotic testing, a medical test
• Kirby wire, a pendulum-based flying system for stage performers
• A fishhook of evenly curved pattern

See also

• Kirkby (disambiguation)