Burroughs (surname)

Notable people sharing the surname "Burroughs"

• Alvin Burroughs, American musician
• Augusten Burroughs, American writer
• Bryson Burroughs, American artist
• Charles Burroughs, American track and field athlete and Olympian
• Derrick Burroughs, American football player and coach
• Diane Burroughs, American television writer
• Dillon Burroughs, American writer
• Don Burroughs, American football player
• Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of the John Carter of Mars series and the Tarzan series
• Edith Burroughs, American professional bowler
• Edith Woodman Burroughs, American sculptor
• Edward Burroughs , English Anglican priest
• Ellen Burroughs, better known as Sophie Jewett, American poet and professor
• Elzy Burroughs, American stonemason, engineer, lighthouse builder, and lighthouse keeper
• Franklin Burroughs , American entrepreneur
• Franklin Burroughs , American author
• George Burroughs, American Congregational pastor
• Harmon P. Burroughs, American farmer and politician
• Henry Burroughs, American professional baseball player
• Jackie Burroughs, Canadian actress
• Jeff Burroughs, American baseball player
• Jeremiah Burroughs, also written "Jeremiah Burroughes," English Congregationalist and Puritan preacher
• Jerrold Burroughs, American politician
• John Burroughs, American naturalist and essayist
• John Burroughs , American businessman and politician
• Sir John Burroughs, English soldier and military commander
• John A. Burroughs, Jr., American government official
• John Coleman Burroughs, American illustrator
• John H. Burroughs, American and Confederate naval engineer and shipwright
• John J. Burroughs, American lawyer and circuit court clerk
• Jordan Burroughs,, American wrestler
• Joseph Burroughs, English Baptist minister
• Kyle Burroughs, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Lane Burroughs, American college baseball coach
• Nannie Helen Burroughs, American educator, orator, religious leader, and businesswoman
• Robert P. Burroughs, American businessman, political advisor, and statesman
• Sammie Burroughs, American football player
• Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
• Sherman E. Burroughs, American naval Rear-Admiral
• Sherman Everett Burroughs, American politician
• Silas Mainville Burroughs, more than one person with the name
• Stanley Burroughs, American dietary theorist and author
• Theresa Burroughs, American civil rights activist
• Tim Burroughs, American basketball player
• Tom Burroughs, American politician
• Wilbur Burroughs, American track and field athlete and Olympian
• William Burroughs, more than one person with the name
• William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor
• William S. Burroughs, American author and grandson of William Seward Burroughs
• William S. Burroughs, Jr., also known as William S. Burroughs III, an American author, son of William S. Burroughs, and great-grandson of William Seward Burroughs
• Williana Burroughs, American teacher, communist political activist, and politician
• Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American artist and writer
• Frederick Traill-Burroughs, British military officer

  Fictional characters sharing the surname "Burroughs"

• 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