Famous People with Name Hirst

Simon Hirst            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Simon Hirst: a British radio presenter best known for hosting hit40uk, the commercial chart show which rivals the UK Top 40 on the BBC. He currently hosts the weekday breakfast show on Galaxy 105 in Yorkshire and Galaxy Digital called Hirsty's Daily Dose with Danny Oakes and Joanne (Jojo) Kelly.He started his career aged 12 at Radio Aire in Leeds as a helper making tea for Dj's, he soon moved up the ranks and was on the overnight show at 16. Soon after he moved onto Minster FM in York, then onto The Pulse in Bradford in 1995 to present the evening show, where he claims in an interview "I stopped being a bland DJ whilst doing evenings, and realised there was more to radio than just playing the hits

David Eric Hirst            Origin/Culture/Country: British

David Eric Hirst: is an English former professional footballer, an exciting but injury prone striker who played for Sheffield Wednesday for much of his career.Hirst joined the Owls from Barnsley in 1986, and became a firm favourite and eventually an idol who was hero worshipped by the Barmy Army, scoring 149 goals in 358 appearances during his eleven years at the club. He was capped three times for England, and scored once.