Kirk (given name)
Kirk is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
;Arts
- Kirk Covington, American musician
- Kirk Franklin, American gospel musician
- Kirk Hammett, American musician, lead guitarist of Metallica
- Kirk Jarvinen, American artist
- Kirk Joseph, American musician
- Kirk Kelly, American singer
- Kirk Lightsey, American pianist
- Kirk Mitchell, American author
- Kirk Pengilly, Australian musician
- Kirk Powers, American musician
- Kirk Whalum, American saxophonist
- Kirk Windstein, American musician
;Athletics
- Kirk Baptiste, American Olympics athlete
- Kirk Barton, American football player
- Kirk Baumgartner, American football player
- Kirk Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer
- Kirk Bullinger, American baseball player
- Kirk Chambers, American football player
- Kirk Cousins, American football player
- Kirk Dixon, English rugby player
- Kirk Dressendorfer, American baseball player
- Kirk Earlywine, American basketball coach
- Kirk Edwards, Barbadian cricketer
- Kirk Ferentz, American football coach
- Kirk Furey, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
- Kirk Hanefeld, American golfer
- Kirk Haston, American basketball player
- Kirk Herbstreit, American sportscaster
- Kirk Hilton, English footballer
- Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
- Kirk Hudson, English footballer
- Kirk Hunter, Northern Irish footballer
- Kirk Jackson, English footballer
- Kirk Johnson, Canadian boxer
- Kirk Lowdermilk, American football player
- Kirk Maltby, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk McCarthy, Australian motorcycle racer
- Kirk McCaskill, Canadian baseball player
- Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk Morrison, American football player
- Kirk Morrison, American poker player
- Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirk Netherton, English rugby player
- Kirk Nielsen, American ice hockey player
- Kirk O'Bee, American cyclist
- Kirk Olivadotti, American football coach
- Kirk Palmer, Australian Olympics swimmer
- Kirk Penney, New Zealand basketball player
- Kirk Powell, Jamaican cricketer
- Kirk Radomski, American figure in the baseball steroids scandal
- Kirk Reynoldson, Australian rugby player
- Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
- Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
- Kirk Scrafford, American football player
- Kirk Shelmerdine, American race car driver
- Kirk Yeaman, English rugby player
;Entertainment
- Kirk Acevedo, American actor
- Kirk Alyn, American actor
- Kirk Baltz, American actor
- Kirk Baxter, Australian film editor
- Kirk Brandon, English musician
- Kirk Browning, American television executive
- Kirk Cameron, American actor
- Kirk DeMicco, American screenwriter
- Kirk Degiorgio, British DJ
- Kirk Demorest, American filmmaker
- Kirk Douglas, American actor
- Kirk Fogg, American actor
- Kirk Francis, American film sound mixer
- Kirk Harris, American actor
- Kirk Thornton, American voice actor
- Kirk B. R. Woller, American actor
;Finance
- Kirk Boott, American industrialist
- Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman
;Law
- Kirk Anderson , Jamaican judge
- Kirk Bloodsworth, American advocate for justice reform
- Kirk Cashmere, American lawyer
;Military
- Kirk Lippold, American naval officer
;Politics
- Kirk Cox, American politician
- Kirk Dawes, British mediator
- Kirk Fordham, American Congressional aide
- Kirk Fordice, American politician, governor of Mississippi
- Kirk Humphreys, American politician
- Kirk MacDonald, Canadian politician
- Kirk Schuring, American politician
- Kirk Talbot, Louisiana politician
;Science
- Kirk Bryan , American geologist
- Kirk Bryan , American oceanographer
;Others
- Kirk Hyslop, Canadian architect
- Kirk Lankford, American murderer
- Kirk Martinez, English academic
- Kirk Schulz, president of Kansas State University
- Kirk White, Pagan lecturer and author
Fictional characters
- Kirk Anderson, fictional character on the soap opera As the World Turns
- Kirk Cranston, fictional character on the soap opera Santa Barbara
- Kirk Gleason, a character from the hit WB show Gilmore Girls
- 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
- Michael Kirk Douglas, American actor
- Marshall Kirk McKusick,
