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Alan Burwell Alan Burwell (born December 1942) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Great Britain (Under-24s) and Yorkshire, and at club level for H ...
(born 1943), English rugby league player *
Armistead Burwell (planter) Armistead Burwell (December 13, 1777 – March 17, 1841) of Dinwiddie County, Virginia was a planter and a colonel of the United States Army in the War of 1812. Early life and education Armistead Burwell, born on December 13, 1777, was the son o ...
, American planter *
Bill Burwell William Edwin Burwell (March 27, 1895 – June 11, 1973) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. Born in Jarbalo, Kansas, Burwell was a right-handed pitcher who stood tall and weighed . World War I service In 1917, ...
(1895–1973), American baseball player *
Bryan Burwell Bryan Ellis Burwell (August 4, 1955 – December 4, 2014) was an American sportswriter and author. He joined the '' St. Louis Post Dispatch'' in 2002, after leaving HBO's ''Inside the NFL'', where he worked as a sports correspondent. Burwell als ...
(1955–2014), American sportswriter *
Carter Burwell Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1954) is an American film composer. He has frequently collaborated with the Coen brothers, having scored most of their films. He has also scored films by other directors such as Bill Condon, Todd Haynes ...
(born 1955), American film score composer *
Cliff Burwell Clifford R. Burwell (October 6, 1898 – October 10, 1976) was an American pianist and composer. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut on October 6, 1898. His most popular composition was "Sweet Lorraine," with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. He playe ...
(1898–1977) American pianist and songwriter * Dick Burwell (1940–2023), American baseball player * Guy Burwell (born 1965), American illustrator *
Jim Burwell James M. Burwell (March 23, 1898 – September 8, 1974), also known as Jim B., was an American man who was one of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) founding members. He was among the first ten members of AA on the East Coast, and was responsible for startin ...
(1898–1974), Alcoholics Anonymous founding member * Leonidas Burwell (1817–1879), Canadian businessman and politician *
Lilian Thomas Burwell Lilian Thomas Burwell (born 1927) is a Washington, DC sculptor and painter whose shaped paintings often blur the line between the two disciplines. Her artwork uses abstraction to create a personal response to the natural world. Early life and ...
(born 1927), American artist *
Lois Burwell Lois Burwell (born 1960) is a British Oscar-winning makeup artist. She won the Best Makeup Oscar at the 68th Academy Awards for the film ''Braveheart'', which she shared with Peter Frampton and Paul Pattison. She received her second Academy ...
(born 1960), British makeup artist *
Mahlon Burwell Mahlon Burwell (February 18, 1783 – January 25, 1846) was a surveyor and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Jersey in 1783 and came to Upper Canada with his family in 1796. He was largely self-schooled and was employed b ...
(1783–1846), Canadian politician *
Paul Burwell Paul Dean Burwell (24 April 1949 – 4 February 2007) was a British thaumaturge and percussionist, influential in the fields of free improvisation and experimental art. Born in Ruislip, he studied drums with Max Abrams, then at Ealing Art Colle ...
(1949–2007), English musician *
Sylvia Mathews Burwell Sylvia Mary Burwell (; born June 24, 1965) is an American government and non-profit executive who is president of the Harvard Board of Overseers and was the 15th president of American University from 2017 to 2024. Burwell was the first woman t ...
(born 1965), American businesswoman and 22nd U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services * William A. Burwell (1780–1821), American politician *James F.A. Burwell (born 1999), British, Geographer Given name: *
Burwell Bassett Burwell Bassett, Jr. (March 18, 1764 – February 26, 1841) was an American planter and politician from New Kent County and for two decades from Williamsburg in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like his father, he served in both chambers of the ...
(1764–1841), American politician * Burwell B. Bell III (born 1947), United States Army general *
Burwell Jones Burwell Otis Jones (March 23, 1933 – February 6, 2021) was a physician specializing in dermatology, and a former American competition swimmer. He was an All-American for the University of Michigan, and represented the U.S. in the 1952 Olympic ...
(1933–2021), American swimmer *
Burwell Boykin Lewis Burwell Boykin Lewis (July 7, 1838 – October 11, 1885) represented both Alabama's 6th congressional district and Alabama's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Early life Lewis was born in Montgom ...
(1838–1885), American politician * Burwell C. Ritter (1810–1880), American politician


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