Burton (name)
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Burton is a surname
that has its origins from a town in Leicestershire
, England.
Surname
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that has its origins from a town in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, England.
People surnamed Burton
- Baron BurtonBaron BurtonBaron Burton, of Burton-on-Trent and of Rangemore in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1897 for the prominent brewer, philanthropist and Liberal politician Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton. He had already been created a Baronet in 1882 and...
is a peerage title created in 1886 and 1887 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom - Adam Burton, better known as Maxwell AtomsMaxwell AtomsMaxwell Atoms is an American animator, writer and voice actor. He is the creator of Cartoon Network's animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Evil Con Carne, and has developed a Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist...
, American animator - Alexander BurtonAlexander BurtonAlexander Stewart Burton VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross - Alfred Henry BurtonAlfred Henry BurtonAlfred Henry Burton is considered one of New Zealand's most important nineteenth century photographers.Burton was born in Leicester, England...
, New Zealand Photographer - Amanda BurtonAmanda BurtonAmanda Burton is an award-winning actress from Northern Ireland. Burton is best known for her high-profile television roles as Karen Fisher in Waterloo Road , Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness, Clare Blake in The Commander, Beth Glover in Peak Practice, and Heather Black in the...
(born 1957), Northern Irish actress - Amanda Burton (netballer)Amanda Burton (netballer)Amanda Burton is an Australian netball player.She was a key forward for the Melbourne Kestrels from 2000 to 2004, playing in the positions of goal attack and goal shooter, and often working in tandem with international Cynna Kydd...
, Australian netball player - Andy BurtonAndy BurtonAndy Burton is a Canadian politician.Burton immigrated with his family to Canada from England in 1952 at the age of 10. He grew up in Prince George, British Columbia. In the early 1960s, he worked as a highway surveyor and then as a bulk plant manager for Shell Petroleum...
, Canadian politician - Beryl BurtonBeryl BurtonBeryl Burton, MBE OBE was an English racing cyclist and one of Britain's greatest ever athletes.She dominated women’s cycle racing in the UK, winning more than 90 domestic championships and seven world titles, and setting numerous national records...
(1937-1996), English racing cyclist - Bob Burton (journalist), Australian journalist
- Bob Burton, Jr.Bob Burton, Jr.Bob Burton is an American speedcuber, most famous for competing in competitions all over the world and his former world records on the Rubik's Magic and Rubik's Master Magic.-Biography:...
, American speedcuber - Brandie Burton (born 1972), U.S. professional golfer
- Brett BurtonBrett BurtonBrett Burton is a retired Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. He was picked up at Pick 16 in the 1998 AFL Draft by the Adelaide Football Club...
(born 1978), Australian rules footballer - Brian Burton better known as Danger MouseDanger MouseBrian Joseph Burton , better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album, which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from The Beatles' White Album.He...
, U.S. producer and disc jockey - Charles E. BurtonCharles E. BurtonCharles E. Burton was an Irish astronomer.For some time he worked as an assistant to Lord Rosse at Parsonstown, Ireland....
(1846-1882), Irish astronomer - Charlotte BurtonCharlotte BurtonCharlotte Burton was an American silent film actress.-Career:Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She joined Essanay Studio which she sued in 1919 for $25,000 for breach of contract...
U.S. silent film actress - Clarence BurtonClarence BurtonClarence Burton was an American silent film actor....
, U.S. silent film actor - Clarence M. BurtonClarence M. BurtonClarence Monroe Burton was a Detroit lawyer and businessman, historian, and philanthropist.- Early years :...
, Detroit historian and philanthropist - Cliff BurtonCliff BurtonClifford Lee "Cliff" Burton was an American musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the American heavy metal band Metallica....
(1962-1986), Former MetallicaMetallicaMetallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
bassist - Corey BurtonCorey BurtonCorey Burton is an American voice actor, perhaps best known as Count Dooku, Ziro the Hutt and Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Brainiac in the DC animated universe and Spike Witwicky and Shockwave in the Transformers universe...
(born 1955), U.S. voice actor - Dan BurtonDan BurtonDanny "Dan" Lee Burton is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving since 1983. He is a member of the Republican Party....
, U.S. Congressman - Decimus BurtonDecimus BurtonDecimus Burton was a prolific English architect and garden designer, He is particularly associated with projects in the classical style in London parks, including buildings at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and London Zoo, and with the layout and architecture of the seaside towns of Fleetwood and...
(1800-1881), English architect and garden designer - Deon BurtonDeon BurtonDeon John Burton is a Jamaican-British football striker who currently plays for Gabala.-Early career:...
(born 1976), English-Jamaican footballer - Dick Burton (golfer), British golfer
- Francis Nathaniel BurtonFrancis Nathaniel BurtonSir Francis Nathaniel Burton was a British colonial administrator in Lower Canada and Irish politician....
(1766-1832), British colonial administrator - Frederick Burton (cricketer) (1865–1929), Australian cricketer
- Frederick William BurtonFrederick William BurtonSir Frederic William Burton RHA was an Irish painter born in Corofin, County Clare. He was the third director of the National Gallery, London.-Artistic career:...
(1815-1900), Irish painter - Gary BurtonGary BurtonGary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
(born 1943), U.S. jazz vibraphone player - Gary Burton (DJ), British disk jockey
- Harold Hitz BurtonHarold Hitz BurtonHarold Hitz Burton was an American politician and lawyer.He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was known as a dispassionate jurist who prized equal justice under the law.-Biography:He...
(1888-1964), U.S politician and Supreme Court Justice - Harry Burton (actor), British actor and director; professional stage name of Matthew Burton, son of Humphrey BurtonHumphrey BurtonHumphrey Burton, CBE is a British classical music presenter, broadcaster, director, producer, and biographer of musicians....
- Harry Burton (Egyptologist), British egyptologist
- Henry Burton (puritan)Henry Burton (Puritan)Henry Burton , was an English puritan. Along with John Bastwick and William Prynne, Burton's ears were cut off in 1637 for writing pamphlets attacking the views of Archbishop Laud.-Early life:...
(1578-1648), English puritan - Henry Burton (Conservative politician)Henry Burton (Conservative politician)Henry Walter Burton was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1924 general election as Member of Parliament for the Sudbury constituency in Suffolk, with a majority of 1,411 over the sitting Liberal MP John Frederick Loverseed.Burton held the seat until his...
(1876–1947), British Conservative MP for Sudbury 1924–1945 - Henry Burton (South African politician) (1866–1935), advocate and liberal cabinet minister in the first Union government; Privy Councillor
- Henry Burton-PetersHenry Burton-PetersHenry Burton-Peters was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837.Peters was the son of Henry Peters and Charlotte Mary Morrison, daughter of General George Morrison....
(1792–1875), Whig MP for Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)Beverley has been the name of a parliamentary constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for three separate periods. From medieval times until 1869, it was a parliamentary borough, consisting solely of the market town of Beverley, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons...
1830–1837 - Henry Burton Buckley, 1st Baron WrenburyHenry Burton Buckley, 1st Baron WrenburyHenry Burton Buckley, 1st Baron Wrenbury PC, QC Henry Burton Buckley, 1st Baron Wrenbury PC, QC Henry Burton Buckley, 1st Baron Wrenbury PC, QC (15 September 1845 - 27 October 1935, was a British barrister and judge.Buckley was the fourth son of Reverend John Wall Buckley and his wife Elizabeth...
, British barrister and judge - Harry Burton (journalist)Harry Burton (journalist)Harry Burton was an Australian journalist and cameraman who was kidnapped by the Taliban on the highway to Kabul, Afghanistan and then murdered. Three other journalists suffered the same fate....
- Hilarie BurtonHilarie BurtonHilarie Ross Burton is an American actress. A former host of MTV's Total Request Live, she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The CW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons...
(born 1982), U.S. actress - Humphrey BurtonHumphrey BurtonHumphrey Burton, CBE is a British classical music presenter, broadcaster, director, producer, and biographer of musicians....
, CBE (born 1931), British classical music presenter, broadcaster, director, producer, and biographer of musicians - Hutchins Gordon BurtonHutchins Gordon BurtonHutchins Gordon Burton was the 22nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1824 to 1827. Some sources indicate that he was not affiliated with any party at the time, although he was associated, according to other sources, with the Federalist Party and later with the National Republican...
(1774-1832), U.S. politician - Jake Burton CarpenterJake Burton CarpenterJake Burton Carpenter , also known as Jake Burton, is an American snowboarder and founder of Burton Snowboards. He grew up in Cedarhurst, New York.- Biography :...
(born 1954), U.S. snowboarder - James Burton (disambiguation)James Burton (disambiguation)-People:*James Burton , American guitarist*James Burton , British builder and developer*James Burton , British Egyptologist...
- Jared BurtonJared BurtonLevi Jared Burton is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball....
(born 1981), U.S. baseball player - Jeff BurtonJeff BurtonJeffrey Brian "Jeff" Burton , also referred to as JB or The Mayor, is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #31 Caterpillar Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing. Burton is the younger brother of Ward Burton, who is a former Sprint Cup driver...
(born 1967), U.S. stock car racing driver - Jenny BurtonJenny BurtonJenny Burton , is an American female R&B singer who had several hits on the US Billboard dance chart. She was lead singer of the dance music band C-Bank's 1983 Top 5 Hot Dance Music/Club Play single "One More Shot", notable for record producer John Robie's use of a "non-linear" approach to its...
(born 1957), U.S. rhythm and blues singer - Jeremiah BurtonJeremiah BurtonJeremiah Burton was a farmer. He was born about 1814 in South Carolina before moving to Rabun County, Georgia and first settled at Jones Ford on the Tallulah River. The town of Burton, Georgia was named after its Postmaster Jacob Silas Burton, Jeremiah's son...
(1816-1905), U.S. farmer and preacher in Burton, Georgia - Joan BurtonJoan BurtonJoan Burton is an Irish Labour Party politician and the current Minister for Social Protection. She is a Teachta Dála for the Dublin West constituency....
(born 1949), Irish politician - John Burton (disambiguation)
- Kate Burton (disambiguation)
- Katherine BurtonKatherine BurtonKatherine Burton was an American Roman Catholic convert who became renowned in her post-conversion years as a religious biographer...
(1890-1969), US social activist and Catholic convert - Ken BurtonKen BurtonKen Burton is a British chorist, composer and performer.Burton first gained national attention when two of his choirs placed first and second in the prestigious Sainsbury’s Choir of the Year competition sponsored by the British Broadcasting Corporation...
(born 1970), British chorist, composer and recording artist - Kristopher BurtonKristopher BurtonKristopher Burton is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12.He plays as a fly-half but can also play as a fullback....
(born 1980), Australia-born Italian rugby player - Lance BurtonLance BurtonLance Burton is a stage illusionist. He has appeared on numerous television programs, and also performed for Queen Elizabeth and President Ronald Reagan...
(born 1960), U.S. magician - LeVar BurtonLeVar BurtonLevardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. , professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley...
(born 1957), U.S. actor - Margaret E. BurtonMargaret E. BurtonMargaret Ernestine Burton was an American missionary who traveled to China and Japan in 1909. She wrote several books based on her experiences and research while there.Her books include:* The Education of Women in China...
, U.S. missionary to China and Japan - Marion LeRoy BurtonMarion LeRoy BurtonMarion LeRoy Burton was the second president of Smith College, serving from 1910 to 1917. He left Smith to become president of the University of Minnesota from 1917 to 1920....
(1874-1925), U.S. scholar - Mark BurtonMark BurtonRichard Mark Burton is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Defence; Minister of Justice; Minister of Local Government; Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations; Deputy Leader of the House; and the Minister Responsible for the Law...
(born 1956), New Zealand politician - Montague BurtonMontague BurtonSir Montague Maurice Burton founded Burton, one of Great Britain's largest chains of clothes shops....
(1885-1952), founder of Burton clothes shops - Norman Burton, U.S. actor
- Peter BurtonPeter BurtonPeter Burton was an English film and television actor born in Bromley, England. His biggest claim to fame is being the first actor to portray Major Boothroyd, better known as Q, in the first James Bond film, Dr. No...
, British actor - Phillip BurtonPhillip BurtonPhillip Burton was a United States Representative from California. A Democrat, he was instrumental in creating the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Burton was one of the first members of Congress to acknowledge the need for AIDS research and introduce an AIDS bill. He was the brother of...
, U.S. politician - Ralph BurtonRalph BurtonRalph Burton was a British soldier and Canadian settler.Burton's military career began in the 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, where he rose to the rank of major, serving under George Augustus Eliott, the defender of Gibraltar...
(died 1768), British soldier in Canada - Raymond S. BurtonRaymond S. BurtonRaymond S. "Ray" Burton is a New Hampshire politician, currently serving on the Executive Council as the representative of District 1, or "The North Country". Known as the "Dean of the Council", Ray Burton, a Republican, is the longest-standing elected official in the state of New Hampshire...
, U.S. politician - Richard BurtonRichard BurtonRichard Burton, CBE was a Welsh actor. He was nominated seven times for an Academy Award, six of which were for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and was a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Awards for Best Actor. Although never trained as an actor, Burton was, at one time, the highest-paid...
(1925-1984), Welsh actor - Richard Burton (comics)Richard Burton (comics)Richard Burton is a British comic editor who worked on 2000 AD. However, he is possibly better known to readers as Tharg the Mighty's bumbling assistant Burt who appeared in a number of strips with him....
, British comic editor - Richard Francis BurtonRichard Francis BurtonCaptain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas as well as his...
(1821-1890), British explorer, translator, orientalist - Richard Henry BurtonRichard Henry BurtonRichard Henry Burton VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
(1923-1993), English recipient of the Victoria Cross - Rob BurtonRob BurtonRob Burton is the mayor of Oakville, Ontario, in Canada. He was elected in the municipal elections of 2006, having very narrowly lost the 2003 elections to Ann Mulvale. He was re-elected to office in the 2010 municipal elections.-External links:* * *...
, Mayor of Oakville, Ontario, Canada - Robert Burton (scholar)Robert Burton (scholar)Robert Burton was an English scholar at Oxford University, best known for the classic The Anatomy of Melancholy. He was also the incumbent of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, and of Segrave in Leicestershire.-Life:...
(1577-1640), English scholar, cleric, and author - Robert Burton (statesman)Robert Burton (statesman)Robert Burton was an American farmer, Revolutionary War officer, and plantation owner in what is now Vance County, North Carolina . He was a delegate from North Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1787...
(1747-1825), North Carolina delegate to Continental Congress - Dolla (rapper)Dolla (rapper)Roderick Anthony Burton II better known by his stage name Dolla, was an American rapper. Burton began his music career in 2000 with rap group Da Razkalz Cru under the stage name Bucklyte. The group quickly disbanded, so Burton worked as a model for the Sean John clothing line...
(Roderick Burton) (1987-2009), Rapper from Atlanta, Decatur - Ron BurtonRon BurtonRonald E. "Ron" Burton became a college All-American running back at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a member of the Northwestern Hall of Fame, and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame....
(1936-2003), U.S. football player - Sala BurtonSala BurtonSala Burton was a United States Representative from California. She was born Sala Galante in Białystok, Poland. She attended public schools in San Francisco and University of San Francisco. She was the associate director of the California Public Affairs Institute from 1948 to 1950...
, U.S. politician - Steve Burton (disambiguation)
- Theodore E. BurtonTheodore E. BurtonTheodore Elijah Burton was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate....
(1851-1929), U.S. politician - Theodore M. BurtonTheodore M. BurtonTheodore Moyle Burton was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the main leaders of the Genealogical Department of the church in the 1960s...
(1907-1989), LDS General Authority - Thomas BurtonThomas Burton (merchant)Thomas Burton was an English wool merchant who worked for the Company of the Staple at Calais. He left money in his will that was used to found the Loughborough Endowed Schools in Leicestershire, England.-References:...
(died 1496 or 1495), Loughborough, England wool merchant - Thomas BurtonThomas Burton (politician)Thomas Burton , of Brampton Hall, Westmorland, was MP for Westmorland from 1656 to 1659, and a parliamentary diarist.-Life:He was a justice of the peace for Westmorland. He was returned to parliament as member for the county on 20 August 1656...
(died 1661), British Member of Parliament for Westmorland, 1656–1659 - T. L. BurtonT. L. BurtonT. L. Burton is a professor at the University of Adelaide and a reputed scholar of medieval English literature, language, and dialectics. He is the editor of the two volume Sidrak and Bokkus, which once was one of the most popular books in Middle English...
, professor of medieval English literature at the University of Adelaide - Tom BurtonTom BurtonThomas "Tom" Burton was an American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Tom Davis, who competed in North American regional and independent promotions during the 1980s and early 1990s including the United States Wrestling Association, Global Wrestling Federation, the Universal...
, American professional wrestler - Thomas Burton Adams, Jr.Thomas Burton Adams, Jr.Thomas Burton "Tom" Adams, Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, he served in the Florida Senate , as Secretary of State of Florida , and as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Florida .-Early life:Adams was born in Jacksonville, Florida to Thomas Burton Adams,...
, commonly known as Tom Burton - Thomas Burton HanlyThomas Burton HanlyThomas Burton Hanly was an Arkansas lawyer and politician who served in the Congress of the Confederate States during the American Civil War....
, (1812–1880), Confederate politician - Tim BurtonTim BurtonTimothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
(born 1958), U.S. film director - Tommie BurtonTommie BurtonWilliam Thomas Burton was a coloured West Indian cricketer best known as a member of the 1900 and 1906 West Indian tourists to England. He is generally known as Tommie Burton.He was the son of a black mother and a white father...
(1878–1946), West Indian cricketer - Tony BurtonTony BurtonAnthony "Tony" Burton is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the Rocky series, and is one of three actors who have appeared in all six Rocky films....
, U.S. actor - Virginia Lee BurtonVirginia Lee BurtonVirginia Lee Burton was an American illustrator and children's book author. Burton wrote and illustrated seven self-illustrated children's books, including the Caldecott Medal winning The Little House. Also known by her married name Virginia Demetrios. She died in 1968 of lung cancer...
(1909-1968), U.S. illustrator and children's book author - Walter John BurtonWalter John BurtonWalter John Burton was a New Zealand nineteenth century photographer.Burton was born in Leicester, England. His father, John Burton, was a prominent photographer and his firm was patronised by Queen Victoria and other members of the Royal Family....
, New Zealand Photographer - Ward BurtonWard BurtonJohn Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racer, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007. He is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver Jeff Burton, against whom he first...
(born 1961), U.S. stock car racing driver - William Burton (disambiguation)
- Burton Francis Alexander IV (disambiguation)
Fictional characters
- Burton GusterBurton GusterBurton "Gus" Guster is a fictional character on the USA Network television comedy Psych played by American actor Dulé Hill. He functions as the straight man for Shawn Spencer's antics, and provides sobering advice, steady support, and friendship...
, from the television series Psych - Madlax characters:
- Richard Burton
- Margaret Burton (Madlax)
- Barry Burton, from Resident Evil
- Colonel Burton, character in the strategy game Command & Conquer: GeneralsCommand & Conquer: GeneralsCommand & Conquer: Generals is a real-time strategy game in the Command & Conquer series. Generals utilizes SAGE...
- "Big Guy" Bill Burton, one of Hao's followers in the manga and anime series Shaman King
- Burton Phillips, from Hollyoaks in the City
- Mel BurtonMel BurtonMelanie "Mel" Burton is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by actress Cassie Powney. She first appeared in 2003 with her family, which included her twin sister Sophie, played by Powney's real life twin Connie Powney.-Character Description:Mel was an...
from Hollyoaks, Sophie's twin - Sophie BurtonSophie BurtonSophie Burton is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by actress Connie Powney. She first appeared in 2003 with on-screen family, the Burtons, including twin sister Mel, who was played by Powney's real life twin Cassie Powney.-Character...
from Hollyoaks, Mel's twin - Justin BurtonJustin BurtonJustin Burton is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Chris Fountain. The character arrived in 2003 and departed on 3 June 2009. Justin arrived in a family of six, however by September 2006, his entire family had left the show...
from Hollyoaks, Sophie and Mel's younger brother