Burd
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Burd may refer to: __NOTOC__


Surname

*
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, singer, comedian, and actor. He first received recognition after the music video for his 2013 song, "Ex-Boyfriend" became a viral video, v ...
* Edward Burd (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 and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland. She is known for her work on the mechanisms by which matern ...
, American physician and professor * James Burd (1726–1793), colonial American soldier in the French and Indian War; father of Edward Burd * James M. Burd (1931-2013), American politician * Lettie Cowman (1870-1960), née Burd, American writer and cofounder of the Oriental Missionary Society * Steven Burd (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


Places

*
Bürd, Övörkhangai Bürd () is a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia. In 2008, its population was 3,135. Bürd sum was where what would become the modern Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar was founded. It was established near Shireet Tsagaa ...
, a district in Mongolia *
Cape Burd The Tabarin Peninsula () is a peninsula long and wide, lying south of the trough between Hope Bay and Duse Bay and forming the east extremity of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula. Location Tabarin Peninsula lies in Graham Land a ...
, Antarctic Peninsula *
Redstone Old Fort Redstone Old Fort — written as Redstone or Red-Stone Fort or (for a short time when built) Fort Burd — on Nemacolin's Path, the Nemacolin Trail, was the name of the French and Indian War-era wooden fort built in 1759 by Pennsylvania militia ...
, built in 1759 by Colonel James Burd and briefly named Fort Burd


Other uses

*
Bashshar ibn Burd Abū Muʿādh Bashshār ibn Burd (; 714–783), nicknamed al-Muraʿʿath (, '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 was taken as a ca ...
(714-784), Persian poet *Burd Ellen, a character in the ballad ''
Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane (Roud 3962, Child 28) is a traditional English-language folk song. 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 na ...
'' *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 # 257; Roud # 107) is a traditional folk song, framed with explicit warnings about loving above your station. Synopsis Burd Isabel, a servant, becomes pregnant. When she bears a son, Earl ...
" * MIT ''BURD'', a 1970s human-powered aircraft * MIT ''BURD II'', a 1970s human-powered aircraft


See also

*
Bird (disambiguation) A bird is a feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate. Bird, BIRD, or the bird may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters *Tracy "Bird" Van Adams, in the ''Soul Food'' film and TV series *Bird, of the Ba ...
*
Byrd (disambiguation) Byrd commonly refers to: * William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance * Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer Byrd or Byrds may also refer to: Other people *Byrd (surname), including ...
{{disambiguation, surname, geo