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{{Short description|Given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert}}
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'''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 (TV series)|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, a character in the 2015 American comedy-drama movie ''[[The Diary of a Teenage Girl#Cast|The Diary of a Teenage Girl]]''
*Burt Badboy, from the 2015 revival of [[Danger Mouse (2015 series)| Danger Mouse]]
*[[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]]
*[[List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family#Burt Gervasi|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#Cast|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

==See also==
*[[Bert (disambiguation)]]
*[[Birt (disambiguation)]]
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