Famous People with Name Burke

Burke Marshall            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burke Marshall: was an American lawyer and head of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice during the Civil Rights Era.Marshall was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. He attended the Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in 1940, and received a BA from Yale University in 1943. He joined the army, working in the intelligence corps as a Japanese translator and cryptoanalyst. It was during his military service that he met Violet Person, whom he later married.

Burke Shelley            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

Burke Shelley: is the bass guitarist, and vocalist of hugely influential Welsh rock group Budgie.Shelley is often compared to Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee as they both share the position of bassist/vocalist in power trio bands, both have high pitched distinctive voic

Burke Boyce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burke Boyce: was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Burke Riley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burke Riley: was an American state legislator, lawyer, and public official on territorial, state, and national levels. He was a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention in 1955 and 1956, representing the city of Haines, Alaska, and he was a signer of the Alask

Anne Marie McGlone Burke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Anne Marie McGlone Burke: is an Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the First Judicial District (Cook County, Illinois) and, along with other notables including Eunice Kennedy, is a founder of the Special Olympics. Judge Burke was first appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court in 19

Frank Welsh Burke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Welsh Burke: was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1959 to 1963 and as Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1969 to 1973.

Kevin M. Burke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kevin M. Burke: is an American attorney and politician who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety from 2007 to 2010, Essex County District Attorney from 1979 to 2003, and as the representative from the 4th Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Represen

Michael Edmund Burke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Edmund Burke: was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. He studied law at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1886 and 1887. He was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice at Beaver Dam. He served as town clerk 1887–1889. He served as member of the Wiscon

Edward Austin Burke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Austin Burke: was the Democratic State Treasurer of Louisiana from 1878 to 1888. Burke was the first Democrat to hold the office of Louisiana Treasurer following Reconstruction. Burke later fled to Honduras after it was discovered that there were misappropriations of s