Burton (family name)
Burton is a family name that may refer to:
Name bearer
A.
- Abraham Burton (* 1971), American jazz musician
- Adam Burton (born 1972), Australian baseball player
- Alan C. Burton (1904–1979), Canadian biophysicist
- Amanda Burton (born 1956), British actress
- Andrew Burton (* 1974), Australian snowboarder
- Ann Burton ( Johanna Rafalowicz ; 1933–1989), Dutch jazz singer
- Art Turk Burton (* 1949), American jazz musician
- Aubrey Burton-Durham (1906-1959), South African sprinter
B.
- Bernard W. Burton (1898-1991), American film editor
- Beryl Burton (1937–1996), English cyclist
- Bill Burton (1915–1984), American discus thrower
- Buddy Burton (1890–1976), American blues and jazz musician
C.
- Charles Burton (wrestler) (born 1973), American wrestler
- Charles E. Burton (1846-1882), Irish astronomer
- Charles Germman Burton (1846–1926), American politician
- Charlotte Burton (1881–1942), American actress
- Christopher Burton (* 1981), Australian eventing rider
- Clarence G. Burton (1886–1982), American politician
- Cliff Burton (1962–1986), American rock bassist
- Corey Burton (born 1955), American voice actor
D.
- Dan Burton (* 1938), American politician
- Decimus Burton (1800–1881), English architect
- Denise Burton (* 1956), British cyclist
- Dennis Burton (* 1933), Canadian painter
E.
- Edward Burton (1790–1867), English physician and zoologist
- Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry (1904–1991), British politician
- Euan Burton (Judoka) (* 1979), Scottish judoka
- Euan Burton (musician) (* 1985), Scottish jazz musician
F.
- Frank Burton (soccer player, 1865) ( Frank Ernest Burton ; 1865–1948), English soccer player
- Frank Burton (soccer player, 1868) ( George Frank Burton ; 1868–1935), English soccer player
- Frank Burton (soccer player, 1877) ( Frank Burton ; 1877–1955), English soccer player
- Frank Burton (soccer player, 1891) ( Frank James Burton ; 1891– ??), English soccer player
- Frederick Burton (1871–1957), American actor
G
- Gabrielle Burton (1939–2015), American writer and screenwriter
- Gary Burton (* 1943), American jazz vibraphonist
- Geoffrey Burton (1886– ??), British hurdler
- George Burton (* ≈1980), American jazz musician
- Graeme Burton (born 1971), New Zealand prisoner
H
- Harold Hitz Burton (1888–1964), American politician and lawyer
- Harry Burton (1879-1940), British photographer
- Henry Burton (1866-1935), South African politician
- Hilarie Burton (* 1982), American actress
- Hiram R. Burton (1841-1927), American politician
- Hutchins Gordon Burton (~ 1774–1836), American politician
I.
- Ian Burton (geographer) (born 1935), British-Canadian geographer and meteorologist
- Ian Burton (dramaturge) (* 1942), British dramaturge and librettist
- Isabel Burton (1831-1896), British travel writer
J
- Jack Burton (* 1919), American eventing rider
- Jake Burton Carpenter (1954–2019), American snowboarder and entrepreneur
- James Burton (Egyptologist) (1788–1862), British Egyptologist
- James Burton (guitarist) (born 1939), American guitarist
- James Burton (ice hockey player) (born 1961), Canadian-Austrian ice hockey player
- James Burton III (* around 1980), American jazz musician and university professor
- Jeff Burton (* 1967), American racing driver
- Jennifer Burton (* 1968), American actress
- Jérémy Burton (* 1984), Belgian racing cyclist
- Jessie Burton (* 1982), British writer
- Jim Burton (1961-2015), Austrian ice hockey player
- Joan Burton (born 1949), Irish politician
- John Burton (medic) (1710–1771), English physician and antiquarian
- John Burton (actor) (1904–1987), English actor
- John Burton (cross-country skier) (born 1923), American cross-country skier
- John Burton (politician) (* 1927), Canadian politician and economist
- John Burton (racing driver) (born 1941), British car racing driver
- John Burton (canoeist) (born 1947), American canoeist
- John Andrew Burton (* 1944), British non-fiction author
- John Hill Burton (1809-1881), Scottish historian
- John Lowell Burton (born 1932), American politician
- John W. Burton (1906–1978), American film producer and cameraman
- Joseph R. Burton (1852–1923), American politician
K
- Kate Burton (born 1957), American actress
L.
- Lance Burton (* 1960), American magician
- Larry Burton (* 1951), American sprinter
- Laurence J. Burton (1926–2002), American politician
- Leslie Burton (1882-1946), British hurdler
- LeVar Burton (born 1957), American actor
- Lewis Burton (born 1992), British tennis player
M.
- María Ruiz de Burton (1832–1895), Mexican-American writer
- Mark Burton (politician) ( Richard Mark Burton ; * 1956), New Zealand politician
- Mark Burton (screenwriter) (born 1960), British screenwriter and director
- Mark Burton (soccer player) (born 1974), New Zealand soccer player
- Matthew Burton (born 1949), film actor
- Maurice Burton (zoologist) (1898-1992), British zoologist
- Maurice Burton (cyclist) (born 1955), British cyclist
- Michael Burton ( American football player ) (born 1992), American football player
- Michael Jay Burton (* 1947), American swimmer, see Mike Burton
- Michael St Edmund Burton (born 1937), British diplomat
N
- Norman Burton (1923-2003), American actor
P
- Peter Burton (1921–1989), British actor
- Philip Burton (Theater Director) (1904-1995), Welsh-American Theater Director
- Philip John Kennedy Burton (* 1936), British ornithologist and animal illustrator
- Phillip Burton (1926–1983), American politician
R.
- Rahn Burton (1934–2013), American jazz musician
- Raymond S. Burton (1939–2013), American politician
- Richard Burton (1925–1984), British actor
- Richard Edmund Clerke Burton (1938–2008), British racing car driver
- Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890), British African explorer and orientalist
- Robert Burton (writer) (1577-1640), English writer
- Robert Burton (politician) (1747-1825), American politician
- Robert Burton (track and field athlete) (1885–1950), American track and field athlete
- Robert Burton (actor) (1895–1962), American actor
- Ron Burton (1934–2013), American jazz musician, see Rahn Burton
S.
- Sala Burton (1925–1987), American politician
- Sarah Burton (* 1974), British fashion designer
- Scott Burton (1939–1989), American sculptor and performance artist
T
- TJ Burton (born 1983), Canadian baseball player
- Tara Isabella Burton , American journalist
- Tess Burton (1985), Luxembourg politician
- Theodore E. Burton (1851-1929), American politician
- Tim Burton (* 1958), American film director
- Tom Burton (* 1990), Australian sailor
- Tony Burton (1937-2016), American actor
- Trevor Burton (athlete) (born 1943), British pole vaulter
- Trevor Burton (musician) (born 1944), British guitarist, member of The Move
V
- Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968), American illustrator
W.
- William Burton (antiquarian) (1609–1657), English politician
- William Burton (Politician, 1789) (1789–1866), American politician, Governor of Delaware
- William Burton (golfer) , American golfer
- William Burton (politician, 1888) (1888–1944), Canadian politician
- William Burton (swimmer) (born 1941), Australian swimmer
- William Evans Burton (1804–1860), English actor, playwright and theater manager
- William M. Burton (1865-1954), American chemist
- William Shakespeare Burton (1824–1916), English painter
- Willie D. Burton (* 19 **), American sound engineer