Burnham (surname)
People with the surname Burnham:
- Andrew Burnham , third and current Church of England Bishop of Ebbsfleet in the Province of Canterbury
- Andy Burnham, British Labour Party politician
- Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and Internet celebrity
- Charles Burnham , American musician
- Chris Burnham, comic book artist
- Clara Louise Burnham, American novelist
- Clark Burnham, New York politician
- Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner
- Daniel F. Burnham, American politician
- Edwin Otway Burnham, Congregational minister
- Eleanor Burnham, Welsh Liberal Democrat politician
- Enid, Lady Burnham
- Forbes Burnham, leader of Guyana from 1964 until his death
- Frederick K. Burnham, American motorboat racer, winner of the APBA Challenge Cup in 1910
- Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and world traveling adventurer
- George Burnham, banker and Republican politician
- Gracia Burnham, American Protestant missionary in the Philippines
- Henry E. Burnham, United States Senator from New Hampshire
- Howard Burnham, intelligence officer and spy for the government of France during World War I
- Howard Mather Burnham, Union first lieutenant in the American Civil War
- Hugo Burnham, drummer for the English rock group Gang of Four
- James Burnham, American popular political theorist
- Jeremy Burnham, British television actor and screenwriter
- Lem Burnham, American football player
- Linda Burnham, American journalist, activist, and leader in women's rights movements
- Paul Burnham, British businessman and cricket supporter
- Robert Burnham, Jr., American astronomer
- Russell Adam Burnham, 2003 U.S. Army Soldier of the Year
- Sherburne Wesley Burnham, American astronomer
- Thomas Burnham, lawyer and landowner
- Walter Dean Burnham, a leading expert on American elections and voting patterns
- Watch Burnham, American umpire and manager in Major League Baseball
- Zacheus Burnham, farmer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada
In fiction
- Lester Burnham, one of the main characters in the film American Beauty
