# Byrd

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**Byrd** commonly refers to:

- [William Byrd](/source/William_Byrd) (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance
- [Richard E. Byrd](/source/Richard_E._Byrd) (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer

**Byrd** or **Byrds** may also refer to:

## Other people

- [Byrd (surname)](/source/Byrd_(surname)), including a list of people with the name
- [Byrd Baylor](/source/Byrd_Baylor) (1924–2021), American children's writer
- [Byrd Billings](/source/Murders_of_Byrd_and_Melanie_Billings) (died 2009), American murder victim
- [Byrd Brown](/source/Byrd_Brown) (1929–2001), American lawyer and Civil Rights activist
- [Byrd D. Crudup](/source/Byrd_D._Crudup) (1897–1960), American football and basketball coach
- [Byrd Spilman Dewey](/source/Byrd_Spilman_Dewey) (1856–1942), American author and land investor
- [Byrd Dickens](/source/Byrd_Dickens) (born 1971), Canadian former actor
- [Byrd Douglas](/source/Byrd_Douglas) (1894–1965), American college baseball and football coach and judge
- [Byrd Gibbens](/source/Byrd_Gibbens) (born 1936), American historian and professor
- [Byrd Hill](/source/Byrd_Hill) (1800–1872), American slave trader
- [Byrd Leavell](/source/Byrd_Leavell), American literary agent
- [Byrd Lockhart](/source/Byrd_Lockhart) (1782–1839), American surveyor, Alamo defender, courier, and Texian officer
- [Byrd Lynn](/source/Byrd_Lynn) (1889–1940), American baseball player
- [Byrd Mock](/source/Byrd_Mock) (1876–1966), American writer, journalist, poet, publisher, and golfer
- [Byrd Prillerman](/source/Byrd_Prillerman) (1859–1929), American educator and school administrator
- [Byrd Whigham](/source/Byrd_Whigham) (1933–2017), American minor league baseball player and college football coach
- [Byrd White](/source/Byrd_White), American accountant and West Virginia government official

## Places

- [Byrd, Alabama](/source/Byrd,_Alabama), United States
- [Marie Byrd Land](/source/Marie_Byrd_Land), Antarctica - [Mount Byrd](/source/Mount_Byrd) - [Byrd Station](/source/Byrd_Station), a former U.S. research station
- [Byrd (lunar crater)](/source/Byrd_(lunar_crater)), on the Moon
- [Byrd (Martian crater)](/source/Byrd_(Martian_crater)), on Mars

## Other uses

- [The Byrds](/source/The_Byrds), an American rock band
- [Byrd Amendment](/source/Byrd_Amendment), the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, an American legislative act
- [Byrd Amendment (1971)](/source/Byrd_Amendment_(1971)), to the U.S. Federal Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act
- Byrd Brand, [knives from Spyderco](/source/Spyderco#Byrd_Brand)
- Byrd Rule, governing [reconciliation in the U.S. Congress](/source/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)#Byrd_Rule)
- [Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center](/source/Byrd_Polar_and_Climate_Research_Center) at [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University), U.S.
- [Byrd Stadium](/source/Byrd_Stadium), now SECU Stadium, at the [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland), U.S.

## See also

- [Bird (disambiguation)](/source/Bird_(disambiguation))
- [Birds (disambiguation)](/source/Birds_(disambiguation))

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