Burke 586019 225784718 2008-07-15T11:33:54Z Gugganij 53117 /* People */ {{TOCright}} '''Burke''' may refer to: ==Places== ====Australia==== * Shire of [[Burke, Queensland]], a [[Local Government Areas in Australia|Local Government Area]] * [[Division of Burke]] has been the name of an Australian Electoral Division twice * [[Bourke, New South Wales]], a town (pronounced "Burke") ====Canada==== * [[Burke Mountain (British Columbia)]] ====United States==== * [[Burke, Idaho]], a ghost town * [[Burke, South Dakota]] * [[Burke, Virginia]] * [[Burke (town), New York]] * [[Burke (village), New York]] ==People== :''See also: [[Burke (name)]]'' * [[Edmund Burke]], an 18th century [[Anglo-Irish]] statesman, author, orator, [[political theorist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]] * [[Elijah Burke]], an American [[professional wrestler]] * [[Clan Burke]], family of Irish origin * [[James Burke]] (born 1971), baseball player * [[Joe Burke (keyboardist)]] (born 1939), Irish accordion player * [[Joe Burke (baseball executive)]] (1924-1992), baseball executive * [[Joseph C. Burke]], former President of the [[State University of New York at Plattsburgh]] * [[Joseph Burke (teacher)]], Canadian teacher convicted of assault in Christian Brothers sex scandal * [[Joseph Burke II]] (1812-1873), Anglo-American collector of plants and animals * [[Joe Burke (composer)]] (1884-1950), American actor, composer and pianist * [[Joseph A. Burke]] (died 1962), Bishop of Buffalo * [[Sonny Burke]] (1914-1980), American musician * [[Joseph Burke (cricketer)]], Irish cricket player * [[Raymond Leo Burke]], American Bishop * [[Thomas Burke]], an American lawyer, railroad builder, and judge * [[Kenneth Burke]], an American literary theorist * [[William Burke]], a 19th century Irish-Scots serial killer. * [[William Joseph Burke]] (1862-1925), English-born American politician and businessman ==Fictional characters== * [[Burke (character)]], the antihero protagonist of a series of novels by Andrew Vachss * [[Preston Burke]], fictional doctor on the television series ''Grey's Anatomy'' * [[Juliet Burke]], a character from the TV series ''Lost'' * [[Leslie Burke]], a character from ''Bridge to Terabithia'' * Burke, Carter J., a character from the 1986 movie [[Aliens (film)|Aliens]] ==Things== * The editor of [[Burke's Peerage]] and Burke's [[Landed gentry]] * [[Omaha Burke High School]], Omaha, Nebraska, USA * Alternate spelling of the British slang word ''[[berk]]''. * [[Arleigh Burke class destroyer]] * [[Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture]], Seattle, Washington, USA ==See also== * [[Bourke]] * [[Burk]] * [[Berg]] * [[Burgos]] * [[de Burgos]] * [[Burgh]] * [[de Burgh]] {{disambig}} [[category:british Isles surnames]] [[de:Burke]] [[fr:Burke]] [[nl:Burke]] [[ja:バーク (曖昧さ回避)]] [[pl:Burke]] [[ru:Бёрк]] [[vo:Burke]]