Kirkpatrick

For other uses, see Kirkpatrick (disambiguation).

Kirkpatrick is an Irish (Ulster) and Scottish surname, and occasionally a given name, possibly a branch of the Cenél nEógain of the Northern Uí Néill. The name traditionally relates to a church ("kirk") dedicated to Saint Patrick.^[1]

Surname

• Alexander Kirkpatrick (1849-1940), British professor of Hebrew and biblical commentator

  

  Chris Kirkpatrick

James Achilles Kirkpatrick

Maggie Kirkpatrick

William Kirkpatrick

• Alexander Kirkpatrick (rugby union) (1898-1971), New Zealand rugby union player
• Andrew Kirkpatrick (lawyer) (1756–1831), Chief Justice of New Jersey Supreme Court
• Andrew Kirkpatrick (judge) (1844–1904), U.S. District Court for New Jersey, grandson of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) (above)
• Andrew Kirkpatrick (politician) (1848–1928), South Australian politician
• Andy Kirkpatrick (born 1971), British climber and writer
• Ann Kirkpatrick (born 1950), American politician—Arizona
• Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick (born 1946), American diplomat
• Bob Kirkpatrick (musician) (born 1934), American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Chris Kirkpatrick (born 1971), American musician
• Clayton Kirkpatrick (1915–2004), American journalist and newspaper editor
• Conilee Kirkpatrick (born 1948), American electronics engineer
• Cyril Kirkpatrick (1872–1957), British civil engineer
• David Kirkpatrick (producer) (born 1951), American film producer
• David Gordon Kirkpatrick (1927–2003), Australian country musician known as Slim Dusty
• David G. Kirkpatrick, Canadian computer scientist
• Donald Kirkpatrick (1924–2014, fl. 1960s), American educator
• Ethel Kirkpatrick (1869–1966), British artist and jeweller
• Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (1933–1986), African-American musician, civil rights activist, and minister
• Gary Kirkpatrick (1941–2021), American concert pianist
• George Airey Kirkpatrick (1841–1899), Canadian politician
• George G. Kirkpatrick Jr. (1938–2003), American politician
• Harry Kirkpatrick (born c. 1958), Irish activist and convict
• Ian Kirkpatrick (born 1946), New Zealand rugby union player
• Ivone Kirkpatrick (1897–1964), British diplomat
• J. Davy Kirkpatrick, American astronomer
• James Kirkpatrick (disambiguation), various people
• Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926–2006), American diplomat for whom the American political doctrine, Kirkpatrick Doctrine, is named
• Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952), American glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator
• John Kirkpatrick (rugby league) (born 1979), British player
• John Kirkpatrick (folk musician) (born 1947), English musician
• John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892–1915), British-born Australian soldier
• Joseph Kirkpatrick (1872-1930), British artist
• Karey Kirkpatrick (born 1964), American writer
• Kitty Kirkpatrick (1802–1889), Anglo-Indian noblewoman, muse of the philosopher Thomas Carlyle
• Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797–1859), 19th-century American attorney, political figure
• Lyman Kirkpatrick (1916–1995), American government administrator
• Maggie Kirkpatrick (born 1941), Australian actress
• María Manuela Kirkpatrick (1794–1879), Spanish royal family member
• Martha Kirkpatrick (1925–2015), American psychoanalyst and clinical professor of psychiatry
• Nora Kirkpatrick (born 1984), American actress and musician, founding member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
• Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911–1984), American musician, musicologist and cataloguer of the works of Domenico Scarlatti
• Randolph Kirkpatrick (1863–1950), British naturalist and author
• Roger de Kirkpatrick (fl. 14th century), Scottish activist
• Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio and Eastern Michigan University
• Sanford Kirkpatrick (1842–1932), American politician—Iowa
• Sean M. Kirkpatrick, physicist and director of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
• Sidney D. Kirkpatrick (born 1955), American documentary filmmaker and author
• Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (1848–1909), American politician—Kansas
• Sophia Astley Kirkpatrick (1802–1871), wife of Littleton Kirkpatrick (above), donor to Rutgers College
• Ted Kirkpatrick (1960–2022), American musician
• Timothy Kirkpatrick (born 1978), American drummer
• Thomas Kirkpatrick (Canadian politician) (1805–1870), Canadian politician
• Thomas Kirkpatrick (New York), New York politician
• Thomas J. Kirkpatrick (1829–1897), American lawyer and politician
• Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1960), American musician
• William Kirkpatrick (disambiguation), various people

Given name

• Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1812–1878), Scottish blacksmith and inventor of the mechanical bicycle
• Kirkpatrick Sale, American author, technology critic and tax resister

See also

• Kirkpatrick baronets
• Clan Kirkpatrick, a Scottish clan
• Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, an American law firm
• Oysters Kirkpatrick (also called Oysters Kilpatrick), an English recipe involving oysters, cheese, and bacon

See also

• Kilpatrick (disambiguation)