Burnham (surname)
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People with the surname Burnham:
- Andrew Burnham (b 1970), British politician
- Daniel Burnham (1846-1912), American architect
- Edwin Otway Burnham (1824–1873), American minister and missionary in the Sioux territories.
- Eleanor Burnham, Welsh politician
- Forbes Burnham (1923-1985), President of Guyana
- Frederick Russell Burnham (1861-1947), D.S.O., an American who served as Lord Roberts Chief of Scouts in Southern Africa, Mount Burnham, California, is named in his honor
- George Burnham (1868–1939) U.S. Congressman from California
- Gracia Burnham (b 1959), U.S. missionary to the Philippines
- Henry E. Burnham (1844-1917) U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
- Hugo Burnham (b 1956), rock drummer
- James Burnham (1905-1987), American political theorist
- Jeremy Burnham, British actor and screenwriter
- Robert Burnham, Jr. (1931-1993), American astronomer, author of Burnham's Celestial Handbook
- Russell Adam Burnham (b 1979), U.S. Army Soldier of the Year 2003 and the Great-Grandson of Frederick Russell Burnham.
- Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838-1921), American astronomer
- Thomas Burnham (1617-1688), lawyer, born in Hatfield, England and moved to Hartford, CT in 1637
- Walter Dean Burnham (b. 1930), prof. em. of political science at the University of Texas
- Zacheus Burnham (1777-1857), farmer, judge and political figure of Upper Canada
- Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham (1931-2005)
[edit] See also
- Burnham, a disambiguation page
- Baron Burnham, a title in the Peerage of the UK