Burden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfie Burden, English professional snooker player * Arthur Scott Burden (1879-1921), American equestrian *

Barry Burden Barry C. Burden (born April 28, 1971) is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is also the Lyons Family Chair in Electoral Politics and director of the Elections Re ...

(born 1971), American political scientist *

Bob Burden Bob Burden is an American comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''Flaming Carrot Comics'' and the ''Mystery Men''. Early life Burden was born the eldest of three siblings in Buffalo, New York. His father worked at Westin ...

, American cartoon artist * Bob Burden (academic), English educational researcher and theorist *

Chris Burden Christopher Lee Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance, sculpture and installation art. Burden became known in the 1970s for his performance art works, including ''Shoot'' (1971), where he arranged ...

, American avant-garde artist *

Doug Burden William Douglas Burden (born July 29, 1965 in Rutland, Vermont) is an American rower and descendant of the Vanderbilt family through his great great grandmother Emily Thorn Vanderbilt. See also * List of Princeton University Olympians Thi ...

(born 1965), American rower * Francis Burden (1829/30–1882), British chess player *

Fred Burden Frederic Britten Burden (1852 – 30 January 1897) was a businessman and newspaper editor in the colony of South Australia. History Burden was born in England, the second son of Philip Henry Burden (ca.1823 – 3 March 1864), and emigrated to Sou ...

(1852–1897), editor and part-owner South Australian ''Advertiser'' newspaper *

Harold Nelson Burden Reverend Harold Nelson Burden (20 March 1860 – 15 May 1930) was an Anglican minister, missionary and, with his wife, founder of institutions for the care of inebriates and people with mental disabilities. Early life and career Burden was born i ...

(1860–1930), English clergyman and health administrator *

Henry Burden Henry Burden (April 22, 1791 – January 19, 1871) was an engineer and businessman who built an industrial complex in Troy, New York called the Burden Iron Works. Burden's horseshoe machine, invented in 1835, was capable of making 60 horseshoes ...

, 19th century industrialist *

Jane Morris Jane Morris (née Burden; 19 October 1839 – 26 January 1914) was an English embroiderer in the Arts and Crafts movement and artists' model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to her husband William ...

née Jane Burden (1839–1914), English artists' model * John Burden, minister *

John Burden (footballer) John R. Burden was an English professional footballer. A left back, he played 34 Football League games for Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the northwest coast of England, it is the main settl ...

, English footballer * Michael Burden, Dean of New College, Oxford *

Nora Burden Nora Burden (24 May 1908 – 25 December 1992) was a South Australian stained glass artist. Burden was born in Adelaide, the eldest daughter of engineer Frank Robert Burden (1877–1960) and Emily Rosa Burden, née Martin, (1875–1960) a daught ...

(1908 – ), Australian stained glass artist * Richard Burden (born 1954), Member of UK parliament *

Suzanne Burden Suzanne Burden (born 1958) is a British actress. A graduate of RADA, she has appeared on television, and occasionally in films, since the early 1980s. She gained attention as Esther Summerson in ''Bleak House'' (1985). In 1989, she played Patrici ...

, British actor *

William Burden William Burden may refer to: * William Burden (tenor), American tenor * William Fletcher Burden (1830–1867), American industrialist * William A. M. Burden Sr. (1877–1909), American football player and stock broker * William Douglas Burden (189 ...

, American tenor