Bird (family name)
Bird is an English family name , analogous to the German family name Vogel .
Origin and meaning
Bird ( English for " bird ") is an originally occupational English family name for someone who raised or hunted birds.
Name bearer
family name
- Adrian Peter Bird (* 1947), British geneticist
- Alex Bird (* 1985), Australian cyclist
- Andrew Bird (film editor) (* 1957), British film editor and translator
- Andrew Bird (rower) (born 1967), New Zealand rower
- Andrew Bird (musician) (* 1973), American musician
- Antonia Bird (1951–2013), British film director and producer
- Arthur Bird (1856–1923), American composer, organist and pianist
- Betty Bird (1901–1998), Austrian actress
- Billie Bird (1908–2002), American actress and comedian
- Brad Bird (born 1957), American filmmaker
- Caroline Bird (1915–2011), American author, see Sexism
- Christopher Bird (1928–1996), American botanist and science journalist
- Dane Bird-Smith (* 1992), Australian walker
- Eugene Bird (1926-2005), American officer
- Florence Bayard Bird (1908–1998), Canadian journalist, suffragette
- Forrest M. Bird (1921–2015), American inventor and medical doctor
- Francis Bird (1667–1731), English sculptor
- Frank Bird (1918–1983), British Air Force officer
- Friedrich Bird (1791-1851), German psychiatrist
- Gerald Bird (* 1928), sailor for the West Indian Federation
- Golding Bird (1815-1854), English physician
- Henry Bird (officer) , American officer
- Henry Bird (Governor) , British colonial governor
- Henry Edward Bird (1829-1908), British chess player
- Ian Bird (born 1970), Canadian hockey player
- Isabella Bird (1831–1904), English writer
- Jabari Bird (* 1994), American basketball player
- Jessica Bird (pseudonym JR Ward ; * 1969), American author
- John Bird (astronomer) (1709–1776), English astronomer
- John Bird (politician, 1768) (1768–1806), American lawyer and politician
- John Bird (politician, 1926) (1926–1997) British politician
- John Bird (actor) (born 1936), English actor
- John Bird, Baron Bird (* 1946), British entrepreneur and politician
- John T. Bird (1829–1911), American politician
- Kenneth Bird (1887-1965), British cartoonist
- Kicking Bird (1835–1875), chief of the Kiowa
- Larry Bird (born 1956), American basketball player
- Laurie Bird (1953–1979), American actress and photographer
- Lester Bird (* 1938), politician from Antigua and Barbuda
- Martina Topley-Bird (* 1975), British singer
- Mary Bird (1910–2002), American ski racer
- Mary Brave Bird (1954–2013), American civil rights activist and author
- Nancy Bird-Walton (1915-2009), Australian pilot
- Nicholas Bird (* 1994), American actor and voice actor
- Nikki Amuka-Bird (born 1976), British actress
- Paul Bernard Bird (born 1949), Australian priest, Bishop of Ballarat
- Pauline Bird-Hart (* 1957), British rower
- Richard Ely Bird (1878–1955), American politician
- Robert Byron Bird (* 1924), American chemist
- Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854), American novelist and playwright
- Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936–1999), American lawyer
- Sam Bird (* 1987), British racing driver
- Sharon Bird (* 1962), Australian politician
- Simon Bird (* 1984), British comedian, actor and screenwriter
- Stephen Bird (* 1988), Australian canoe racer
- Sue Bird (* 1980), American basketball player
- Vere Cornwall Bird (1910–1999), politician from Antigua and Barbuda
- Wallis Bird (* 1982), Irish musician
- Will R. Bird (1891-1984), Canadian writer
- William Bird (lawyer) (1560 / 1561-1624), English lawyer and politician
- William Bird , pseudonym of Enzo Fiermonte (1908–1993), Italian boxer and actor
"Bird" as a nickname
- Thongchai McIntyre (* 1958), Thai singer and actor
- Charlie Parker (1920–1955), American jazz saxophonist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bird on surnames.behindthename.com (Engl.)