Burgers is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

surname. It means "citizen's", but the name is also (or even primarily) of

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

origin, with the Germanic given name ''Burger'' related to

Burchard Burchard (and all variant spellings) may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Burchard (name), Burchard and all related spellings as a given name and surname * Burckhardt, or (de) Bourcard, a family of the Basel patriciate * Burchard-Bélaváry family, an a ...

.Burger
at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include: *

Don Burgers Donatus Clemens Bernard "Don" Burgers (26 February 1932 – 30 January 2006) was a Dutch politician for the KVP and later the CDA. Burgers was born in Ubbergen. After working for the police and later the government he was elected mayor of Haa ...

(1932–2006), Dutch politician. *

Jan Burgers Johannes (Jan) Martinus Burgers (January 13, 1895 – June 7, 1981) was a Dutch physicist and the brother of the physicist Wilhelm G. Burgers. Burgers studied in Leiden under Paul Ehrenfest, where he obtained his PhD in 1918. He is credited to ...

(1895–1981), Dutch physicist. * (1917–1944), Belgian World War II resistance fighter. *

Johan Burgers Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus Burgers (31 January 1870 – 12 June 1943) was in 1913 the founder of ''Burgers' Dierenpark'', nowadays called Royal Burgers' Zoo. He was the owner and director of it until 1939. His youngest daughter Lucie Burgers wa ...

(1870–1943), Dutch zoologist, founder of Royal Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem *

Joop Burgers Joop Burgers (born 25 April 1940) is a Dutch footballer. He played in one match for the Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national football team ( nl, Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply ''Het Nederlands elftal'') has repres ...

(born 1940), Dutch football midfielder. *

Nathan Burgers Nathan Burgers (born May 1979 in Ayr, Queensland) is an Australian professional field hockey goalkeeper. He played for Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory teams in national competitions. He has been a member of the Australia men's n ...

(born 1979), Australian field hockey goalkeeper. * (1932–2015), Dutch football striker. *

Phil Burgers Philip Burgers is an American writer, comedy performer, director and clown teacher. He is best known for his character Dr Brown. Career Burgers began his career in 2007 following training at the French clown school Ecole Philippe Gaulier. His mo ...

, American-Australian comedian. *

Thomas François Burgers Thomas François Burgers (15 April 18349 December 1881) was a South African politician and minister who served as the 4th president of the South African Republic from 1872 to 1877. He was the youngest child of Barend and Elizabeth Burger of the ...

(1834–1881), Afrikaner politician, president of the Transvaal Republic. * (1897–1988), Dutch physicist, brother of Jan.

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