Burman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anneli Burman (born 1963), Swedish curler
• Barney Burman, American make-up artist
• Barry Burman (1943–2001), English figurative artist
• Ben Lucien Burman (1896–1984), American author and journalist
• Bob Burman (1884–1916), American racecar driver
• Carina Burman (born 1960), Swedish novelist and literature scholar
• Daniel Burman (born 1973), Argentinian filmmaker
• Erica Burman (born 1960), British developmental psychologist
• Fale Burman (1903–1973), Swedish Army lieutenant general
• Jayasri Burman (born 1960), Indian artist, niece of Sakti
• Johannes Burman (1707–1780), Dutch botanist and physician
• John Burman (born 1982) American coffee mogul
• Karl Burman (1882–1965), Estonian architect and painter
• Maya Burman (born 1971), French artist, daughter of Sakti
• Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734–1793), Dutch botanist, son of Johannes
• Pieter Burman the Elder (1668–1741), Dutch classical scholar
• Pieter Burman the Younger (1713–1778), Dutch classical scholar, nephew of previous
• Rahul Dev Burman (1939–1994), Indian Bollywood music composer, son of SD
• Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975), Indian Bollywood music composer
• Saket Burman (born 1976/77), British billionaire
• Sakti Burman (born 1935), Indian artist based in France
• Shirley Burman (born 1934), American railroad photographer and historian
• Tony Burman (born 1948), Canadian journalist and editor in chief of CBC News
• William Francis Burman (1897–1974), First World War English recipient of the Victoria Cross

See also

• Barman (surname)
• Burmann, surname
• Buurman, surname
• Burman and Sons Ltd, UK manufacturer of automotive steering gear
• Bamar, dominant ethnic group of Burma, sometimes called Burman
• Tibeto-Burman languages, linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family
• Variant of the Indian title and surname Varma
• Berman