The name 'Burke' (from Irish Gaelic ''de Burca'', of Norman origin). In English the meaning of the name Burke is "fortified hill." See also Berkley.

Contents

Places

Australia

Canada

United States

People

Things

Fictional characters

See also

Places

Australia

★ Shire of Burke, Queensland a Local Government Area

★ Division of Burke has been the name of an Australian Electoral Division twice

★ The town of Bourke, New South Wales in Australia is pronounced "Burke"

Canada

★ Burke Mountain, British Columbia

United States

★ Burke, South Dakota

★ Burke, Virginia

★ Burke (town), New York

★ Burke (village), New York

★ Burke, Idaho - a ghost town near Wallace

People

★ Alafair Burke, a mystery novel writer and Court TV commentator, daughter of James Lee Burke

★ Anna Burke, Australian politician

★ Arleigh Burke, former Admiral of the United States Navy and Chief of Naval Operations

★ Augustus Nicholas Burke, Irish painter

★ Bernard Burke, i.e. Sir John Bernard Burke, British genealogist, editor of ''Burke's Peerage''

★ Brian Burke, Australian politician

★ Brooke Burke, actress and model

★ Cheryl Burke, professional dancer

★ Delta Burke, actress

★ Don Burke an Australian television personality

★ Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher

★ Edward Burke, student at Marmion Academy.

★ Elijah Burke, American Professional Wrestler

★ Frank Burke, co-founder of 'The Green Heart Company', An Irish Artists Collective. Est 2007.

★ Frank W. Burke, Louisville mayor and U.S. Representative from Kentucky

★ Gerard Burke, Macmillan Nurse, Hastings. Originally from Kilkenny, Ireland

★ James Burke, British Author and Television producer

★ James A. Burke, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

★ James Lee Burke, an American author and mystery writer

★ Jamie Burke, a Major League Baseball player who plays catcher for the Seattle Mariners

★ Jason Burke, author

★ John Burke (several like-named men)

★ Joseph Burke (several people)

★ Henry Burke, i.e. Sir Henry Farnham Burke, British genealogist, Garter Principal King of Arms

★ Karen Burke, Canadian gospel singer

★ Kenneth Burke, American literary theorist and philosopher

★ Matthew Burke, Australian rugby player.

★ Pat Burke, Irish basketball player

★ Raymond Leo Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis

★ Raymond Burke (clarinetist), New Orleans jazz clarinetist

★ Robert O'Hara Burke, Australian explorer

★ Terry Burke, Australian politician

★ Thomas Burke, disambiguation (several like-named men)

★ Tom Burke, Australian politician

★ Tony Burke, Australian politician

★ William Burke, one of the two West Port murderers

★ Sean Burke, NHL goalie for the Los Angeles Kings

★ Solomon Burke, soul and country singer

Things

★ The editor of Burke's Peerage and Burke's Landed gentry

★ The Clan Burke, a family of Irish origin

★ Omaha Burke High School, Omaha, Nebraska

Fictional characters

★ Burke, the antihero protagonist of a series of novels by Andrew Vachss.

★ Caractacus Burke, a co-founder of Borgin and Burkes in the Harry Potter series.

★ Dooney and Bourke, Fashion line (Apparel accessorys, purses, etc), Dooney and 'Burke'.

★ Dr. Preston Xavier Burke, fictional doctor on the television series Grey's Anatomy.

★ Juliet Burke, a character from Lost .

★ Sergeant Burke, a police antagonist in Seamus Deane's fictional autobiography Reading in the Dark

★ Leslie Burke, a character from Bridge to Terabithia

★ Peter Burke, character in the 1970's television series Planet of the Apes

See also

★ Bourke

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