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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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)