John Burkitt
John Colley Smyth Burkitt was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Kilkee, County Clare, Burkitt was capped for Ireland as a forward in a match against England at Manchester in 1881. He was a doctor by profession and had a medical practice in Whitwick for 40 years. During World War I, Burkitt was a colonel with the Leicestershire Yeomanry and took command of a Field Ambulance brigade in France.