Burkert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nancy Ekholm Burkert (born 1933), American artist and illustrator Marianne Burkert-Eulitz (born 1972), German politician Martin Burkert (born 1964), German politician Rudolf Burkert (1904–1985), German Czechoslovak Nordic skier Karel Burkert (1909–1991), Czech football goalkeeper Walter Burkert (1931–2015), German scholar Herbert Burkert, German law professor