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