Burton (name)
Burton is an English surname with habitational origins.
People surnamed Burton
- Abraham Burton, American saxophonist and bandleader
- Adam Burton (baseball), Australian baseball player
- Alexander Burton, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Alfred Edgar Burton, American academic, first Dean of the Faculty of MIT
- Alfred Henry Burton, New Zealand photographer
- Alison Burton, Australian tennis player
- Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress
- Amanda Burton, Australian netball player
- Andrew Burton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Aron Burton, American blues singer, bass guitarist and songwriter
- Arthur Burton, rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s
- Baron Burton is a peerage title created in 1886 and 1887 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Beryl Burton, English racing cyclist
- Beverly Chester-Burton, American politician
- Bob Burton Jr., American speedcuber
- Brandie Burton, American professional golfer
- Brett Burton, Australian rules footballer
- Brian Burton, better known as Danger Mouse, American producer and disc jockey
- Charles Burton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Charlotte Burton, American silent film actress
- Clarence Burton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cliff Burton, Metallica bassist
- Corey Burton, American voice actor
- Dan Burton, U.S. Congressman
- Daniel Burton, American cyclist, Antarctica Cycling Expeditions
- Decimus Burton, English architect and garden designer
- Deon Burton, English-Jamaican footballer
- Deonte Burton, American basketball player
- Dick Burton (golfer), British golfer
- Edmund Burton (footballer), English footballer
- Elizabeth Eaton Burton, American artist
- Ellis Burton, American baseball player
- Ernie Burton, English professional footballer
- Ethel Burton, American comedic film actress
- Francis Burton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frederick Burton (disambiguation)
- Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphone player
- George Burton (disambiguation)
- Gustav Burton, British racing driver
- Hal B. Burton, American politician
- Harold Hitz Burton, American politician and Supreme Court Justice
- Harrison Burton, American racing driver
- Harry Burton (Egyptologist), British egyptologist
- Harry Burton (journalist), Australian journalist
- Henry Burton (Conservative politician), British Conservative MP for Sudbury 1924–1945
- Henry Burton (physician), English physician
- Henry Burton (theologian), English puritan
- Henry Burton-Peters, Whig MP for Beverley (UK Parliament constituency) 1830–1837
- Henry Burton Buckley, 1st Baron Wrenbury, British barrister and judge
- Hilarie Burton, American actress
- Sir Humphrey Burton, British classical music presenter, broadcaster, director, producer and biographer of musicians
- Hutchins Gordon Burton, American politician
- Jager Burton, American football player
- Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder
- James Burton (disambiguation)
- Janet Burton, British academic
- Jared Burton, American baseball player
- Jeb Burton, American stock car racing driver
- Jeff Burton, American stock car racing driver
- Jenny Burton, American rhythm and blues singer
- Jermaine Burton, American football player
- Joan Burton, Irish politician
- John Burton (disambiguation)
- Kate Burton (disambiguation)
- Katherine Burton, American social activist and Catholic convert
- Ken Burton, British chorist, composer and recording artist
- Konni Burton, American politician
- Kris Burton, Australia-born Italian rugby player
- Lance Burton, American stage magician
- Leonard Burton, American football player
- Leonard Samuel Burton, educator and mayor in Gawler, South Australia
- LeVar Burton, American actor
- Lewis Burton, British tennis player and model
- Lori Burton, American singer and songwriter
- Margaret E. Burton, American missionary to China and Japan
- Marion LeRoy Burton, American scholar
- Mark Burton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Maurice Burton, English zoologist and author
- Maurice Burton (cyclist), English cyclist
- Michael Burton, American football player
- Montague Burton, founder of Burton clothes shops
- Nancy Jane Burton, Scottish artist
- Norman Burton, American actor
- Oliver Burton, English footballer
- Ollie Burton, Welsh international footballer
- Patricia Burton, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Peter Burton, British actor
- Phillip Burton, American politician
- Ralph Burton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Raymond S. Burton, American politician
- Reginald George Burton, British Indian army officer, sportsman, military historian
- Richard Burton, Welsh actor
- Richard Burton (comics), British comic editor
- Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, translator, orientalist
- Richard Henry Burton, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Rob Burton, Mayor of Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- Robert Burton (scholar), English scholar, cleric and author
- Robert Burton (statesman), North Carolina delegate to Continental Congress
- Roderick Burton, better known as Dolla, American rapper
- Ron Burton, American football player
- Ryan Burton, Australian footballer
- Ryan Burton, American YouTuber of Loveliveserve
- Sala Burton, American politician
- Sam Burton, English footballer
- Samuel Burton (disambiguation)
- Sarah Burton, American missing woman
- Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen
- Steve Burton (disambiguation)
- Terry Burton, English football manager
- Terry C. Burton, American politician
- Theodore E. Burton, American politician
- Theodore M. Burton, LDS General Authority
- Thomas Burton, Loughborough, England, wool merchant
- Thomas Burton, British Member of Parliament for Westmorland, 1656–1659
- T. L. Burton, professor of medieval English literature at the University of Adelaide
- Tom Burton, American professional wrestler
- Thomas Burton Adams Jr., commonly known as Tom Burton
- Thomas Burton Hanly, Confederate politician
- Tim Burton, American film director
- Tim Burton (musician), American saxophonist
- Tommie Burton, West Indian cricketer
- Tony Burton, U.S. actor, comedian, boxer, and football player
- Trey Burton, American football player
- Trevor Burton, English guitarist
- Tyler Burton, American basketball player
- Veronica Burton (basketball), American basketball player
- Virginia Lee Burton, American illustrator and children's book author
- Walter John Burton, New Zealand photographer
- Ward Burton, American stock car racing driver
- Wes Burton, American racing driver
- William Burton (disambiguation)
Given name
- Burton Bailey, Canadian politician
- Burton Barr, American politician from Arizona
- Burton Cummings, Canadian musician
- Burton E. Green, American oilman and co-founder of Beverly Hills, California
- Burton Hecht, New York politician and judge
- Burt Lancaster, American actor
- Burton Lifland, American federal bankruptcy judge
- Burt Reynolds, American actor, producer and stuntman
Other
- Janne "Burton" Puurtinen, Finnish musician
Fictional characters
- Burton Guster, from the television series Psych
- Burton Wayne, from the novel To a God Unknown, by John Steinbeck
- Jack Burton, from Big Trouble in Little China
- Madlax characters:
- *Richard Burton
- *Margaret Burton (Madlax)
- Barry Burton, from Resident Evil
- Colonel Burton, character in the strategy game Command & Conquer: Generals
- "Big Guy" Bill Burton, one of Hao's followers in the manga and anime series Shaman King
- Burton Phillips, from Hollyoaks in the City
- Mel Burton from Hollyoaks, Sophie's twin
- Sophie Burton from Hollyoaks, Mel's twin
- Justin Burton from Hollyoaks, Sophie and Mel's younger brother