Bird (surname)
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Bird is a surname of English origin, and may refer to:
- Aaron BirdAaron BirdAaron Christopher Bird is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler....
(b. 1983), Australian cricketer - Alan BirdAlan BirdAlan Charles Bird was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at state primary schools in Melbourne and at Melbourne High School before becoming an engineer...
(1906-1962), Australian politician - Albert Bird (cricketer)Albert Bird (cricketer)Albert Bird was an English cricketer: a right-arm off-break bowler and lower-order right-handed batsman who played for Worcestershire for the first ten years of their existence as a first-class county....
(1867-1927), British cricketer - Alfred BirdAlfred BirdAlfred Bird was a British food manufacturer and chemist. He was born in Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, England in 1811 was the inventor of a series of food products mostly now taken for granted...
(1811-1878), British food manufacturer and chemist - Alfred Frederick Bird (1849 - 1922), British, chemist, food manufacturer, and politician
- Andrew BirdAndrew BirdAndrew Bird is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.- Early life and the Bowl of Fire :...
(b. 1973), American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist - Antonia BirdAntonia BirdAntonia Bird is an English television drama and feature film director.-Life and career:Bird was born in London. She began her career at the Royal Court Theatre before moving to television in the mid 1980s, directing episodes of EastEnders , Casualty , and drama serials like Thin Air and The Men's...
(b. 1959), British director - Bill BirdBill BirdWilliam Augustus Bird was an American journalist, now remembered for his Three Mountains Press, a small press he ran while in Paris in the 1920s for the Consolidated Press Association...
(1888-1963), American journalist - Billie BirdBillie BirdBillie Bird was an American actress and comedienne.-Early life:Born Berniece Bird in Pocatello, Idaho, Bird was discovered at the age of eight while living at an orphanage...
(1908-2002), American actress and comedian - Bob BirdBob BirdBob Bird is the former editor of the Scottish edition of the defunct News of the World tabloid.He is best known for the widespread media coverage over his role in two trials involving former Scottish MSP Tommy Sheridan - the 2006 Sheridan v News International libel case and the 2010 HM Advocate v...
, newspaper editor - Bob Bird (activist)Bob Bird (activist)Bob Bird is a pro-life activist, high school teacher, and Alaskan Independence Party candidate for the United States Senate seat formerly occupied by Senator Ted Stevens....
(b. 1951), political activist and teacher - Bobby Bird, musician
- Brad BirdBrad BirdPhillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an Academy Award-winning American director, voice actor, animator and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles and Ratatouille . He also adapted and directed the critically acclaimed 2D animated 1999 Warner Brothers...
(b. 1957), American director and writer - Brandon BirdBrandon BirdBrandon Bird is an artist. He was born in 1980 in Carmichael, California, a suburb of Sacramento. He attended University of California, Santa Cruz and was an artist-in-residence from 2004-2006 at Risley Residential College at Cornell University...
(b. 1980), American artist - Bud BirdBud BirdJohn Williston Bird, PC, OC is a Canadian businessman who is a former mayor of the city of Fredericton, a Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, and a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada member of the Canadian House of...
(b. 1932), Canadian politician - Carmel BirdCarmel Bird-Life:Carmel Bird is an Australian novelist. She lives in Central Victoria, having grown up in Tasmania.She has written nine literary novels and six collections of short fiction. She has also written three...
(b. 1940), Australian writer - Charlie BirdCharlie BirdCharles "Charlie" Bird is an Irish journalist and broadcaster. He was Chief News Correspondent with RTÉ News and Current Affairs until January 2009. He took up the role of Washington Correspondent, but prematurely returned to his earlier post in Ireland in June 2010.-Early life:Bird was born in...
(b. 1949), Irish journalist - Christopher BirdChristopher BirdChristopher Bird was a best-selling author, specialising in unconventional beliefs. His notable works included The Secret Life of Plants which was co-authored with Peter Tompkins and The Divining Hand: The 500-Year-Old Mystery of Dowsing...
(1928-1996), American journalist - David BirdDavid BirdDavid Bird is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with over one hundred books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard; he contributes regularly to many magazines, including Bridge Plus, English Bridge, Bridge Magazine and the ACBL Bridge...
(b.1946), British writer on Bridge - Derrick Bird (b.1957-2010), English spree killer
- Dickie Bird (b. 1933), English cricket umpire
- Doreen BirdDoreen BirdDoreen Bird, MA, FISTD, ARAD, was a British dance teacher and founder of the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in Sidcup, Kent. She was a fellow, examiner, lecturer, committee and council member of the ISTD, life member of the RAD, and Honorary MA. Prior to her death from Leukaemia in 2004,...
(1928-2004), British dance instructor and dance school founder - Doug BirdDoug BirdJames Douglas Bird was a Major League Baseball pitcher from to . Bird was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft's secondary phase....
(b. 1950), American baseball pitcher - Drayton BirdDrayton BirdDrayton Bird was born in 1936 near Liverpool, UK. His father ran a pub and he credits this with his lifelong interest in people.In November 2003 the Chartered Institute of Marketing named Drayton Bird one of 50 living individuals who have shaped today’s marketing, other names included Kotler,...
, journalist and business founder - Edward BirdEdward BirdEdward Bird was an English genre painter who spent most of his working life in Bristol, where the Bristol School of artists formed around him....
(1772-1819), English painter - Edward Wheeler BirdEdward Wheeler BirdEdward Wheeler Bird a retired Anglo-Indian judge founded the British Israelite Movement. Bird was involved in promoting the movement in the late 19th Century.- References :*The Ark at the seat of kings, Eileen Battersby, Irish Times, 19 April 2003...
, founder of the British-Israelite Movement - Eugene K. BirdEugene K. BirdLieutenant Colonel Eugene K. Bird was US Commandant of the Spandau Allied Prison from 1964 to 1972 where, together with six others, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess was incarcerated....
(1926-2005), American military officer - Florence BirdFlorence BirdFlorence Bayard Bird, was a Canadian broadcaster, journalist, and Senator.Born Florence Rhein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Bryn Mawr College and, in 1928, married journalist John Bird. They moved to Montreal in 1931...
(1908-1998), Canadian journalist and politician - Forrest BirdForrest BirdForrest M. Bird is an American aviator, inventor and biomedical engineer. He is best known for creating some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical ventilators for acute and chronic cardiopulmonary care.-Biography:...
(b. 1921), American scientist and inventor - Frederic Mayer BirdFrederic Mayer BirdFrederic Mayer Bird was an American clergyman, educator, and hymnologist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1857 and the Union Theological Seminary in 1860, and from 1860 to 1867 was a Lutheran minister...
(1838-1908), American educator and clergyman - George BirdGeorge BirdGeorge Raymond Bird was a Major League Baseball center fielder in the 19th century. He played for the Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association in 1871...
(1850-1940), American baseball outfielder - Golding BirdGolding BirdGolding Bird was a British medical doctor and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Bird became a great authority on kidney diseases and published a comprehensive paper on urinary deposits...
(1814-1854), British doctor - Greg BirdGreg BirdGregory Bird is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently contracted to the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League...
(b. 1984), Welsh rugby player - Henry Edward Bird (1830–1908), English chess player and writer
- Ian Bird (ice hockey) (b. 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ian Bird (software developer)Ian Bird (software developer)Ian Bird is a game programmer and game designer. Along with other game credits, Bird wrote the computer games Millennium 2.2 and Deuteros.-Games:*1985 - Theatre Europe*1989 - Millennium 2.2*1991 - Deuteros: The Next Millennium*1993 - Campaign II...
, game designer - Isabella BirdIsabella BirdIsabella Lucy Bird was a nineteenth-century English explorer, writer, and a natural historian.-Early life:Bird was born in Boroughbridge in 1831 and grew up in Tattenhall, Cheshire...
(1831-1904), English writer and historian - Jackie BirdJackie BirdJackie Bird is a Scottish journalist and newsreader, working for BBC Scotland.-Career:After working as a reporter for The Sun newspaper, Bird joined Television South in Maidstone as a reporter and presenter for the South East edition of regional news programme Coast to Coast.She has been a main...
(b. 1962), Scottish broadcaster - John Bird (actor)John Bird (actor)John Bird is an English satirist, actor and comedian.-Early life:Born in Bulwell, Nottingham, England, and educated at High Pavement Grammar School, Nottingham, Bird briefly joined the Socialist Party of Great Britain, while still at school...
(b. 1936), British actor and comedian - John Bird (astronomer)John Bird (astronomer)John Bird , the great mathematical instrument maker, was born at Bishop Auckland. He worked in London for Jeremiah Sisson, and by 1745 he had his own business in the Strand. Bird was commissioned to make a brass quadrant 8 feet across for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, where it is still...
(1709–1776), British astronomer and instrument designer - John Bird (bishop)John Bird (bishop)John Bird was an English Carmelite monk and bishop.He was Warden of the Carmelite house in Coventry, and twice Provincial of his order. He attracted the attention of Henry VIII by his preaching in favour of the royal supremacy over the Church....
(d. 1558), British Bishop of Chester - John Bird (New York)John Bird (New York)John Bird was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, he pursued classical studies, graduated from Yale College in 1786, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Litchfield...
(1768-1806), American politician - John Bird (footballer)John Bird (footballer)John Charles Bird is an English former footballer and manager. John is now an artistBird's transfer from Preston North End to Newcastle United in 1975 prompted the resignation of Preston manager Bobby Charlton...
(b. 1948), British football player and manager - John Bird (entrepreneur)John Bird (entrepreneur)John Bird MBE is a British social entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of The Big Issue, a magazine that is edited by professional journalists and sold by street vendors affected by homelessness.-Early life:...
, founder of Big Issue - John Taylor Bird (1829-1911), American politician
- Kai BirdKai BirdKai Bird is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist, best known for his biographies of political figures.-Personal life:Bird was born in 1951 in Eugene, Oregon. His father was a U.S. Foreign Service officer, and he spent his childhood in Jerusalem, Beirut, Dhahran, Cairo and Bombay...
(b. 1951), American author - Larry BirdLarry BirdLarry Joe Bird is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish...
(b. 1956), American basketball player - Lester BirdLester BirdLester Bryant Bird was the second Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and a well-known athlete. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party from 1971 to 1993, then became Prime Minister when his father, Vere Bird, the previous Prime Minister, resigned.Bird was born on February...
(b. 1938), American athlete and politician - Lloyd C. BirdLloyd C. BirdLloyd C. Bird was a Virginia State Senator. He was born in Highland County, Virginia.Senator Bird began as a teacher at what is now the Medical College of Virginia...
(1894-1978), American politician - Martina Topley-BirdMartina Topley-BirdMartina Topley-Bird is a British vocalist and songwriter who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album, Maxinquaye...
, British singer - Michael J. BirdMichael J. BirdMichael J. Bird was an English writer.In addition to several novels, he was perhaps best known for the television dramas he wrote for the BBC...
(1928-2001), British writer - Morice BirdMorice BirdMorice Carlos Bird was an English cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1910 to 1914, all of them in South Africa....
(1888-1933), British cricketer - Nancy Bird-WaltonNancy Bird-WaltonNancy Bird-Walton, AO, OBE, DStJ was a pioneering Australian aviatrix, and was the founder and patron of the ....
(1915-2009), Australian aviator - Norman BirdNorman BirdNorman Bird was a British character actor. Often sporting a moustache and an air of worried resignation, he seemed to specialise in downtrodden roles...
(1920-2005), British actor - Peter BirdPeter BirdPeter Bird was a British ocean rower who, in 1983, became the first person ever to row solo across the Pacific.Bird first became interested in ocean rowing in 1968 when he read about the Atlantic crossings by John Fairfax, Chay Blyth and John Ridgway. Then, while selling silk paintings door to...
, (d. 1996), British ocean rower - Richard Bird (actor)Richard Bird (actor)Richard Bird was an actor and director of stage and screen.He was born George Bird and took the stage name Richard Bird as during his early acting career he was knicknamed "Dickie" by his colleagues....
(1894–1986), British actor - Richard Ely BirdRichard Ely BirdRichard Ely Bird was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th District of Kansas from 1921 to 1923.- External links :...
(1878–1955), American politician - Richard Bird (computer scientist) (b. 1943), professor at Oxford
- Robert Bird (Welsh politician) (1839-1909), Welsh politician
- Sir Robert Bird, 2nd BaronetSir Robert Bird, 2nd BaronetSir Robert Bland Bird, 2nd Baronet KBE was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.- Biography :...
(1876-1960), British politician - Robert Byron BirdRobert Byron BirdRobert Byron Bird is a Chemical Engineer and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is known for his research in Transport phenomena of Non-Newtonian fluids, including fluid dynamics of polymers, polymer kinetic theory, and rheology....
, Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison - Robert Montgomery BirdRobert Montgomery BirdRobert Montgomery Bird was an American novelist, playwright, and physician.-Background:Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806. After attending the New Castle Academy and Germantown Academy, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824...
(1806-1854), American playwright, novelist, photographer, and physician - Ronnie Bird (footballer)Ronnie Bird (footballer)Ronald Philip "Ronnie" Bird was an English professional footballer.-Career:Born in Birmingham, Bird began his career as an apprentice at his hometown club Birmingham City but found first team chances hard to come by and left to join Bradford Park Avenue, being signed by manager Jimmy Scoular...
(1941-2005), English football player - Rose BirdRose BirdRose Elizabeth Bird served for 10 years as the 25th Chief Justice of California. She was the first female Justice, and first female Chief Justice, on that court, appointed by then Governor Jerry Brown...
(1936-1999), Chief Justice of California - Sharon BirdSharon BirdSharon Leah Bird is an Australian politician.She was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Cunningham, New South Wales, at the October 2004 election...
(b. 1962), Australian politician - Sue BirdSue BirdSuzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....
(b. 1980), American basketball player - Tony BirdTony BirdTony Bird is a folk rock singer-songwriter who was born and grew up in Nyasaland in Southern Africa. He is known for his Dylanesque vocals and for his songs which describe life in colonial Nyasaland from a progressive anti-colonial point of view....
, South African singer and songwriter - Tony Bird (footballer)Tony Bird (footballer)Anthony "Tony" Bird is a former Welsh professional footballer.-Career:Bird began his career at Cardiff City coming through the clubs youth system, making his debut in August 1992 when he replaced Cohen Griffith during a 3-2 win over Walsall...
(b. 1974), Welsh football player - Vere BirdVere BirdSir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr. was the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. His son, Lester Bryant Bird, succeeded him as Prime Minister. In 1994 he was declared a national hero....
(1910-1999), prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda - Víctor BirdVictor BirdVíctor Bird is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan...
(b. 1982), Puerto Rican volleyball player - Wallis BirdWallis BirdWallis Bird is an Irish musician. She lives and works in London.-Biography:The first time Bird came into touch with music, she was six months old and received her first guitar from her father...
(b. 1982), Irish musician