Kirst

Kirst is a surname:

• Alex Kirst, drummer in The Nymphs, an alternative rock band of the late 1980s
• Edgar Kirst (born 1951), German athletics competitor
• Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989), German novelist and the author of 46 books
• Joachim Kirst (born 1947), retired East German decathlete
• Jutta Kirst (born 1954), retired female track and field athlete who competed for East Germany
• Michael W. Kirst (born 1939), professor
• Rita Kirst (born 1950), German high jumper
• Roger Kirst, Henry M. Grether Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law
• Whitey Kirst, American-Canadian rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter