Burks is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Alec Burks (born 1991), American basketball player who plays shooting guard and currently plays for the Utah Jazz in the NBA *

Antonio Burks (basketball, born 1980) Antonio Cornell Burks (born February 25, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Europe. At , he played as a guard. Burks played at Booker T. Washington High School ...

(born 1980), American basketball player who plays point guard and has played in the NBA * Antonio Burks (basketball, born 1982), American basketball player who plays guard-forward and has played in the ABA *

Arthur Burks Arthur Walter Burks (October 13, 1915 – May 14, 2008) was an American mathematician who worked in the 1940s as a senior engineer on the project that contributed to the design of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. ...

(1915–2008), American mathematician and computer scientist who worked on the ENIAC * Aubrey Burks (born 2002), American football player * Barbara Stoddard Burks (1902–1943), American psychologist * Charlotte Burks (born 1942), American politician * Edward C. Burks (1821–1897), an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia *

Ellis Burks Ellis Rena Burks (born September 11, 1964) is an American former outfielder. Burks played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 18 seasons from 1987 to 2004 with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, and Cle ...

(born 1964), American baseball player *

Gregory Burks Gregory "Toine" Burks (born 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who spent his eight-year career playing for various teams in Germany between 2003 and 2011. He is , weighs approximately 160 pounds and played the point guard ...

(born 1980), American former professional basketball player * Jewel Burks, American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist * Marion E. Burks (1912–1989), American judge and politician * Martin P. Burks (1851–1928), an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia *

Mary Fair Burks Mary Fair Burks (July 31, 1914 – July 21, 1991) was an American educator, scholar, and activist during the Civil Rights Movement from Montgomery, Alabama. Burks founded the Women’s Political Council in 1946, which helped initiate the Montgom ...

(1920–1991), American educator, scholar, and civil rights activist * Mary Ivy Burks (1920–2007), American activist *

Michael Burks Michael Burks (July 30, 1957 – May 6, 2012) was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his tracks, "Everybody's Got Their Hand Out", "I Smell Smoke" and "Hard Come, Easy Go", and variou ...

(1957–2012), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter *

Oren Burks Oren Spencer Burks (born March 21, 1995) is an American professional football linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores and was selected by the Green Bay ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Robert Burks Leslie Robert Burks (July 4, 1909 – May 11, 1968) was an American cinematographer known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock. Biography Burks was born in Chino, California, on July 4, 1909. At age 19, he began working as a special e ...

(1909–1968), American cinematographer *

Ruth Coker Burks Frances Ruth Coker Burks (born March 19, 1959), also known as the Cemetery Angel, is a former caregiver of AIDS crisis patients and an AIDS awareness advocate based in Arkansas. During the AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s, she used her salary as ...

(born 1959), American HIV activist *

Tommy Burks Fred Thomas Burks (May 22, 1940 – October 19, 1998) was a farmer and Democratic Party politician in Tennessee, United States. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1970 until 1978 and in the Tennessee State Senate from ...

(1940–1998), American politician *

Treylon Burks Treylon Burks (born March 23, 2000) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected by the Titans in the f ...

(born 2000), American football player

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