Burgoyne

Burgoyne is a surname introduced to England following the Norman conquest of 1066, which denoted someone from Burgundy (Bourgogne in French). Notable people with the name include:


 * Alan Burgoyne (1880–1929), British soldier, politician and writer
 * Burgoyne Diller (1906–1965), American abstract painter
 * Eileen Burgoyne (1915—2013), British Cold War spy
 * Grant Burgoyne (1953), Boise, Idaho attorney and a Democratic State Senator representing Idaho's District
 * Harry Burgoyne (1996), English footballer
 * Hugh Talbot Burgoyne (1833–1870), Irish Royal Naval officer, VC winner and son of John Fox Burgoyne
 * Jacqueline Burgoyne (1944–1988), British sociologist and academic
 * James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown (b. 1954), British peer and politician
 * John Burgoyne (1722–1792), British general during the American Revolutionary War, father of John Fox Burgoyne
 * John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett (1821–1856), British politician
 * John Fox Burgoyne (1782–1871), British field marshal of the British Army, son of John Burgoyne, father of Hugh Talbot Burgoyne
 * Mike Burgoyne (rugby union) (1951–2016), New Zealand rugby union player
 * Mike Burgoyne (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Mindie Burgoyne, American writer and businessperson
 * Montagu Burgoyne (1750–1836), British politician.
 * Peter Burgoyne (b. 1978), Australian rules footballer, brother of Shaun Burgoyne
 * Peter Bond Burgoyne (1844–1929), English wine merchant
 * Shaun Burgoyne (b. 1982), Australian rules footballer, brother of Peter Burgoyne
 * Thomas Burgoyne (cricketer, born 1775) (1775–1847), British cricketer
 * Thomas Burgoyne (Australian politician) (1827–1920), South Australian politician
 * Thomas Henry Burgoyne, secretary and member of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and author of The Light in Egypt, published in 1889.
 * Victoria Burgoyne (b. 1965), British actress
 * William Burgoyne Taverner (1879–1958), New Zealand politician