John Hirst is the name of:
John Hirst (businessman), Chief Executive of the UK Met Office John Hirst (criminal) (born 1950), convicted of manslaughter in 1980 and a campaigner for prisoners' rights John Hirst (historian) (1942–2016), emeritus professor of history at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Jack Hirst, rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s for England, and Featherstone Rovers John Henry Hirst (1826–1882) English architect, working in Bristol and Harrogate John Malcolm Hirst (1921–1997), British aerobiologist, agricultural botanist, and mycologist
See also John Hurst (disambiguation) Hirst (surname)