Hirst (surname)

Hirst is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sir Amos Brook Hirst, OBE (6 December 1878[1] – 26 November 1955) chairman of The Football Association (FA) from 1941 to 1955.

• Arthur Stanley Hirst (1883–1930), British entomologist
• Barton Cooke Hirst (1861–1935), American obstetrician
• Ben Hirst, English footballer
• Christopher Hirst (born 1947), British cricketer and educator
• Claude Raguet Hirst (1855–1942), American painter
• Damien Hirst (born 1965), English artist
• David Hirst
  • David Hirst (arachnologist), described many species of huntsman spider, based at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide
  • David Hirst (footballer) (born 1967), English professional footballer
  • David Hirst (journalist) (1936–2025), British journalist based in Beirut
  • Sir David Hirst (1925–2011), British Lord Justice of Appeal from 1992 to 1999
• Derek Hirst (born 1948), British historian
• Sir Edmund Langley Hirst (1898–1975), British chemist
• Edward Hirst (1857–1914), British cricketer
• Elín Hirst (born 1960), Icelandic politician
• Emily Hirst (born 1993), Canadian actress
• Ernest Hirst (1855–1933), British cricketeer
• Francis Wrigley Hirst (1873–1953), British journalist and editor of The Economist
• Geoffrey Hirst (1904–1984), British industrialist and politician
• George Hirst
  • George Henry Hirst (1879–1933), British politician
  • George Herbert Hirst (1871–1954), English professional cricketer
  • George Littlewood Hirst (1890–1967), Welsh international rugby union player
  • George Hirst (virologist) (1909–1994), American virologist
  • George Hirst (footballer) (born 1999), English footballer
• G. M. Hirst (1869–1962), English-American classicist
• Grace Hirst (1805–1901), New Zealand businesswoman
• Henry Hirst (1838–1911), New Zealand politician
• Henry Beck Hirst (1813–1874), American poet
• Hugo Hirst (1863–1943), British industrialist
• Ivan Hirst (1916–2000), British Army officer instrumental in reviving Volkswagen in post-war Germany
• Jack Hirst, British rugby player
• Jack Hirst (1936–2012), British rugby player
• Jemmy Hirst (1738–1829), English eccentric
• Joe Hirst (born 1987), British rugby player
• Joseph Hirst (1863–1945), British architect
• John Hirst
  • John Hirst (born 1947), British businessman
  • John Hirst (born 1950), British killer and campaigner for prisoners' rights
  • John Hirst, Australian academic and historian.
• John Malcolm Hirst (1921–1997), British aerobiologist, agricultural botanist, and mycologist
• Judy Hirst, British biologist
• Kenneth Hirst (1940–2008), British rugby league footballer
• Keegan Hirst (born 1988), British rugby league footballer
• Larry Hirst (born 1951), British businessman
• Linda S. Hirst, British and American physicist
• Marie Boaze Hirst (1920–2012), American lineage society leader
• Mark Hirst, British journalist
• Maude Hirst, English Actress
• Michael Hirst (1933–2017), British art historian.
• Michael Hirst (born 1946), Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician
• Michael Hirst (born 1952), English screenwriter
• Nicky Hirst (born 1963), English sculptor and artist
• Olive Hirst (1912–1994), English advertising agent
• Paul Hirst (1947–2003), British sociologist
• Rob Hirst (1956–2026), Australian musician
• Shakespeare Hirst (1841–1907), British actor and author
• Shari Decter Hirst, Canadian politician
• Stephanie Hirst (born 1975), British radio presenter
• Thomas Hirst (1865–1927), British cricketer
• Thomas Archer Hirst (1830–1892), British mathematician
• Tony Hirst (born 1967), British actor and stage director
• Tony Hirst, British academic and blogger
• Ursula Hirst (1909–2002), British actress
• William Hirst (1873–1946), British politician