Burn is a surname, and may refer to:

• Amos Burn (1848–1925), English chess player
• Andrew Burn (1864–1927), English Anglican cleric, Dean of Salisbury
• Andrew Burn (professor) (born 1954), English academic and media theorist
• Arthur Burn (1879–1911), Canadian long-distance runner
• Clive Burn (1882–1955), British official
• Chris Burn, British-Canadian geomorphologist
• Dan Burn (born 1992), English footballer
• David Burn (1799–1875), Scottish playwright in Australia and New Zealand
• Doris Burn (1923–2011), American children's book author and illustrator
• Edmund Burn (1922–1969), Canadian cricketer
• Edward Burn (cleric) (1762–1837), English Calvinist Methodist preacher
• Edward Burn (legal scholar) (1922–2019), English barrister
• Flora Burn (fl.1741), American pirate
• George Burn (1759–c.1820), Scottish civil engineer and architect
• Gordon Burn (1948–2009), English writer
• Gordon Burn-Wood (1914–1981), South African competitive sailor
• Hans Burn, Swiss paralympic skier
• Harry T. Burn (1895–1977), American politician from Tennessee
• Hilary Burn (born 1946), English wildlife illustrator
• Ian Burn (1939–1993), Australian conceptual artist
• James Burn (born 1849), Australian cricketer
• James Dawson Burn (c.1809–1889), Irish author, vagrant and Odd Fellow
• Jane Burn (born 1973), British ballerina
• Jim Burn, American attorney and politician from Pennsylvania
• Jimmy Burn (1877–1934), Australian rules footballer
• John Burn (bishop) (1851–1896), Anglican colonial bishop
• John Burn (geneticist) (born 1952), British geneticist and academic
• John Burn (rower) (1884–1958), English doctor and rower
• John Southerden Burn (1798–1870), English solicitor and antiquary
• Johnnie Burn (born 1970), British film sound designer
• Jonny Burn (born 1995), English footballer
• Joseph Burn (1871–1950), British insurance executive
• Joshua Harold Burn (1892–1981), English pharmacologist
• June Burn (1893–1969), American non-fiction writer and columnist
• Kathleen Pelham Burn (1887–1966), British aviator and sportswoman
• Kenneth Burn (1862–1956), Australian cricketer
• Micky Burn (1912–2010), English journalist and commando
• Natalie Burn, American actress and screenwriter
• Malcolm Burn (born 1960), Canadian music producer
• Margaret Gordon Burn (1825–1918), New Zealand school principal
• Paul Burn (born 1963), English cricketer
• Richard Burn (1709–1785), English legal writer
• Richard Burn (Indologist) (1871–1947), English historian of India
• Robert Burn (architect) (1752–1815), Scottish architect, father of William Burn
• Robert Burn (classicist) (1829–1904), English classical scholar and archaeologist
• Robert Burn (naturalist) (born 1937), Australian naturalist and citizen scientist
• Robert Scott Burn (1825–1901), Scottish engineer and author
• Rodney Joseph Burn (1899–1984), English artist
• Roland Burn (born 1950), Swiss biathlete
• Tam Dean Burn (born 1958), Scottish actor
• Thomas Burn (1888–1976), English footballer
• Thomas Henry Burn (1875–1949), British politician
• Wendy Burn (born 1958), British psychiatrist
• William Burn (1789–1870), Scottish architect
• William Pelham Burn (1859–1901), English Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Norfolk
• William Wallace Allison Burn (1891–1915), New Zealand aviator

See also

• Burne
• Burns (surname)
• Byrne (surname)
• Bern (surname)
• Born (surname)

Surname list

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