Burrows (surname)
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Burrows is an English surname, and may refer to:
Fictional characters
- Abe BurrowsAbe BurrowsAbe Burrows was a Tony and Pulitzer-winning American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage.-Early years:...
(1910-1985), American humorist and author - Adrian BurrowsAdrian BurrowsAdrian Mark Burrows is a retired English footballer who played as a centre back.He began his career as an apprentice with Mansfield Town, and progressed through the club's youth system to make his first team debut in 1979. He made 78 league appearances over the next three years, scoring six goals,...
(b. 1959), former English footballer - Alexandre BurrowsAlexandre BurrowsAlexandre Ménard-Burrows is a French-Canadian professional ice hockey winger with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . He is known for playing in the style of an agitator and for his ascension to the NHL from being an undrafted player in the ECHL...
(b. 1981), Canadian ice hockey player - Andy BurrowsAndy BurrowsAndrew William Burrows is a British musician. He first began his musical career as a percussionist in the Hampshire County Youth Band. He was the drummer the Razorlight from 2004 to 2009, and as guest drummer We Are Scientists from 2009 onwards.-Razorlight:He joined the band in May 2004...
(b. 1979), British musician - Arthur BurrowsArthur BurrowsArthur Burrows was one of the first employees of the British Broadcasting Company and was the first to hold the position of Director of Programmes. Burrows was previously a journalist and also a keen wireless enthusiast...
, British broadcaster - Arthur Burrows (cricketer)Arthur Burrows (cricketer)Arthur Burrows was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Awsworth and died in Eastwood....
(1865-1890), English cricketer - Bernard Burrows (1910-2002), British diplomat
- Craig BurrowsCraig BurrowsCraig Burrows is an Australian rules footballer. He plays as a Centre Half Forward and began his football career at East Fremantle.-Fremantle Dockers:...
(b. 1972), Australian rules footballer - Daniel BurrowsDaniel BurrowsDaniel Burrows 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 he pursued preparatory studies. He engaged in the manufacture of carriages and wagons at New...
(1766-1858), US Representative from Connecticut - David Burrows several people including:
- David Burrows (filmmaker)David Burrows (filmmaker)David Burrows is a producer, director and writer for both film and television.Some of his projects from his late-start career include:...
(b. 1962), American film producer, director and writer - David Burrows (footballer)David Burrows (footballer)David Burrows is an English former footballer. During his career he played for West Bromwich Albion, Liverpool, West Ham United, Everton, Coventry City, Birmingham City and Sheffield Wednesday as well as the England Under-21 and B teams...
(b. 1968), former English footballer
- David Burrows (filmmaker)
- Darren E. BurrowsDarren E. BurrowsDarren E. Burrows is an American Actor / Director.Burrows was born in Winfield, Kansas, the son of actor Billy Drago. Burrows is best known for playing Ed Chigliak in the television series Northern Exposure...
(b. 1966), American actor - Don BurrowsDon BurrowsDonald Vernon Burrows, AO, MBE is an Australian jazz and swing musician, playing the clarinet, saxophone, and flute....
(b. 1926), Australian jazz and swing musician - Edward BurrowsEdward BurrowsEdward Flud Burrows was born on August 17, 1917, and raised on a cotton farm in Sumter County, South Carolina. He completed undergraduate studies at Washington and Lee University, earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a doctoral degree from Duke University...
(1917-1988), American pacifist - Edwin G. BurrowsEdwin G. BurrowsEdwin G. "Ted" Burrows is 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 and author of 2008's Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War. Burrows...
(b. 1943), American professor of history - Elsie M. BurrowsElsie M. BurrowsElsie M. Burrows was an English botanist. She graduated from the University College in Leicester where she received a B.Sc. She married in 1936, and took up her first post in Liverpool University where she studied for the rest of her working life....
(1913-1986), English botanist - Eva Burrows (b. 1929), the 13th General of The Salvation Army
- Faith BurrowsFaith BurrowsFaith Swank Burrows was a nationally syndicated cartoonist during the Jazz Age.In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Burrows drew a daily comic panel called Flapper Filosofy for King Features Syndicate. Each panel exhibited a flapper attired in the current fashions with a humorous caption at the...
(1904-1997), American cartoonist - Frank BurrowsFrank BurrowsFrank Burrows is a Scottish soccer manager, and former player.-Biography:Frank Burrows began his football career at Scottish club Raith Rovers. In 1965 he moved south to England and joined Scunthorpe United. Impressive performances as a defender for Scunthorpe led to him being signed by Swindon...
(b. 1944), Scottish football manager and former player - Frederick BurrowsFrederick BurrowsSir Frederick John Burrows, GCSI, GCIE , was a British politician who served as the last British Governor of Bengal during British Raj in India.He was Governor of Bengal from 19 February 1946 to 14 August 1947.Sir Frederick Burrows was against the partition of Bengal...
(1887-1973), British politician - George Burrows (disambiguation)
- Harry BurrowsHarry BurrowsHenry "Harry" Burrows is a former English professional footballer who is best known for his career with Aston Villa and Stoke City. His playing position was a Striker/Winger. Before playing for Villa, Burrows started his career at Wigan Boys. He then moved to Stoke City then Plymouth Argyle before...
(b. 1941), former English footballer - Herbert BurrowsHerbert BurrowsHerbert Burrows was a British socialist activist.Born in Redgrave, Suffolk, Burrows' father Amos was a former Chartist leader. He worked for the Inland Revenue and briefly studied at the University of Cambridge....
(1845-1922), British social activist - Horace BurrowsHorace BurrowsHorace Burrows 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 of World War II...
(1910-1969), English footballer - Jacen BurrowsJacen BurrowsJacen Burrows is a San Diego born American artist best known for his work on various comic books from Avatar Press.-Biography:He graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1996 with a degree in Sequential Art...
(b. 1972), American comic book artist - James BurrowsJames BurrowsJames Edward Burrows is an American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s.-Biography:...
(b. 1949), American television director - James Burrows (politician)James Burrows (politician)James C. Burrows is a politician and a former municipal councillor in St. Albert, Alberta.He first ran for St. Albert City Council in 1998, soon after moving to the city. He was defeated, but was more successful three years later when he was one of six councillors elected from a field of fifteen. ...
, Canadian politician - Jeff BurrowsJeff BurrowsJeffrey John Burrows is the drummer and percussionist for Canadian rock band Crash Karma, and formerly for The Tea Party....
(b. 1968), Canadian drummer - John BurrowsJohn BurrowsJohn Burrows was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.Borrows died in an accidental housefire at his home on Weppler Road near Coal Run, Ohio. His ashes are interred in Round Bottom Cemetery , on Ohio 60 between Beverly and Coal Run.-Sources:...
(1913-1987, American baseball player - John BurrowsJohn SelbyJohn Selby played cricket professionally for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club between 1870 and 1887...
(1849-1894), English cricketer (AKA John Selby) - Jonathan BurrowsJonathan BurrowsJonathan Burrows is one of the UK’s leading choreographers. He performs around the world, with 43 international tour dates in 2007.`He started his career as a soloist with The Royal Ballet in London, but formed the Jonathan Burrows Group in 1988 to present his own work.The company travelled widely...
, English choreographer - Joseph Henry BurrowsJoseph Henry BurrowsJoseph Henry Burrows 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....
(1840-1914), US Representative from Missouri - Julius C. BurrowsJulius C. BurrowsJulius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...
(1837-1915), US Representative from Michigan - Larry BurrowsLarry BurrowsLarry Burrows was an English photojournalist best known for his pictures of the American involvement in the Vietnam War.-Life:...
(1926-1971), English photojournalist - Latham A. BurrowsLatham A. BurrowsLatham Avery Burrows was an American politician from New York.-Life:...
(1792-1855), New York politician - Lorenzo BurrowsLorenzo BurrowsLorenzo Burrows was an American merchant, banker and politician.-Life:...
(1805-1885), American merchant banker and politician - Malandra BurrowsMalandra BurrowsMalandra Elizabeth Burrows is an English actress and singer.-Early life:Burrows' first name, Malandra, is a portmanteau of her parents' names, Malcolm and Sandra. Her mother encouraged her at an early age to begin dancing; she initially trained under Billy Pearce's mother Jean...
(b. 1965), English actress - Marc BurrowsMarc BurrowsMarc "Buzz" Burrows was an English football player, who played as a forward. He grew up in Sandown on the Isle of Wight and attended Sandham Middle School before heading to Sandown High School.- Playing career :...
(1978-2009), English footballer - Michael BurrowsMichael BurrowsMichael Burrows is widely known as the creator of the Burrows–Wheeler transform. He also was, with Louis Monier, one of the two main creators of AltaVista. He did his first degree in Electronic Engineering with Computer Science at University College London...
(b. 1963), British computer scientist - Michael Burrows (bishop)Michael Burrows (bishop)The Right Reverend Michael Andrew James Burrows M.A., M.Litt., Prof.Dip.Th.Mayes. is a bishop in the Church of Ireland.-Life:...
(b. 1961), Bishop in the Church of Ireland - Mike BurrowsMike BurrowsMike Burrows is a bicycle designer from Norwich, England.He is best known for the design of the track carbon-fibre Lotus 108 time trial bicycle manufactured by Lotus for Chris Boardman, when he won the 1992 Olympic 4000m pursuit in Barcelona...
(b. 1943), English bicycle designer - Montagu BurrowsMontagu BurrowsMontagu Burrows was an officer in the Royal Navy and subsequently the first Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford University...
(1819-1905), English naval officer and Oxford professor - Patrick BurrowsPatrick BurrowsPatrick Burrows 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 Olympic team. Burrows was also on Canada's gold-medal winning Pan American Games teams in 1983 and 1987...
(b. 1959), Canadian ice hockey player - Phillip Burrows (b. 1980), New Zealand field hockey player
- Robert BurrowsRobert BurrowsRobert Dixon Burrows was a first class cricketer who played for Worcestershire CCC between 1899 and 1919, he also umpired one test match and set a world record in 1911 when he sent a bail spinning 67 yards and 6 inches when he bowled Huddleston at Old Trafford.He bowled right arm fast medium and...
(1871-1943), English cricketer - Ronald Montagu BurrowsRonald Montagu BurrowsRonald Montagu Burrows was a British academic who served as Principal of King's College London from 1913-1920....
(1867-1920), British academic - Saffron BurrowsSaffron BurrowsSaffron Dominique Burrows is an English actress and former fashion model, who starred as Det. Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Lorraine Weller on Boston Legal.-Early life:...
(b. 1972), English actress - Stephen BurrowsStephen BurrowsStephen Burrows, aka Stephen Dale Burrows, Steve Burrows, etc., is a writer/director/actor in many movies, including Chump Change and Spy Hard.-Actor:* The Soldier of Fortune as Steve* My Father the Hero as Hakim...
, American film actor and director - Steven BurrowsSteven BurrowsSteven Burrows is an English bassist and musician.Steven Burrows grew up in the county Worcestershire. In 1983 he joined the band And Also The Trees till present...
(b. 1964), English musician - Stuart BurrowsStuart BurrowsStuart Burrows - OBE is a Welsh operatic tenor.-Biography:The Cilfynydd-born singer scaled the peaks of musical distinction during his lengthy career which saw him give up teaching to pursue a new life on the opera stage...
(b. 1933), Welsh operatic tennor - Terry BurrowsTerry BurrowsTerence Ashley Burrows is an English multi-instrumental musician and author based in London. Best known as a performer under the pseudonym Yukio Yung, Burrows is also a prolific author of books relating to music tuition, technology, business, popular psychology and history - including KISS Guide...
, English author and musician - Terry Burrows (baseball)Terry Burrows (baseball)Terry Dale Burrows is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is 6 foot 1, 185 pounds, and batted and threw left-handed. Burrows attended college at McNeese State University. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the seventh round of the 1990 amateur draft...
(b. 1968), former American baseball player - Theodore Arthur BurrowsTheodore Arthur BurrowsTheodore Arthur Burrows 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....
(1857-1929), Canadian politician - Tom BurrowsTom BurrowsTom Burrows is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper.Born in Wokingham, he has played for Berkshire and Hampshire since his cricketing baptism in 2003...
(b. 1985), English cricketer with Hampshire - Tom Burrows (footballer)Tom Burrows (footballer)Thomas Burrows was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Southampton and Merthyr Town in the years prior to World War I.-Football career:...
(1886-??), English goalkeeper with Southampton - Tony BurrowsTony BurrowsAnthony "Tony" Burrows is a British session singer. He has been credited with singing lead on hit singles for more groups than any other recording artist, both on the UK Singles Chart and the U.S...
(b. 1942), British session singer - Vinie BurrowsVinie BurrowsVinie Burrows is an award-winning Broadway actress.She has been active at the United Nations Economic and Social Council on the issues of the status of women and Southern Africa....
, American Broadway actress - Warren Booth BurrowsWarren Booth BurrowsWarren Booth Burrows was a United States federal judge.Burrows was born in Poquonock Bridge, Connecticut. He received an LL.B. from University of Michigan Law School in 1904. He was in private practice of law in New London, Connecticut from 1905 to 1906. He was an Assistant state's attorney of New...
(1877-1952), US Federal judge - William Ward Burrows I (1758-1805), US Navy second Commandant
- William Ward Burrows II (1785-1813), US Navy officer
- Winfrid Oldfield BurrowsWinfrid Oldfield BurrowsThe Rt Rev Winfrid Oldfield Burrows, DD The Rt Rev Winfrid Oldfield Burrows, DD The Rt Rev Winfrid Oldfield Burrows, DD (9 November 1858 – 13 February 1929 was the Bishop of Truro and later Chichester in the first third of the 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family, he was educated at...
(1858-1929), English bishop
Fictional characters
- Burrows, a family of Hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien's book series Lord of the Rings
- Lincoln "L. J." Burrows Jr., character on Prison Break