Burris is a surname, and may refer to: * Al Burris (1894–1938), baseball player * Art Burris (1924–1993) basketball player * Benjamin J. Burris, university president *

Bo Burris James England Burris Jr. (born October 16, 1944) is a former American football defensive back who played three seasons with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Saints in the second round of the 1967 ...

(born 1944), American football player *

Buddy Burris Paul "Buddy" Burris (January 20, 1923 – November 26, 2007) was an American football player. He played college football for the Golden Hurricane at University of Tulsa, and after a hiatus to serve in the Second World War, for the Sooners at t ...

(1923–2007) football player *

Henry Burris Henry Armand Burris Jr. (born June 4, 1975) is a gridiron football coach, former professional quarterback, and a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. He is currently an offensive quality control coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the ...

(born 1975), football player * Jack Burris (1917–1952), attorney and murder victim * Jeff Burris (born 1972), football player *

John Burris John Leonard Burris (born May 8, 1945) is an American civil rights attorney, based in Oakland, California, known for his work in police brutality cases representing plaintiffs. The John Burris law firm practices employment, criminal defense, DU ...

(born 1945), attorney *

John Burris (politician) John Burris (born 1985) is a Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, ...

(born 1986), American politician *

Kurt Burris Kurt Burris (June 27, 1932 – July 21, 1999) was an American gridiron football center. He played college football at Oklahoma, where he was an All-American and finished second in the 1954 Heisman Trophy balloting. In 2000, he was inducted i ...

(1932–1999), football player *

Patrick Burris Patrick Mitsugi Burris (born December 28, 1950) is a retired competitive judoka who represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. He won the bronze medal at the 1975 Pan ...

(born 1950), martial artist *

Patrick Tracy Burris Patrick Tracy Burris (August 8, 1967 – July 6, 2009) was an American spree killer responsible for at least five known murders in Cherokee County, South Carolina in 2009. Over a span of six days, he shot and killed five people. His final kn ...

(1967–2009), American spree killer *

Ray Burris Bertram Ray Burris (born August 22, 1950) is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB), and the current rehabilitation pitching coordinator in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He played in MLB from 1973 through 1987 for seve ...

(born 1950), baseball player * Robert H. Burris (1914–2010), biochemistry professor *

Roland Burris Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is an American politician and attorney who is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1978, Burris was the first African American elected to ...

(born 1937), politician and US Senator from Illinois *

Samuel Burris Samuel D. Burris (October 14, 1813 – December 3, 1863) was a member of the Underground Railroad. He had a family, who he moved to Philadelphia for safety and traveled into Maryland and Delaware to guide freedom seekers north along the Undergrou ...

(1808–1869), abolitionist *

Timothy Burris Timothy Allen Burris is an American lutenist. He studied under Toyohiko Satoh at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, graduating in 1988. From 1990 to 1996, Timothy Burris was lute instructor at thRoyal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium ...

, lutenist * Tony Burris (American football), American football player * Tony K. Burris, (1929–1951) soldier

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