Burdon (surname)

Burdon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Surname

 * Albert Burdon (1900–1981), British film actor
 * Alex Burdon (1879–1943), Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer
 * Allan Burdon (1914–2001), Australian politician
 * Chris Burdon, sound engineer
 * Eric Burdon (born 1941), English singer
 * Glen Burdon (born 1954), Canadian ice-hockey player
 * Hannah Burdon (1800–1877) English writer of novels
 * John Burdon (1866–1933), Governor-General of British Honduras
 * John Burdon-Sanderson (1828–1905), English physiologist
 * John Shaw Burdon (1826–1907), English missionary to China
 * Josh Burdon (born 1992), Australian racing driver
 * Philip Burdon (born 1939), New Zealand politician and lawyer
 * Randal Mathews Burdon (1896–1965), New Zealand soldier, sheepfarmer and historian
 * Rowland Burdon (died 1838) (1757–1838), English landowner and politician
 * Rowland Burdon (Sedgefield MP) (1857–1944), English landowner and politician
 * William Burdon (1764–1818) an English academic, mineowner and writer
 * William Burdon (MP) an English politician

Middle name

 * George Burdon McKean (1888–1926), English-Canadian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Robert Burdon Stoker (1859–1919), British shipping magnate and politician
 * Samuel Burdon Ellis (1787–1865), British officer in the Royal Marines