Burkhard (given name)
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Burkhard is a masculine German language given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Burkhard (bishop of Passau) (died 915), 14th Bishop of Passau
- Burkhard I, Lord of Zollern (died in 1061)
- Burkhard VII. Münch (died 1444), knight and life peer
- Burkhard, Margrave of Austria, first margrave in the Bavarian marchia orientalis
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- Burkhard Balz (born 1969), German politician
- Burkhard Becher, German immunologist, biomedical researcher, and academic
- Burkhard Beins (born 1964), German composer/performer
- Burkhard Bilger (born 1964), American journalist and author
- Burkhard Blienert (born 1966), German politician
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- Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, (1683–1767), German-born army officer
- Burkhard Cordes (born 1939), Brazilian sailor
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- Burkhard Dallwitz (born 1959), German Australian composer
- Burkhard Dick (born 1963), German ophthalmologist
- Burkhard Driest (1939–2020), German actor, writer, and director
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- Burkhard Ebert (1942–2025), German cyclist
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- Burkhard Gantenbein (1912–2007), Swiss handball player
- Burkhard Gladigow (1939–2022), German scholar of religious studies and classical philology
- Burkhard Glaetzner (born 1943), German oboe virtuoso and conductor
- Burkhard Gotthelf Struve (1671–1738), German librarian
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- Burkhard Heim (1925–2001), German theoretical physicist
- Burkhard Held, German painter
- Burkhard Hirsch (1930–2020), German politician
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- Burkhard Jung (born 1958), German politician
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- Burkhard Leuschke (born 1940), East German race walker
- Burkhard Lischka (born 1965), German lawyer and politician
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- Burkhard Malich (born 1936), German chess Grandmaster
- Burkhard Meier (1943–2001), German music educator and composer
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- Burkhard Pape (1932–2024), German football player and manager
- Burkhard Wilhelm Pfeiffer (1777–1852), German jurist and liberal politician
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- Burkhard Reich (born 1964), German footballer
- Burkhard Rost (born 1961), German scientist
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- Burkhard Segler (born 1951), German footballer
- Burkhard Scherer (born 1971), professor of Buddhist studies
- Burkhard Schittny, German visual artist
- Burkhard Schröder, German journalist
- Burkhard Schwenker (born 1958), German business consultant
- Burkhard Spinnen (born 1956), German author
- Burkhard Stangl (born 1960 ), composer and musician
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- Burkhard Tesdorpf (born 1962), German equestrian
