Birkett, variant: Birket is an English topographic surname, from birk(e) + he(ve)d, haved, for a person who lived in/by a birch-covered headland."Birkett", In: Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.), 2002E. Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names, 3rd edn., p.43 The surname is associated with the hereditary title Baron Birkett in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Surnames of the same etymology include: Birchead, Birchhead, Birkhead, Birckhead, Birkenhead, Burkhead.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname Arthur Birkett (1875–1941), English cricketer Bill Birkett, British nature writer and photographer Cliff Birkett (1933–1997), English footballer Dea Birkett (born 1958), British writer Glenn W. Birkett (1888–1950), American politician and farmer Joe Birkett (born 1955), the DuPage County State's Attorney and former Republican nominee for Illinois Lieutenant Governor Lionel Birkett (1905–1998), West Indian Barbadian cricketer Myles Birkett Foster (1825–1899), watercolour artist in the Victorian period Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett (1883–1962), British barrister and judge Ralph Birkett (1913–2002), English footballer Reg Birkett (1849–1898), English footballer Rowena Birkett (1860–1915) Australian scientific illustrator and artist Thomas Birkett (1844–1920), mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1891 and a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904 Thomas Miles Birkett (1872–?), Ontario merchant and political figure William Birkett (cricketer) (1874–1934), English cricketer Zoe Birkett (born 1985), one of the youngest contestants on the ITV show Pop Idol
Given name Birkett D. Fry (1822–1891), an adventurer, soldier, lawyer, cotton manufacturer, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War
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