Burt

Given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert

Burt is a given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert, or a place name.

Burt may refer to:

People

Burt Alvord (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw
Burt Aull (1871–1947), American football player
Burt Bacharach (1928–2023), American composer, music producer and pianist
Burt Balaban (1922–1965), American film producer and director
Burt Bales (1916–1969), American jazz stride pianist
Burt Brown Barker (1873–1960), American lawyer and administrator
Burt Baskin (1913–1967), American co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain
Burt Blague (born 1975), Russian circus performer, comedian and director
Burt Blanca (born 1944), Belgian rock and roll musician
Burt Boutin, American professional poker player
Burt Boyar (1927–2018), American columnist, voice actor and author
Burt Brent, American reconstructive plastic surgeon
Burt Brinckerhoff (born 1936), American actor, director and producer
Burt D. Cady (1874–1952), American politician
Burt Caesar, British actor, broadcaster and director
Burt Cockley (born 1986), Australian cricketer
Burt Collins (1931–2007), American jazz trumpeter
Burt Delavan (1929–2013), American football tackle
Burt Doo (1930–2013), American business executive
Burt Douglas (1930–2000), American film, stage and television actor
Burt Elliott (born 1947), American politician
Burt Wendell Fansher (1880–1941), Canadian politician
Burt Ford, pseudonym of English singer, songwriter and music producer Cameron McVey (born 1957)
Burt Gillett (1891–1971), American director of animated films
Burt Glinn (1925–2008), American photographer
Burt Goldberg, American clinical professor of chemistry
Burt Goldblatt (1924–2006), American art director, graphic designer, photographer and author
Burt Grinstead (born 1988), American actor, producer and writer
Burt Grossman (born 1967), National Football League player
Burt Gustafson (1925–2022), American athlete and sports coach
Burt Hara, American clarinetist
Burt Hochberg (1933–2006), writer and publisher on chess
Burt Hooton (born 1950), American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
Burt C. Hopkins (born 1954), American philosopher
Burt Ingwersen (1898–1969), American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
Burt Jenner (born 1978), American businessman and racing driver
Burt Johnson (1890–1927), American sculptor
Burt Jones (born 1979), American politician and businessman
Burt Kaliski, cryptographer
Burt Kanner (born 1939), American swimmer and coach
Burt Z. Kasson (1877–1943), American engineer and politician
Burt Katz (1937–2016), American pizza-maker
Burt Kearns, American author, journalist, and television and film producer, writer and director
Burt Keeley (1879–1952), American baseball pitcher
Burt Kelly (1898–1963), American film producer and writer
Burt Kennedy (1922–2001), American screenwriter and director
Burt Keppler (1925–2008), American photographer, journalist and author
Burt Kimmelman (born 1947), American poet and scholar
Burt Kwouk (1930–2016), English actor best known for playing Cato in the Pink Panther films
Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), American film actor
Burt Lancon (born 1960), American pair skater
Burt Matthews (1926–2004), Canadian soil scientist and an academic administrator
Burt McKinnie (1879–1946), American golfer
Burt Metcalfe (1935–2022), Canadian-American film and television producer, director, screenwriter and actor
Burt Monroe (1930–1994), American ornithologist
Burt Munro (1899–1978), New Zealand motorcycle racer
Burt Mustin (1884–1977), American character actor
Burt Myers (born 1975), American race car driver
Burt Neuborne (born 1941), American law professor and director
Burt Nodella (1924–1916), American television producer
Burt Ovrut, American theoretical physicist
Burt Paulin (born 1955), Canadian politician
Burt Phillips, American disc jockey, bandleader, and music promoter in the 1940s
Burt Prelutsky (1940–2021), an American screenwriter, newspaper columnist and author
Burt Procter (1901–1980), American painter
Burt Pugach (1927–2020), American lawyer and criminal
Burt Reinhardt (1920–2011), American journalist and news executive
Burt Reynolds (1936–2018), American actor and director
Burt Rhodes (1923–2003), British musical director and composer
Burt Rutan (born 1943), American aerospace engineer
Burt W. Rynders (1871–1935), American politician, educator, and businessman
Burt Saunders (born 1948), American politician
Burt Schuman (born 1948), American Polish rabbi
Burt Shavitz (1935–2015), American beekeeper and businessman, founder of the personal care company Burt's Bees
Burt Shevelove (1915–1982), American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist and director
Burt Shotton (1884–1962), American Major League Baseball player, manager, coach and scout
Burt E. Skeel (1894–1924), American aviator
Burt K. Snyder (1890–1964), American businessman and politician
Burt Solomons (born 1950), American attorney and politician
Burt L. Standish, pen name of American novelist Gilbert Patten
Burt Styler (1925–2011), American television and film screenwriter and producer
Burt Sugarman (born 1939), American film and television producer
Burt L. Talcott (1920–2016), seven-term former member of the US House of Representatives from California
Burt Topper (1928–2007), American film director and screenwriter
Burt Totaro (born 1967), American mathematician
Burt Tulson (born 1947), American politician
Burt Van Horn (1823–1896), two-term US Representative from New York
Burt Ward (born 1945), American actor best known for playing Robin on the TV show Batman
Burt Weissbourd (born 1949), novelist, screenwriter and film producer
Burt Green Wilder (1841–1925), American comparative anatomist
Burt Wilson (1933–2021), American philosopher, writer, broadcaster, jazz musician, political activist, playwright, and advertising executive
Burt Wolf (born 1938), American writer and TV producer
Burt Young (1940–2023), stage name of American actor, painter and author Gerald Tommaso DeLouise

Fictional characters

Burt Campbell from the TV series Soap
Burt Chance from the TV series Raising Hope
Burt Fabelman, in the 2022 film The Fabelmans, based on director Steven Spielberg's father Arnold Spielberg.
Burt Gervasi from the TV show The Sopranos
Burt Gummer from the Tremors film series and short-lived TV show
Burt Hummel from the TV musical series Glee
Burt Weems, a character in the American sitcom television series The Hogan Family
Burt Wonderstone, a lead character in the film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Burt Worm, a fictional character from the animated film A Merry Mirthworm Christmas and 2 sequels