Burroughs is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Suffolk (8.9 times the British average), followed by Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Huntingdonshire, Somerset, Hampshire, Surrey, Lincolnshire, and Orkney.
The surname Burroughs may refer to:
PeopleAlvin Burroughs (1911–1950), American musicianAugusten Burroughs (b. 1965), American writerCharles Burroughs (1876–1902), American track and field athlete and OlympianDerrick Burroughs (b. 1962), American football player and coachDiane Burroughs (b. ?), American television writerDillon Burroughs (b. 1976), American writerDon Burroughs (1931–2006), American football playerEdgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950), American author, creator of the John Carter of Mars series and the Tarzan seriesEdith Burroughs (b. 1939), American professional bowlerEdith Woodman Burroughs (1871–1916), American sculptorEdward Burroughs (bishop) (1885–1934), English Anglican priestElzy Burroughs (1771/1777-1825), American stonemason, engineer, lighthouse builder, and lighthouse keeperFranklin Burroughs (businessman) (1834–1897), American entrepreneurFranklin Burroughs (author) (b. ?), American authorGary Burroughs (b. ?), Canadian politicianGeorge Burroughs (1650–1692), American Congregational pastorHenry Burroughs (1845–1878), American professional baseball playerJackie Burroughs (b. 1939), Canadian actressJeff Burroughs (b. 1951), American baseball playerJeremiah Burroughs (ca. 1600-1646), also written "Jeremiah Burroughes," English Congregationalist and Puritan preacherJerrold Burroughs (b. 1967), American politicianJohn Burroughs (1837–1921), American naturalist and essayistJohn Burroughs (governor) (1907–1978), American businessman and politicianSir John Burroughs (fl. 17th century), English soldier and military commanderJohn A. Burroughs, Jr. (b. 1936), American government officialJohn Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979), American illustratorJohn H. Burroughs (? - ?), American and Confederate naval engineer and shipwrightJohn J. Burroughs (1798–1872), American lawyer and circuit court clerkJordan Burroughs, (b. 1988), American wrestlerJoseph Burroughs (1685–1761), English Baptist ministerLane Burroughs, American college baseball coachNannie Helen Burroughs (1879–1961), American educator, orator, religious leader, and businesswomanRobert P. Burroughs (?-1994), American businessman, political advisor, and statesmanSammie Burroughs (born 1973), American football playerSean Burroughs (b. 1980), American baseball playerSherman E. Burroughs (1903-1992), American naval Rear-AdmiralSherman Everett Burroughs (1870–1923), American politicianSilas Mainville Burroughs (disambiguation), more than one person with the nameStanley Burroughs (1903–1991), American dietary theorist and authorTim Burroughs (b. ?), American basketball playerTom Burroughs (b. ?), American politicianWilbur Burroughs (1884–1960), American track and field athlete and OlympianWilliam Burroughs, more than one person with the nameWilliam Seward Burroughs I (1855–1898), American inventorWilliam S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American author and grandson of William Seward BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs, Jr. (1947–1981), also known as William S. Burroughs III, an American author, son of William S. Burroughs, and great grandson of William Seward BurroughsWilliana Burroughs (1882–1945), American teacher, communist political activist, and politicianMargaret Taylor-Burroughs (1917–2010), American artist and writerFrederick Traill-Burroughs (1831–1905), British military officer[Frederick Augustus McAlpine Burroughs] (1885-1978) American politician, landowner, Commissioner of Revenue, Princess Anne County, Virginia, early 1900's, descendent of Elzy Burroughs[Joseph Edward Burroughs] (1933-present) American farmer, community leader, American antique car collector, son of F.A.M. Burroughs, descendent of Elzy BurroughsFictional charactersHilda Burroughs, a character in Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Number of the BeastLord Burroughs, a character in the video game Clock Tower 3Maggie Burroughs, a character in the Nightmare on Elm Street series; see List of characters in the Nightmare on Elm Street series