Hirst (surname)
Hirst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Stanley Hirst, British entomologist
- Ben Hirst, English footballer
- Christopher Hirst, British cricketer and educator
- Claude Raguet Hirst, American painter
- Damien Hirst, English artist
- David Hirst
- * David Hirst, described many species of huntsman spider, based at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide
- * David Hirst , English professional footballer
- * David Hirst , British journalist based in Beirut
- * David Hirst , British Lord Justice of Appeal from 1992 to 1999
- Derek Hirst, British historian
- Sir Edmund Langley Hirst, British chemist
- Edward Hirst, British cricketer
- Edward Hirst, English photographer and videographer
- Elín Hirst, Icelandic politician
- Emily Hirst, Canadian actress
- Ernest Hirst, British cricketeer
- Francis Wrigley Hirst, British journalist and editor of The Economist
- Geoffrey Hirst, British industrialist and politician
- George Hirst
- * George Henry Hirst, British politician
- * George Herbert Hirst, English professional cricketer
- * George Littlewood Hirst, Welsh international rugby union player
- * George Hirst , American virologist
- * George Hirst , English footballer
- G. M. Hirst, English-American classicist
- Grace Hirst, New Zealand businesswoman
- Henry Hirst, New Zealand politician
- Henry Beck Hirst, American poet
- Hugo Hirst, British industrialist
- Ivan Hirst, British Army officer instrumental in reviving Volkswagen in post-war Germany
- Jack Hirst, British rugby player
- Jack Hirst, British rugby player
- Jemmy Hirst, English eccentric
- Joe Hirst, British rugby player
- Joseph Hirst, British architect
- John Hirst
- * John Hirst, British businessman
- * John Hirst, British killer and campaigner for prisoners' rights
- * John Hirst, Australian academic and historian.
- * John Hirst, rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s for Wakefield Trinity
- Judy Hirst, British biologist
- Kenneth Hirst, British rugby league footballer
- Larry Hirst, British businessman.
- Mark Hirst, British journalist
- Michael Hirst, British art historian.
- Michael Hirst, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician
- Michael Hirst, English screenwriter
- Nicky Hirst, English sculptor and artist
- Paul Hirst, British sociologist
- Rob Hirst, Australian musician
- Shakespeare Hirst, British actor and author
- Shari Decter Hirst, Canadian politician
- Stephanie Hirst, British radio presenter
- Thomas Hirst, British cricketer
- Thomas Archer Hirst, British mathematician
- Tony Hirst, British actor and stage director
- Tony Hirst, British academic and blogger
- Ursula Hirst, British actress
- William Hirst, British politician
