Famous People with Name Kirk

Kirk James Hinrich             Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kirk James Hinrich : is an American professional basketball player, currently starting at point guard for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He is also a member of the USA National Team. Hinrich was exposed to basketball at an early age, due to his father, Jim, being a high school basketball coach in Sioux City; Hinrich's father coached him from the third grade through high school.[1]

Kirk Kerkorian            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kirk Kerkorian: is an Armenian-American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and, with architect

Kirk Samuel Penney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kirk Samuel Penney: is a professional basketball player from New Zealand who is currently at shooting guard for New Zealand Breakers in the NBL.After playing high school basketball at Westlake Boys High School in New Zealand, and playing three seasons in New Zealand's National Basketball League, he played college basketball in the United States at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1999 through 2003. Penney was named first-team All-Big Ten during his junior and senior seasons and an honorable mention All-American during his senior season, and also played in the 2000 Final Four. He also starred with his country's national team, the Tall Blacks, notably at the 2002 World Championships as they surprisingly finished fourth.

Kirk Patrick Snyder            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kirk Patrick Snyder: is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He grew up in Upland, California.Snyder spent his college career at Nevada. In 2004, he led the Wolf Pack to its first Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. During that trip, they beat No.2 seed Gonzaga and No.7 seed Michigan State, but lost in the third round to eventual national runner-up and No. 3 Georgia Tech. In 2005, Nevada made it back to the NCAA past the 1st round by beating Texas, but later losing to No.1 Illinois.

Kirk Lee Hammett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kirk Lee Hammett: Born in San Francisco to a Filipino mother and an Irish Merchant Marine father,[citation needed] Kirk Hammett attended De Anza High School in Richmond, California when his family moved to the East Bay where he met Les Claypool from Primus. He also attende

Oliver Leonard Kirk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Leonard Kirk: was an American bantamweight and featherweight professional boxer who won two gold medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Kirk is the only boxer in Olympic history to ever win two gold medals in two separate weight divisions at the same Olympics.

Dana Kirk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Kirk: is an Olympic swimmer in the United States. She qualified for the 2004 Olympics in the 200m fly, however finished with no medals. Kirk swam for Stanford University, and graduated in the spring of 2006. During her 4 year stint at Stanford, she amassed 17 N

Tara Kirk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tara Kirk: is an Olympic swimmer in the United States. She set the world short course meters record in the 100 meter breaststroke, winning the event at the 2004 Women's NCAA Championships swimming for Stanford University. Tara is ethnically half Chinese. Leading up

Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Kirk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Kirk: is an American retired competitive figure skater.

Ronald "Ron" Kirk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ronald "Ron" Kirk: is the 16th United States Trade Representative, serving in the Obama administration. He served as mayor of Dallas, Texas from 1995 to 2002; he also ran for the United States Senate in 2002.