Hirst (surname)
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language | English |
| Meaning | Someone who lived on a wooded hill[1] |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | Hurst, Herst, Hearst |
Hirst is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Sir Amos Brook Hirst, English football administrator
- 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 cricketer
- 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
See also
References
- ^ "Surname Database: Hurst Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2021-07-14.