Burgers (surname)

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Burgers is a Dutch surname. It means "citizen's", but the name is also (or even primarily) of patronymic origin, with the Germanic given name Burger related to Burchard.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Don Burgers (1932–2006), Dutch politician.
  • Jan Burgers (1895–1981), Dutch physicist.
  •  [fr; mg] (1917–1944), Belgian World War II resistance fighter.
  • Johan Burgers (1870–1943), Dutch zoologist, founder of Royal Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem
  • Joop Burgers (born 1940), Dutch football midfielder.
  • Nathan Burgers (born 1979), Australian field hockey goalkeeper.
  •  [nl; ru] (1932–2015), Dutch football striker.
  • Phil Burgers, American-Australian comedian.
  • Thomas François Burgers (1834–1881), Afrikaner politician, president of the Transvaal Republic.
  •  [de; nl; pl] (1897–1988), Dutch physicist, brother of Jan.

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References[]

  1. ^ Burgers at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Burger at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
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