Bureš (feminine: Burešová) is a Czech and Slovak surname, which originated as a shortened form of the name Burian. The surname was first documented in 1563. A germanized form of the surname is Buresch and an anglicized form is Buresh. Notable people with the surname include:

Charlotta Burešová (1904–1983), Czech painter and Holocaust survivor Dagmar Burešová (1929–2018), Czech lawyer and politician Jakub Bureš (born 1981), Czech footballer Jan Bureš (1926–2012), Czech neurophysiologist and electrophysiologist Jaroslav Bureš (born 1954), Czech politician Ondřej Bureš (born 1966), Czech swimmer Tomáš Bureš (born 1978), Czech footballer

See also

Doris Bures (born 1962), Austrian politician Karl Buresch (1878–1936), Austrian politician and lawyer

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