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Surname

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Beau Burchell Beau Burchell (born December 17, 1978) is an American musician, record producer, and audio engineer from Orange County, California. As a performer, he is best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist in Saosin. He is one of Saosin's founders, ...
(born 1978), American musician and record producer *
Charles Jost Burchell Charles Jost Burchell, (1 July 1876 – 12 August 1967) was a Canadian diplomat. He served as Canada's first High Commissioner to Australia from 1939 to 1941 and as Canada's first and last High Commissioner to the Dominion of Newfoundland ...
(1876–1967), Canadian diplomat *
David Godwin Burchell David Godwin Burchell BEM (23 September 1924 – 20 September 2009) was a South Australian business man, a recreational scuba diver and a football administrator. Early life Burchell was born in Millicent, South Australia. At the age of ...
(1924–2009), South Australian businessman, recreational scuba diver and Australian rules football administrator *
Francis Burchell A cricket tournament, played as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics, took place on 19–20 August at the Vélodrome de Vincennes. The only match of the tournament was played between teams representing Great Britain and France and was won by 158 ru ...
(1874–1947), English cricketer *
Fred Burchell (baseball) Frederick Duff Burchell (July 14, 1879 – November 20, 1951) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies (1903) and Boston Red Sox (1907–1909). Burchell batted right-handed and threw left-handed. In a four-sea ...
(1879–1951), American baseball pitcher *
Fred Burchell (ice hockey) Frederick Leo Gerald Burchell (January 9, 1931 – June 4, 1998) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player born in Montreal, Quebec. Career Burchell began his hockey career when he played two games for the QSHL Montreal Royals. He played th ...
(1931–1998), Canadian ice hockey player *
Hannah Burchell Hannah Burchell (born 25 February 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Richmond in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She played one game with Geelong in the 2019 season before being delisted by the club and mov ...
(born 1995), Australian rules footballer *
Jamie Burchell Jamie Burchell (born 15 November 1979 in Worcester, England) is a retired British professional basketball player, who most notably played for the Plymouth Raiders in the British Basketball League.(11 September 2010)Jamie Burchell: fans can bac ...
(born 1979), British basketball player *
Joe Burchell Joe Burchell (April 1873 – October 1932) was an English football manager who led Walsall from 1921 to 1926. A former player at Walsall Unity, he became Walsall F.C. club secretary during World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 No ...
(1873–1932), English football manager *
Reginald Burchell Reginald John Burchell (20 May 1883 – 20 June 1955) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Fremantle from 1913 to 1922, initially for the Australian Labor Party and after the 1 ...
(1883–1955), Australian politician *
Remona Burchell Remona Burchell (born September 15, 1991) is a Jamaicans, Jamaican sprint (running), sprinter. While running for the University of Alabama, she became a three time NCAA Champion, winning the 60 meters at the NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track a ...
(born 1991), Jamaican sprinter *
Thomas Burchell Thomas Burchell (1799–1846) was a leading Baptist missionary and slavery abolitionist in Montego Bay, Jamaica in the early nineteenth century. He was among an early group of missionaries who went out from London in response to a request from ...
(1799–1846), Baptist missionary and slavery abolitionist in Jamaica *
Thomas Burchell (cricketer) Thomas James Burchell (26 April 1875 – 16 February 1951) was an English cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Sussex. He was born in Hove and died in Brighton. Burchell made his first-class debut against Cambridg ...
(1875–1951), English cricketer *
William John Burchell __NOTOC__ William John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author. His thousands of plant specimens, as well as field journals from his South African expedition, are held by K ...
(1781–1863), English explorer and naturalist


Pen name

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Mary Burchell Ida Cook (24 August 190422 December 1986) was a British campaigner for Jewish refugees and a romance novelist as Mary Burchell. Ida Cook and her sister Mary Louise Cook (1901–1991) rescued Jews from the Nazis during the 1930s. The sisters h ...
, pen name of romance novelist Ida Cook (1904–1986)


Given name

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Burchell Whiteman Burchell Anthony Whiteman, (born March 30, 1938) is a Jamaican former politician. A member of the People's National Party (PNP), he served as a Member of Parliament, the Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Minister of Education, ...
(born 1938), Jamaican politician


Fictional characters

* Mr. Burchell, in Oliver Goldsmith's novel ''
The Vicar of Wakefield ''The Vicar of Wakefield'', subtitled ''A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself'', is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and wi ...
''. * Burchell Clemens, alter ego of Marvel Comics villain
Cottonmouth ''Agkistrodon piscivorus'' is a species of pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. It is one of the world's few semiaquatic vipers (along with the Florida cottonmouth), and is native to the southeastern United States. ...


See also

* Burchell Lake, Ontario, Canada, a ghost town Species named for William John Burchell: * Burchell's coucal *
Burchell's courser Burchell's courser (''Cursorius rufus'') is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell. Native to Africa, Burchell's courser is a small, diurnal, ...
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Burchell's starling Burchell's starling (''Lamprotornis australis'') or Burchell's glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. The monogamous and presumably sedentary species is native to dry and mesic woodlands and savannah of southern Africa ...
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Burchell's redfin Burchell's redfin (''Pseudobarbus burchelli''), also known as the Tradouw redfin, Tradou redfin or Breede redfin, is an African freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae. ''P. burchelli'' is the type species of its genus ''Pseudobarbus'', a ...
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Burchell's sandgrouse Burchell's sandgrouse (''Pterocles burchelli'') is a species of bird in the family Pteroclidae. It is found in arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell. Descr ...
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Burchell's zebra Burchell's zebra (''Equus quagga burchellii'') is a southern subspecies of the plains zebra. It is named after the British explorer and naturalist William John Burchell. Common names include bontequagga, Damaraland zebra, and Zululand zebra (Gra ...
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