Burch (surname)
Appearance
Burch is an English surname that most likely originated in Hyndley Birch, Rusholme, Manchester, England[citation needed]. The origins of the name can be traced back as far as 1500. The name can also be a variation of Birch, being derived from one who resides at or near a birch-tree.
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 (182 –1893), American politician and soldier in Oregon
- Billy Burch (1900–1950), American professional ice hockey
- Charles Benson Burch (born 1948) Justice of the California Superior Court
- 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
- Jeannine Burch (born 1968), Swiss actress
- Jennings Michael Burch (1941–2013), American writer
- John Burch (1932–2006), British pianist
- John B. Burch (born 1929), 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