Burrows is an English surname, and may refer to: *

Abe Burrows Abe Burrows (born Abram Solman Borowitz; December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage. He won a Tony Award and was selected for two Pulitzer Prizes, only one of which was awarded. Ear ...

(1910-1985), American humorist and author * Adrian Burrows (b. 1959), former English footballer *

Alex Burrows Alexandre Ménard-Burrows (born April 11, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks and the Ottawa Senators. He is currently an assistant coach for th ...

(b. 1981), Canadian ice hockey player *

Andy Burrows Andrew William Burrows (born 30 June 1979) is an English songwriter and musician. He's best known as the drummer for Razorlight from 2004 until 2009 before rejoining in 2021. He's also served as the drummer for We Are Scientists from 2009 to ...

(b. 1979), British musician *

Arthur Burrows (radio broadcaster) Arthur Richard Burrows FJI (15 February 1882 – 26 November 1947), known as "Uncle Arthur" to listeners, was one of the earliest employees of the British Broadcasting Company and was the first to hold the position of Director of Programmes. Bu ...

, British broadcaster * Arthur Burrows (English cricketer) (1865-1890), English cricketer * Arthur Burrows (Australian cricketer) (1903-1984), Australian cricketer * Arthur Burrows (footballer) (1919–2005), former English footballer *

Billy Drago William Eugene Burrows (November 30, 1945 – June 24, 2019), known professionally by his stage name Billy Drago, was an American television and film actor. Drago's films, in which he was frequently cast as a villain, included Clint Eastwood's ...

, born William Eugene Burrows Jr. (1945-2019), American actor *

Bernard Burrows Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows, Order of St Michael and St George, GCMG (3 July 1910 – 7 May 2002) was a British diplomat. Career Burrows studied at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford, Trinity College in Oxford. In 1934, after two y ...

(1910-2002), British diplomat *

Charlotte Burrows Charlotte A. Burrows is an American attorney and government official. Since 2021, Burrows has served as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Burrows first joined the agency as a commissioner in 2015, and previously served a ...

, American lawyer; chair of the

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination ...

(EEOC) *

Craig Burrows Craig Burrows (born 20 December 1972) is an Australian rules footballer. He plays as a centre half-forward and began his football career at East Fremantle. Fremantle Dockers Burrows was drafted by Fremantle in 1995 after playing a starring rol ...

(b. 1972), Australian rules footballer *

Daniel Burrows Daniel Burrows (October 26, 1766 – January 23, 1858) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was the uncle of Lorenzo Burrows who was a United States Representative from New York. He was born at Fort Hill, Connecticut where h ...

(1766-1858), US Representative from Connecticut * David Burrows (disambiguation) several people *

Darren E. Burrows Darren E. Burrows (born September 12, 1966) is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Ed Chigliak in the television series '' Northern Exposure''. He also appeared in ''Cry-Baby'', '' Amistad'', '' Sunset Strip'', '' Forty ...

(b. 1966), American actor *

Don Burrows Donald Vernon Burrows (8 August 1928 – 12 March 2020) was an Australian jazz and swing musician who played clarinet, saxophone and flute. Life and career Donald Vernon Burrows was born on 8 August 1928, the only child of Vernon and Beryl a ...

(1926–2020), Australian jazz and swing musician * Edward Burrows (1917-1988), American pacifist *

Edwin G. Burrows Edwin G. "Ted" Burrows (May 15, 1943 – May 4, 2018) was a Distinguished Professor of History at Brooklyn College. He is the co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898'' (1998), and author of ''Forgotte ...

(b. 1943), American professor of history * Elsie M. Burrows (1913-1986), English botanist *

Eva Burrows General Eva Evelyn Burrows, AC, OF (15 September 192920 March 2015) was an Australian Salvation Army Officer and was, from 1986 to 1993, the 13th General of the Salvation Army. She served as an Officer of the Salvation Army from 1951 to her re ...

(1929-2015), the 13th General of The Salvation Army *

Faith Burrows Faith Swank Burrows (November 17, 1904 – April 11, 1997) was an American cartoonist during the Jazz Age. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Burrows drew a daily comic panel called ''Flapper Filosofy'' (sometimes spelled ''Flapper Filosophy'') ...

(1904-1997), American cartoonist *

Frank Burrows Frank Burrows (30 January 1944 – 24 November 2021) was a Scottish football player and manager who played as a central defender. Life and career Frank Burrows began his football career at Scottish club Raith Rovers. In 1965 he moved south to ...

(b. 1944), Scottish football manager and former player *

Frederick Burrows Sir Frederick John Burrows GCSI, GCIE (3 July 1887 – 20 April 1973) was a British politician who served as the last British Governor of Bengal during the British Raj in India. He was Governor of Bengal from 19 February 1946 to 14 August 1947 ...

(1887-1973), British politician *

Frederick Burrows (Australian soldier) Brigadier Frederick Alexander Burrows, (10 November 1897 – 23 May 1973) was a salesman and an Australian Army soldier who served in the First and the Second World Wars. A non-commissioned officer in the First World War, during the Second Worl ...

(1897–1973), Australian soldier * George Burrows (disambiguation) *

Harry Burrows Henry "Harry" Burrows (born 17 March 1941) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Plymouth Argyle and Stoke City. Career Burrows was born in Haydock and attracted the attentions of First ...

(b. 1941), former English footballer *

Herbert Burrows Herbert Burrows (12 June 1845 – 14 December 1922) was a British socialist activist. Early life Born in Redgrave, Suffolk, Burrows' father Amos was a former Chartist leader. Burrows educated himself using Cassell's shilling handbooks, becoming ...

(1845-1922), British social activist *

Horace Burrows Horace Burrows (11 March 1910 – 22 March 1969) was a professional footballer who played for Mansfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday. Burrows was a left half whose league career lasted from 1932 to 1939, his career was curtailed by the outbreak ...

(1910-1969), English footballer *

Jacen Burrows Jacen Burrows (born September 11, 1972) is an American comic book artist best known for his work on various books from Avatar Press and Marvel Comics. Career Burrows graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 1996 with a degree in Seque ...

(b. 1972), American comic book artist *

James Burrows James Edward Burrows (born December 30, 1940), sometimes known as Jim "Jimmy" Burrows, is an American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s.Stated in interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'' Burrows has direct ...

(b. 1944), American economist *

(b. 1949), American television director *

Jeff Burrows Jeffrey John Burrows (born August 19, 1968 in Windsor, Ontario) is the drummer and percussionist for Canadian rock band Crash Karma, and The Tea Party. Jeff Burrows begun drumming at eleven years of age and professionally since 1990 when he join ...

(b. 1968), Canadian drummer *

John Burrows John Burrows (October 30, 1913 – April 27, 1987) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional spor ...

(1913-1987, American baseball player *

(1849-1894), English cricketer (AKA John Selby) * Jonathan Burrows, English choreographer *

Joseph Henry Burrows Joseph Henry Burrows (May 15, 1840 – April 28, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Manchester, England, Burrows immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Quincy, Illinois. He attended the common sc ...

(1840-1914), US Representative from Missouri *

Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...

(1837-1915), US Representative from Michigan *

Larry Burrows Henry Frank Leslie Burrows (29 May 1926 – 10 February 1971), known as Larry Burrows, was an English photojournalist. He spent 9 years covering the Vietnam War. Early career Burrows began his career in the art department of the Daily Express ...

(1926-1971), English photojournalist * Latham A. Burrows (1792-1855), New York politician * Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885), American merchant banker and politician *

Malandra Burrows Malandra Elizabeth Burrows (born 4 November 1965) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her long-running role as Kathy Glover in ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Early life Burrows' first name, Malandra, is a portmanteau of her pa ...

(b. 1965), English actress * Marc Burrows (1978-2009), English footballer *

Michael Burrows Michael Burrows, FRS (born 1963) is a British computer scientist and the creator of the Burrows–Wheeler transform, currently working for Google. Born in Britain, as of 2018 he lives in the United States, although he remains a British citizen. ...

(b. 1963), British computer scientist *

Michael Burrows (bishop) Michael Andrew James Burrows (born 1961) is a bishop in the Church of Ireland. He was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe on 14 January 2022, having previously served as Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory. Life Bishop Bu ...

(b. 1961), Bishop in the Church of Ireland *

Mike Burrows Mike Burrows (17 April 1943 – 15 August 2022) was a British bicycle designer from Norwich, England. Burrow is best known for his collaborative work with the design of the track carbon-fibre Lotus 108 time trial bicycle manufactured by Lotu ...

(b. 1943), English bicycle designer *

Montagu Burrows Montagu Burrows (27 October 1819 – 10 July 1905) was a British historian. Following a career as an officer in the Royal Navy, he was the first Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, holding the Chair from 1862 until his dea ...

(1819-1905), English naval officer and Oxford professor *

Patrick Burrows Patrick Burrows (born November 5, 1959, in Barrie, Ontario) is a former field hockey defender from Canada. He played in the Summer Olympics in 1984 and 1988, and was an assistant coach for Canada's 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From lef ...

(b. 1959), Canadian ice hockey player * Phil Burrows (b. 1980), New Zealand field hockey player * Randall K. Burrows, American politician * Robert Burrows (1871-1943), English cricketer *

Roland Burrows Sir Roland Burrows (12 February 1882 – 13 June 1952) was a British judge and legal writer. Burrows was born in Maidstone, Kent, and educated at St John's College, Southend; the University of London, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was called ...

(1882-1952), judge and legal writer. *

Ronald Burrows Ronald Montagu Burrows (16 August 1867 – 14 May 1920) was a British archaeologist and academic, who served as Principal of King's College London from 1913 to 1920. Biography He was born on 16 August 1867 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, t ...

(1867-1920), British academic *

Saffron Burrows Saffron Domini Burrows (born 22 October 1972) is an English actress and model who has appeared in films such as '' Circle of Friends,'' ''Wing Commander,'' '' Deep Blue Sea,'' ''Gangster No. 1,'' ''Enigma,'' ''Troy,'' ''Reign Over Me'' and ''The ...

(b. 1972), English American actress * Stephen Burrows, American film actor and director *

Stuart Burrows Stuart Burrows (born 7 February, 1933) is a Welsh operatic tenor. Biography The Cilfynydd-born singer was born on William Street, the same birthplace as fellow opera star Sir Geraint Evans, Welsh rugby international Glyn Davies, and polit ...

(b. 1933), Welsh operatic tenor *

Terry Burrows Terence Ashley Burrows is an English author, multi-instrumental musician and producer based in London. Best known as a cult performer under the alias Yukio Yung, Burrows is also a prolific author of books relating to music history, theory, and tu ...

, English author and musician * Terry Burrows (baseball) (b. 1968), American baseball player *

Theodore Arthur Burrows Theodore Arthur Burrows (August 15, 1857 – January 18, 1929) was a politician and office-holder in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of the province from October 6, 1926 until his death. Burrows was born in Ot ...

(1857-1929), Canadian politician * Tom Burrows (b. 1985), English cricketer with Hampshire * Tom Burrows (footballer) (1886-??), English goalkeeper with Southampton *

Tony Burrows Anthony Burrows (born 14 April 1942) is an English pop music, pop singer and recording artist. As a prolific session musician, Burrows was involved in the production of numerous transatlantic hit singles throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, ...

(b. 1942), British session singer * Vinie Burrows, American Broadway actress * Warren Booth Burrows (1877-1952), US Federal judge *

Wilf Burrows Wilfred Burrows (16 February 1902 – July 1985) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers, Wrexham and York City, in non-League football for Castleford Town, Selby Town, Ban ...

(1902–1985), English professional footballer *

William Ward Burrows I William Ward Burrows I (January 16, 1758 – March 6, 1805) was the second Commandant of the Marine Corps. His son, William Ward Burrows II, was a decorated officer in the United States Navy. Biography Burrows was born in Charleston, South C ...

(1758-1805), US Navy second Commandant *

William Ward Burrows II Lieutenant William Ward Burrows II (6 October 1785 – 5 September 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. His father, William Ward Burrows I, was the second Commandant of the Marine Corp ...

(1785-1813), US Navy officer * Winfrid Burrows (1858-1929), English bishop ;Fictional characters * Lincoln "L. J." Burrows Jr., character on ''Prison Break'' * The Burrows family, the central characters of the ''Tunnels'' series of novels

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