Burks
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Burks is a common surname, and may refer to:
- Antonio BurksAntonio BurksAntonio Cornell Burks is an American professional basketball player, formerly in NBA. He is 6'0" and 185 lb . Burks played at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, then one year at Hiwassee Junior College in Madisonville, Tennessee before joining the University of Memphis as an...
(born 1980), American professional basketball player - Arthur BurksArthur BurksArthur Walter Burks was an American mathematician who in the 1940s as a senior engineer on the project contributed to the design of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. Decades later, Burks and his wife Alice Burks outlined their case for the subject matter of the...
(born 1915), American mathematician and computer scientist who worked on the ENIAC - Charlotte BurksCharlotte BurksCharlotte Gentry Burks is a farmer and Democratic party politician in Tennessee who has represented the 15th District as State Senator since 1998....
(born 1942), American politician - Ellis BurksEllis BurksEllis Rena Burks is a former outfielder and designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons...
(born 1964), American baseball player - Mary Fair BurksMary Fair BurksMary Fair Burks was an American educator, scholar, and civil rights activist from Montgomery, Alabama. She was head of the English department at Alabama State College in the late 1940s and early 1950s...
(1920 - 1991), American educator, scholar, and civil rights activist - Robert BurksRobert BurksRobert Burks, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre and equally at home with black-and-white or color....
(1909 - 1968), American cinematographer - Tommy BurksTommy BurksTommy Burks was a farmer and Democratic Party politician in Tennessee, United States. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1970 until 1978, and in the Tennessee State Senate from 1978 until his murder in 1998.-Biography:Born in Cookeville, Tennessee, Burks was one of the most...
(1940 – 1998), American politician
See also
- Burke (surname)
- Burk (disambiguation)
- Berks (disambiguation)
- BirksBirksBirks is a surname, and may refer to* Frederick Birks , Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross* Gerald Alfred Sigourney Birks , Canadian fighter ace in World War I...