Burchell is a surname and more rarely a given name. It may refer to:
People
Surname
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Beau Burchell (born 1978), American musician and record producer
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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
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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
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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
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Fred Burchell (baseball) (1879–1951), American baseball pitcher
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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
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Hannah Burchell (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
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Jamie Burchell (born 1979), British basketball player
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Joe Burchell (1873–1932), English football manager
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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
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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
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Thomas Burchell (1799–1846), Baptist missionary and slavery abolitionist in Jamaica
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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
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William John Burchell
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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, 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 ...
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* Burchell Clemens, alter ego of Marvel Comics villain
Cottonmouth
See also
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Burchell Lake, Ontario, Canada, a ghost town
Species named for William John Burchell:
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Burchell's coucal
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Burchell's courser
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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
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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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