Byrd

Byrd is a surname of English origin, and may refer to:

• Bill Byrd (1907-1991), baseball player
• Bobby Byrd, (born 1934) funk musician
• Butch Byrd (born 1941), AFL Hall of Fame
• Charles Willing Byrd (1770-1828), first sitting justice on the United States District Court of Ohio
• Charlie Byrd (1925-1999), jazz guitarist
• Chris Byrd (born 1970), heavyweight champion in boxing
• Donald Byrd (born 1932), jazz trumpeter
• Dennis Byrd, football player
• Harry Byrd (1925–1985), baseball player
• Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966), U.S. Senator for Virginia
• Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (born 1914), U.S. Senator for Virginia from 1965–1983
• Henry Roeland Byrd (1918-1980), blues musician
• James Byrd, Jr. (1949-1998), murder victim
• Joe Byrd, rock musician
• Jonathan Byrd (born circa 1970), folk singer-songwriter
• Marlon Byrd (born 1977), baseball player
• Mary Willing Byrd (1740-1814), second wife of Colonel William Byrd III
• Paul Byrd (born 1970), baseball player
• Petri Hawkins-Byrd, bailiff "Byrd" on the Judge Judy TV series
• Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), admiral, polar explorer, aviator
• Robert C. Byrd (born 1917), Democratic Senator for West Virginia
• Sammy Byrd (1910-1981), baseball player for the New York Yankees and PGA Tour golfer
• Tracy Byrd (born 1964), boxer
• Tracy Byrd (born 1966), country singer
• William Byrd (1540–1623), English composer
• William Byrd I (1652-1704), member of colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses
• William Byrd II (1674-1744), founder of Richmond, Virginia
• William Byrd III (1752-1777), member of the House of Burgesses, and military officer

Byrd or Byrds may also refer to:

• Byrd Amendment, an American legislative act
• Byrd Station, a summer-only U.S. Research Station
• Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University
• The Byrds, American rock group
• "Byrd" Watkins is a man that fought the famous bare knuckle boxer Kimbo Slice
• Byrd Knife, a line of knives from Spyderco
• Byrd (lunar crater), the name of a lunar crater

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