Burr

Burr may refer to:

Things

• Bur, type of seed or fruit with short, stiff bristles or hooks
• The Burr distribution, continuous probability distribution
• A burr (edge), deformation of metal wherein a raised edge forms on a metal part which has been machined
• A burr (cutter), small cutter used in rotary tools for metalworking
• A burr puzzle, type of interlocking mechanical puzzle
• Burr (novel), book about Aaron Burr by Gore Vidal
• Burr, or Borr, god of Norse Mythology
• British spelling for burl, deformed grain growth in trees.
• Any English regional accent with a guttural R, such as the Northumberland burr
• Burr, abbreviation for the orchid genus Burrageara
• Burr Truss, architectural feature often used in covered bridges
• Burr (crater), crater on Callisto
• A Dental drill
• Gucci Mane says "Burr!"

People

• Aaron Burr (1756-1836), US vice president
• Albert G. Burr (1829-1882), US politician
• Bill Burr (born 1968), stand-up comedian
• Chandler Burr (born 1963), an American journalist and author.
• Clive Burr (born 1957), drummer
• George Elbert Burr (1859-1939), American painter and printmaker
• George Lincoln Burr (1857–1938), American historian
• Harold Saxton Burr (1889-1973), American anatomist
• Jeff Burr (born 1963), movie actor, scenarist and producer
• Joseph Tyrrell (1858-1957), full name Joseph Burr Tyrrell, geologist
• Raymond Burr (1917-1993), actor
• Richard Burr (born 1955), US politician, Senator from North Carolina
• Theodore Burr (1771-1822/24), inventor of the Burr Truss

Locations

• Burr, Saskatchewan, hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Burr, Nebraska, village in USA
• Bur, Yemen

See also

• Bur (disambiguation)
• Gucci Mane