Burd is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Bashar ibn Burd (714-784), Persian poet David Burd, American rapper and comedian known professionally as Lil Dicky Edward Burd (1749–1833), American Revolutionary War officer, lawyer and chief court clerk of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court George Burd (1793–1844), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania James Burd (1726–1793), colonial American soldier in the French and Indian War; father of Edward Burd James M. Burd, former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Lettie Cowman, née Burd (1870-1960), American writer and cofounder of the Oriental Missionary Society Steven Burd, president and chief executive officer of Safeway Inc. Walter Burd (1888-1939), Anglican Bishop of Saskatchewan, Canada
