Burd is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bashar ibn Burd (714-784), Persian poet
Edward Burd (1749–1833), American Revolutionary War officer, lawyer and chief court clerk of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
George Burd (1793–1844), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
James Burd (1726–1793), colonial American soldier in the French and Indian War; father of Edward Burd
James M. Burd (born 1931), former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Lettie Cowman, née Burd (1870-1960), American writer and cofounder of the Oriental Missionary Society
Steven Burd (born 1949), President and Chief Executive Officer of Safeway Inc.
Walter Burd (1888-1939), Anglican Bishop of Saskatchewan, Canada
Fictional characters:
Burd Ellen, in two unrelated works: the ballad Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane and the fairy tale "Childe Rowland"
