Burchard

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Burchard (Burkhart, Burkard, Burkhard, Burkert, Burckhardt and variants, Old English Burgheard) is a Germanic given name, from burg "protection" and hard "hardy, brave".

• Burchard of Basle, 11th century bishop of Basle
• Burchard of Mount Sion, 13th century traveler to the Middle East
• Burchard II, Bishop of Halberstadt, 11th century German cleric and statesman
• Burchard I, Duke of Swabia, c. 855/860-911
• Burchard II, Duke of Swabia, c. 883-926
• Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, c. 915-973
• Burchard, Bishop of Utrecht, 11th/12th century
• Burchard, Duke of Thuringia, died 908
• Burchard of Istria, died 1106/1107
• Burchard of Worms, c. 950-1025, theologian

• Burghard Freiherr von Schorlemer-Alst, 1825-1895, Prussian parliamentarian

• Saint Burkhard, an 8th century Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire

It is also a surname. People with the surname include:

Borchard

• Edwin Borchard, 1884-1951, American Jurist
• Joe Borchard, born 1978, American baseball player
• Leo Borchard, 1899-1945, Russian conductor

Borchardt

• Alice Borchardt, 1939-2007, American author, sister of Anne Rice
• Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, 1817-1880, German mathematician
• Curtis Borchardt, born 1980, American basketball player
• Diane Borchardt, American teacher's aide convicted for first degree intentional homicide
• Hugo Borchardt, 1844-1924, German firearms inventor
  • Borchardt C-93 pistol
• Ludwig Borchardt, 1863-1938, German Egyptologist
• Mark Borchardt, born 1966, American filmmaker
• Rudolf Borchardt, German writer
• Susan King Borchardt, born 1981, American basketball player

Borchert

• Bernhard Borchert, 1863-1945, Baltic German artist in Latvia
• Jochen Borchert, born 1940, German politician
• John R. Borchert, American geographer
  • Borchert's Epochs, periodization of American urbanization by John R. Borchert
• Katrin Borchert, born 1969, German Australian kayaker
• William G. Borchert, American screenwriter
• Wolfgang Borchert, 1921-1947, German author
  • Wolfgang Borchert Theater, playhouse in Münster, Germany

Burchard

• Ernst Burchard, 1876-1920, German author and doctor
• Esteban Gonzalez-Burchard, U.S. researcher
• Horatio C. Burchard, 1825-1908, U.S. politician from Illinois
• Johann Burchard, 15th century church figure
• Peter Burchard, author
• Petrea Burchard, born 1955, American actress
• Samuel D. Burchard, 1836-1901, U.S. politician from Wisconsin

Burchardt

• Ulla Burchardt, born 1954, German politician

Burckhardt

• Jacob Burckhardt, 1818-1897, Swiss historian of art and culture
• Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, 1784-1817, Swiss traveler and orientalist
• Johann Karl Burckhardt, 1773-1825, German astronomer and mathematician

Burgard

• Wolfram Burgard, born 1961, German roboticist

Burgert

• Chris Burgert, American sheriff's deputy shot in 2004
• Jonas Burgert, German artist

Burghard

• Duane Burghard, American businessman and politician

Burghardt

• Arthur Burghardt, born 1947, American actor
• Jack Burghardt, 1929-2002, Canadian news broadcaster and politician
• Marcus Burghardt, born 1983, German cyclist
• Michael Burghardt, United States Marine Corps technician
• W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, 1868-1963, African American civil rights leader, educator, and scholar. (Burghardt was his mother's family name).

Burkard

• Oscar Burkard, 1877-1950, German-American soldier

Burkhard

• Paul Burkhard, 1911-1977, Swiss composer
• Willy Burkhard, 1900-1955, Swiss composer

Burkert

• Martin Burkert, born 1964, German politican
• Nancy Ekholm Burkert, born 1933, American artist and illustrator
• Rudolf Burkert, 1904-1985, German/Czechoslav Nordic skier
• Walter Burkert, born 1931, German classicist

[edit] See also

• Burchard, Nebraska
• Burckhardt Compression - Swiss compression technology enterprise
• Burckhardt - crater on the Moon
• Burckhardt