David Kirby

David Kirby may refer to:

• David Kirby (journalist), American journalist
• David Kirby (poet) (born 1944), American poet and academic
• David Kirby (judge) (born 1943), Australian lawyer
• David Kirby (academic), professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
• David Kirby (professor) (born 1942), professor of business administration at British University in Egypt
• David Kirby (activist) (1957–1990), AIDS activist and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed
• David Kirby (cricketer) (born 1939), English cricketer
• David Kirby, attorney and law partner of John Edwards