David Kirby
David Kirby may refer to:
- David Kirby (journalist), American journalist
- David Kirby (poet) (born 1944), American poet and academic
- David Kirby (judge) (born 1943), Australian lawyer
- David Kirby (academic), professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
- David Kirby (professor), professor of business administration at British University in Egypt
- David Kirby (activist) (1957–1990), an AIDS activist and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed
- David Kirby (cricketer) (born 1939), English cricketer
- David Kirby (American lawyer), attorney and law partner of John Edwards