Burr (surname)

Burr is a British and German surname. In English language it possibly originates from bur, a seed or dry fruit that has hooks or teeth, while in German it is a topographic name derived from burr(e), meaning a hill or a mound.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Burr (1756–1836), third U.S. vice president
• Aaron Burr Sr. (1716–1757), American Presbyterian minister and college educator
• Amelia Josephine Burr (1878–1968), American poet
• Albert G. Burr (1829–1882), American politician
• Benjamin Burr (1818–1894), American politician
• Bill Burr (born 1968), American stand-up comedian and actor
• Chandler Burr (born 1963), American journalist and author
• Claudia Burr (born 1968), Chilean actress
• Clive Burr (1957–2013), English drummer
• David H. Burr (1803–1875), American cartographer and surveyor
• Esther Edwards Burr (1732–1758), wife of Aaron Burr Sr.
• Frances Burr (1890–1974), American artist
• Frances Ellen Burr (1831–1923), American suffragist
• Frank A. Burr (1843–1894), American newspaper reporter and author
• George Dominicus Burr, surveyor, after whom Mount Burr, South Australia was named (father of Thomas Burr)
• George Elbert Burr (1859–1939), American painter and printmaker
• George Frederick Burr (1819–1857), English cricketer and priest
• George Lincoln Burr (1857–1938), American historian
• Harold Saxton Burr (1889–1973), American anatomist
• Jeff Burr (1963–2023), American movie actor, scenarist and producer
• John Burr (1831–1893), Scottish painter
• John Pierre Burr (1792–1864), American abolitionist
• Lachlan Burr (born 1992), Australian rugby league footballer
• Malcolm Burr (1878–1954), English entomologist
• Raymond Burr (1917–1993), Canadian-American actor
• Richard Burr (born 1955), American businessman and senator from North Carolina
• Robert N. Burr (1916–2014), American historian
• Shawn Burr (1966–2013), Canadian ice hockey player
• Tanya Burr (born 1989), English vlogger and blogger
• Theodore Burr (1771-1822/24), American inventor of the Burr Truss
• Theodosia Burr Alston (1783–1813), née Burr, daughter of American politician Aaron Burr
• Thomas Burr (1813–1866), Deputy Surveyor General of South Australia 1839–46

• Buer (disambiguation)
• Burr (disambiguation)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Burr.
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