Burke
Burke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Politics
- Anna Burke, Australian politician
- Brian Burke (Australian politician), Australian politician
- Brian Bourke, Irish Political Theorist noted for his "Red Pride" campaign
- Brian Burke (Wisconsin politician), American politician
- Edmund Bourke (1761–1821) (or Burke), Danish statesman
- Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher
- Frank W. Burke, Louisville mayor and U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Richard Burke (1932–2016), Irish Fine Gael politician and European Commissioner
- Séamus Burke, Irish politician
- Terry Burke, Australian politician
- Tony Burke, Australian politician
- William J. Burke (1862–1925), English-born American politician and businessman
Miscellaneous
- Adrian P. Burke (1904–2000), New York judge
- Arleigh Burke, former Admiral of the United States Navy and Chief of Naval Operations
- Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, U.S. Catholic prelate and Cardinal, former Archbishop of St. Louis
- Dominic Burke (bishop), Bishop of Elphin from 1671 to 1704
- Sir Henry Farnham Burke, British genealogist, Garter Principal King of Arms
- Greg Burke (journalist), Director of the Holy See Press Office
- Honora Burke (1674-1698), an Irish aristocrat married to Patrick Sarsfield and the Duke of Berwick
- Sir John Bernard Burke, British genealogist, editor of Burke's Peerage
- Harry E. Burke (1878-1963), American forest entomologist
- James "Jimmy" Burke (1931–1996), Irish-American gangster
- Kenneth Burke, American literary theorist and philosopher
- Patrick Burke (bishop), Bishop of Elphin from 1827 to 1843
- Peter Burke (disambiguation), British historian
- Robert O'Hara Burke, Australian explorer
- Walter Burke (purser), (1736–1815) English Sailor, on HMS Victory when Lord Nelson died
- William Burke, one of the two West Port murderers
- William L. Burke (1941–1996), American college professor
Arts
- Alafair Burke, mystery novel writer and Court TV commentator, daughter of James Lee Burke
- Alexandra Burke, winner of the fifth series of British show The X Factor
- Alfred Burke, British actor who starred in the ITV series Public Eye
- Augustus Nicholas Burke, Irish painter
- Billie Burke, American stage and screen actress
- Brooke Burke, actress and model
- Cheryl Burke, professional dancer
- Clem Burke, drummer for the group Blondie
- Declan Burke, English musician
- Delta Burke, actress
- Don Burke, Australian television personality
- Donna Burke, Australian singer
- Edwin J. Burke (1889-1944), American screenwriter
- James Lee Burke, American author and mystery writer
- Jason Burke, author
- James Burke (science historian), British author and television producer
- Joe Burke (composer) (1884–1950), American actor, composer and pianist
- Joe Burke (keyboardist) (born 1939), Irish accordion player
- Kathy Burke, English actress, comic and theatre director
- Kevin Burke (musician), Irish fiddler
- Leon Burke III, American musician
- Paul Burke (actor), American actor
- Raymond Burke (clarinetist), New Orleans jazz clarinetist
- Solomon Burke, soul singer ("Everybody Needs Somebody to Love")
- Sonny Burke (1914–1980), American musician
- Toby Bourke, Irish singer-songwriter
- Walter Burke, (1908–1984) American actor
Sports
- Alvin Burke, Jr., professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment
- Bill Burke (athlete) (born 1969), American middle distance runner
- Brian Burke (ice hockey), GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Chris Burke (baseball), Professional baseball player
- Doug Burke (tennis), Jamaican professional tennis player
- Doug Burke (water polo), American Olympic water polo player
- Elijah Burke, American professional wrestler
- Graham Burke, Irish footballer
- Jamie Burke, Major League Baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners
- Joe Burke (baseball) (1924–1992), baseball executive
- Lynn Burke (born 1943), American swimmer
- Mark Andrew Burke (born 1969), Australian squash player
- Matt Burke, Australian rugby union footballer
- Mick Burke, English rugby league footballer
- Pat Burke, Irish basketball player
- Sarah Burke (1982–2012), Canadian freestyle skier
- Sean Burke, NHL goalie for the Los Angeles Kings
- Trey Burke (born 1992), American basketball player
- Walter Burke (hurler), Irish hurler (1981– )
- William H. Burke, American college football coach
Fictional characters
- Burke, a character from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Burke, the antihero protagonist of the Burke Series of novels by Andrew Vachss
- Amos Burke, main character in Burke's Law, played by Gene Barry
- Carter J. Burke, a character from the 1986 film Aliens
- Clyde Burke, a newspaper reporter and one of the agents of The Shadow
- Hazel Burke, Shirley Booth's lead character on the NBC/CBS television series, Hazel
- Juliet Burke, a character from the TV series Lost
- Peter Burke, a character from the TV series White Collar
- Leslie Burke, a character from Bridge to Terabithia
- Preston Burke, a character on Grey's Anatomy
- Robert Burke, a hunter and dinosaur expert in the film The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- Walter Burke, a character, played by Al Pacino in "The Recruit"
- Officer Thomas Burke, a character, played by Michael Landes in "Final Destination 2"
- Dr. Richard Burke, Monica's on-again, off-again boyfriend on Friends, played by Tom Selleck
Publications
- Burke's Peerage, authoritative index of nobility, first published in 1826 by John Burke
- Burke's Landed Gentry
See also
- Burke, Washington
- House of Burke, an Hiberno-Norman dynasty
- De Burgh
- Berg (disambiguation)
- Berkley (disambiguation)
- Bourke (disambiguation)
- Burgh, an autonomous corporate entity in Scotland
- Burgos, a city of northern Spain
- Burk (disambiguation)
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