Burckhardt (surname)

Burckhardt is a German-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Members of the patrician family from Basel

• Christoph Burckhardt (1740–1812), a Swiss merchant involved in international trade and slave trade
• Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897), Swiss historian of art and culture, author of "The Culture of the Renaissance"
• Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784–1817), Swiss traveler and orientalist who re-discovered the ancient city of Petra
• Carl Jacob Burckhardt, diplomat and President of the Red Cross
• Karl Burckhardt (1830–1893), Swiss politician
• Johann Gottlieb Burckhardt (1836–1907), Swiss psychiatrist and founder of modern psychosurgery
• Charlotte Louise Burckhardt (1862–1892), daughter of a Swiss merchant from Basel
• Titus Burckhardt (1908–1984), Swiss author and member of the Traditionalist School
• Rudy Burckhardt (1914–1999), Swiss-American filmmaker and photographer
• Martin Burckhardt (1921–2007), Swiss architect, politician, and patron of the arts
• Tom Burckhardt (born 1964), American artist

Others

• Carl Nathanael Burckhardt (1878–1923), Swiss painter and sculptor
• Elsa Burckhardt-Blum (1900–1974), Swiss architect and painter
• Fabian Burckhardt, Swiss curler
• Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, World War I flying ace
• Heinrich Christian Burckhardt (1811–1879), German forester and entomologist
• Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt (born 1956), German author, television presenter, and talkshow host
• Jenny Burckhardt (1849–1935), Swiss painter
• Johann Karl Burckhardt (1773–1825), German-born astronomer and mathematician
• Johann Jakob Burckhardt (1903–2006), Swiss mathematician and crystallographer
• Johannes Burckhardt (1853–1914), German Protestant minister
• Louise Bachofen-Burckhardt (1845–1920), Swiss philanthropist
• Lucius Burckhardt (1925–2003), Swiss sociologist and economist
• Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt (1919–1993), German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II
• Marc Burckhardt, American fine artist and illustrator
• Martin Burckhardt (born 1957), German author and cultural theorist
• Ute Trekel-Burckhardt (born 1939), German operatic mezzo-soprano
• Walter Burckhardt (1905–1971), Swiss dermatologist
• William Burckhardt Barker (1810?–1856), English orientalist

See also

• Burckhardt Helferich (1887–1982), German chemist
• Burckhardt Hoppe (born 1946), German former sports shooter
• Burchard (name)
• Burkhardt
• Burghardt