Burroughs (surname)
Burroughs is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] its relative frequency was highest in Suffolk (8.9 times the British average), followed by Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Huntingdonshire, Somerset, Hampshire, Surrey, Lincolnshire, and Orkney.
The surname Burroughs may refer to:
- People
- Alvin Burroughs (1911–1950), American musician
- Augusten Burroughs (b. 1965), American writer
- Charles Burroughs (1876–1902), American track and field athlete and Olympian
- Derrick Burroughs (b. 1962), American football player and coach
- Diane Burroughs (b. ?), American television writer
- Dillon Burroughs (b. 1976), American writer
- Don Burroughs (1931–2006), American football player
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950), American author, creator of the John Carter of Mars series and the Tarzan series
- Edith Burroughs (b. 1939), American professional bowler
- Edith Woodman Burroughs (1871–1916), American sculptor
- Edward Burroughs (bishop) (1885–1934), English Anglican priest
- Elzy Burroughs (1771/1777-1825), American stonemason, engineer, lighthouse builder, and lighthouse keeper
- Franklin Burroughs (businessman) (1834–1897), American entrepreneur
- Franklin Burroughs (author) (b. ?), American author
- Gary Burroughs (b. ?), Canadian politician
- George Burroughs (1650–1692), American Congregational pastor
- Henry Burroughs (1845–1878), American professional baseball player
- Jackie Burroughs (b. 1939), Canadian actress
- Jeff Burroughs (b. 1951), American baseball player
- Jeremiah Burroughs (ca. 1600-1646), also written "Jeremiah Burroughes," English Congregationalist and Puritan preacher
- Jerrold Burroughs (b. 1967), American politician
- John Burroughs (1837–1921), American naturalist and essayist
- John Burroughs (governor) (1907–1978), American businessman and politician
- Sir John Burroughs (fl. 17th century), English soldier and military commander
- John A. Burroughs, Jr. (b. 1936), American government official
- John Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979), American illustrator
- John H. Burroughs (? - ?), American and Confederate naval engineer and shipwright
- John J. Burroughs (1798–1872), American lawyer and circuit court clerk
- Jordan Burroughs, (b. 1988), American wrestler
- Joseph Burroughs (1685–1761), English Baptist minister
- Lane Burroughs, American college baseball coach
- Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879–1961), American educator, orator, religious leader, and businesswoman
- Robert P. Burroughs (?-1994), American businessman, political advisor, and statesman
- Sammie Burroughs (born 1973), American football player
- Sean Burroughs (b. 1980), American baseball player
- Sherman E. Burroughs (1903-1992), American naval Rear-Admiral
- Sherman Everett Burroughs (1870–1923), American politician
- Silas Mainville Burroughs (disambiguation), more than one person with the name
- Stanley Burroughs (1903–1991), American dietary theorist and author
- Tim Burroughs (b. ?), American basketball player
- Tom Burroughs (b. ?), American politician
- Wilbur Burroughs (1884–1960), American track and field athlete and Olympian
- William Burroughs, more than one person with the name
- William Seward Burroughs I (1855–1898), American inventor
- William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American author and grandson of William Seward Burroughs
- William S. Burroughs, Jr. (1947–1981), also known as William S. Burroughs III, an American author, son of William S. Burroughs, and great grandson of William Seward Burroughs
- Williana Burroughs (1882–1945), American teacher, communist political activist, and politician
- Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (1917–2010), American artist and writer
- Frederick Traill-Burroughs (1831–1905), British military officer
- [Frederick Augustus McAlpine Burroughs] (1885-1978) American politician, landowner, Commissioner of Revenue, Princess Anne County, Virginia, early 1900's, descendent of Elzy Burroughs
- [Joseph Edward Burroughs] (1933-present) American farmer, community leader, American antique car collector, son of F.A.M. Burroughs, descendent of Elzy Burroughs
- Fictional characters
- Hilda Burroughs, a character in Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Number of the Beast
- Lord Burroughs, a character in the video game Clock Tower 3
- Maggie Burroughs, a character in the Nightmare on Elm Street series; see List of characters in the Nightmare on Elm Street series
See also
References
- ↑ "Burroughs Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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