Burke

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Contents 1 Places 1.1 United States 1.2 Australia 2 People 3 Things 4 Fictional characters 5 See also 6 Resources

The name Burke (from Irish Gaelic de Burca, of Norman origin). In English The meaning of the name Burke is: Fortified hill. See also Berkley. Burke can mean:

[edit] Places

[edit] United States

• Burke, South Dakota
• Burke, Virginia
• Burke (town), New York
• Burke (village), New York
• Burke, Idaho - a ghost town near Wallace

[edit] Australia

• Shire of Burke, Queensland a Local Government Area
• Division of Burke has been the name of an Australian Electoral Division twice
• The town of Bourke, New South Wales in Australia is pronounced "Burke"

[edit] People

• Alafair Burke, a mystery novel writer and Court TV commentator, daughter of James Lee Burke
• Arleigh Burke, former Admiral of the United States Navy and Chief of Naval Operations
• Bernard Burke, i.e. Sir John Bernard Burke, British genealogist, editor of Burke's Peerage
• Brooke Burke, actress and model
• Cheryl Burke, professional dancer
• Delta Burke, actress
• Don Burke an Australian television personality
• Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher
• Elijah Burke, American Professional Wrestler
• James Burke, British Author and Television producer
• James A. Burke, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
• James Lee Burke, an American author and mystery writer
• Jason Burke, author
• John Burke (several like-named men)
• Henry Burke, i.e. Sir Henry Farnham Burke, British genealogist, Garter Principal King of Arms
• Karen Burke, Canadian gospel singer
• Kenneth Burke, American literary theorist and philosophy|philosopher
• Raymond Leo Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis
• Raymond Burke (clarinetist), New Orleans jazz clarinetist
• Robert O'Hara Burke, Australian explorer
• Thomas Burke, disambiguation (several like-named men)
• William Burke, one of the two West Port murderers
• Solomon Burke, soul and country singer

[edit] Things

• The editor of Burke's Peerage and Burke's Landed gentry
• The Clan Burke or Burke Family a family of Irish origin
• Burke High School, Omaha, Nebraska

[edit] Fictional characters

• Burke, the antihero protagonist of a series of novels by Andrew Vachss.
• Caractacus Burke, a co-founder of Borgin and Burkes in the Harry Potter series.
• Dooney and Bourke, Fashion line (Apparel accessorys, purses, etc), Dooney and Burke.

[edit] See also

• Bourke
• Berk

[edit] Resources

• Baby names list An extensive resource of baby names and their meanings.