Burt

Burt is a 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 (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw
 * Burt Aull (1871–1947), American football player
 * Burt Bacharach (1928–2023), American composer, music producer and pianist
 * Burt Balaban (1922–1965), American film producer and director
 * Burt Bales (1916–1969), American jazz stride pianist
 * Burt Brown Barker (1873–1960), American lawyer and administrator
 * Burt Baskin (1913–1967), American co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain
 * Burt Blague (born 1975), Russian circus performer, comedian and director
 * Burt Blanca (born 1944), Belgian rock and roll musician
 * Burt Boutin, American professional poker player
 * Burt Boyar (1927–2018), American columnist, voice actor and author
 * Burt Brent, American reconstructive plastic surgeon
 * Burt Brinckerhoff (born 1936), American actor, director and producer
 * Burt D. Cady (1874–1952), American politician
 * Burt Caesar, British actor, broadcaster and director
 * Burt Cockley (born 1986), Australian cricketer
 * Burt Collins (1931–2007), American jazz trumpeter
 * Burt Delavan (1929–2013), American football tackle
 * Burt Doo (1930–2013), American business executive
 * Burt Douglas (1930–2000), American film, stage and television actor
 * Burt Elliott (born 1947), American politician
 * Burt Wendell Fansher (1880–1941), Canadian politician
 * Burt Ford, pseudonym of English singer, songwriter and music producer Cameron McVey (born 1957)
 * Burt Gillett (1891–1971), American director of animated films
 * Burt Glinn (1925–2008), American photographer
 * Burt Goldberg, American clinical professor of chemistry
 * Burt Goldblatt (1924–2006), American art director, graphic designer, photographer and author
 * Burt Grinstead (born 1988), American actor, producer and writer
 * Burt Grossman (born 1967), National Football League player
 * Burt Gustafson (1925–2022), American athlete and sports coach
 * Burt Hara, American clarinetist
 * Burt Hochberg (1933–2006), writer and publisher on chess
 * Burt Hooton (born 1950), American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
 * Burt C. Hopkins (born 1954), American philosopher
 * Burt Ingwersen (1898–1969), American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
 * Burt Jenner (born 1978), American businessman and racing driver
 * Burt Johnson (1890–1927), American sculptor
 * Burt Jones (born 1979), American politician and businessman
 * Burt Kaliski, cryptographer
 * Burt Kanner (born 1939), American swimmer and coach
 * Burt Z. Kasson (1877–1943), American engineer and politician
 * Burt Katz (1937–2016), American pizza-maker
 * Burt Kearns, American author, journalist, and television and film producer, writer and director
 * Burt Keeley (1879–1952), American baseball pitcher
 * Burt Kelly (1898–1963), American film producer and writer
 * Burt Kennedy (1922–2001), American screenwriter and director
 * Burt Keppler (1925–2008), American photographer, journalist and author
 * Burt Kimmelman (born 1947), American poet and scholar
 * Burt Kwouk (1930–2016), English actor best known for playing Cato in the Pink Panther films
 * Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), American film actor
 * Burt Lancon (born 1960), American pair skater
 * Burt Matthews (1926–2004), Canadian soil scientist and an academic administrator
 * Burt McKinnie (1879–1946), American golfer
 * Burt Metcalfe (1935–2022), Canadian-American film and television producer, director, screenwriter and actor
 * Burt Monroe (1930–1994), American ornithologist
 * Burt Munro (1899–1978), New Zealand motorcycle racer
 * Burt Mustin (1884–1977), American character actor
 * Burt Myers (born 1975), American race car driver
 * Burt Neuborne (born 1941), American law professor and director
 * Burt Nodella (1924–1916), American television producer
 * Burt Ovrut, American theoretical physicist
 * Burt Paulin (born 1955), Canadian politician
 * Burt Phillips, American disc jockey, bandleader, and music promoter in the 1940s
 * Burt Prelutsky (1940–2021), an American screenwriter, newspaper columnist and author
 * Burt Procter (1901–1980), American painter
 * Burt Pugach (1927–2020), American lawyer and criminal
 * Burt Reinhardt (1920–2011), American journalist and news executive
 * Burt Reynolds (1936–2018), American actor and director
 * Burt Rhodes (1923–2003), British musical director and composer
 * Burt Rutan (born 1943), American aerospace engineer
 * Burt W. Rynders (1871–1935), American politician, educator, and businessman
 * Burt Saunders (born 1948), American politician
 * Burt Schuman (born 1948), American Polish rabbi
 * Burt Shavitz (1935–2015), American beekeeper and businessman, founder of the personal care company Burt's Bees
 * Burt Shevelove (1915–1982), American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist and director
 * Burt Shotton (1884–1962), American Major League Baseball player, manager, coach and scout
 * Burt E. Skeel (1894–1924), American aviator
 * Burt K. Snyder (1890–1964), American businessman and politician
 * Burt Solomons (born 1950), American attorney and politician
 * Burt L. Standish, pen name of American novelist Gilbert Patten
 * Burt Styler (1925–2011), American television and film screenwriter and producer
 * Burt Sugarman (born 1939), American film and television producer
 * Burt L. Talcott (1920–2016), seven-term former member of the US House of Representatives from California
 * Burt Topper (1928–2007), American film director and screenwriter
 * Burt Totaro (born 1967), American mathematician
 * Burt Tulson (born 1947), American politician
 * Burt Van Horn (1823–1896), two-term US Representative from New York
 * Burt Ward (born 1945), American actor best known for playing Robin on the TV show Batman
 * Burt Weissbourd (born 1949), novelist, screenwriter and film producer
 * Burt Green Wilder (1841–1925), American comparative anatomist
 * Burt Wilson (1933–2021), American philosopher, writer, broadcaster, jazz musician, political activist, playwright, and advertising executive
 * Burt Wolf (born 1938), American writer and TV producer
 * Burt Young (1940–2023), stage name of American actor, painter and author Gerald Tommaso DeLouise

Fictional characters

 * Burt Campbell from the TV series Soap
 * Burt Chance from the TV series Raising Hope
 * Burt Fabelman, in the 2022 film The Fabelmans, based on director Steven Spielberg's father Arnold Spielberg.
 * Burt Gervasi from the TV show The Sopranos
 * Burt Gummer from the Tremors film series and short-lived TV show
 * Burt Hummel from the TV musical series Glee
 * Burt Weems, a character in the American sitcom television series The Hogan Family
 * Burt Wonderstone, a lead character in the film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
 * Burt Worm, a fictional character from the animated film A Merry Mirthworm Christmas and 2 sequels