Burrows (surname)

Burrows is an English surname, and may refer to:

• Abe Burrows (1910–1985), American humorist and author
• Adrian Burrows (b. 1959), former English footballer
• Alex Burrows (b. 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
• Andrew Stephen Burrows, Lord Burrows, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• Andy Burrows (b. 1979), British musician
• Arthur Burrows (radio broadcaster), British broadcaster
• Arthur Burrows (English cricketer) (1865–1890), English cricketer
• Arthur Burrows (Australian cricketer) (1903–1984), Australian cricketer
• Arthur Burrows (footballer) (1919–2005), English footballer
• Billy Drago, born William Eugene Burrows Jr. (1945–2019), American actor
• Bernard Burrows (1910–2002), British diplomat
• Charlotte Burrows, American lawyer; chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Craig Burrows (b. 1972), Australian rules footballer
• Daniel Burrows (1766–1858), US Representative from Connecticut
• David Burrows (disambiguation) several people
• Darren E. Burrows (b. 1966), American actor
• Don Burrows (1926–2020), Australian jazz and swing musician
• Edward Burrows (1917–1988), American pacifist
• Edwin G. Burrows (1943–2018), American professor of history
• Elizabeth Burrows, American politician
• Elsie M. Burrows (1913–1986), English botanist
• Eva Burrows (1929–2015), the 13th General of The Salvation Army
• Faith Burrows (1904–1997), American cartoonist
• Frank Burrows (1944–2021), Scottish football manager and former player
• Frederick Burrows (Australian soldier) (1897–1973), Australian soldier
• George Burrows (disambiguation) several people
• Harry Burrows (b. 1941), former English footballer
• Herbert Burrows (1845–1922), British social activist
• Horace Burrows (1910–1969), English footballer
• Jacen Burrows (b. 1972), American comic book artist
• James Burrows (b. 1940), American television director
• James Burrows (actor) (b. 1991), American actor
• Jeff Burrows (b. 1968), Canadian drummer
• Jim Burrows (soldier) (1904–1991), New Zealand military leader, teacher, sportsman, and administrator
• John Burrows (disambiguation) several people
• Jonathan Burrows, English choreographer
• Joseph Henry Burrows (1840–1914), US Representative from Missouri
• Julius C. Burrows (1837–1915), US Representative from Michigan
• Katie Burrows (born 1982), American basketball coach
• Larry Burrows (1926–1971), English photojournalist
• Latham A. Burrows (1792–1855), New York politician
• Leonard Burrows (1857–1940), English bishop
• Lorenzo Burrows (1805–1885), American merchant banker and politician
• Malandra Burrows (b. 1965), English actress
• Marc Burrows (1978–2009), English footballer
• Michael Burrows (computer scientist) (b. 1963), British computer scientist
• Michael Burrows (bishop) (b. 1961), Bishop in the Church of Ireland
• Mike Burrows (1943–2022), English bicycle designer
• Montagu Burrows (1775–1848), British Army Lieutenant-General
• Montagu Burrows (1819–1905), English naval officer and Oxford professor
• Montagu Brocas Burrows (1894–1967), British Army officer
• Patrick Burrows (b. 1959), Canadian ice hockey player
• Phil Burrows (b. 1980), New Zealand field hockey player
• Randall K. Burrows, American politician
• Robert Burrows (1871–1943), English cricketer
• Roland Burrows (1882–1952), judge and legal writer.
• Ronald Burrows (1867–1920), British academic
• Saffron Burrows (b. 1972), English American actress
• Sir Frederick John Burrows (1887–1973), British politician
• Sir Robert Abraham Burrows, KBE, British businessman and Liberal Party politician
• Stephen Montagu Burrows (1856–1935), British civil servant in Ceylon
• Stephen Burrows, American film actor and director
• Stuart Burrows (1933–2025), Welsh operatic tenor
• Terry Burrows, English author and musician
• Terry Burrows (baseball) (b. 1968), American baseball player
• Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857–1929), Canadian politician
• Tom Burrows (b. 1985), English cricketer with Hampshire
• Tom Burrows (footballer) (1886–?), English goalkeeper with Southampton
• Tony Burrows (b. 1942), British session singer
• Vinie Burrows (1924–2023), American Broadway actress
• Warren Booth Burrows (1877–1952), US Federal judge
• Wilf Burrows (1902–1985), English professional footballer
• William Ward Burrows I (1758–1805), US Navy second Commandant
• William Ward Burrows II (1785–1813), US Navy officer
• Winfrid Burrows (1858–1929), English bishop

Fictional characters

• Lincoln "L. J." Burrows Jr., character on Prison Break
• The Burrows family, the central characters of the Tunnels series of novels

See also

• Burrows baronets
• Burroughs (surname)
• Burrow (surname)
• Burrowes (surname)