Burgoyne
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
 - Eileen Burgoyne (1915–2013), British Cold War spy
 - 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.
 - 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
 - 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.