What is "irby"

Irby may refer to:

• Irby, Merseyside, a village on the Wirral Peninsula, England
• Irby, Virginia
• Irby, Washington, a community in southern Lincoln County, Washington, USA
• Irby, small community east of Haskell, county seat of Haskell_County,_Texas, USA
• Irby (surname)
• Irby, the family name of the Barons Boston, a branch of the peerage of Great Britain

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

• Anthony Irby (died 1625), English Master of Chancery, Recorder and MP of Boston
• Anthony Irby (1577–1610), English politician
• Anthony Irby (1605–1682), English Member of Parliament for Boston
• Charles Irby, software architect
• Charles Leonard Irby (1789-1845), explorer and writer, son of Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston
• Frederick Paul Irby (1779–1844), Royal Navy officer and son of Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston
• John L M Irby (1854–1900), US Senator representing South Carolina (1891–1897)
• John R. Irby, editor of the Bismarck Tribune
• Joyce Irby, bassist and co-lead vocalist of Klymaxx
• Lee Irby (born 1963), American novelist and historian
• Leonard Howard Loyd Irby Ornithologist
• Kenneth Irby (born 1936), American poet
• Michael Irby (born 1972), American film and television actor
• Paulina Irby, educator and heroine
• Sherman Irby, jazz alto saxophonist