'''Burnes''' is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Alexander Burnes (1805–1841), Scottish explorer, military officer and diplomat * Corbin Burnes (born 1994), American baseball player * Daniel D. Burnes (1851–1899), U.S. Representative from Missouri * David Burnes (1739–1799), 18th-century American farmer * George Burnes (1866–1949), New Zealand businessman and cricketer * James Burnes (disambiguation), multiple people with the name * John David Burnes (born 1988), Canadian archer * John Francis Burnes (1883–1918), American United States Marine Corps officer * Linda Burnes Bolton (1948–2025), American nurse and healthcare administrator * Robert Burnes (1719–1789), uncle of the poet Robert Burns, brother of William * William Burnes (1721–1784), father of the poet Robert Burns, brother of Robert

==See also== * ''Caroline Burnes'', a pseudonym of Carolyn Haines * Burns (surname)

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Category:English-language surnames