Byrd
Byrd commonly refers to:
- William Byrd, an English composer of the Renaissance
- Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer
Byrd or Byrds may also refer to:
Places
- Byrd, Alabama
- Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
- Mount Byrd
- Byrd Station, a former U.S. research station
- Byrd (lunar crater), on the Moon
- Byrd (Martian crater), on Mars
Other uses
- Byrd (surname)
- Petri Hawkins-Byrd (born 1957), known as Byrd, American TV personality on Judge Judy
- The Byrds, an American rock band
- Byrd Amendment, the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, an American legislative act
- Byrd Amendment (1971), to the U.S. Federal Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act
- Byrd Brand, knives from Spyderco
- Byrd Rule, governing reconciliation in the U.S. Congress
- Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at Ohio State University, U.S.
- Byrd Stadium, now Maryland Stadium, at the University of Maryland, U.S.
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