Burgoyne is a surname introduced to England following the Norman conquest of 1066, which denoted someone from Burgundy (Bourgogne in French).[1] Notable people with the name include:
- Alan Burgoyne (1880–1929), British soldier, politician and writer
- Burgoyne Diller (1906–1965), American abstract painter
- Grant Burgoyne (1953), Boise, Idaho attorney and a Democratic State Senator representing Idaho's District
- Harry Burgoyne (1996), English footballer
- Hugh Talbot Burgoyne (1833–1870), Irish Royal Naval officer, VC winner and son of John Fox Burgoyne
- Jacqueline Burgoyne (1944–1988), British sociologist and academic
- James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown (b. 1954), British peer and politician
- John Burgoyne (1722–1792), British general during the American Revolutionary War, father of John Fox Burgoyne
- John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett (1821–1856), British politician
- John Fox Burgoyne (1782–1871), British field marshal of the British Army, son of John Burgoyne, father of Hugh Talbot Burgoyne
- Mike Burgoyne (rugby union) (1951–2016), New Zealand rugby union player
- Mike Burgoyne (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Mindie Burgoyne, American writer and businessperson
- Montagu Burgoyne (1750–1836), British politician.
- Patrick Burgoyne, New Zealand rugby league footballer of the 1980s
- Peter Burgoyne (b. 1978), Australian rules footballer, brother of Shaun Burgoyne
- Peter Bond Burgoyne (1844–1929), English wine merchant
- Shaun Burgoyne (b. 1982), Australian rules footballer, brother of Peter Burgoyne
- Thomas Burgoyne (cricketer, born 1775) (1775–1847), British cricketer
- Thomas Burgoyne (Australian politician) (1827–1920), South Australian politician
- Thomas Henry Burgoyne, secretary and member of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and author of The Light in Egypt, published in 1889.
- Victoria Burgoyne (b. 1965), British actress
- William Burgoyne Taverner (1879–1958), New Zealand politician
See also
- Burgoyne baronets, from two British baronetcies
- Bourgoin (surname)
- Burgoyne, Ontario for Burgoyne Village
References
- ↑ "Surname Database: Burgoyne Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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