Burnaby is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Algernon Edwyn Burnaby (1868–1938), English landowner and Master of the Quorn Hunt Andrew Burnaby (1732–1812), English clergyman and travel writer Davy Burnaby (1881–1949), British stage and film actor Edwyn Burnaby (1798–1867), English landowner and British Army officer son Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (1830–1883), British Army general and Member of Parliament; son of the above Frederick Gustavus Burnaby (1842–1885), English army officer and traveller John Burnaby (priest) (1891–1978), Anglican clergyman and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck (née Caroline Louisa Burnaby, 1832–1918), daughter of Edwyn Burnaby and great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II Robert Burnaby (1828–1878), British Columbian politician William Burnaby (disambiguation) Sir William Burnaby, 1st Baronet (c. 1710–1776), British naval officer