Burnaby is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Algernon Edwyn Burnaby (1868âÂÂ1938), English landowner and Master of the Quorn Hunt
- Andrew Burnaby (1732âÂÂ1812), English clergyman and travel writer
- Davy Burnaby (1881âÂÂ1949), British stage and film actor
- Edwyn Burnaby (1798âÂÂ1867), English landowner and British Army officer
- son Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (1830âÂÂ1883), British Army general and Member of Parliament; son of the above
- Frederick Gustavus Burnaby (1842âÂÂ1885), English army officer and traveller
- John Burnaby (priest) (1891âÂÂ1978), Anglican clergyman and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University
- Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck (née Caroline Louisa Burnaby, 1832âÂÂ1918), daughter of Edwyn Burnaby and great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II
- Robert Burnaby (1828âÂÂ1878), British Columbian politician
- William Burnaby (disambiguation)
- Sir William Burnaby, 1st Baronet (c. 1710âÂÂ1776), British naval officer