Birch (surname)

Birch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• A. A. Birch Jr. (1932–2011), American lawyer and judge
• Adam Birch (born 1979), American wrestler
• Alice Birch (born 1986), British playwright and screenwriter
• Andreas Birch (1758–1829), Danish cleric and academic
• Arthur Birch (disambiguation), several people
• Bill Birch (born 1934), New Zealand politician
• Bob Birch (1956–2012), American musician
• Brian Birch (footballer, born 1938), played for Bolton Wanderers
• Brian Birch (1931–1989), English footballer
• Bryan Birch (born 1931), British mathematician
• Charles Birch (1918–2009), Australian geneticist, theologian and author
• Charles Bell Birch (1832–1893), English sculptor
• Charlie Birch (born 2001), English footballer
• Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (1800–1868), German actress and playwright
• Christian Birch-Reichenwald (1814–1891), Norwegian jurist and mayor of Oslo
• Chris Birch (stroke survivor) (born 1984), Welsh rugby player, self-described gay convert
• Chris Birch (game designer)
• Chris Birch (politician) (1950–2019), member of the Alaska Senate
• Diane Birch (born 1983), American singer-songwriter
• Daniel Birch (born 1997), Has the largest 3rd leg in the Birch family
• Edmund Birch (1831–1875), Western Australian politician
• Elizabeth Birch (born 1956), American LGBT attorney
• Eugenius Birch (1818–1884), English seaside architect
• Francis Birch (cryptographer) (1889–1956), British cryptographer and actor
• Francis Birch (geophysicist) (1903–1992), American geophysicist
• Gary Birch (footballer) (born 1981), English footballer
• Gina Birch, English post-punk musician
• James Birch (disambiguation), several people
• Jeff Birch (1927–2005), English professional footballer
• Jim Birch (rugby union) (1889–1968), English-born rugby union player
• John Birch (disambiguation) several people
• Juno Birch (born 1993), English drag queen, sculptor, and YouTuber
• Lamorna Birch (1869–1955), English artist
• Leann Birch (1946–2019), American developmental psychologist
• Margaret Birch (1921–2020), Canadian politician
• Martin Birch (1948–2020), British music producer
• Michael Birch (disambiguation), several people
• Patricia Birch (born 1934), American choreographer, film and theatre director
• Paul Birch (disambiguation), several people
• Percy Birch (1860–?), English footballer
• Peter Birch-Reichenwald (1843–1898), Norwegian politician
• Reg Birch (1914–1994), British communist and trade unionist
• Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856–1943), English-American artist and illustrator
• Ric Birch (born 1945), Australian TV producer and event director
• Robert H. Birch (c. 1827–c. 1866), American western outlaw
• Robert L. Birch (1925–2005), American librarian and National Trivia Day creator
• Rosalie Birch (born 1983), English cricketer
• Ryan Birch (1969–2013), British judoka
• Samuel Birch (disambiguation), several people
• Sarah Birch (born 1963), American political scientist and academic
• Scholes Birch (1826–1910), English cricketer
• Stanley F. Birch Jr. (born 1945), US Circuit Judge
• Thomas Birch (disambiguation), several people
• Thora Birch (born 1982), American actress and producer
• Wallace Birch (1910–1987), English footballer
• Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924), English historian
• William Birch (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

• Edna Birch, Peter Birch and Eve Birch, from the British TV soap Emmerdale
• Professor Birch, from the Pokémon series
• Simon Birch, main character of the eponymous 1998 American comedy-drama film