Kirkpatrick is an Irish (

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

) and Scottish surname, and occasionally a given name, possibly a branch of the Cenél nEógain of the

Northern Uí Néill The Northern Uí Néill is any of several dynasties in north-western medieval Ireland that claimed descent from a common ancestor, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Other dynasties in central and eastern Ireland who also claimed descent from Niall wer ...

. The name traditionally relates to a

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

("kirk") dedicated to

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints be ...

.Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 411 - 412.

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Alexander Kirkpatrick Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick (25 June 1849 – 22 January 1940) was Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University (1882–1903) and the third Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge (1898–1907). Life Kirkpatrick was born at Lewes, East Su ...

(1849-1940), British professor of Hebrew and biblical commentator Chris at manband

Alexander Kirkpatrick (rugby union) Alexander Kirkpatrick (4 October 1898 – 25 August 1971) was an All Blacks rugby union player from New Zealand. He was a hooker. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks in1925-26 against Australia (New South Wales), scoring 6 points (2 tries). ...

(1898-1971), New Zealand rugby union player *

Andrew Kirkpatrick (lawyer) Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from New Jersey. Biography Andrew Kirkpatrick was born in Mine Brook, New Jersey on February 17, 1756. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princ ...

(1756–1831), Chief Justice of New Jersey Supreme Court *

Andrew Kirkpatrick (judge) Andrew Kirkpatrick (October 8, 1844 – May 3, 1904) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Education and career Born in Washington, D.C., Kirkpatrick was named after his grandfa ...

(1844–1904), U.S. District Court for New Jersey, grandson of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) (''above'') *

Andrew Kirkpatrick (politician) The Hon Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (4 January 1848 – 19 August 1928) was an Australian politician, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 18 ...

(1848–1928), South Australian politician *

Andy Kirkpatrick Andrew Kirkpatrick is a British mountaineer, author, motivational speaker and monologist. He is best known as a big wall climber, having scaled Yosemite's El Capitan over 30 times, including five solo ascents, and two one-day ascents, as well a ...

(born 1971), British climber and writer * Ann Kirkpatrick (born 1950), American politician—Arizona *

Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick (born in Helsinki 1946) is an American diplomat. Early life and education Owens-Kirkpatrick earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. She received her Master of Public A ...

(born 1946), American diplomat *

Bob Kirkpatrick (musician) Bob Kirkpatrick (born January 10, 1934) is an American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, whose recorded work has been released on three albums. One commentator noted that Kirkpatrick's 1996 album, ''Going Back to Texas'', "is a c ...

(born 1934), American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter * Chris Kirkpatrick (born 1971), American musician *

Clayton Kirkpatrick Clayton Kirkpatrick (January 8, 1915 – June 19, 2004) was the editor of the ''Chicago Tribune'' newspaper from 1969 until 1979. He is credited with modernizing the ''Tribune'', shifting its news coverage and editorial page away from reflexive pa ...

(1915–2004), American journalist and newspaper editor * Conilee Kirkpatrick (born 1948), American electronics engineer * Cyril Kirkpatrick (1872–1957), British civil engineer *

David Kirkpatrick (producer) David Paul Kirkpatrick (born June 29, 1951) is an American film producer, studio executive and writer. He is widely known for his career at Paramount Pictures where he started as a story editor, oversaw the studio's exclusive development deal ...

(born 1951), American film producer * David Gordon Kirkpatrick (1927–2003), Australian country musician known as

Slim Dusty Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 13 June 1927 – 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country's most awarded stars, ...

David G. Kirkpatrick David Galer Kirkpatrick is a Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of British Columbia. He is known for the Kirkpatrick–Seidel algorithm and his work on polygon triangulation, and for co-inventing α-shapes and the β-skel ...

, Canadian computer scientist *

Donald Kirkpatrick Donald L. Kirkpatrick (March 15, 1924 – May 9, 2014) was Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin in the United States and a past president of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). He is best known for creating a highl ...

(1924–2014,

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1960s), American educator * Ethel Kirkpatrick (1869–1966), British artist and jeweller *

Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (1933–1986) was an African-American musician, civil rights activist, and minister from Haynesville, Louisiana. In late 1964 he was a co-founder of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, an armed black self-defense grou ...

(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. George Grier Kirkpatrick Jr. (December 24, 1938 – February 5, 2003) was an American politician from Florida who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 1980 to 2000. Kirkpatrick was born in Gainesville, Florida. During his tenure in the F ...

(1938–2003), American politician *

Harry Kirkpatrick Henry Kirkpatrick (born c. 1958) is a former Irish National Liberation Army member turned informer against other members of the INLA. Arrest In February 1983 Kirkpatrick was arrested on multiple charges including the murder of two policemen, two ...

(born c. 1958), Irish activist and convict *

Ian Kirkpatrick Ian Andrew Kirkpatrick (born 24 May 1946) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. Described as "supremely athletic, fast, fearless and with an uncanny sense of anticipation", Kirkpatrick is widely regarded as one of the greatest flankers t ...

(born 1946), New Zealand rugby union player *

Ivone Kirkpatrick Sir Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick, (3 February 1897 – 25 May 1964) was a British diplomat who served as the British High Commissioner in Germany after World War II, and as the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the hig ...

(1897–1964), British diplomat *

J. Davy Kirkpatrick J. Davy Kirkpatrick is an American astronomer at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Kirkpatrick's research was named one of the top ten science accomplishments of the firs ...

, American astronomer *

James Kirkpatrick (disambiguation) James or Jim Kirkpatrick may refer to: Political people * James C. Kirkpatrick (1905–1997), American politician, Secretary of State of Missouri (1965–1985) *James Achilles Kirkpatrick (1764–1805), British Resident in Hyderabad from 1798 to 1 ...

, various people * Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926–2006), American diplomat for whom the American political doctrine, Kirkpatrick Doctrine, is named *

Joey Kirkpatrick Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952) is an American glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator. She has taught glassblowing at Pilchuck Glass School. Since the 1970s, her artistic partner has been Flora Mace and their work is co-signed. Kirkpatric ...

(born 1952), American

glass artist Studio glass is the modern use of glass as an artistic medium to produce sculptures or three-dimensional artworks. The glass objects created are intended to make a sculptural or decorative statement. Though usage varies, the term is properly res ...

, sculptor, wire artist, and educator *

John Kirkpatrick (rugby league) John Kirkpatrick (born 3 January 1979) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C., and club level rugby lea ...

(born 1979), British player * John Kirkpatrick (musician) (born 1947), English musician *

John Simpson Kirkpatrick John Kirkpatrick (enlisted as John Simpson; 6 July 1892 – 19 May 1915) was a stretcher bearer with the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance brigade during the Gallipoli campaign – the Allied attempt to capture Constantinople, ca ...

(1892–1915), British-born Australian soldier * Joseph Kirkpatrick (1872-1930), British artist * Karey Kirkpatrick (born 1964), American writer *

Kitty Kirkpatrick Katherine Aurora "Kitty" Kirkpatrick (9 April 1802 – 2 March 1889) was a British woman of Anglo-Indian descent best known as a muse of the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle. Born in India to a British father and an Indian mother, Kirk ...

(1802–1889), Anglo-Indian noblewoman, muse of the philosopher Thomas Carlyle *

Littleton Kirkpatrick Littleton Kirkpatrick (October 19, 1797 – August 15, 1859) was an American Whig Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1853 to 1855. He was the son of Andrew Kirkpatrick and the ...

(1797–1859), 19th-century American attorney, political figure * Lyman Kirkpatrick (1916–1995), American government administrator * Maggie Kirkpatrick (born 1941), Australian actress *

María Manuela Kirkpatrick Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(1794–1879), Spanish royal family member * Nora Kirkpatrick (born 1984), American actress and musician, founding member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros *

Ralph Kirkpatrick Ralph Leonard Kirkpatrick (; June 10, 1911April 13, 1984) was an American harpsichordist and musicologist, widely known for his chronological catalog of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas as well as for his performances and recordings. Life ...

(1911–1984), American musician, musicologist and cataloguer of the works of Domenico Scarlatti * Randolph Kirkpatrick (1863–1950), British naturalist and author * Roger de Kirkpatrick (

14th century), Scottish activist *

Samuel A. Kirkpatrick Samuel A. Kirkpatrick was president of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Eastern Michigan University (EMU). Early life Kirkpatrick earned a bachelor's degree in education from Shippensburg University and a masters and Ph.D. in poli ...

, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio and Eastern Michigan University *

Sanford Kirkpatrick Sanford "Sant" Kirkpatrick (February 11, 1842 – February 13, 1932) was a revenue agent and a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was the last Civil War veteran elected to represent Iowa in Congr ...

(1842–1932), American politician—Iowa *

Sidney D. Kirkpatrick Sidney D. Kirkpatrick (born 1955) is a documentary filmmaker and a bestselling historical author. He grew up in Stony Brook, Long Island and attended Kent School, Connecticut, Hampshire College, Massachusetts and New York University. His d ...

(born 1955), American documentary filmmaker and author *

Snyder S. Kirkpatrick Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick (February 21, 1848 – April 5, 1909) was an American attorney, Civil War veteran and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Kansas from 1895 to 1897. Early life and education Kirkpatrick was b ...

(1848–1909), American politician—Kansas *

Sophia Astley Kirkpatrick The Sophia Astley Kirkpatrick Memorial Chapel, known as Kirkpatrick Chapel, is the chapel to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and located on the university's main campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States. Kirkpatrick ...

(1802–1871), wife of Littleton Kirkpatrick (''above''), donor to Rutgers College *

Ted Kirkpatrick Ted Kirkpatrick (May 22, 1960 – August 19, 2022) was an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work with the American Christian thrash metal band Tourniquet. Primarily a drummer, Kirkpatrick was the principal songwriter for the ...

(1960–2022), American musician *

Timothy Kirkpatrick Timothy James Kirkpatrick (born June 11, 1978) is an American drummer. Originally from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Kirkpatrick played in punk band Shaft and emotional hardcore bands Roosevelt and Burgundy in his teens. After moving to Gaines ...

(born 1978), American drummer * Thomas Kirkpatrick (Canadian politician) (1805–1870), Canadian politician *

Thomas Kirkpatrick (New York) Thomas Kirkpatrick was an American politician from New York. Life He lived in Albany, New York, and was an alderman, elected in the Tenth Ward in 1843, and Overseer of the Poor. In 1853, he was elected, on the Whig ticket, Inspector of State P ...

, New York politician *

Thomas J. Kirkpatrick Thomas Jellis Kirkpatrick (July 31, 1829 - October 17, 1897) was a Virginia lawyer, Confederate officer, and later Lynchburg's first public school superintendent, as well as its representative in the Virginia senate for one term (1871-1875). Ea ...

(1829–1897), American lawyer and politician *

Wayne Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1961) is an American songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979. His younger brother is American screenwriter ...

(born c. 1960), American musician *

William Kirkpatrick (disambiguation) William Kirkpatrick may refer to: *William Kirkpatrick (East India Company officer) (1754–1812), British officer and diplomat in India, known also as an orientalist *William Kirkpatrick (New York politician) (1769–1832), United States Represent ...

, various people

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

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