Burchard (Bouchard, Burchardt, Burckhart, Burkhart, Burkard, Burkhard, Burkert, Borchardt, Burckhardt and variants, Old English Burgheard) are both Germanic given names and surnames, from Burg "castle" and hart "hard". Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
Burchard
Burchard of Würzburg, an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire
Burchard I, Duke of Swabia (c. 855/860–911)
Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (c. 883 – 926)
Burchard III, Duke of Swabia (c. 915 – 973)
Burchard, Duke of Thuringia (died 908)
Burchard of Worms (c. 950 – 1025), theologian
Burchard (archbishop of Vienne) (died 1031)
Burchard (bishop of Aosta) (died 1068), also Archbishop of Lyon (1033–1034), under the name Burchard III
Burchard II, Bishop of Halberstadt, 11th-century German cleric and statesman
Burchard of Basle, 11th-century bishop of Basle
Burchard of Istria (died 1106/1107)
Burchard, Bishop of Utrecht, 11th/12th century
Burchard (fl.Tooltip floruit 1150–1195), second abbot of St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal, see Berchtold of Engelberg
Burchard of Mount Sion, 13th-century traveler to the Middle East
Burghard
Burghard Freiherr von Schorlemer-Alst (1825–1895), Prussian parliamentarian
Burghardt
Burghardt Wittig (born 1947), German chairman and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
Burkhard
Burkhardt
Burkhardt Öller (1942–2014), German football goalkeeper
Burkhart
Burkhart Waldecker (1902–1964), German explorer
Burkard
Burkard Polster (born 1965), mathematician
Surname
Borchard
Borchardt
Borchert
Bouchard
Bourquard
Claude Bourquard (1937–2011), French fencer
Burchard
Almut Burchard, German-Canadian mathematician
Burchard-Bélaváry family, an aristocratic family of Hungarian origin, originally called Both de Szikava et Bélavár
Brendon Burchard (born 1977), American author and motivational speaker
Ernst Burchard (1876–1920), German author and doctor
Charles Burchard (1810–1879), American politician from Wisconsin
Horatio C. Burchard (1825–1908), American politician from Illinois
Jerry Burchard (1931–2011), American photographer, educator, and curator
Johann Burchard, 15th-century church figure
Johann Burchard Freystein (1671–1718), German lawyer and hymn writer
Johann Heinrich Burchard (1852–1912), Hamburg lawyer and politician
Oscar Burchard (1863–1949), German botanist, see List of Euphorbia species (G-O)
Peter Burchard, author