Burke (disambiguation)

Burke is a surname or given name.

Burke may also refer to:

People

 * Burke baronets, two baronetcies created in the Baronetage of Ireland
 * Edmund Burke, 18th century politician commonly referenced as simply "Burke"
 * House of Burke or House of Burgh, ancient Anglo-Norman noble family
 * James Burke: many people with this name including the British science history broadcaster.
 * Robert O'Hara Burke, Australian explorer

Antartica

 * Burke Island, an island in the Amundsen Sea

Australia

 * Burke Developmental Road, a road in Queensland
 * Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place, a heritage-listed historic precinct on the Birdsville Track, Innamincka
 * Shire of Burke, a local government area in Queensland
 * Division of Burke (disambiguation)

Canada

 * Mount Burke (Alberta)
 * Mount Burke (British Columbia)
 * Burke Brook, part of the Don River in Toronto, Ontario

New Zealand

 * Burkes Pass, a mountain pass and town in South Canterbury, New Zealand

United States

 * Burke, Idaho, a ghost town in Shoshone County
 * Burke (town), New York
 * Burke (village), New York
 * Burke, South Dakota
 * Burke, Texas
 * Burke, Vermont
 * Burke, Virginia
 * Burke, Washington
 * Burke, Wisconsin, a town
 * Burke (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
 * Burke Centre, Virginia, a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
 * Burke's Garden, Virginia, a valley and unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia
 * Burke Lake, a freshwater reservoir in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia
 * Burke Lake Park, a public park in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia
 * Burke Canyon, a canyon of the Burke-Canyon Creek, Shoshone County, Idaho
 * Burke County (disambiguation)
 * Burke Mountain (Vermont)
 * Burke Mountain Ski Area, a ski resort in northeast Vermont

Mercury

 * Burke (crater), a crater on Mercury

Buildings

 * Burke Building, an historic building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 * Burke Building (Manila), an historic building in Binondo, Manila, Philippines
 * Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, a natural history museum in Seattle, Washington
 * Burke Library, an academic library of the Union Theological Seminary, Manhattan, New York City
 * Burke Mountain Academy, a college-preparatory school in East Burke, Vermont
 * Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, a non-profit rehabilitation hospital in White Plains, New York
 * John S. Burke Catholic High School (referred to locally as Burke Catholic), a Roman Catholic high school in Goshen, New York
 * Burke–Tarr Stadium, a football stadium in Jefferson City, Tennessee
 * Edmund Burke School, a college preparatory school in Washington, D.C.
 * Katherine Delmar Burke School, independent girls' school in the Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco, California
 * Omaha Burke High School, a secondary school in Omaha, Nebraska, United States
 * Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, research center at the California Institute of Technology founded in 2014

Literature

 * "To Burke", a 1794 sonnet by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
 * Burke, the protagonist of a series of novels by Andrew Vachss

Organisations

 * Burke Corporation, a foodservice manufacturer
 * The Burke Group or Burke International, a US-based management consulting firm
 * Edmund Burke Foundation, Dutch think tank named after the Irish politician and philosopher
 * Manley Burke, American legal professional association

Publications

 * Book of the de Burgos or Book of the Burkes, a late 16th-century Gaelic illuminated manuscript
 * Burke's Peerage, an account of nobility, first published in 1826 by John Burke
 * Burke's Landed Gentry, an account of families of the land-holding class, first published in 1833 by John Burke

Science

 * Burke's theorem or Burke's Output Theorem
 * Burke–Schumann flame, a type of diffusion flame

Ships

 * USS Burke (DE-215), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy
 * USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), lead ship of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers
 * Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, a United States Navy class of destroyer
 * SS John Burke, a World War II American Liberty Ship built

Statues

 * Statue of Ernest Burke, a statue of the American baseball player Ernest Alexander Burke (1924–2004) in Havre de Grace, Maryland
 * Statue of John Burke, a bronze sculpture by Avard Fairbanks, of the American politician John Burke (1859–1937), in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall

Television and Film

 * Hair-Trigger Burke, American silent Western film starring Harry Carey (1917)
 * Stoney Burke (TV series), an American Western TV series starring Jack Lord (1962–1963)
 * Burke's Law (disambiguation)
 * The Burke Special, a British TV series hosted by James Burke (1972–1976)
 * Burke & Hare (disambiguation)
 * The Shannon Burke Show, American radio talk show talk show based in Orlando, Florida
 * The Alan Burke Show, American syndicated talk show (1966–1970)

Transportation

 * Burke Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line), a subway station in New York City, United States
 * Burke Centre station, a railway station in Burke, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
 * Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, an airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
 * Burke Road, a thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia
 * Burke–Gilman Trail, a rail trail in King County, Washington

Other

 * Burke and Wills expedition, an Australian exploration expedition (1860–61)
 * Burke Act, a 1906 US congressional act relating to Native American enfranchisement
 * Burke Civil War, a conflict in Ireland in the 1330s