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Clara Miller Burd Clara Miller Burd (17 May 1873 – 11 November 1933) was an American stained glass designer and children's book and magazine cover illustrator. Early life Burd was born on 17 May 1873 in New York City, United States of America to Charles Edgar ...

(1873–1933), American stained glass designer and children's book and magazine cover illustrator * David Burd (born 1988), American rapper and comedian known professionally as

Lil Dicky David Andrew Burd (born March 15, 1988), better known by his stage name Lil Dicky, is an American rapper, comedian, and actor. He came to prominence with the release of the music video for his song "Ex-Boyfriend" in 2013, which became popular w ...

Edward Burd Edward Burd (February 5, 1749July 24, 1833) was a Revolutionary War officer in Pennsylvania and later a Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Life Burd, the son of Colonel James Burd and Sarah (Shippen) Burd, was born February 5, 174 ...

(1749–1833), American Revolutionary War officer, lawyer and chief court clerk of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court *

George Burd George Burd (1788January 13, 1844) was an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George Burd was born in Pennsylvania in 1788. He was admitted to the bar in 1810 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and practice ...

(1793–1844), American politician *

Irina Burd Irina Burd is the Sylvan Frieman, MD Endowed Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland. She is known for her work on the mechanisms by which maternal infection and placental i ...

, American physician and professor *

James Burd James Burd (March 10, 1725 – October 5, 1793) was a colonial American soldier in the French and Indian War, during which he played an important role in fortifying the Pennsylvania frontier. Early life Born in Ormiston, near Edinburgh, Scotland, ...

(1726–1793), colonial American soldier in the French and Indian War; father of Edward Burd *

James M. Burd James M. Burd (March 31, 1931 – March 18, 2013) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legi ...

(1931-2013), American politician *

Lettie Cowman Lettie Burd Cowman (March 3, 1870 – April 17, 1960), also known as L.B. Cowman, was an American writer and author of the devotional books ''Streams in the Desert'' and ''Springs in the Valley''. Cowman published her books under the author na ...

(1870-1960), née Burd, American writer and cofounder of the Oriental Missionary Society *

Steven Burd Steven A. Burd (born 1949) is an American businessman. He served as chairman, president and CEO of Safeway Inc. from October 26, 1992, to May 14, 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. Early life Burd received a Bachelor of Science degree ...

(born 1949), president and chief executive officer of Safeway Inc. *

Walter Burd Walter Burd, DCM, was an Anglican bishop in the second quarter of the 20th century. He was born on 23 February 1888 and educated at Wycliffe College. He served with distinction in the First World War after which he became the General Secretary ...

(1888-1939), Anglican Bishop of Saskatchewan, Canada

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Bürd, Övörkhangai Bürd ( mn, Бүрд) is a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the ...

, a district in Mongolia *

Cape Burd Cape Burd () is a low rock cliff forming the southwest extremity of the Tabarin Peninsula, at the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946 and named for Oliver Burd, a FIDS ...

, Antarctic Peninsula *

Redstone Old Fort Redstone Old Fort — or Redstone Fort or (for a short time when built) Fort Burd — on the Nemacolin Trail, was the name of the French and Indian War-era wooden fort built in 1759 by Pennsylvania militia colonel James Burd to guard the ancient ...

, built in 1759 by Colonel James Burd and briefly named Fort Burd

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Bashshar ibn Burd Bashshār ibn Burd ( ar, بشّار بن برد; 714–783), nicknamed al-Mura'ath, meaning "the wattled", was a Persian poet of the late Umayyad and early Abbasid periods who wrote in Arabic. Bashshar was of Persian ethnicity; his grandfather ...

(714-784), Persian poet *Burd Ellen, a character in the ballad ''

Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane is Child ballad number 28. Despite similarity in names, it appears to have no connection with ''Tam Lin'', nor with the tale of Childe Rowland, though they both have characters named Burd Ellen; indeed, Francis James C ...

'' *Burd Ellen, a character in the fairy tale "

Childe Rowland Childe Rowland is a fairy tale, the most popular version written by Joseph Jacobs in his ''English Fairy Tales'', published in 1890, based on an earlier version published in 1814 by Robert Jamieson. Jamieson's was repeating a "Scottish ballad", ...

" *Burd Isobel, a character in the folk song "

Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick or Burd Bell (Child ballad The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the 19th century. The ...

" * MIT ''BURD'', a 1970s human-powered aircraft * MIT ''BURD II'', a 1970s human-powered aircraft

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