Burgers (surname)
Appearance
Burgers is a Dutch surname. It means "citizen's", but the name is also (or even primarily) of patronymic origin, with the Germanic given name Burger related to Burchard.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Don Burgers (1932–2006), Dutch politician.
- Jan Burgers (1895–1981), Dutch physicist.
- Jean Burgers (1917–1944), Belgian World War II resistance fighter.[citation needed]
- Johan Burgers (1870–1943), Dutch zoologist,[3] founder of Royal Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem
- Joop Burgers (born 1940), Dutch football midfielder.[citation needed]
- Nathan Burgers (born 1979), Australian field hockey goalkeeper.
- Piet Burgers (1932–2015), Dutch football striker.[citation needed]
- Phil Burgers, American-Australian comedian.
- Thomas François Burgers (1834–1881), Afrikaner politician, president of the Transvaal Republic.
- Willie Burgers (1897–1988), Dutch physicist, brother of Jan.[citation needed]
See also
- Named after Jan Burgers:
- Burgers Park, a park in central Pretoria, South Africa, named after Thomas François Burgers
- Burger (surname)
- Burgher (disambiguation)
- Bürger
- Burger (disambiguation)
- Hamburger
References
- ^ Burgers at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
- ^ Burger at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
- ^ Schuurman, Rianne. "Burgers, Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus (1870-1943)". Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis. Retrieved 27 November 2014.