Burke

Burke

Burke may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Shire of Burke, Queensland, a Local Government Areas in Australia
* Division of Burke has been the name of an Australian Electoral Division twice
* Bourke, New South Wales, a town (pronounced "Burke")

Canada

* Burke Mountain (British Columbia)

United States

* Burke, Idaho, a ghost town
* Burke, South Dakota
* Burke, Virginia
* Burke (town), New York
* Burke (village), New York
* Burke, Wisconsin - a township in Dane County, Wisconsin

People

:"See also: Burke (name)"

* Bernard Burke, "Ulster" (King of Arms)
* Edmund Burke, an 18th century Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher
* Elijah Burke, an American professional wrestler
* Clan Burke, family of Irish origin
* James Burke (several)
* Joe Burke (keyboardist) (born 1939), Irish accordion player
* Joe Burke (baseball executive) (1924-1992), baseball executive
* Joseph C. Burke, former President of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh
* Joseph Burke (teacher), Canadian teacher convicted of assault in Christian Brothers sex scandal
* Joseph Burke II (1812-1873), Anglo-American collector of plants and animals
* Joe Burke (composer) (1884-1950), American actor, composer and pianist
* Joseph A. Burke (died 1962), Bishop of Buffalo
* Sonny Burke (1914-1980), American musician
* Joseph Burke (cricketer), Irish cricket player
* Raymond Leo Burke, American Bishop
* Thomas Burke, an American lawyer, railroad builder, and judge
* Kenneth Burke, an American literary theorist
* Kevin Burke, an Irish Fiddler, famously in the Bothy Band
* William Burke, a 19th century Irish-Scots serial killer.
* William Joseph Burke (1862-1925), English-born American politician and businessman

Fictional characters

* Burke (character), the antihero protagonist of a series of novels by Andrew Vachss
* Preston Burke, fictional doctor on the television series "Grey's Anatomy"
* Juliet Burke, a character from the TV series "Lost"
* Leslie Burke, a character from "Bridge to Terabithia"
* Burke, Carter J., a character from the 1986 movie "Aliens" (film)
* Burke, a supporting fictional character from the movie

Things

* Burke's Peerage
* Omaha Burke High School, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
* Alternate spelling of the British slang word "berk".
* Arleigh Burke class destroyer
* Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington, USA

ee also

* Bourke
* Burk
* Berg
* Burgos
* de Burgos
* Burgh
* de Burgh


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  • BURKE (E.) — Peu d’ouvrages non romanesques de langue anglaise connurent en leur temps un succès aussi immédiat, vif et étendu que ceux de Burke. Sa Recherche philosophique sur l’origine de nos idées du sublime et du beau, publiée en 1757 et fondant la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Burke — Burke, NY U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 213 Housing Units (2000): 94 Land area (2000): 0.292184 sq. miles (0.756754 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.292184 sq. miles (0.756754 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Burke —   [bəːk],    1) Edmund, britischer Politiker und Publizist, * Dublin 12. 1. 1729, ✝ Beaconsfield (bei London) 9. 7. 1797; 1765 94 Mitglied des Unterhauses; betätigte sich zunächst als Privatsekretär von Lord Rockingham, dem Führer einer Gruppe… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Burke — Burke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burking}.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.] 1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Burke, NY — U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 213 Housing Units (2000): 94 Land area (2000): 0.292184 sq. miles (0.756754 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.292184 sq. miles (0.756754 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Burke, SD — U.S. city in South Dakota Population (2000): 676 Housing Units (2000): 385 Land area (2000): 0.558653 sq. miles (1.446905 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.558653 sq. miles (1.446905 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Burke, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 315 Housing Units (2000): 138 Land area (2000): 0.628131 sq. miles (1.626852 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.628131 sq. miles (1.626852 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Burke, VA — U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia Population (2000): 57737 Housing Units (2000): 19367 Land area (2000): 11.528917 sq. miles (29.859757 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.121595 sq. miles (0.314930 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.650512 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Burke — (spr. Börk), Robert O Hara, geb. 1821 zu St. Clerans in Irland, trat in österreichische Militärdienste, kehrte aber 1848 in sein Vaterland zurück, wo er bei der berittenen Polizei angestellt wurde; nach einigen Jahren ging er nach Australien u.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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