Kirby may refer to:

Buildings

* Kirby Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, United States * Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Corby, Northamptonshire, England *

Kirby House (disambiguation) Kirby House may refer to: United Kingdom * Kirby House, Coventry United States *McKleroy-Wilson-Kirby House, Anniston, Alabama, National Register of Historic Places listings in Calhoun County, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Calhoun County, A ...

, various houses in England and the United States *

Kirby Sports Center Kirby Sports Center is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Easton, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1973 and is home to the Lafayette College Leopards basketball team. It hosted the 2000 Patriot League men's basketball tournament and has been the si ...

, a sports arena in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States *

Kirby's Mill Kirby's Mill is a historic grist mill in Medford, New Jersey, Medford, Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Originally known as Haines Mill, it was built in 1778 by Isaac Haines and partners along the South ...

, an historic grist mill in Medford, New Jersey, United States

Businesses

Kirby Building Systems Kirby Building Systems is a manufacturing company specialising in pre-engineered buildings. It was established in 1976 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alghanim Industries. Kirby has manufacturing facilities in Kuwait, Ras Al Khaimah, Hydera ...

, a manufacturer of pre-engineered buildings * Kirby Corporation, maritime equipment corporation * Kirby Company, manufacturer of Kirby vacuum cleaners * Kirby's Pig Stand, the first drive-in restaurant in the United States

Entertainment

* ''Kirby'' (series), a video game series ** Kirby (character), the titular character * the title character of ''

Rip Kirby ''Rip Kirby'' is an American comic strip created by Alex Raymond and Ward Greene featuring the adventures of private detective Rip Kirby. The strip ran from 1946 to 1999 and was in the hands of artist John Prentice for more than 40 years. Pub ...

'', an American comic strip * the Kirby family in the play '' You Can't Take It with You'' * Kirby, a character in '' The Brave Little Toaster'' * Kirby, a character in ''

Chicken Little "Henny Penny", more commonly known in the United States as "Chicken Little" and sometimes as "Chicken Licken", is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes that the world is coming to an end ...

'' * "Kirby", a song from the album '' The Impossible Kid'' by Aesop Rock * "Kirby" (''Dynasty''), an episode of the television series ''Dynasty''

Places

United States

* Kirby, Arkansas, an unincorporated census-designated place *

Kirby, Indiana Kirby is an unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 Stat ...

, an unincorporated community *

Kirby, Missouri Kirby is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by are ...

, an unincorporated community *

Kirby, Montana Kirby was an unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. The community location is at an elevation of . The site is on the west bank of Rosebud Creek. Rosebud Battlefield State Park lies approximately twelve miles south ...

, a populated place * Kirby, Ohio, a village * Kirby, Texas, a city *

Kirby, Vermont Kirby is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 575 at the 2020 census. History The town was chartered to Roswell Hopkins in 1790; Hopkins served as Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of State of ...

, a town * Kirby, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Kirby, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Kirby, Wyoming, a town * Kirby Lake, Abilene, Texas, a man-made reservoir

United Kingdom

* Horton Kirby, a village in Kent * Kirby Bedon, a village in Norfolk * Kirby Cane, a village in Norfolk * Kirby Cross, a village in Essex *

Kirby Grindalythe __NOTOC__ Kirby Grindalythe is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about south-east of Malton. The village lies in the Great Wold Valley and the course of the winterbourne stream the G ...

, a village in North Yorkshire *

Kirby-le-Soken Kirby-le-Soken is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district of North East Essex, England, which is mainly agricultural, but increasingly residential, near Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the ...

, a village in Essex, England *

Kirby Muxloe Kirby Muxloe is a large village and civil parish that forms part of the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. Located to the west of Leicester, its proximity to the city has resulted in its inclusion in the Leicester Urban Area. The Leic ...

, a village and civil parish west of Leicester, England * West Kirby, a town in Merseyside, UK *

Kirby Hill (disambiguation) Kirby Hill is the name of several places in North Yorkshire, England: * Kirby Hill, Harrogate Kirby Hill, also called Kirby-on-the-Moor, is a village and civil parish about north of the market town of Boroughbridge, in the Harrogate district ...

Elsewhere

Kirby, Ontario Kirby is a rural hamlet located in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region in Ontario, Canada. On Highway 35/ 115, it is north of Orono, approximately a 45-minute drive east of Toronto. The community is named for Kirkby, North Yorkshire ...

, a hamlet in Canada *

Kirby Cone The Kirby Cone () is a distinctive sharp peak on the spur which extends north from the northwest end of Michigan Plateau, Antarctica. It lies near where the Reedy Glacier and the Kansas Glaciers meet, along the southern edge of the latter. It was ...

, a peak in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

People

Kirby (surname) Kirby is a surname. Kirby is found in 116 governed bodies in the world, though is most concentrated in the USA (70,753), England (22,162), Australia (7,160), Canada (5,268), and Ireland (1,931), but most prevalent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadin ...

, people with the surname *

Kirby (given name) Kirby is a given name, and may refer to: * Kirby Ian Andersen, Canadian musician * Kirby Logan Archer (born 1971), American convicted criminal * Kirby Ann Basken (born 1985), Norwegian model * Kirby Bentley (born 1986), Australian rules footballer ...

, people with the given name *

Kirby Lauryen Dockery Kirby Lauryen Dockery, also known by the stage names Kirby (stylized as KIRBY) and Kirby Lauryen, is an American singer-songwriter. She has written pop songs such as "FourFiveSeconds" performed by Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney. Kirby is ...

, singer-songwriter also known simply as Kirby

Other uses

Kirby calculus In mathematics, the Kirby calculus in geometric topology, named after Robion Kirby, is a method for modifying framed links in the 3-sphere using a finite set of moves, the Kirby moves. Using four-dimensional Cerf theory, he proved that if ''M'' a ...

Kirby (cucumber) Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.Kirby 23 The Kirby 23 is a sailboat that was designed by Canadian Bruce Kirby as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1985. The Kirby 23 is a development of the Sonar, with a cabin modified for cruising use. It is very similar to the Blazer 23. Produc ...

, a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980s *

Kirby 25 The Kirby 25 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Bruce Kirby as a racer and first built in 1978. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 352. International Ma ...

, a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980s *

Kirby Award The Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards were a set of awards for achievement in comic books, presented from 1985-1987. Voted on by comic-book professionals, the Kirby awards were the first such awards since the Shazam Awards ceased in 1975. Sponsored ...

, an award presented from 1985 to 1987 for achievements in comic books *

Kirby College of Further Education Kirby College of Further Education, formerly girls-only Kirby Grammar School, is a campus in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Founded in 1910 with the benefaction of Alderman Kirby, in its recent history it was part of Middlesbrough College Middlesbr ...

, now part of Middlesbrough College, North Yorkshire, England * Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, a psychiatric hospital in New York City *

Kirby High School (disambiguation) Kirby High School may refer to: * Kirby High School (Arkansas) in Kirby, Arkansas * Kirby High School (Tennessee) in Memphis, Tennessee * Kirby High School (1928–1979), Woodville, Texas - funds and land provided by John Henry Kirby John Henry ...

* 51985 Kirby, an asteroid named after Jack Kirby *

Loteki Supernatural Being Ch. Loteki Supernatural Being (December 31, 1990 – February 12, 2007) also known as Kirby, a Papillon, best known for being the only dog to have won all three major international dog shows in the same year and being the oldest winner of t ...

(1990–2007), also known as Kirby, the only dog to have won all three major international dog shows in the same year