Burt

Given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert

For other uses, see Burt (disambiguation).

Burt is a given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert, or a place name.

Burt may refer to:

## People

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* Burt Alvord (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw
* Burt Aull (1871–1947), American football player
* Burt Bacharach (1928–2023), American composer, music producer and pianist
* Burt Balaban (1922–1965), American film producer and director
* Burt Bales (1916–1969), American jazz stride pianist
* Burt Brown Barker (1873–1960), American lawyer and administrator
* Burt Baskin (1913–1967), American co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain
* Burt Blague (born 1975), Russian circus performer, comedian and director
* Burt Blanca (born 1944), Belgian rock and roll musician
* Burt Boutin, American professional poker player
* Burt Boyar (1927–2018), American columnist, voice actor and author
* Burt Brent, American reconstructive plastic surgeon
* Burt Brinckerhoff (born 1936), American actor, director and producer
* Burt D. Cady (1874–1952), American politician
* Burt Caesar, British actor, broadcaster and director
* Burt Cockley (born 1986), Australian cricketer
* Burt Collins (1931–2007), American jazz trumpeter
* Burt Delavan (1929–2013), American football tackle
* Burt Doo (1930–2013), American business executive
* Burt Douglas (1930–2000), American film, stage and television actor
* Burt Elliott (born 1947), American politician
* Burt Wendell Fansher (1880–1941), Canadian politician
* Burt Ford, pseudonym of English singer, songwriter and music producer Cameron McVey (born 1957)
* Burt Gillett (1891–1971), American director of animated films
* Burt Glinn (1925–2008), American photographer
* Burt Goldberg, American clinical professor of chemistry
* Burt Goldblatt (1924–2006), American art director, graphic designer, photographer and author
* Burt Grinstead (born 1988), American actor, producer and writer
* Burt Grossman (born 1967), National Football League player
* Burt Gustafson (1925–2022), American athlete and sports coach
* Burt Hara, American clarinetist
* Burt Hochberg (1933–2006), writer and publisher on chess
* Burt Hooton (born 1950), American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
* Burt C. Hopkins (born 1954), American philosopher
* Burt Ingwersen (1898–1969), American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
* Burt Jenner (born 1978), American businessman and racing driver
* Burt Johnson (1890–1927), American sculptor
* Burt Jones (born 1979), American politician and businessman
* Burt Kaliski, cryptographer
* Burt Kanner (born 1939), American swimmer and coach
* Burt Z. Kasson (1877–1943), American engineer and politician
* Burt Katz (1937–2016), American pizza-maker
* Burt Kearns, American author, journalist, and television and film producer, writer and director
* Burt Keeley (1879–1952), American baseball pitcher
* Burt Kelly (1898–1963), American film producer and writer
* Burt Kennedy (1922–2001), American screenwriter and director
* Burt Keppler (1925–2008), American photographer, journalist and author
* Burt Kimmelman (born 1947), American poet and scholar
* Burt Kwouk (1930–2016), English actor best known for playing Cato in the Pink Panther films
* Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), American film actor
* Burt Lancon (born 1960), American pair skater
* Burt Matthews (1926–2004), Canadian soil scientist and an academic administrator
* Burt McKinnie (1879–1946), American golfer
* Burt Metcalfe (1935–2022), Canadian-American film and television producer, director, screenwriter and actor
* Burt Monroe (1930–1994), American ornithologist
* Burt Munro (1899–1978), New Zealand motorcycle racer
* Burt Mustin (1884–1977), American character actor
* Burt Myers (born 1975), American race car driver
* Burt Neuborne (born 1941), American law professor and director
* Burt Nodella (1924–1916), American television producer
* Burt Ovrut, American theoretical physicist
* Burt Paulin (born 1955), Canadian politician
* Burt Phillips, American disc jockey, bandleader, and music promoter in the 1940s
* Burt Prelutsky (1940–2021), an American screenwriter, newspaper columnist and author
* Burt Procter (1901–1980), American painter
* Burt Pugach (1927–2020), American lawyer and criminal
* Burt Reinhardt (1920–2011), American journalist and news executive
* Burt Reynolds (1936–2018), American actor and director
* Burt Rhodes (1923–2003), British musical director and composer
* Burt Rutan (born 1943), American aerospace engineer
* Burt W. Rynders (1871–1935), American politician, educator, and businessman
* Burt Saunders (born 1948), American politician
* Burt Schuman (born 1948), American Polish rabbi
* Burt Shavitz (1935–2015), American beekeeper and businessman, founder of the personal care company Burt's Bees
* Burt Shevelove (1915–1982), American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist and director
* Burt Shotton (1884–1962), American Major League Baseball player, manager, coach and scout
* Burt E. Skeel (1894–1924), American aviator
* Burt K. Snyder (1890–1964), American businessman and politician
* Burt Solomons (born 1950), American attorney and politician
* Burt L. Standish, pen name of American novelist Gilbert Patten
* Burt Styler (1925–2011), American television and film screenwriter and producer
* Burt Sugarman (born 1939), American film and television producer
* Burt L. Talcott (1920–2016), seven-term former member of the US House of Representatives from California
* Burt Topper (1928–2007), American film director and screenwriter
* Burt Totaro (born 1967), American mathematician
* Burt Tulson (born 1947), American politician
* Burt Van Horn (1823–1896), two-term US Representative from New York
* Burt Ward (born 1945), American actor best known for playing Robin on the TV show Batman
* Burt Weissbourd (born 1949), novelist, screenwriter and film producer
* Burt Whaley, American politician
* Burt Green Wilder (1841–1925), American comparative anatomist
* Burt Wilson (1933–2021), American philosopher, writer, broadcaster, jazz musician, political activist, playwright, and advertising executive
* Burt Wolf (born 1938), American writer and TV producer
* Burt Young (1940–2023), stage name of American actor, painter and author Gerald Tommaso DeLouise

## Fictional characters

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* Burt, a character in the 2015 American comedy-drama movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl
* Brigadier "Burt" Badboy, a character voiced by Grey DeLisle from Danger Mouse
* Burt Berendsen, a character in Amsterdam (2022 film)
* Burt Campbell from the TV series Soap
* Burt Chance from the TV series Raising Hope
* Burt Fabelman, in the 2022 film The Fabelmans, based on director Steven Spielberg's father Arnold Spielberg
* Burt Gervasi from the TV show The Sopranos
* Burt Gummer from the Tremors film series and short-lived TV show
* Burt Hummel from the TV musical series Glee
* Burt Weems, a character in the American sitcom television series The Hogan Family
* Burt Wonderstone, a lead character in the film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
* Burt Worm, a fictional character from the animated film A Merry Mirthworm Christmas and 2 sequels

## Animals

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* Burt (crocodile), crocodile that starred in Crocodile Dundee

## See also

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* Bert (disambiguation)
* Birt (disambiguation)

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