Burgers

Burgers is a Dutch surname. It means "citizen's", but the name is also (or even primarily) of patronymic origin, with the Germanic given name Burger related to Burchard.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

• Don Burgers (1932–2006), Dutch politician.
• Jan Burgers (1895–1981), Dutch physicist.
• Jean Burgers (1917–1944), Belgian World War II resistance fighter.
• Johan Burgers (1870–1943), Dutch zoologist,[3] founder of Royal Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem
• Joop Burgers (born 1940), Dutch football midfielder.
• Nathan Burgers (born 1979), Australian field hockey goalkeeper.
• Piet Burgers (1932–2015), Dutch football striker.
• Phil Burgers, American-Australian comedian.
• Thomas François Burgers (1834–1881), Afrikaner politician, president of the Transvaal Republic.
• Willie Burgers (1897–1988), Dutch physicist, brother of Jan.

This article is about the surname. For the album by the band Hot Tuna, see Burgers (album).

For the food, see Hamburger, Cheeseburger, and Big Mac.

See also

• Named after Jan Burgers:
  • Burgers' equation
  • Burgers vector
  • Burgers material
• Burgers Park, a park in central Pretoria, South Africa, named after Thomas François Burgers
• Burger (surname)
• Burgher (disambiguation)
• Bürger
• Burger (disambiguation)
• Hamburger

References

1. Burgers at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
2. Burger at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
3. Schuurman, Rianne. "Burgers, Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus (1870-1943)". Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis. Retrieved 27 November 2014.