Burnham (surname)
Burnham is a surname of English origin.
Notable people
- Andrew Burnham (priest), Church of England Bishop
- Andy Burnham, English politician
- Bo Burnham, American comedian, musician, and filmmaker
- Charles Burnham (musician), American musician
- Chris Burnham, American comic book artist
- Clara Louise Burnham, American novelist
- Claudine Burnham, American politician
- Clark Burnham, American politician
- Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner
- Daniel F. Burnham, American politician
- David Burnham (novelist), American novelist
- Edwin Otway Burnham, American minister
- Eleanor Burnham, Welsh politician
- Enid, Lady Burnham, British-Argentinian Girl Guide scout
- Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician and leader of Guyana
- Frederick K. Burnham, American motorboat racer
- Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and adventurer
- George Burnham, American banker and politician
- Gracia Burnham, American missionary
- Henry E. Burnham, American politician
- Howard Burnham, American spy for France during World War I
- Howard Mather Burnham, Union first lieutenant in the American Civil War
- Hugo Burnham, English musician
- Iris Burnham, American educator
- James Burnham, American political theorist
- Jeremy Burnham, English actor and screenwriter
- Joshua Burnham, American football player
- Kevin Burnham, American sailor
- Lem Burnham, American football player
- Linda Burnham, American women's rights activist
- Paul Burnham, English businessman and cricket supporter
- Robert Burnham Jr., American astronomer
- Russell Adam Burnham, American soldier, "Soldier of the Year" in 2003
- Sherburne Wesley Burnham, American astronomer
- Thomas Burnham, English-born American lawyer and landowner
- Van Burnham, American writer, designer, producer, and curator
- Walter Dean Burnham, American academic and expert on U.S. elections and voting patterns
- Watch Burnham, American baseball umpire and manager
- Zacheus Burnham, Canadian farmer, judge, and politician
In fiction
- Lester Burnham, the protagonist of the 1999 film American Beauty, played by Kevin Spacey
- Michael Burnham, a character in the 2017 television series Star Trek: Discovery, played by Sonequa Martin-Green