Ivor Grenville Theophulus Bird is an Antiguan businessman and the son of Vere Bird, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda.

Bird was a high jumper and he was the last gold medallist in that event at the British West Indies Championships in 1965. His brother, Lester Bird, was also a track athlete and former champion at this competition.^[1] Ivor Bird also represented Antigua and Barbuda in high jump at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.^[2]

The director of ZDK, Antigua's government broadcasting system,^[3] in 1995 Bird was caught smuggling 10 kg of cocaine through V. C. Bird International Airport with an accomplice, Marcus Alberto Chapman.^[4] He was formally charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to both sell and transfer by Judge Mario Ducillo, and released on 50,000 East Caribbean dollars bail.^[5] Having pleaded not guilty, he was represented by John Platts-Mills, Steadroy Benjamin and David Toms, Jr.;^[6] despite this representation, he was convicted on 15 May 1995 following 45 minutes of deliberations. He was ordered to either pay a fine of 200,000 dollars or face two years in jail, and paid the fine shortly before the court closed;^[7] he continued to serve as head of ZDK,^[8]