Famous People with Name Burt

Burt Carlton Hooton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burt Carlton Hooton: (born February 7, 1950 in Greenville, Texas), nicknamed "Happy" (by former manager Tommy Lasorda, because he rarely ever smiled), is a former right-handed starting pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Burt Bacharach            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burt Bacharach: is an award-winning American pianist and composer. He is best known for his many pop hits from 1962-70, with lyrics written by Hal David, many of which were recorded by Dionne Warwick. As of 2006, Bacharach had written a total of 70 Top 40 hits in the US,

Burt Ward            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burt Ward: is an American television actor and activist. He is best known for his work as Robin, the "Boy Wonder", in the 1960s television series, Batman. The show, which aired on ABC from 1966 to 1968, starred Ward and Adam West as the title character, also known as "The Caped Crusader

Burt Bales            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burt Bales: was an American jazz stride pianist.Bales began on piano at age twelve, and played in hotels and nightclubs in California in the 1930s. He played regularly in San Francisco in the 1940s, with Lu Watters's Yerba Buena Jazz Band among others, but was drafte

Burt Hochberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burt Hochberg: was an expert on chess and other games and puzzles. He authored and edited many books on chess, and served as editor of both Chess Life (from December 1966 until October 1979 inclusive), and GAMES magazine. Hochberg has been the longest-serving editor in

James P. Burt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James P. Burt: is a former American football player who played for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). Burt played nose tackle for the Giants team that won Super Bowl XXI and the 49ers team that won Super Bowl XXIV.

Roy Everett Burt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Everett Burt: was a Methodist clergyman and an American socialist politician and functionary. Burt is best remembered as the Executive Secretary of the Socialist Party of America from 1936 to 1939. Burt was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and serv

Armistead Burt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Armistead Burt: was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1823 and practiced in Pendleton. He moved to Abbeville, South Carolina, in 1828 and continued the practice of law. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member o

Francis Burt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Burt: was an American politician politician from South Carolina who served as the first Governor of Nebraska Territory.

George Burt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Burt: was Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers (UAW/CAW) from 1939 to 1968. He would also serve as vice-president of the Canadian Congress of Labour and president of the Ontario Provincial Federation of Labour (1951–1953) a forerunner of the Ontario Federation of Labour. In 1945, Burt was endorsed by both the Ontario Liberal Party and the Communist Labour-Progressive Party as one of a slate of three UAW "Liberal-Labour" candidates running in CCF held seats in Windsor in the Ontario provincial election but was defeated. It was not until December 1948 that the UAW fully endorsed the CCF.