Kirby
Appearance
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Kirby may refer to:
Buildings
[edit]- Kirby Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, United States
- Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Corby, Northamptonshire, England
- Kirby House (disambiguation), various houses in England and the United States
- Kirby Sports Center, a sports arena in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
- Kirby's Mill, an historic grist mill in Medford, New Jersey, United States
Businesses
[edit]- Kirby Building Systems, 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
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Kirby (character), the titular character of the Kirby game series
- Kirby, a character in Chicken Little
- Kirby, the title character of Rip Kirby, an American comic strip
- Sir Kirby, a character from Doc McStuffins
- Kirby Buckets, the titular character in the live-action series of the same name
- Kirby Reed, a character from the Scream franchise
- the Kirby family in the play You Can't Take It with You
- Officer Kirby, a character from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Other arts and entertainment
[edit]- Kirby (series), a video game series
- "Kirby", a song from the album The Impossible Kid by Aesop Rock
- "Kirby" (Dynasty), an episode of the television series Dynasty
- Kirby: King of Comics, a 2008 biography by Mark Evanier
Places
[edit]United States
[edit]- Kirby, Arkansas, an unincorporated census-designated place
- Kirby, Indiana, an unincorporated community
- Kirby, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Kirby, Montana, a populated place
- Kirby, Ohio, a village
- Kirby, Texas, a city
- Kirby, Vermont, 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
England
[edit]- Kirby Cane, a village in Norfolk
- Kirby Cross, a village in Essex
- Kirby Grindalythe, a village in North Yorkshire
- Kirby-on-the-Moor, also known as Kirby, a village in North Yorkshire
- Kirby-le-Soken, a village in Essex
- Kirby Muxloe, a village and civil parish west of Leicester
Elsewhere
[edit]- Kirby, Ontario, a hamlet in Canada
- Kirby Cone, a peak in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
People
[edit]- Kirby (surname), people with the surname
- Kirby (given name), people with the given name
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste, English actor credited mononymously as Kirby since 2023
- Kirby Lauryen, American singer-songwriter also known simply as Kirby
Schools
[edit]- Kirby College of Further Education, now part of Middlesbrough College, North Yorkshire, England
- Kirby High School (disambiguation), several schools in the United States
Other uses
[edit]- Kirby calculus
- Kirby (cucumber), used for pickling
- Kirby 23, a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980s
- Kirby 25, a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980s
- Kirby Award, an award presented from 1985 to 1987 for achievements in comic books
- Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, a psychiatric hospital in New York City
- 51985 Kirby, an asteroid named after Jack Kirby
- Loteki Supernatural Being (1990–2007), also known as Kirby, the only dog to have won all three major international dog shows in the same year
See also
[edit]- Kirby Krackle (or Kirby Dots), an artistic convention in comic books
- Kerby (disambiguation)
- Kirkby (disambiguation)