Burch (surname)

Burch or Birch is an English surname.

It is an English, German, Danish and Swedish topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from an ancient Germanic word meaning ‘birch’ (Old English birce, byrce; Middle High German birche; Old Danish birk).

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Allen Banks Burch (1894–1948), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
 * Ashly Burch (born 1990), American actor
 * Benjamin Franklin Burch (1825–1893), American politician and soldier in Oregon
 * Billy Burch (1900–1950), American professional ice hockey
 * Cecil Reginald Burch (1901–1983), British physicist and engineer
 * Charles C. Burch (1928–1979), American politician from Tennessee
 * Claire Burch (1925–2009), American author, filmmaker and poet
 * Desiree Burch, London-based American comedian
 * Edward Burch (born 1968), musician and journalist in Austin, Texas
 * Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, American lawyer and the Charles Hughes Kirbo Chair Professor at University of Georgia
 * George E. Burch (1910–1986), American cardiologist
 * J. Christopher Burch (born 1953), American venture capitalist and entrepreneur
 * Jeff Burch, Canadian politician
 * Jeannine Burch (born 1968), Swiss actress
 * Jennings Michael Burch (1941–2013), American writer
 * John Burch (1932–2006), British pianist
 * John B. Burch (1929–2021), American zoologist
 * John Chilton Burch (1826–1885), California politician
 * John Christopher Burch (1827–1881), Secretary of the US Senate
 * John E. Burch (1896–1969), American producer and director
 * Joy Burch, Australian politician
 * Laurel Burch (1945–2007), American artist, designer and businesswoman
 * Lucius E. Burch Jr. (1912–1996), American lawyer
 * Marc Burch (born 1984), American soccer player for D.C. United
 * Matt Burch, computer programmer
 * Michael R. Burch (born 1958), American poet
 * Newton D. Burch (1871–1931), Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
 * Noël Burch (born 1932), American film theorist
 * Rob Burch (politician) (born 1942), American politician
 * Ron Burch, American writer and TV producer
 * Rousseau Angelus Burch (1862–1944), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
 * Samuel Burch (1889–1974), politician in Manitoba, Canada
 * The Burch Sisters, American country music trio
 * Timmy Burch, character on the animated TV series South Park
 * Tory Burch (born 1966), American fashion designer
 * William P. Burch (1846–1926), American thoroughbred trainer