Burges is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Burges Norman Alan Burges CBE (5 August 1911 – 4 October 2002), was an Australian botanist who became the first Vice-Chancellor of the New University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Life He was born 5 August 1911, in East Maitland, New Sout ...

(1911–2002), Australian botanist *

Anthony Burges Anthony Burges or Burgess (died 1664) was a Nonconformist English clergyman, a prolific preacher and writer. Life He was a son of a schoolmaster at Watford, and not related to Cornelius Burgess, nor to John Burges, his predecessor at Sutton Col ...

(or Burgess; d. 1664), English Nonconformist clergyman *

Cornelius Burges Cornelius Burges or Burgess, DD (1589? – 1665), was an English minister. He was active in religious controversy prior to and around the time of the Commonwealth of England and The Protectorate, following the English Civil War. In the years f ...

(1589?–1665), English minister *

Daniel Burges Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Burges, VC, DSO (1 July 1873 – 24 October 1946) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonw ...

(1873–1946), British soldier *

Dempsey Burges Colonel Dempsey Burgess (1751 – January 13, 1800) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1795 and 1799. He was commandeer of the Camden County Regiment of the North Carolina militia during the American Revoluti ...

(1751–1800), US Representative from North Carolina *

George Burges George Burges (; 1786 – 11 January 1864) was an English classical scholar who published translations of the works of Euripides, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Plato. Biography Burges was born in Bengal, India, and was probably the son of Thomas B ...

(1786–1864), British classical scholar *James Burges a.k.a.

Sir James Lamb, 1st Baronet Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Baronet (8 June 1752 – 13 October 1824), born James Burges and known as Sir James Burges, Bt, between 1795 and 1821, was a British author, barrister and Member of Parliament. Background and education Born James Bu ...

(1752–1824), British author, lawyer, and politician *

John Burges John Burges (Burgess) (1563–1635) was an English clergyman and physician. He held nuanced reformist views on the vexed questions of the time, on clerical dress and church ceremonies. His preaching offended James I of England, early in his reign, ...

(or Burgess; 1563–1635), English clergyman and physician *

John Smith-Burges Lt. Col. Sir John Smith-Burges, 1st Baronet (c. 173424 April 1803) was Chairman of the East India Company in 1791. Life Smith-Burges was a director of the East India Company. He was Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 3rd Regiment, East Ind ...

, 1st Baronet Smith-Burges (c. 1734–1803), an official of the British East India Company *

Judy Burges Judy M. Burges (born July 21, 1943) is a Arizona Republican Party, Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 1, and a former member of the Arizona Senate, Arizona State Senate representing District 22. She w ...

(b. 1943), member of the Arizona State Senate *

Lockier Burges (Australian politician) :''Two people named Lockier Clere Burges have been prominent in Western Australia. For the Lockier Clere Burges born in 1841, see Lockier Burges (1841-1929)'' Lockier Clere Burges (c. 1814–31 July 1886) was an early settler in colonial W ...

(1814–1886), Australian politician *

Lockier Burges (1841-1929) :''Two people named Lockier Clere Burges have been prominent in Western Australia. For the Lockier Clere Burges born in 1841, see Lockier Burges (1841-1929)'' Lockier Clere Burges (c. 1814–31 July 1886) was an early settler in colonial W ...

, Australian explorer, entrepreneur, and author *

Mary Anne Burges Mary Anne Burges (6 December 1763 – 10 August 1813) was a Scottish writer who wrote a successful sequel to ''The Pilgrim's Progress''. Life Burges was born in Edinburgh in 1763 to George and Anne Burges. Her father had distinguished himself a ...

(1763–1813), British writer *

Richard Fenner Burges Richard Fenner Burges (January 7, 1873 – January 13, 1945) was an American attorney, legislator and conservationist. Biography Burges was born on January 7, 1873, in Seguin, Texas, the son of William H. Burges Sr., an attorney, and Bettie Ru ...

(1873–1945), Texan attorney, legislator, and conservationist *

Tristam Burges Tristam Burges (February 26, 1770October 13, 1853) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, and great-great-uncle of Theodore Francis Green. Early life and law career Burges was born in Rochester, Mas ...

(1770–1853), US Representative from Rhode Island *

William Burges William Burges (; 2 December 1827 – 20 April 1881) was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisation and the Neoc ...

(1827–1881), British architect *

William Burges (politician) William Burges (1806 or 1808 – 16 October 1876) was an early settler in Western Australia who became a pastoralist and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Born in Fethard, Tipperary, Ireland in 1806 or 1808, William Burge ...

(c.1807–1876), Australian politician * Michala Burges (b. 1995), American researcher and physician

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