Kirtley is a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Bill Kirtley, English football goalkeeper
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David Barr Kirtley
David Barr Kirtley (born 1977) is an American short story writer and the host of the ''Geek's Guide to the Galaxy'' podcast.
Writing
His short fiction appears in magazines such as ''Realms of Fantasy'' and ''Weird Tales'', in online magazines ...
(born 1977), American writer
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James Kirtley
Robert James Kirtley (born 10 January 1975) is a former English Test cricketer. He is a right arm fast medium bowler and a right hand batsman. After prep school at St. Andrews School, Eastbourne, he was educated at Clifton College.
Kirtley is p ...
(born 1975), English cricketer
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John R. Kirtley
John Robert Kirtley (born August 27, 1949) is an American condensed matter physicist and a Consulting Professor at the Center for Probing the Nanoscale in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University. He shared the 1998 Oliver E. Buckl ...
(born 1949), American physicist
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Matthew Kirtley
Matthew Kirtley (6 February 181324 May 1873) was born at Tanfield, Durham. He was an important early locomotive engineer.
Career
Early years
At the age of thirteen he began work on the Stockton and Darlington Railway; he was fireman on the Liv ...
(1813–1873), English engineer
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Pat Kirtley, American guitarist and composer
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Pete Kirtley
Peter Edward Kirtley (born 14 April 1972) is an English songwriter, record producer and music entrepreneur. He has produced over 200 records worldwide with sales exceeding 15 million and 100 million streams, including seven number-one hit sing ...
(born 1972), English songwriter, record producer and music entrepreneur
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Thomas Kirtley
Thomas Kirtley (20 February 1811 – 16 November 1847) was an English railway engineer, and was the locomotive superintendent of the North Midland Railway and later the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
Biography
He was born at Tanfield, ...
(1811–1847), English railway engineer
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Virginia Kirtley (1888–1956), American actress and writer
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William Kirtley (railway engineer)
William Kirtley (1840 – 7 October 1919) was an English railway engineer, and was the Locomotive Superintendent of the London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in England from 1874 until the merger to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway at ...
(1840–1919), English railway engineer
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William W. Kirtley (1897–1944), known as Bill, American anti-death penalty activist
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