Burgers (surname)

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.<ref>Burgers Template:Webarchive at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.</ref><ref>Burger Template:Webarchive at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.</ref> Notable people with the surname include:

• Don Burgers (1932–2006), Dutch politician.
• Jan Burgers (1895–1981), Dutch physicist.
• Template:Interlanguage link (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.
• Template:Interlanguage link (1932–2015), Dutch football striker.
• Phil Burgers, American-Australian comedian.
• Thomas François Burgers (1834–1881), Afrikaner politician, president of the Transvaal Republic.
• Template:Interlanguage link (1897–1988), Dutch physicist, brother of Jan.

See also

• Burger (surname)
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• Bürger