Burney (surname)
Burney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ansar Burney, Pakistani human rights activist
- Cecil Burney, British admiral
- Charles Burney, several people
- Christopher Burney, British spy during World War II.
- Dennistoun Burney, British engineer and inventor
- Edward Francis Burney, English artist and illustrator
- Frances Burney, English novelist and diarist
- Henry Burney, British agent and ambassador of the East India Company
- James Burney, British admiral
- Sarah Burney, novelist, known as S.H. Burney
- S. M. H. Burney, Indian civil servant
- Venetia Burney, namer of the dwarf planet Pluto
