Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the Gaelic name Bridget. Notable people with the name include:
Birgit Brüel, Danish singer and actress
Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician
Birgit Cunningham, Anglo-American activist
Birgit Doll, Austrian actress and theatre director
Birgit Finnilä, Swedish opera singer
Birgit Fischer, German canoer
Birgit Friedmann (born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion
Birgit Hogefeld, German RAF terrorist member
Birgit Kähler, German high jumper
Birgit Meyer (born 1960), Dutch religious studies scholar
Birgit Michels, German badminton player
Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress
Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005), Swedish soprano
Birgit Prinz, German football (soccer) player
Birgit Püve, Estonian photographer
Birgit Rausing, Swedish art historian
Birgit Ridderstedt, Swedish singer
Birgit Sarrap, Estonian singer
Birgit Schrowange, German television presenter
Birgit Schuurman, Dutch rock singer
Birgit Skarstein, Norwegian Paralympic athlete
Birgit Thumm, German volleyball player
Birgit Vogel-Heuser (born 1961), German computer scientist
the wedding off. Lee was introduced to Danish painter and former model Birgit "Gitte" Krøncke by a Danish friend in 1960. They were engaged soon after...
racing driver, and Lukas, who acted as Mathias's manager. In 2008 he married Birgit Wetzinger, a flight attendant for his airline. In 2005, she donated a kidney...
Birgit Cunningham (born 6 January 1963) is a British-American events organiser, activist, and campaigner for the rights of single mothers. Cunningham was...
Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year...
Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide repertoire of operatic and vocal works,...
Birgit Rausing (born 26 October 1924) is a Swedish art historian, philanthropist, a former billionaire heiress and the widow of Gad Rausing (1922–2000)...
Birgit Schrowange (born Schrowangen; 7 April 1958 in Nehden, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German television presenter. Schrowange works as television presenter...
Birgit Sarrap (née Õigemeel; born 24 September 1988), also known mononymously as Birgit, is an Estonian singer. She rose to prominence in 2007 after winning...
Birgit Lovise Røkkum Skarstein (born 10 February 1989) is a Norwegian Paralympic athlete and social entrepreneur. She has 11 World Championship medals...
Birgit Schuurman (born 1 July 1977, in Utrecht) is a Dutch singer and actress. Schuurman was born in Utrecht and raised in Bunnik as the daughter of a...
Birgit Kos (born April 13, 1995) is a Dutch fashion model. She is known for both her work in fashion magazines and on the runway. Kos is Dutch. Born and...
Birgit Minichmayr (born 3 April 1977) is an Austrian actress born in Linz, Austria. She studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. For her work...
Birgit Fischer (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪʁɡɪt ˈfɪʃɐ] ; born 25 February 1962) is a German former kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different...
'Birgit Bonnier' is a modern cultivar of domesticated apple which have some resistance to apple scab and mildew. 'Birgit Bonnier' was developed in Sweden...
Birgit (also known as Bergit, Birgid, Berguid) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southeastern Chad. Speakers are found in Moubi Goz Canton, Kouka Margni...
Birgit Homburger (born April 11, 1965, in Singen, West Germany) is a former German politician from the Free Democratic Party (FDP). She served as the chairwoman...
Birgit Doll (9 March 1956 – 26 October 2015) was an Austrian actress of stage, screen and television and theatre director. She made her professional theatre...
Birgit Michels (née Overzier; born 28 September 1984) is a German badminton player. She competed for Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the...
Birgit Nordin (22 February 1934 – 7 April 2022) was a Swedish operatic soprano. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Opera from 1958 to 1986, and regularly...
Birgit Hogefeld (born 27 July 1956) is a former member of the West German Red Army Faction (RAF). Born in 1956 in Wiesbaden, Hogefeld joined the RAF in...
Birgit Grodal (24 June 1943 - 4 May 2004), was an economics professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1968 until her death in 2004. Birgit Grodal...
Birgit Bidder (real name Anna Åhman) is a Swedish indie musician, songwriter, arranger and artist. Known for ones distinctive voice and songwriting, Birgit...
Birgit Weyhe, born 1969 in Munich, is a German cartoonist and illustrator. Weyhe was born in Munich and spent her childhood in Uganda and Kenya. After...
Birgit Speh (born 1949) is Goldwin Smith Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University. She is known for her work in Lie groups, including Speh representations...