Burnham (surname)

People with the surname Burnham:

• Andrew Burnham (bishop) (born 1948), third and current Church of England Bishop of Ebbsfleet in the Province of Canterbury
• Andy Burnham (born 1970), British Labour Party politician
• Bo Burnham (born 1990), American comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and Internet celebrity
• Charles Burnham (musician) (born 1950), American musician
• Chris Burnham, comic book artist
• Clara Louise Burnham (1854-1827), American novelist
• Clark Burnham (1802–1871), New York politician
• Daniel Burnham (1846–1912), American architect and urban planner
• Daniel F. Burnham (1864-1957), American politician
• Edwin Otway Burnham (1824–1873), Congregational minister
• Eleanor Burnham, Welsh Liberal Democrat politician
• Enid, Lady Burnham
• Forbes Burnham (1923–1985), leader of Guyana from 1964 until his death
• Frederick K. Burnham, American motorboat racer, winner of the APBA Challenge Cup in 1910
• Frederick Russell Burnham (1861–1947), American scout and world traveling adventurer
• George Burnham (1868–1939), banker and Republican politician
• Gracia Burnham (born 1959), American Protestant missionary in the Philippines
• Henry E. Burnham (1844–1917), United States Senator from New Hampshire
• Howard Burnham (1870–1917), intelligence officer and spy for the government of France during World War I
• Howard Mather Burnham (1842–1863), Union first lieutenant in the American Civil War
• Hugo Burnham (born 1956), drummer for the English rock group Gang of Four
• James Burnham (1905–1987), American popular political theorist
• Jeremy Burnham, British television actor and screenwriter
• Lem Burnham (born 1947), American football player
• Linda Burnham (born 1948), American journalist, activist, and leader in women's rights movements
• Paul Burnham, British businessman and cricket supporter
• Robert Burnham, Jr. (1931–1993), American astronomer
• Russell Adam Burnham (born 1979), 2003 U.S. Army Soldier of the Year
• Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838–1921), American astronomer
• Thomas Burnham (1617–1688), lawyer and landowner
• Walter Dean Burnham (born 1930), a leading expert on American elections and voting patterns
• Watch Burnham (1860–1902), American umpire and manager in Major League Baseball
• Zacheus Burnham (1777–1857), farmer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada

In fiction

• Lester Burnham, one of the main characters in the film American Beauty

See also

• Burnham (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
• Baron Burnham, a title in the Peerage of the UK