Kirst is a surname: * Alex Kirst, drummer in ''The Nymphs'', an alternative rock band of the late 1980s * (born 1951), German athletics competitor * Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989), German novelist and the author of 46 books *

Joachim Kirst Joachim Kirst (born 21 May 1947, in Neustadt/Harz) is a retired East German decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentath ...

(born 1947), retired East German decathlete *

Jutta Kirst Jutta Kirst ( née Krautwurst; born 10 November 1954 in Dresden, Sachsen) is a retired female track and field athlete who competed for East Germany during her career in the women's high jump. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics held ...

(born 1954), retired female track and field athlete who competed for East Germany * Michael W. Kirst (born 1939), professor * Rita Kirst (born 1950), German high jumper * Roger Kirst, Henry M. Grether Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law * Whitey Kirst, American-Canadian rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter

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