Burger (surname)

Burger is a West Germanic surname. It is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for freeman/burgher (German Bürger, Low German Börger) and the surname is equivalent to the English surname Burgess. In Dutch and German speaking countries it may be a toponymic surname, indicating origin from any of a number of towns ending in -burg. Notable people with the surname include:

Academics
  • Artur Burger (1943–2000), Austrian pharmacist and pharmacognosist
  • Boštjan Burger (born 1966), Slovenian informatician, geographer, and panoramic photographer
  • Dionys Burger (1892–1987), Dutch physicist and science fiction author
  • Edward Burger (born 1964), American mathematician and university president
  • Fritz Burger (1877–1916), German art historian
  • Harald Burger (born 1940), German linguist
  • Heinrich Bürger (Burger) (1806–1858), German/Dutch chemist and botanist
  • Joachim Burger (born 1969), German anthropologist and molecular biologist
  • Johann Burger (1773–1842), Austrian agronomist
  • Richard L. Burger (born 1950), American archaeologist and anthropologist
  • Ronna Burger (born 1947), American philosopher
  • Rudolf Burger (born 1938), Austrian philosopher
  • William Carl Burger (born 1932), American botanist

Arts and writers
  • Alex Burger (born 1972), American playwright and screenwriter
  • Anthony Burger (1961–2006), American gospel pianist and singer
  • Anton Burger (1824-1905), German painter
  • Carl Burger (1888–1967), American writer and illustrator
  • Claire Burger, French film director, film editor and screenwriter
  • Cody Burger (born 1983), American former child actor
  • Dai Burger, American rapper
  • Eugene Burger (born 1939), American magician
  • Fritz Burger-Mühlfeld (1882–1969), German painter and graphic designer
  • Gary Burger (1942–2014), American rock musician
  • Germain Burger (1900–1985), British cinematographer and film director
  • Hanuš Burger (1909–1990), Czech film director
  • Hermann Burger (1942–1989), Swiss poet, novelist and essayist
  • Janez Burger (born 1965), Slovene film director, screenwriter and producer.
  • Johann Burger (1829–1912), Swiss engraver
  • Jörg Burger (born 1962), German music producer
  • Ludwig Burger (1825–1884), German historical painter and illustrator
  • Markus Burger (born 1966), German pianist, composer and music educator
  • Neil Burger, American film director
  • Rob Burger, American accordionist, keyboardist and music director
  • Wilhelm J. Burger (1844–1920), Austrian photographer and painter
  • Willi Burger (born 1934), Italian harmonica player

Politics and law
  • Anna Burger (born 1950), American union leader
  • Friedrich Moritz Burger (1804-1873), Austrian jurist and politician
  • Jaap Burger (1904–1986), Dutch politician and government minister
  • John Burger (1916–2005), American politician, businessman, and lawyer
  • Karen Arnold-Burger (born 1957), American Chief Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals
  • Sarah Burger Stearns (1836–1904), American social reformer and suffragist
  • Schalk Willem Burger (1852–1918), South African military leader and acting President
  • Warren E. Burger (1907–1995), 15th Chief Justice of the United States

Sports

Other
  • Adolf Burger (1917–2016), Slovak Holocaust survivor involved in Operation Bernhard
  • Alewyn Burger (born 1951), South African banker
  • Anton Burger (1911–1991), Austrian-German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
  • Bas Burger (born 1970), Dutch business executive
  • Eberhard Burger (born 1943), German civil engineer
  • Ernest Peter Burger (1906–1975), German saboteur during World War II
  • Hélène Burger (1800–1907), French Red Cross nurse during World War II
  • Ida Burger, U.S. dance hall girl and prostitute
  • Jean Burger (1907–1945), French communist and WWII resistance member
  • Johan Burger, South African businessman
  • Joseph Burger (1848–1921), Swiss German soldier who fought in the American Civil War
  • Joseph C. Burger (1902–1982), United States Marine Corps officer and college athlete
  • Knox Burger (1922–2010), American editor, writer, and literary agent
  • Malcolm Burger, British World War I flying ace
  • Michael Burger (born 1957), American television host
  • Reinhold Burger (1866–1954), German glass blower and inventor
  • Stephan Burger (born 1962), German Catholic archbishop
  • Tutilo Burger (born 1965), German Benedictine monk and abbot
  • Wilhelm Burger (1904–1979), German SS-Sturmbannführer

Fictional people
  • Hamilton Burger, district attorney in the Perry Mason novels, films, and programs
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