People
- Ansar Burney, noted Pakistani human rights activist
- Charles Burney, composer and music historian
- Sir Cecil Burney, British admiral
- Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney, British engineer and inventor
- Charles Fox Burney, English biblical scholar
- Christopher Burney, British spy during WWII.
- Edward Francis Burney (1760–1848), English artist and illustrator
- Frances (Fanny) Burney, novelist and diarist
- Henry Burney, British agent and ambassador of the East India Company (19th century)
- James Burney, British admiral
- Sarah Burney, novelist
- Venetia Phair (née Burney), namer of the dwarf planet Pluto
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