Burleigh may refer to:

Places

Australia

Burleigh Heads, Queensland Burleigh Heads is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Burleigh Heads had a population of 10,572 people. Geography Burleigh Head is a cape () jutting into the Coral Sea at the northern mouth of Tallebud ...

, a suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland * Burleigh Head National Park *

Electoral district of Burleigh Burleigh is an electoral division in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Australia. The division of Burleigh is located on the southern Gold Coast, centred on Burleigh Heads. It includes the Gold Coast suburbs of Burleigh Heads, Burle ...

, Queensland, Australia

Canada

* Burleigh Falls, Ontario

United Kingdom

Burleigh, Berkshire Burleigh is a village in Berkshire, England, within the civil parish of Winkfield. It lies east of the A332 road and about west of Ascot Racecourse Ascot Racecourse is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, Engl ...

, Bracknell Forest, England * Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England * Burleigh, Perth and Kinross, Scotland ** Burleigh Castle, is located at the above * Burleigh Hall, house near the site of the present Loughborough University * Burleigh Fields, house near Loughborough * Burleigh House, London

United States

* Burleigh (Ellicott City, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland * Burleigh Township, Michigan * Burleigh, New Jersey * Burleigh (Concord, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina *

Burleigh County, North Dakota Burleigh County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 98,458, and was estimated to be 103,107 in 2024, making it the List of counties in North ...

* Menoken, North Dakota, also known as Burleigh or Burleigh Station

People with the surname

* A. A. Burleigh (c. 1845–1938) also known as Angus A. Burleigh, American minister, soldier, and educator * Averil Burleigh (1883–1949), British painter *

Bennet Burleigh Bennet Graham Burley (c. 1840 – June 17, 1914) was a Scottish-born pirate, Confederate spy and journalist. Later in life, he changed his surname to Burleigh and became a celebrated war correspondent for London's ''The Daily Telegraph''. ...

, British journalist * Celia M. Burleigh, American activist for women's rights * Charles Burleigh (1810 – 1878), American orator and abolitionist * Edwin Chick Burleigh (1843-1916), American politician *

Harry Burleigh Harry Burleigh (born Henry Thacker Burleigh, December 2, 1866 – September 12, 1949) was an American classical composer, arranger, and professional singer known for his baritone voice. The first black composer who was instrumental in dev ...

, African-American composer * James Burleigh (1869-1917), English footballer * Michael Burleigh, British author and historian *

Nina Burleigh Nina D. Burleigh is an American writer and investigative journalist, She writes books, articles, essays and reviews. Burleigh is a supporter of secular liberalism, and is known for her interest in issues of women's rights. Early life Burleigh gre ...

, American author and journalist * Patrick Burleigh, American screenwriter, playwright, and essayist *

Peter Burleigh Albert Peter Burleigh (born March 7, 1942) is an American diplomat who worked as a Foreign Service Officer and joined the American Academy of Diplomacy. Early life and education Burleigh was born on March 7, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. He g ...

(born 1942), American diplomat and South Asia specialist * Walter Atwood Burleigh (1820-1896), American physician * William Burleigh (1785–1827), American politician

Other uses

Burleigh Pottery Burleigh Pottery (also known as Burgess & Leigh) is the name of a pottery manufacturer in Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. The business specialises in traditionally decorated earthenware tableware. The factory is a nineteenth-century grade II* lis ...

, Stoke-on-Trent