Burman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Anneli Burman (born 1963), Swedish curler
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Barney Burman
Barney Burman is an American makeup artist and character actor. He was part of the team that won an Academy Award in 2009 for Best Make-up, on the film ''Star Trek''.
Career
After being introduced to Hollywood make-up through his parents, Burman ...
, American make-up artist
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Barry Burman (1943–2001), English figurative artist
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Ben Lucien Burman (1896–1984), American author and journalist
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Bob Burman
Robert R. Burman (April 23, 1884 – April 8, 1916) was an American race car driver, he was an open-wheel pioneer, setting numerous speed records in the early 1900s. He participated in many historic races and was one of the drivers to compe ...
(1884–1916), American racecar driver
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Carina Burman
Carina Burman (born 1960) is a Swedish novelist and literature scholar. Her research has been focused on Swedish 18th and 19th century literature. She completed her Ph.D. in literature in Uppsala in 1988 with a dissertation on the Gustavian write ...
(born 1960), Swedish novelist and literature scholar
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Daniel Burman
Daniel Burman (born 29 August 1973, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director, screenplay writer, and producer.
According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for ''Mabuse'', a cinema magazine, Daniel Burman is one of the members of the ...
(born 1973), Argentinian filmmaker
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Erica Burman
Erica Burman (born 1960) is a critical development psychologist based in the United Kingdom. While little known in the developmental psychology research community, her work has been a conceptual resource for critiques of the field, notably femini ...
(born 1960), British developmental psychologist
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Fale Burman
Lieutenant General Fale Faleson Burman (12 January 19036 September 1973) was a Swedish Army officer. Burman served as commander of Göta Life Guards (1951–1955), as Inspector of the Army Signal Troops (1955–1959) and as Commanding General o ...
(1903–1973), Swedish Army lieutenant general
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Jayasri Burman (born 1960), Indian artist, niece of Sakti
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Johannes Burman
Johannes Burman (26 April 1707 in Amsterdam – 20 February 1780), was a Dutch botanist and physician. Burman specialized in plants from Ceylon, Amboina and Cape Colony. The name ''Pelargonium'' was introduced by Johannes Burman.
Johannes ...
(1707–1780), Dutch botanist and physician
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John Burman (born 1982) American coffee mogul
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Karl Burman (1882–1965), Estonian architect and painter
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Maya Burman (born 1971), French artist, daughter of Sakti
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Nicolaas Laurens Burman
Nicolaas Laurens Burman (27 December 1734 – 11 September 1793) was a Dutch botanist.
He was the son of Johannes Burman (1707–1780). He succeeded his father to the chair of botany at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam., and at the Hortus Bo ...
(1734–1793), Dutch botanist, son of Johannes
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Pieter Burman the Elder
Pieter Burman (1668 – 31 March 1741), also known as Peter or Pieter Burmann ( la, Petrus Burmannus). and posthumously distinguished from his nephew as "the Elder" ( la, Senior), was a Dutch classical scholar.
Life
Burman was born at Utr ...
(1668–1741), Dutch classical scholar
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Pieter Burman the Younger (1713–1778), Dutch classical scholar, nephew of previous
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Rahul Dev Burman
Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work w ...
(1939–1994), Indian Bollywood music composer, son of SD
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Sachin Dev Burman Sachin may refer to:
* Sachin (given name), an Indian given name, including a list of people with the name
** Sachin (actor) (born 1957), Indian actor and filmmaker
** Sachin Tendulkar (born 1973), Indian cricketer
Films
* ''Sachein
''Sachein' ...
(1906–1975), Indian Bollywood music composer
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Saket Burman (born 1976/77), British billionaire
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Sakti Burman (born 1935), Indian artist based in France
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Shirley Burman (born 1934), American railroad photographer and historian
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Tony Burman
Tony Burman (born 13 June 1948) is a Canadian broadcaster, journalist and university official. Starting in the 1960s, Burman has worked as a journalist, in print, radio, television, and online. For most of this time (35 years), he was at the Can ...
(born 1948), Canadian journalist and editor in chief of CBC News
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William Francis Burman (1897–1974), First World War English recipient of the Victoria Cross
See also
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Barman (surname)
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Burmann, surname
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Buurman, surname
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Burman and Sons Ltd
Burman and Sons Ltd, of Ryland Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, manufactured Burman-Douglas steering gear.
Their worm and nut design of steering gear was fitted to pre-war vehicles such as the Ford Eight and the Ford Prefect, the Bedford CA, p ...
, UK manufacturer of automotive steering gear
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Bamar
The Bamar (, ; also known as the Burmans) are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group native to Myanmar (formerly Burma) in Southeast Asia. With approximately 35 million people, the Bamar make up the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, constituting 68% of th ...
, dominant ethnic group of Burma, sometimes called Burman
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Tibeto-Burman languages
The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non- Sinitic members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken throughout the Southeast Asian Massif ("Zomia") as well as parts of East Asia and South Asia. Around 60 million people sp ...
, linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family
*Variant of the Indian title and surname
Varma
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Berman
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