Burnham (surname)

Burnham is a surname of English origin.

Notable people

• Andrew Burnham (priest) (born 1948), Church of England Bishop
• Andy Burnham (born 1970), English politician
• Bo Burnham (born 1990), American comedian, musician, and filmmaker
• Charles Burnham (musician) (born 1950), American musician
• Chris Burnham, American comic book artist
• Clara Louise Burnham (1854–1927), American novelist
• Claudine Burnham, American politician
• Clark Burnham (1802–1871), American politician
• Daniel Burnham (1846–1912), American architect and urban planner
• Daniel F. Burnham (1864–1957), American politician
• David Burnham (novelist) (1907–1974), American novelist
• Edwin Otway Burnham (1824–1873), American minister
• Eleanor Burnham, Welsh politician
• Enid, Lady Burnham, British-Argentinian Girl Guide scout
• Forbes Burnham (1923–1985), Guyanese politician and leader of Guyana
• Frederick K. Burnham, American motorboat racer
• Frederick Russell Burnham (1861–1947), American scout and adventurer
• George Burnham (1868–1939), American banker and politician
• Gracia Burnham (born 1959), American missionary
• Henry E. Burnham (1844–1917), American politician
• Howard Burnham (1870–1917), American spy for France during World War I
• Howard Mather Burnham (1842–1863), Union first lieutenant in the American Civil War
• Hugo Burnham (born 1956), English musician
• Iris Burnham, American educator
• James Burnham (1905–1987), American political theorist
• Jeremy Burnham, English actor and screenwriter
• Kevin Burnham (1956-2020), American sailor
• Lem Burnham (born 1947), American football player
• Linda Burnham (born 1948), American women's rights activist
• Paul Burnham, English businessman and cricket supporter
• Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), American astronomer
• Russell Adam Burnham (born 1979), American soldier, "Soldier of the Year" in 2003
• Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838–1921), American astronomer
• Thomas Burnham (1617–1688), English-born American lawyer and landowner
• Van Burnham (born 1971), American writer, designer, producer, and curator
• Walter Dean Burnham (1930–2022), American academic and expert on U.S. elections and voting patterns
• Watch Burnham (1860–1902), American baseball umpire and manager
• Zacheus Burnham (1777–1857), Canadian farmer, judge, and politician

In fiction

• Lester Burnham, the protagonist of the 1999 film American Beauty, played by Kevin Spacey
• Michael Burnham, a character in the 2017 television series Star Trek: Discovery, played by Sonequa Martin-Green

See also

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