Byrd

Byrd

The surname Byrd may refer to:

*Bill Byrd (1907-1991), baseball player
*Bobby Byrd, (born 1934) funk musician
*Butch Byrd (born 1941), AFL Hall of Fame
*Charlie Byrd (1925-1999), jazz guitarist
*Chris Byrd (born 1970), heavyweight champion in boxing
*Donald Byrd (born 1932), jazz trumpeter
*Dennis Byrd, football player
*Harry Byrd (1925–1985), baseball player
*Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966), U.S. Senator for Virginia
*Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (born 1914), U.S. Senator for Virginia from 1965–1983
*Henry Roeland Byrd (1918-1980), blues musician
*James Byrd, Jr. (1949-1998), murder victim
*Joe Byrd, rock musician
*Jonathan Byrd (born circa 1970), folk singer-songwriter
*Marlon Byrd (born 1977), baseball player
*Mary Willing Byrd (1740-1814), second wife of Colonel William Byrd III
*Paul Byrd (born 1970), baseball player
*Petri Hawkins-Byrd, bailiff "Byrd" on the "Judge Judy" TV series
*Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), admiral, polar explorer, aviator
*Robert C. Byrd (born 1917), Democratic Senator for West Virginia
*Sammy Byrd (1910-1981), baseball player for the New York Yankees and PGA Tour golfer
*Tracy Byrd (born 1964), boxer
*Tracy Byrd (born 1966), country singer
*William Byrd (1540–1623), English composer
*William Byrd I (1652-1704), member of colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses
*William Byrd II (1674-1744), founder of Richmond, Virginia
*William Byrd III (1752-1777), member of the House of Burgesses, and military officer

Byrd or Byrds may also refer to:
*Byrd Amendment, an American legislative act
*Byrd Station, a summer-only U.S. Research Station
*Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University
*The Byrds, American rock group
*"Byrd" Watkins is a man that fought the famous bare knuckle boxer Kimbo Slice
*Byrd Knife, a line of knives from Spyderco


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