Byrd (surname)

Byrd is a surname of English and Irish origin, a variant of the surname Bird.

Notable people with the surname

• A. Dean Byrd (1948–2012), American psychologist
• Adam M. Byrd (1859–1912), American politician
• Adrianne Byrd (1970–2020), American romance novelist
• Albert Byrd (1915–1990), American cyclist
• Alma W. Byrd (1924–2017), American politician
• Alton Byrd (born 1957), American-British basketball player, sports broadcaster and sports executive
• Andrew Byrd (born 1982), American politician
• Bill Byrd (1907–1991), American baseball player
• Billy Byrd (1920–2001), American country guitarist
• Bobby Byrd (1934–2007), American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and musician
• Boris Byrd (born 1962), American football player
• Brandon R. Byrd, American historian
• Bretton Byrd (1904–1959), British composer and musician
• Brigitte Byrd (born 1959), French-American poet
• Butch Byrd (born 1941), AFL Hall of Fame
• Charles Byrd (fighter) (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
• Charles Pinckney Byrd (c. 1857–1935), American publisher and printer
• Charles Willing Byrd (1770–1828), first sitting justice on the United States District Court of Ohio
• Charlice Byrd (born 1951), American politician
• Charlie Byrd (1925–1999), American jazz guitarist
• Chris Byrd (born 1970), American heavyweight boxing champion
• Conley Byrd (1925–2014), Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Cord Byrd (born 1971), American attorney and politician
• Curley Byrd (1889–1970), American university administrator, educator, athlete, coach, and politician
• Damiere Byrd (born 1993), American football player
• Dan Byrd (born 1985), American actor
• Danny Byrd (born 1979), English DJ, record producer and musician
• Darryl Byrd (born 1960), American football player
• David Byrd (politician) (born 1957), American politician and retired basketball coach
• David Edward Byrd (1941–2025), American graphic designer and painter
• David Harold Byrd (1900–1986), American petroleum geologist and businessman
• Debra Byrd (1951–2024), American vocalist
• Deborah Byrd (born 1951), American science journalist
• Dennis Byrd (1966–2016), American football player
• Dennis Byrd (American football, born 1946) (1946–2010), American football player
• Demetrius Byrd (born 1986), American football player
• Dominique Byrd (born 1984), American football player
• Don Byrd, American poet
• Donald Byrd (1932–2013), American jazz trumpeter
• Donald Byrd (choreographer) (born 1949), American dance choreographer
• Dontez Byrd (born 1995), American football player
• Elizabeth Byrd (1912–1989), American author
• Emanuel Byrd (born 1994), American football player
• Eugene Byrd (born 1975), American actor
• Flossie M. Byrd (1927–2020), American home economist
• Garland T. Byrd (1924–1997), American politician
• Geoff Byrd (born 1970), American musician
• George Byrd (1926–2010), American conductor
• Gibson Byrd (1923–2002), American painter
• Gill Byrd (born 1961), American football player
• Harriet Elizabeth Byrd (1926–2015), American politician and educator
• Harry Byrd (baseball) (1925–1985), American baseball player
• Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966), U.S. senator for Virginia
• Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914–2013), U.S. senator for Virginia from 1965 until 1983
• Henry Roeland Byrd (1918–1980), American blues musician
• Imhotep Gary Byrd, American radio host and musician
• Isaac Byrd (born 1974), American football player
• Israel Byrd (born 1971), American college football player and coach
• Jairus Byrd (born 1986), American football player
• James Byrd Jr. (1949–1998), American murder victim
• James W. Byrd (born 1954), American politician
• Jazz Byrd (c. 1904–1994), American football player and coach and tax collector
• Jefferson Byrd (born 1971), American politician
• Jeff Byrd (born 1956), American baseball player
• Jeffrey J. Byrd, American biologist
• Jeffrey W. Byrd, American film director, producer and screenwriter
• Jerry Byrd (1920–2005), American lap steel guitarist
• Jessica Byrd, American feminist activist
• Jim Byrd (born 1968), American baseball player
• Jodi Byrd, Chickasaw academic
• Joe Byrd (vaudeville), American vaudeville comedian
• Joe Byrd (Cherokee Nation Principal Chief) (born 1954)
• John William Byrd Jr. (1963–2002), American murderer
• Johnnie Byrd (born 1951), American politician
• Joseph Byrd (born 1937), American rock musician
• Joseph Tali Byrd, Cherokee/Quapaw Nation politician
• Josephine Byrd, American activist and former social service worker
• Jonathan Byrd (golfer) (born 1978), American golfer
• Jonathan Byrd (musician) (born 1970), American folk singer-songwriter
• Jordan Byrd (born 2000), American football player
• Kahlil Byrd, American political advisor and entrepreneur
• LaRon Byrd (born 1989), American football player
• Larry Byrd (born 1948), American politician
• Laurie Byrd, American basketball player and coach
• Leland Byrd (1927–2022), American college athletic administrator, basketball player and coach
• Leo Byrd (1936–1991), American basketball player
• Leonard Byrd (born 1975), American sprinter
• Louis Byrd, mayor of Lynwood, California
• Mabel Byrd (1895–1988), American civil rights activist
• Manford Byrd Jr. (1928–2021), American educator and education administrator
• Marc Byrd (born 1970), American musician, writer, and producer
• Maria Taylor Byrd (1698–1771), wife of William Byrd II
• Marlon Byrd (born 1977), American baseball player
• Mary E. Byrd (1849–1934), American educator
• Mary Willing Byrd (1740–1814), second wife of Colonel William Byrd III
• Maurice Oscar Byrd (1954–1991), American convicted mass shooter
• Melvin Byrd (born 1958), American football player
• Michael Byrd, American police officer
• Mitch Byrd (born 1961), American comic book artist
• Ollie Byrd (1896–1929), American baseball player
• Paul Byrd (born 1970), American baseball player
• Petri Hawkins-Byrd (born 1957), bailiff "Byrd" on the Judge Judy TV series
• Ralph Byrd (1909–1952), American actor
• Raymond Byrd (1895–1926), American lynching victim
• Richard Byrd (athlete) (1892–1958), American athlete and baseball player
• Richard Byrd (American football) (born 1962), American football player
• Richard C. Byrd (c. 1805–1854), American politician
• Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925), Virginia lawyer, politician and newspaperman
• Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), American admiral, polar explorer, aviator
• Richard Evelyn Byrd III (1920–1988), American naval officer and polar explorer
• Rick Byrd (born 1953), American college basketball coach
• Ricky Byrd (born 1956), American rock musician
• Robert Byrd (1917–2010), U.S. Senator, Democrat from West Virginia
• Robert Byrd (architect) (1904–1978), American architect
• Robert Byrd (artist) (born 1942), American author and illustrator
• Robert K. Byrd (1823–1885), American soldier and politician
• Robert L. Byrd, American politician and lobbyist
• Robin Byrd (born 1957), American former pornographic actress
• Russell Byrd (born 1992), American baseball player
• Sammy Byrd (1910–1981), American baseball player and golfer
• Solomon Byrd (born 1999), American football player
• Steve Byrd (1955–2016), English rock musician
• Sylvester Byrd (born 1963), American football player
• Terrill Byrd (born 1986), American football player
• Thomas Jefferson Byrd (1950–2020), American actor
• Tom Byrd (born 1960), American actor
• Tracy Byrd (boxer) (born 1964), American boxer
• Tracy Byrd (born 1966), American country singer
• Walt Byrd (born 1942), American retired basketball player
• Warren Byrd (born 1965), American jazz pianist, vocalist and composer
• Wendell Byrd, American politician and businessman
• 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 (1728–1777), member of the House of Burgesses, and military officer
• William Byrd (died 1922), American lynching victim
• William M. Byrd (1819–1874), justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
• Willie Byrd (born 1983), American football player
• Winifred Byrd (1884–1970), American concert pianist

See also

• Byrd (disambiguation)
• Bird (disambiguation)
• Robert J. W. Byrde (1922–2010), English mycologist and phytopathologist

References