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'''Kirby''' is a common place name, [[surname]], and [[given name]]. Other common uses include:
* [[Kirby (character)]], a popular video game character
**[[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' (series)]], the video game series named after the character
**[[List of Kirby games]]
* [[Kirby: Right Back At Ya!]], a TV series based on the video game character
* [[Kirby Company]], the manufacturer of Kirby vacuum cleaners
== Places ==
=== England ===
* [[Kirkby]], Merseyside ([[Help:Pronunciation|pronounced]] with a silent ''k'': {{IPA|/kɜː(r)bi/}})
* [[Kirby Bedon]], Norfolk
* [[Kirby Cane]], Norfolk
* [[Kirby Cross]], Essex
* [[Kirby Grindalythe]], North Yorkshire
* [[Kirby Hill, Harrogate]], North Yorkshire
* [[Kirby Hill, Richmondshire]], North Yorkshire
* [[Kirby Knowle]], North Yorkshire
* [[Kirby Misperton]], North Yorkshire
* [[Kirby Muxloe]], Leicestershire
* [[Kirby Sigston]], North Yorkshire
* [[Kirby Wiske]], North Yorkshire
* [[Cold Kirby]], North Yorkshire
* [[Horton Kirby]], Kent
* [[Monks Kirby]], Warwickshire
* [[West Kirby]], Merseyside
* see also: [[Kirkby (disambiguation)#Places in the United Kingdom|Places named Kirkby]]
=== United States ===
* [[Kirby, Arizona]]
* [[Kirby, Arkansas]]
* [[Kirby, Georgia]]
* [[Kirby, Indiana]]
* [[Kirby, Ohio]]
* [[Kirby, Oklahoma]]
* [[Kirby, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Kirby, Texas]]
* [[Kirby, Vermont]]
* [[Kirby, West Virginia]]
* [[Kirby, Wyoming]]
* [[Upper Kirby]], a commercial district in Houston, Texas
=== Canada ===
* [[Kirby, Ontario]]
== People ==
* [[Kirby (surname)]], people with the surname Kirby.
* [[Kirby (given name)]], people with the given name Kirby
Also
* [[Kirkby (disambiguation)#People|List of people with the surname Kirkby]]
* [[Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirby]] (c. 1605-1670), English politician
* [[Christopher Hatton, 2nd Baron Hatton of Kirby]] (1632-1706), English politician
* [[Kirby Puckett]] (1960-2006), American baseball player
== Buildings, institutions or facilities ==
* [[Kirby Castle]], a castle in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England
* [[Kirby Hall]], an Elizabethan country house located near Corby, Northamptonshire, England
* [[Kirby Sports Center]], a sports arena in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
* [[Kirby's Mill]], a flour mill located in Medford, New Jersey, USA
* [[Kirby College of Further Education]], now part of Middlesbrough College, North Yorkshire, England
* [[Kirby Cross railway station]], Essex, England
* [[Kirby Lake Airport]], Alberta, Canada
* [[Kirby Park railway station]], a defunct railway station in West Kirby, Merseyside, England
== Other uses ==
=== Comics ===
* [[Kirby Award]], an award presented from 1985-1987 for achievements in comic books
* [[Kirby dots]], an artistic convention in comic books
* [[Rip Kirby]], fictional comic strip character created by Alex Raymond
=== Law ===
* [[United States v. Kirby]], an 1868 US Supreme Court case regarding statutory construction
* [[United States v. Kirby Lumber Co.]], a 1931 US Supreme Court case regarding taxation
* [[R v Kirby; Ex parte Boilermakers' Society of Australia]], a 1956 Australian High Court case regarding the judicial power of the Commonwealth
=== Mathematics ===
* [[Kirby calculus]]
* [[Kirby-Siebenmann class]]
* [[Freedman-Kirby theorem]]
=== Miscellaneous ===
* [[Kirby 23]], a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980s
* [[Kirby-Bauer antibiotic testing]], a medical test
* [[Kirby wire]], a pendulum-based flying system for stage performers
* A [[fish hook]] of evenly curved pattern
* A children's "real-life" game where somebody tries to throw a ball at the kerb of a road, and tries to make the ball bounce back.
* Kirby is the name of the vacuum in [[The Brave Little Toaster]]
== See also ==
* [[Kirkby (disambiguation)]]
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