Burdon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Surname Albert Burdon (1900–1981), British film actor Alex Burdon (1879–1943), Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer Allan Burdon (1914–2001), Australian politician Chris Burdon, sound engineer Eric Burdon (born 1941), English singer Glen Burdon (born 1954), Canadian ice-hockey player Hannah Burdon (1800–1877) English writer of novels John Burdon (1866–1933), Governor-General of British Honduras John Burdon-Sanderson (1828–1905), English physiologist John Shaw Burdon (1826–1907), English missionary to China Josh Burdon (born 1992), Australian racing driver Philip Burdon (born 1939), New Zealand politician and lawyer Randal Mathews Burdon (1896–1965), New Zealand soldier, sheepfarmer and historian Rowland Burdon (died 1838) (1757–1838), English landowner and politician Rowland Burdon (Sedgefield MP) (1857–1944), English landowner and politician William Burdon (1764–1818) an English academic, mineowner and writer William Burdon (MP) an English politician
Middle name George Burdon McKean (1888–1926), English-Canadian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross Robert Burdon Stoker (1859–1919), British shipping magnate and politician Samuel Burdon Ellis (1787–1865), British officer in the Royal Marines
See also Burden (surname) Burton (disambiguation)