David Kirby
David Kirby may refer to:
- David Kirby (journalist), American journalist
- David Kirby (poet), American poet and academic
- David Kirby (judge), Australian lawyer
- David Kirby (historian), former professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
- David Kirby (business professor), professor of business administration at British University in Egypt
- David Kirby (activist), AIDS activist and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed
- David Kirby (cricketer), English cricketer
- David A. Kirby, professor of science communication studies at the University of Manchester
- David Peter Kirby, historian of Anglo-Saxon England