# Burt

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'''Burt''' is a [given name](/source/given_name) and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert, or a place name.

'''Burt''' may refer to:

==People==
*[Burt Alvord](/source/Burt_Alvord) (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw
*[Burt Aull](/source/Burt_Aull) (1871–1947), American football player
*[Burt Bacharach](/source/Burt_Bacharach) (1928–2023), American composer, music producer and pianist
*[Burt Balaban](/source/Burt_Balaban) (1922–1965), American film producer and director
*[Burt Bales](/source/Burt_Bales) (1916–1969), American jazz stride pianist
*[Burt Brown Barker](/source/Burt_Brown_Barker) (1873–1960), American lawyer and administrator
*[Burt Baskin](/source/Burt_Baskin) (1913–1967), American co-founder of the [Baskin-Robbins](/source/Baskin-Robbins) ice cream parlor chain
*[Burt Blague](/source/Burt_Blague) (born 1975), Russian circus performer, comedian and director
*[Burt Blanca](/source/Burt_Blanca) (born 1944), Belgian rock and roll musician
*[Burt Boutin](/source/Burt_Boutin), American professional poker player
*[Burt Boyar](/source/Burt_Boyar) (1927–2018), American columnist, voice actor and author
*[Burt Brent](/source/Burt_Brent), American reconstructive plastic surgeon
*[Burt Brinckerhoff](/source/Burt_Brinckerhoff) (born 1936), American actor, director and producer
*[Burt D. Cady](/source/Burt_D._Cady) (1874–1952), American politician
*[Burt Caesar](/source/Burt_Caesar), British actor, broadcaster and director
*[Burt Cockley](/source/Burt_Cockley) (born 1986), Australian cricketer
*[Burt Collins](/source/Burt_Collins) (1931–2007), American jazz trumpeter
*[Burt Delavan](/source/Burt_Delavan) (1929–2013), American football tackle
*[Burt Doo](/source/Burt_Doo) (1930–2013), American business executive
*[Burt Douglas](/source/Burt_Douglas) (1930–2000), American film, stage and television actor
*[Burt Elliott](/source/Burt_Elliott) (born 1947), American politician
*[Burt Wendell Fansher](/source/Burt_Wendell_Fansher) (1880–1941), Canadian politician
*Burt Ford, pseudonym of English singer, songwriter and music producer [Cameron McVey](/source/Cameron_McVey) (born 1957)
*[Burt Gillett](/source/Burt_Gillett) (1891–1971), American director of animated films
*[Burt Glinn](/source/Burt_Glinn) (1925–2008), American photographer
*[Burt Goldberg](/source/Burt_Goldberg), American clinical professor of chemistry
*[Burt Goldblatt](/source/Burt_Goldblatt) (1924–2006), American art director, graphic designer, photographer and author
*[Burt Grinstead](/source/Burt_Grinstead) (born 1988), American actor, producer and writer
*[Burt Grossman](/source/Burt_Grossman) (born 1967), National Football League player
*[Burt Gustafson](/source/Burt_Gustafson) (1925–2022), American athlete and sports coach
*[Burt Hara](/source/Burt_Hara), American clarinetist
*[Burt Hochberg](/source/Burt_Hochberg) (1933–2006), writer and publisher on chess
*[Burt Hooton](/source/Burt_Hooton) (born 1950), American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
*[Burt C. Hopkins](/source/Burt_C._Hopkins) (born 1954), American philosopher
*[Burt Ingwersen](/source/Burt_Ingwersen) (1898–1969), American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
*[Burt Jenner](/source/Burt_Jenner) (born 1978), American businessman and racing driver
*[Burt Johnson](/source/Burt_Johnson) (1890–1927), American sculptor
*[Burt Jones](/source/Burt_Jones) (born 1979), American politician and businessman
*[Burt Kaliski](/source/Burt_Kaliski), cryptographer
*[Burt Kanner](/source/Burt_Kanner) (born 1939), American swimmer and coach
*[Burt Z. Kasson](/source/Burt_Z._Kasson) (1877–1943), American engineer and politician
*[Burt Katz](/source/Burt_Katz) (1937–2016), American pizza-maker
*[Burt Kearns](/source/Burt_Kearns), American author, journalist, and television and film producer, writer and director
*[Burt Keeley](/source/Burt_Keeley) (1879–1952), American baseball pitcher
*[Burt Kelly](/source/Burt_Kelly) (1898–1963), American film producer and writer
*[Burt Kennedy](/source/Burt_Kennedy) (1922–2001), American screenwriter and director
*[Burt Keppler](/source/Burt_Keppler) (1925–2008), American photographer, journalist and author
*[Burt Kimmelman](/source/Burt_Kimmelman) (born 1947), American poet and scholar
*[Burt Kwouk](/source/Burt_Kwouk) (1930–2016), English actor best known for playing Cato in the [Pink Panther](/source/Pink_Panther) films
*[Burt Lancaster](/source/Burt_Lancaster) (1913–1994), American film actor
*[Burt Lancon](/source/Burt_Lancon) (born 1960), American pair skater
*[Burt Matthews](/source/Burt_Matthews) (1926–2004), Canadian soil scientist and an academic administrator
*[Burt McKinnie](/source/Burt_McKinnie) (1879–1946), American golfer
*[Burt Metcalfe](/source/Burt_Metcalfe) (1935–2022), Canadian-American film and television producer, director, screenwriter and actor
*[Burt Meyer](/source/Burt_Meyer) (1926–2025), American inventor
*[Burt Monroe](/source/Burt_Monroe) (1930–1994), American ornithologist
*[Burt Munro](/source/Burt_Munro) (1899–1978), New Zealand motorcycle racer
*[Burt Mustin](/source/Burt_Mustin) (1884–1977), American character actor
*[Burt Myers](/source/Burt_Myers) (born 1975), American race car driver
*[Burt Neuborne](/source/Burt_Neuborne) (born 1941), American law professor and director
*[Burt Nodella](/source/Burt_Nodella) (1924–1916), American television producer
*[Burt Ovrut](/source/Burt_Ovrut), American theoretical physicist
*[Burt Paulin](/source/Burt_Paulin) (born 1955), Canadian politician
*[Burt Phillips](/source/Burt_Phillips), American disc jockey, bandleader, and music promoter in the 1940s
*[Burt Prelutsky](/source/Burt_Prelutsky) (1940–2021), an American screenwriter, newspaper columnist and author
*[Burt Procter](/source/Burt_Procter) (1901–1980), American painter
*[Burt Pugach](/source/Burt_Pugach) (1927–2020), American lawyer and criminal
*[Burt Reinhardt](/source/Burt_Reinhardt) (1920–2011), American journalist and news executive
*[Burt Reynolds](/source/Burt_Reynolds) (1936–2018), American actor and director
*[Burt Rhodes](/source/Burt_Rhodes) (1923–2003), British musical director and composer
*[Burt Rutan](/source/Burt_Rutan) (born 1943), American aerospace engineer
*[Burt W. Rynders](/source/Burt_W._Rynders) (1871–1935), American politician, educator, and businessman
*[Burt Saunders](/source/Burt_Saunders) (born 1948), American politician
*[Burt Schuman](/source/Burt_Schuman) (born 1948),  American Polish rabbi
*[Burt Shavitz](/source/Burt_Shavitz) (1935–2015), American beekeeper and businessman, founder of the personal care company [Burt's Bees](/source/Burt's_Bees)
*[Burt Shevelove](/source/Burt_Shevelove) (1915–1982), American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist and director
*[Burt Shotton](/source/Burt_Shotton) (1884–1962), American Major League Baseball player, manager, coach and scout
*[Burt E. Skeel](/source/Burt_E._Skeel) (1894–1924), American aviator
*[Burt K. Snyder](/source/Burt_K._Snyder) (1890–1964), American businessman and politician
*[Burt Solomons](/source/Burt_Solomons) (born 1950), American attorney and politician
*Burt L. Standish, pen name of American novelist [Gilbert Patten](/source/Gilbert_Patten)
*[Burt Styler](/source/Burt_Styler) (1925–2011), American television and film screenwriter and producer
*[Burt Sugarman](/source/Burt_Sugarman) (born 1939), American film and television producer
*[Burt L. Talcott](/source/Burt_L._Talcott) (1920–2016), seven-term former member of the US House of Representatives from California
*[Burt Topper](/source/Burt_Topper) (1928–2007), American film director and screenwriter
*[Burt Totaro](/source/Burt_Totaro) (born 1967), American mathematician
*[Burt Tulson](/source/Burt_Tulson) (born 1947), American politician
*[Burt Van Horn](/source/Burt_Van_Horn) (1823–1896), two-term U.S. representative from New York
*[Burt Ward](/source/Burt_Ward) (born 1945), American actor best known for playing Robin on the TV show ''[Batman](/source/Batman_(TV_series))''
*[Burt Weissbourd](/source/Burt_Weissbourd) (born 1949), novelist, screenwriter and film producer
*[Burt Whaley](/source/Burt_Whaley), American politician
*[Burt Green Wilder](/source/Burt_Green_Wilder) (1841–1925), American comparative anatomist
*[Burt Wilson](/source/Burt_Wilson) (1933–2021), American philosopher, writer, broadcaster, jazz musician, political activist, playwright, and advertising executive
*[Burt Wolf](/source/Burt_Wolf) (born 1938), American writer and TV producer
*[Burt Young](/source/Burt_Young) (1940–2023), stage name of American actor, painter and author Gerald Tommaso DeLouise

==Fictional characters==
*Burt, a character in the 2015 American comedy-drama movie ''[The Diary of a Teenage Girl](/source/The_Diary_of_a_Teenage_Girl)''
*Brigadier "Burt" Badboy, a character voiced by [Grey DeLisle](/source/Grey_DeLisle) from [Danger Mouse](/source/Danger_Mouse_(2015_TV_series))
*Burt Berendsen, a character in ''[Amsterdam (2022 film)](/source/Amsterdam_(2022_film))''
*[Burt Campbell](/source/Burt_Campbell) from the TV series ''Soap''
*[Burt Chance](/source/Burt_Chance) from the TV series ''Raising Hope''
*Burt Fabelman, in the 2022 film ''[The Fabelmans](/source/The_Fabelmans)'', based on director [Steven Spielberg](/source/Steven_Spielberg)'s father [Arnold Spielberg](/source/Arnold_Spielberg)
*[Burt Gervasi](/source/List_of_characters_from_The_Sopranos_in_the_Soprano_crime_family) from the TV show ''The Sopranos''
*[Burt Gummer](/source/Burt_Gummer) from the ''Tremors'' film series and short-lived TV show
*[Burt Hummel](/source/Burt_Hummel) from the TV musical series ''Glee''
*Burt Weems, a character in the American sitcom television series ''[The Hogan Family](/source/The_Hogan_Family)''
*Burt Wilson, a character in the film ''[Mr. Nanny](/source/Mr._Nanny)''
*Burt Wonderstone, a lead character in the film ''[The Incredible Burt Wonderstone](/source/The_Incredible_Burt_Wonderstone)''
*Burt Worm, a fictional character from the animated film [A Merry Mirthworm Christmas](/source/A_Merry_Mirthworm_Christmas) and 2 sequels

==Animals==
* [Burt (crocodile)](/source/Burt_(crocodile)), crocodile that starred in ''Crocodile Dundee''

==See also==
*[Bert (disambiguation)](/source/Bert_(disambiguation))
*[Birt (disambiguation)](/source/Birt_(disambiguation))
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