Byrnes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Byrnes (born 1981), Australian lawyer and retired rugby union player * Brittany Byrnes (born 1987), Australian actress *

Burke Byrnes Burke Byrnes (born December 9, 1937) is an American actor, best known as the voice for Daddy Topps in ''The Land Before Time ''The Land Before Time'' is an American animated film series and media franchise created by Judy Freudberg and Ton ...

(born 1937), American actor * Darcy Rose Byrnes (born 1998), American actress * Edd Byrnes (1932–2020), American actor * Eric Byrnes (born 1976), American baseball player and announcer *

Esther Byrnes Esther Fussell Byrnes (1867–1946) was an American biologist and science teacher. She was one of the first women copepodologists—scientists who study copepods. She was a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, as well as the American Soci ...

(1867–1946), American biologist and science teacher * Garrett Byrnes (born 1971), American composer *

Gene Byrnes Eugene Francis Byrnes (March 18, 1889 – July 26, 1974) created the long-running comic strip ''Reg'lar Fellers'', which he signed Gene Byrnes. His humorous look at suburban children (who nevertheless spoke like New York street kids) was syndica ...

(1889–1974), American comic artist *

Giselle Byrnes Giselle Margaret Byrnes (born 17 July 1967) is a New Zealand historian. She is the provost and assistant Vice-Chancellor of Massey University, New Zealand. Previous employment included the Waitangi Tribunal and as lecturer at Victoria Universi ...

, New Zealand historian * James Byrnes (sailor) (1838–1882), Irish-American sailor and Union Navy officer in the Civil War * James F. Byrnes (1882–1972), American politician * Jim Byrnes (actor) (born 1948), American actor and musician *

Jim Byrnes (baseball) James Joseph Byrnes (January 5, 1880 – July 31, 1941) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 t ...

(1880–1941), American baseball player *

John W. Byrnes John William Byrnes (June 12, 1913 – January 12, 1985) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Wisconsin. Byrnes was the U.S. representative for from 1945 to 1973. During this time he was the chairman of the House ...

(1913–1985), American politician * Josephine Byrnes (born 1966), Australian actress *

Josh Byrnes Josh Byrnes (born June 23, 1970) is an American baseball executive who is senior vice president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Byrnes began his career in 1994 as an intern with the Cleveland I ...

(born 1970), American baseball executive * Josh Byrnes (politician) (born 1974), American politician * Kevin P. Byrnes (born 1950), U.S. Army general *

Mark Byrnes Mark John Byrnes (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian footballer who plays for APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the New South Wales Premier League. Club career After a short stint with SV Salzburg in Austria, he won two NSL championship medals i ...

(born 1982), Australian soccer player * Marty Byrnes (born 1956), American basketball player * Michael Byrnes (writer), American writer *

Michael J. Byrnes Michael Jude Byrnes (born August 23, 1958) is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as Archbishop of Agaña from 2019 to 2023. He was previously an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Detroit from 2011 to 2016. Biography Early ...

, American Roman Catholic bishop * Noni Byrnes, Pakistani analytical chemist * Norman Byrnes (botanist) (1922–1998), Australian botanist * Norman Byrnes (lawyer) (1922–2009), American lawyer * Pam Byrnes (born 1947), American politician * Pat Byrnes, American cartoonist * Richard Byrnes (1832–1864), Irish-American Union Army officer in the Civil War *

Rob Byrnes Robert Charles "Rob" Byrnes, Jr. is a 21st-century gay American, novelist and blogger, whose fiction focuses primarily on gay men and other sexual minorities. He serves on the Steering Committee for The Publishing Triangle, and was also a member ...

(born 1958), American writer * Shannon Byrnes (born 1984), Australian rules footballer * Steve Byrnes (1959–2015), American television announcer and producer * Syd Byrnes (born 1940), South African cyclist *

Thomas F. Byrnes Thomas F. Byrnes (June 15, 1842 – May 7, 1910) was an Irish-born American police officer, who served as head of the New York City Police Department detective department from 1880 until 1895, who popularized the terms "rogues' gallery" and " t ...

(1842–1910), American police officer * Thomas Joseph Byrnes (1860–1898), Australian politician; 12th Premier of Queensland *

Tommy Byrnes Thomas Patrick Byrnes (February 19, 1923 – January 9, 1981) was an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately for Seton Hall University. He began his professional career playing for the New York Knicks of the Basketball As ...

(1923–1981), American basketball player *

Tracy Byrnes Tracy Byrnes (born 1970) is an American television business news anchor, journalist, and accountant who worked for the Fox Business Network. Byrnes appeared as a recurring panelist on Fox Business Channel stocks and investment news programs ''Cash ...

(born 1970), American business journalist *

Tricia Byrnes Patricia "Tricia" Byrnes (born November 18, 1974) is an American snowboarder, born in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her achievements in the FIS Snowboard World Cup include fifteen victories in halfpipe between 1997 and 2003 (also 2 second places and ...

(born 1974), American snowboarder * William Byrnes (1809–1891), Australian politician *

William B. Byrnes William B. Byrnes (May 31, 1906 – February 26, 1989) was an American politician. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Allegany County from 1971 to 1974 and District 1B from 1975 to 1986. Early life William B. Byrnes w ...

(1906–1989), American politician

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