Birt
Birt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Charlie Birt (born 1942), Canadian politician
- Fred Birt (1886–1956), Welsh rugby player
- Jill Birt (active 1983–present), keyboardist in Australian band The Triffids
- John Birt (footballer) (born 1937)
- John Birt, Baron Birt (born 1944), Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation 1992–2000
- Michael Birt (biochemist) (1932–2001), Australian academician
- Michael Birt (lawyer) (born 1948), lawyer and Bailiff of Jersey in the Channel Islands
- Peter Birt (c. 1723 – June 1791), businessman from Airmyn, Yorkshire, England
- Suzanne Birt (born 1981), curler
- Travis Birt (born 1981), cricketer
- William Radcliffe Birt (1804–1881), British astronomer
People with Birt as a first name include:
- Birt Acres (1854–1918), photographer and film pioneer
See also
- Birt (crater), a lunar impact crater named after William Radcliffe Birt
- Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome (BHD), a rare human genetic disorder
- Birt, a member of the Scophthalmidae family of flatfish, related to the turbot and brill
- BIRT (disambiguation)
- Bert (disambiguation)
- Burt (disambiguation)
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