Birt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Charlie Birt
Charles T. Birt (born May 27, 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1984 to 1988, representing the riding of Fort Garry for the Progressive Conservative Par ...
(born 1942), Canadian politician
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Fred Birt
Fred Birt (10 November 1886 – 5 July 1956) was a Welsh international, rugby union centre who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby with Monmouthshire. He won seven caps for Wales but is most notable for his outstanding performance aga ...
(1886–1956), Welsh rugby union player
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Jill Birt
Jillian Margaret Birt is an Australian rock musician and architect. Birt was the keyboardist and vocalist of the alternative rock and pop band, The Triffids from 1983 to 1989. In 2008, The Triffids were inducted into the Australian Recording I ...
(), keyboardist in Australian band The Triffids
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John Birt (footballer)
John Birt (born 29 January 1937) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL and West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Birt was a rover and, after being recruited to Essendon ...
(born 1937)
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John Birt (politician)
John Edward Birt (11 December 1873 – 21 June 1925) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Woolloomooloo in Sydney to seaman John and Margaret (née McDonough) Birt, and educated by the Marist Brothers in Darlinghurst before working i ...
(1873–1925), Australian politician
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John Birt, Baron Birt
John Birt, Baron Birt (born 10 December 1944) is a British television executive and businessman. He is a former Director-General (1992–2000) of the BBC.
After a successful career in commercial television, initially at Granada Television an ...
(born 1944), Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation 1992–2000
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Michael Birt (barrister)
Sir Michael Cameron St John Birt, KC (born 25 August 1948) was the 88th Bailiff of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Birt was educated in Jersey at St. Michael's Preparatory School then at Marlborough College. He went on to read law at Magdal ...
(born 1948), lawyer and Bailiff of Jersey in the Channel Islands
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Michael Birt (biochemist)
Lindsay Michael Birt, AO, CBE (18 January 193228 October 2001) was the inaugural vice-chancellor of the University of Wollongong between 1975 and 1980, and the fourth vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales between 1981 and 1992.
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(1932–2001), Australian academician
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Peter Birt
Peter Birt ( – June 1791) was a businessman from Airmyn, Yorkshire, England, who made his fortune from the Aire and Calder Navigation and used part of his wealth to build the mansion named Wenvoe Castle.
He became High Sheriff of Glamorgan.
Bu ...
(c. 1723–1791), English businessman
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Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt (born Suzanne Gaudet on October 2, 1981 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curling, curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She currently Skip (curling), skips her own team on the World Curling Tour.
Career
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(born 1981), Canadian curler
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Travis Birt
Travis Rodney Birt (born 9 December 1981) is an Australian former cricketer. A left-handed batsman, Birt represented the Australian national under-19 team before making his debut for Tasmania during the 2003–04 season. Strong form at state le ...
(born 1981), Australian former cricketer
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William Radcliffe Birt
William Radcliffe Birt FRAS (1804–1881) was an English amateur astronomer in the 19th century. Birt worked extensively with John Herschel, carrying out a great deal of meteorogical research on atmospheric waves, from 1843 to 1850. A lot of ...
(1804–1881), British astronomer
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