Famous People with Name Burnham

Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham: was a Guyanese political leader and leader of Guyana from 1964 until his death, as the Prime Minister from 1964 to 1980 and as President from 1980 to 1985.Burnham was one of the founding leaders of the People's Progressive Party (PPP), which was launched on January 1, 1950; the Indo-Guyanese labor leader Cheddi Jagan became PPP Leader, while Burnham became its Chairman. In 1952, Burnham became the president of the party's affiliated trade union, the British Guiana Labour Union, in 1952. In 1953, the PPP won 18 of 24 seats in the first election permitted by the British colonial government. In the short-lived PPP government that followed, Burnham served as Minister of Education.

Sherburne Wesley Burnham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sherburne Wesley Burnham: was an American astronomer.He worked at Yerkes Observatory. All his working life, he served during the day as a court reporter and was an amateur astronomer, except for four years as a full-time astronomer at Lick Observatory.He served as a military stenographer in the Union Army in the Civil War. In 1873 – 1874, he produced a catalog of double stars. He became a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He continued to identify double stars and later published the General Catalogue of 1290 Double Stars. In 1906, he published the Burnham Double Star Catalogue, containing 13,665 pairs of double stars.

Seth Burnham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Seth Burnham: is a male beach volleyball and volleyball player from the United States who participated at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Manzanillo playing with Marcin Jagoda. They finished in the 9th position.

George Joseph Burnham            Origin/Culture/Country: English

George Joseph Burnham: was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1912. He played his only first class matches for Derbyshire in the 1912 season. He made his debut against Warwickshire in May 1912 when he was not out for 10 in the second innings.

John William Burnham            Origin/Culture/Country: English

John William Burnham: was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871. He took part in Derbyshire's first-ever match as a county side, an innings victory over Lancashire, and four further matches between the two sides within the next two seasons. Burnham's final match as a first-class player, was a match against Kent, in which he was bowled out by Test cricketer Charlie Absolom.