Burger (surname)

Burger is a West Germanic surname. It is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for freeman/burgher (German Bürger, Low German Börger) and the surname is equivalent to the English surname Burgess. In Dutch and German speaking countries it may be a toponymic surname, indicating origin from any of a number of towns ending in -burg. Notable people with the surname include:

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Boštjan Burger (born 1966), Slovenian informatician, geographer, and panoramic photographer

Dionys Burger (1892–1987), Dutch physicist and science fiction author

Edward Burger (born 1964), American mathematician and university president

Harald Burger (born 1940), German linguist

Heinrich Bürger (Burger) (1806–1858), German/Dutch chemist and botanist

Joachim Burger (born 1969), German anthropologist and molecular biologist

Joanna Burger (born 1941), American ecologist, biologist, and non-fiction author

Rudolf Burger (born 1938), Austrian philosopher

William Carl Burger (born 1932), American botanist

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Anthony Burger (1961–2006), American gospel pianist and singer

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