Burr (given name) explained

Burr is a masculine given name which may refer to the following people:

• Burr Baldwin (1922–2007), American college and professional football player
• Burr Caswell (1807–1896), American frontiersman
• Burr Chamberlain (1877–1933), American college football player and head coach
• Burr DeBenning (1936–2003), American character actor
• Burr H. Duval (1809–1836), the commander of the Kentucky Mustangs, a volunteer unit which fought in the Texas Revolution
• Burr Harrison (1904–1973), American politician
• Burr W. Jones (1846–1935), American politician, jurist and lawyer
• Burr McIntosh (1862–1942), American lecturer, photographer, film studio owner, silent film actor, author, publisher of Burr McIntosh Monthly, reporter and a pioneer in the early film and radio business
• Burr Plato (1905), escaped African-American slave and Canadian politician
• Burr Shafer (1899–1965), American cartoonist
• Burr Steers (born 1965), American actor, screenwriter and director, nephew of writer Gore Vidal
• Burr Tillstrom (1917–1985), American puppeteer, creator and sole puppeteer of the television show Kukla, Fran and Ollie
• Burr Williams (1909–1981), American National Hockey League player