Hirst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arthur Stanley Hirst (1883-1930), British entomologistBen Hirst, English footballerChristopher Hirst (born 1947), British cricketer and educatorClaude Raguet Hirst (1855-1942), American painterDamien Hirst (born 1965), English artistDavid HirstDavid Hirst (arachnologist), described many species of huntsman spider, based at the South Australian Museum in AdelaideDavid Hirst (footballer) (born 1967), British professional footballerDavid Hirst (journalist) (born 1936), British journalist based in BeirutDavid Hirst (judge) (1925–2011), British Lord Justice of Appeal from 1992 to 1999Derek Hirst (born 1948), British historianSir Edmund Langley Hirst (1898-1975), British chemistEdward Hirst (1857-1914), British cricketerEdward Hirst, English photographer and videographerElín Hirst (born 1960), Icelandic politicianEmily Hirst (born 1993), Canadian actressErnest Hirst (1855-1933), British cricketeerFrancis Wrigley Hirst (1873–1953), British journalist and editor of The EconomistGeoffrey Hirst (1904-1984), British industrialist and politicianGeorge Henry Hirst (1879-1933), British politicianGeorge Herbert Hirst (1871–1954), English professional cricketerGeorge Littlewood Hirst (1890–1967), Welsh international rugby union playerGeorge Hirst (virologist) (1909–1994), American virologistG. M. Hirst (1869–1962), English-American classicistGrace Hirst (1805-1901), New Zealand businesswomanHenry Hirst (1838-1911), New Zealand politicianHenry Beck Hirst (1813-1874), American poetHugo Hirst (1863-1943), British industrialistIvan Hirst (1916–2000), British Army officer instrumental in reviving Volkswagen in post-war GermanyJack Hirst, British rugby playerJack Hirst (1936-2012), British rugby playerJemmy Hirst (1738–1829), English eccentricJoe Hirst (born 1987), British rugby playerJoseph Hirst (1863-1945), British architectJohn HirstJohn Hirst (born 1947), British businessmanJohn Hirst (born 1950), British killer and campaigner for prisoners' rightsJohn Hirst, Australian academic and historian.John Hirst (born 1970), rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s for Wakefield TrinityKenneth Hirst (1940-2008), British rugby league footballerLarry Hirst (born 1951), British businessman.Mark Hirst, British journalistMichael Hirst, British art historian.Michael Hirst (born 1946), Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politicianMichael Hirst (born 1952), English screenwriterNicky Hirst (born 1963), English sculptor and artistPaul Hirst (1947–2003), British sociologistRob Hirst (born 1956), Australian musicianShakespeare Hirst (1841-1907), British actor and authorShari Decter Hirst, Canadian politicianSimon Hirst (born 1975), British radio presenterThomas Hirst (1865-1927), British cricketerThomas Archer Hirst (1830–1892), British mathematicianTony Hirst (born 1967), British actor and stage directorTony Hirst, British academic and bloggerUrsula Hirst (1909–2002), British actressWilliam Hirst (1873-1946), British politician