Burch (surname)
Burch or Birch is a surname originating from the English language.
It is an English, Scottish, German, Danish and Swedish topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from an ancient Germanic word meaning ‘birch’.
Notable people with the surname include
- Allen Banks Burch, Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
- Anna Mooney Burch, American soprano
- Ashly Burch, American actor
- Benjamin Franklin Burch, American politician and soldier in Oregon
- Billy Burch, American professional ice hockey
- Cecil Reginald Burch, British physicist and engineer
- Charles C. Burch, American politician from Tennessee
- Claire Burch, American author, filmmaker and poet
- Desiree Burch, London-based American comedian
- Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, American lawyer and the Charles Hughes Kirbo Chair Professor at University of Georgia
- George E. Burch, American cardiologist
- J. Christopher Burch, American venture capitalist and entrepreneur
- Jeff Burch, Canadian politician
- Jeannine Burch, Swiss actress
- Jennings Michael Burch, American writer
- John Burch, British pianist
- John B. Burch, American zoologist
- John Chilton Burch, California politician
- John Christopher Burch, Secretary of the US Senate
- John E. Burch, American producer and director
- Jordan Burch, American football player
- Joy Burch, Australian politician
- Laurel Burch, American artist, designer and businesswoman
- Lucius E. Burch Jr., American lawyer
- Marc Burch, American soccer player for D.C. United
- Matt Burch, computer programmer
- Michael R. Burch, American poet
- Newton D. Burch, Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
- Noël Burch, American film theorist
- Rob Burch (politician), American politician
- Ron Burch, American writer and TV producer
- Rousseau Angelus Burch, Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
- Samuel Burch, politician in Manitoba, Canada
- The Burch Sisters, American country music trio
- Timmy Burch, character on the animated TV series South Park
- Tory Burch, American fashion designer
- William P. Burch, American thoroughbred trainer