Burgess is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
In music and dance
Bobby Burgess (born 1941), American dancer and singer
Emma Burgess, American singer-songwriter
Iain Burgess (died 2010), British record producer
John D. Burgess (died 2005), Scottish bagpiper
Leroy Burgess, known as Black Ivory, disco producer
Lord Burgess, 20th-century American songwriter
Norine Burgess, Canadian singer
Rosie Burgess (born 1978), Australian musician
Sally Burgess (born 1953), British mezzo-soprano
Sharna Burgess (born 1985), Australian dancer on Dancing with the Stars (US)
Sonny Burgess (born 1931), rockabilly musician
Tim Burgess (artist) (born 1967), lead singer of British band the Charlatans
Wilma Burgess (1939–2003), American country music singer
Burgess Gardner (born 1936), jazz musician
Alan Burgess (1915–1998), English author
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), English novelist and critic
Beth Burgess (born 1980), British writer, author and Recovery Coach
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951), U.S. humorist
Haldane Burgess (1862–1927), Shetland writer
James Bland Burgess (1752–1824), English writer and politician
Melvin Burgess (born 1954), British author
Mitchell Burgess, American television writer
Thornton Burgess (1874–1965), U.S. conservationist and children's author
Bruce Burgess, British documentary filmmaker
Gregory Burgess, Australian architect
Janice Burgess, American television producer
Lowry Burgess, American artist
Neil Burgess (comedian) (1846–1910), American vaudeville comedian
Claude Bramall Burgess (died 1998), British Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1958–1963
Guy Burgess (1911–1963), British double-agent
James Bland Burgess (1752–1824), English writer and politician
Joseph Burgess (1853–1934), British politician
Stanley Burgess (born 1889), British politician
Franklin D. Burgess (1935–2010), American basketball player and federal judge
Gordon Burgess (born 1935), president of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Isabel Burgess (1912–1999), American politician
Lathrop Burgess, American politician
Tim Burgess (Seattle), member of the Seattle City Council
Warren Randolph Burgess (1889–1978), American banker and diplomat
Burgess Sidney Gaither (1807–1892), American politician
Cathal Brugha (Charles William St. John Burgess), Irish nationalist and politician, active in the Anglo-Irish War and the Irish Civil War (1874–1922)
Henry Givens Burgess (1859–1937), Irish politician
Ken Burgess (died 2005), Canadian politician
Neale Burgess (born 1956), Australian politician
Charles Frederick Burgess (1873–1945), American chemist
Eric Burgess (1920–2005), freelance space consultant
Ernest Burgess (1886–1966), urban sociologist at the University of Chicago
Edgar Burgess (1891–1952), English Olympic rower
Greg Burgess (born 1972), American swimmer
Nigel Burgess (1942–1992), British yachtsman
Reuben Burgess (born 1966), British canoeist
Andy Burgess (born 1981), English footballer (soccer)
Ben Burgess (born 1981), English-born footballer (soccer)
Cam Burgess (1919–1978), English footballer (soccer)
Charlie Burgess (born 1880), English footballer (soccer)
Daryl Burgess (born 1971), English footballer (soccer)
Herbert Burgess (1883–1954), English football player
Joanne Burgess (born 1979), Australian footballer (soccer)
Kevin Burgess (born 1988), British footballer (soccer)
Lyndon Burgess (born 1980), Bermuda footballer (soccer)
Mac Burgess, English football manager
Nenita Burgess (born 1985), Australian footballer (soccer)
Oliver Burgess (born 1981), English footballer (soccer)
Romelle Burgess (born 1982), Barbadian footballer (soccer)
Stuart Burgess (born 1962), Scottish footballer (soccer)
Tyrell Burgess (born 1986), Bermudan footballer (soccer)
Chris Burgess (born 1979), American basketball player
Franklin D. Burgess (1935–2010), American basketball player and federal judge
Pete Burgess (born 1984), New Zealand basketball player
Derrick Burgess, NFL defensive end for the New England Patriots
Prescott Burgess (born 1984), American football linebacker
Rodney Burgess (born 1984), American footballer
Rudy Burgess (born 1984), American footballer
Burgess Owens (born 1951), American footballer
Clive Burgess (1950–2006), Welsh rugby union footballer
Greg Burgess (rugby union) (born 1954), New Zealand rugby union player
Sam Burgess (born 1988), English Rugby League player
Bryan Burgess, Canadian curler
Charlotte Burgess (born 1987), British archer
Erika Burgess (born 1984), New Zealand netball player
Graham Burgess (cricketer) (born 1943), English cricketer
Ian Burgess (born 1930), British Formula One driver
Jeremy Burgess (born 1953), Australian motorcycle racing engineer
Lauren Burgess (born 1986), New Zealand netball player
Reg Burgess (born 1934), Australian rules footballer
Shayne Burgess (1964), English darts player
Smoky Burgess (1927–1991), U.S. Major League Baseball player
Burgess Whitehead (1910–1993), American baseball player
Abbie Burgess (1839–1892), American lighthouse-keeper
Anthony Joseph Burgess (1938–2013), Australian-born Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic bishop
Dean R. Burgess (born 1946), bishop
Graham Burgess (born 1968), English chess master
Martin Burgess (born 1931), English clockmaker
Samuel Burgess, 17th-century pirate captain
Thornton Burgess (1874–1965), U.S. conservationist and children's author
Timothy Mark Burgess (born 1956), American lawyer
Warren Randolph Burgess (1889–1978), American banker and diplomat
William Burgess Powell (born 1948), an American man who suffered from dissociative amnesia and was known as Benjaman Kyle
Colin Burgess (disambiguation)
Daniel Burgess (disambiguation)
David Burgess (disambiguation)
Don Burgess (disambiguation)
Edward Burgess (disambiguation)
George Burgess (disambiguation)
Harry Burgess (disambiguation)
Jim Burgess (disambiguation)
John Burgess (disambiguation)
Luke Burgess (disambiguation)
Mark Burgess (disambiguation)
Michael Burgess (disambiguation)
Paul Burgess (disambiguation)
Richard Burgess (disambiguation)
Robert Burgess (disambiguation)
Ron Burgess (disambiguation)
Sarah Burgess (disambiguation)
Thomas Burgess (disambiguation)
William Burgess (disambiguation)
Alex Burgess, fictional character from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman
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