David Kirby may refer to:
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David Kirby (journalist)
David Kirby is an American journalist based in Brooklyn, New York, and was formerly a regular contributor to ''The New York Times'' since 1998. He was the author of ''Evidence of Harm'' (2005), ''Animal Factory'' (2010), ''Death at Sea World'' ...
(1960–2023), American journalist
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David Kirby (poet) (born 1944), American poet and academic
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David Kirby (judge)
David Kirby (born 22 June 1943) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and brother of former High Court judge Michael Kirby.
Early life and education
Born in Sydney, David Kirby was the fourth son and child of Donald (D ...
(born 1943), Australian lawyer
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David Kirby (historian)
David G. Kirby is a former professor of Modern European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London, which is today part of University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the ...
, professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
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David Kirby (business professor)
David Anthony Kirby (born 2 April 1945) is a British academic working in the area of business administration and entrepreneurship.
From 2007, Kirby served as the founding Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Politica ...
(born 1945), professor of business administration at British University in Egypt
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David Kirby (activist)
David Lawrence Kirby (December 6, 1957 – May 5, 1990) was an American HIV/AIDS activist, and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed by Therese Frare. The image was published in ''Life'' magazine, which called it the "picture that cha ...
(1957–1990), AIDS activist and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed
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David Kirby (cricketer) (1939–2021), English cricketer
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David A. Kirby
David Allen Kirby (born 30 November 1968) is an American professor of science communication studies within University of Manchester's Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. He researches, writes about, and teaches science co ...
(born 1968), professor of science communication studies at the University of Manchester
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