Robert Kirby (1948–2009) was a British musician and arranger. Robert Kirby may also refer to: Robert J. Kirby (1889–1944), prison warden Robert Kirby (satirist) (1936–2007), South African satirist Robert Kirby (humor columnist) (born 1953), syndicated humor columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune Robert Kirby (cartoonist) (born 1962), American comics artist See also Robion Kirby (born 1938), American mathematician