Burroughs (surname)
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Burroughs is a surname, and may refer to
- Augusten Burroughs (born 1965), American writer
- Diane Burroughs, American television writer
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), American author, creator of John Carter of Mars (the inspirational trend-setting Barsoom series), and the later Tarzan series epics.
- George Burroughs (1650 – 1692), American Congregational pastor
- Jackie Burroughs (born 1939), Canadian actress
- Jeff Burroughs (born 1951), American baseball player
- Jerrold Burroughs (born 1967), American politician
- John Burroughs (1837-1921), American naturalist and essayist
- Sean Burroughs(born 1980), American baseball player
- Silas Burroughs (d. 1895), co-founder of the Burroughs Wellcome Company (later part of GlaxoSmithKline)
- William Seward Burroughs (1855-1898), US inventor
- William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), author and grandson of William Seward Burroughs
- William S. Burroughs, Jr. (1947-1981), author, son of William S. Burroughs, and great grandson of William Seward Burroughs
Also
- Hilda Burroughs, fictional character
- Lord Burroughs, fictional character