title: Birkland
text: # Birkland
  
  Birkland is a surname of English origin. The name refers to:
  
  * Henry Birkland (1917–1944), was a Canadian World War II POW who took part in the 'Great Escape'.
  * Stephen Birkland (born c. 1951 – c. 1952), a member of the Universal House of Justice, supreme governing body of Baháʼí Faith.
  * Thomas A. Birkland (b.1961) is a political scientist specializing in the study of public policy.
  