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Kirk Acevedo
Kirk Acevedo (Kirk M. Acevedo), American actor born 1971 in Brooklyn, known for Miguel Alvarez on Oz, Sgt. Joseph Toye in Band of Brothers, Charlie Francis on Fringe, and José Ramse in 12 Monkeys.
Kirk Baptiste
Kirk Renaud Baptiste, American sprinter (born Beaumont, Texas; died 24 March 2022), 200 m silver medalist behind Carl Lewis at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in 19.96, 1987 World Indoor 200 m champion, and holder of a 31.70 world best at 300 m.
Kirk Bondad
Kirk Bondad (Kirk Bondad Wachsmuth), Filipino-German model and fitness trainer, Mister World Philippines 2022 and Mister International 2025 winner, the second Filipino to hold that title after Neil Perez (2014).
Kirk Brandon
Kirk Brandon (born 1956) is an English post-punk singer-songwriter, frontman of Theatre of Hate (Westworld, 1982) and founder of Spear of Destiny (Never Take Me Alive, UK No. 14, 1987); also of The Pack.
Kirk Bryan (oceanographer)
Kirk Bryan is an oceanographer who led ocean modeling at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and co-created the first coupled atmosphere–ocean climate model with Syukuro Manabe in 1969.
Kirk Cameron
Kirk Cameron (born 1970, Panorama City, California), American actor and evangelical activist; rose to fame as Mike Seaver on Growing Pains (1985–1992), starred in Fireproof and Saving Christmas, hosts Takeaways on TBN and The Kirk Cameron Show.
Kirk Cousins
Kirk Cousins, NFL quarterback from Holland, Michigan and Michigan State; played for Washington, Minnesota, Atlanta, and Las Vegas Raiders; fourth-round 2012 pick, record guaranteed contracts, 45,000+ passing yards.
Kirk Cullimore Jr.
Kirk Cullimore Jr. is an American politician and attorney elected to the Utah State Senate in 2018, representing District 19, and known for his work on artificial intelligence, data privacy, and digital identity legislation.
Kirk Deitsch
Kirk W. Deitsch is a molecular biologist and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine, known for studying how the malaria parasite evades the immune system.
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch, 1916-2020), American actor and producer, star of Champion, Lust for Life, Paths of Glory, and Spartacus; founder of Bryna Productions who broke the Hollywood blacklist by crediting Dalton Trumbo.
Kirk E. Sherriff
Kirk Edward Sherriff, born 1968, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of California since 2024, nominated by President Biden and confirmed 54 to 45.
Kirk Ferentz
Kirk Ferentz (born Aug. 1, 1955) is the University of Iowa's head football coach since December 1998, the longest-tenured FBS coach, Iowa's winningest coach (209-128), and holder of the most bowl wins in Big Ten history.
Kirk Fox
Kirk Fox (born 1969, San Diego) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and author, aka Sewage Joe on Parks and Recreation and Pat McCurdy on Jury Duty; Showtime special That Guy, 2026 novel Palmdale.
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin (born 1970, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American gospel singer, songwriter, producer, and choir director whose 1993 debut sold over a million copies.
Kirk Gibson
Kirk Harold Gibson (born 1957) is an American former MLB outfielder, 1984 Tigers and 1988 Dodgers World Series champion, 1988 NL MVP, famous for the Game 1 1988 World Series pinch-hit walk-off home run; never an All-Star.
Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett (Kirk Lee Hammett), born 1962 in San Francisco, is lead guitarist of Metallica since 1983, replacing Dave Mustaine after co-founding Exodus; known for wah-driven leads, Satriani training, the Greeny Les Paul, and the 2022 Portals EP.
Kirk Hatcher
Kirk Hatcher is an American Democratic politician serving in the Alabama Senate from District 26, elected in 2021 after serving in the Alabama House of Representatives since 2018.
Kirk Heilbrun
Kirk Heilbrun is an American forensic psychologist and Drexel University professor, past president of the American Psychology-Law Society and author of Principles of Forensic Mental Health Assessment (2001).
Kirk Herbstreit
Kirk Herbstreit, former Ohio State quarterback, is ESPN's lead college football analyst on College GameDay and ABC Saturday Night Football and Prime Video's Thursday Night Football analyst with Al Michaels since 2022.
Kirk Hinrich
Kirk Hinrich, born 1981, Sioux City, Iowa, is a retired NBA guard, 7th pick of the 2003 draft, who played 13 seasons for the Bulls, Hawks, and Wizards, made the 2007 All-Defensive second team, and set Chicago's three-point record.
Kirk Kerkorian
Kirk Kerkorian (1917–2015), American billionaire investor and aviator, founder of MGM Resorts and Tracinda Corporation; built the International and two MGM Grand hotels, bought and sold MGM three times, and gave $1.1 billion through the Lincy Foundation.
Kirk Minihane
Kirk Minihane is an American sports media personality, formerly of Boston's WEEI morning drive, now a Barstool Sports podcaster whose The Kirk Minihane Show ran 2019 to 2025 and whose true-crime podcast The Case helped solve two murders.
Kirk Muller
Kirk Muller (Captain Kirk), born 1966, Kingston, Ontario, is a Canadian former NHL winger, drafted 2nd overall in 1984 by New Jersey, who scored the 1993 Stanley Cup-clinching goal for Montreal and later coached Carolina, Montreal, St. Louis, Calgary, and Washington.
Kirk Norcross
Kirk John Norcross (born 1988, Woodford, London) is an English reality TV personality, an original cast member of ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex (2010–2013), later Celebrity Big Brother 9 and Ex on the Beach; now runs waste businesses.
Kirk Palmer
Kirk Palmer, Australian freestyle swimmer (born 1986, Central Coast NSW), 4x200 m relay specialist; Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze, 2008 Manchester short-course world champion, 2007 short-course world record 6:52.66.
Kirk Perron
Kirk Perron was an American entrepreneur who founded the smoothie chain Jamba Juice, opening the first store, called Juice Club, in San Luis Obispo, California, in 1990.
Kirk Pfeffer
Kirk Pfeffer (born 1956) is an American distance runner from San Diego; junior marathon world best 2:16:03, half marathon world best 62:32 (1979), runner-up at the 1979 New York City Marathon, and 1994 San Diego Marathon winner.
Kirk R. Smith
Kirk R. Smith (1947–2020) was an American environmental health scientist at UC Berkeley who established household air pollution from cooking smoke as a major global health risk.
Kirk Raymond Jones
Kirk Raymond Jones, Canton, Michigan daredevil; first known person to survive Niagara Falls' Horseshoe Falls unprotected on October 20, 2003; died 2017 in a second, inflatable-ball attempt.
Kirk Ririe
Kirk Ririe is an American chemist and biomedical entrepreneur who co-founded Idaho Technology in 1990 and led it as CEO through its sale to bioMérieux in 2014.