- any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- Spanish burton.
- go for a burton, British Slang.
- to be lost, missing, or destroyed.
- to die.
- associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- English actor, born in Wales.
- English explorer, Orientalist, and writer.
- English clergyman and author.
- a town in central Michigan.
- a male given name.
- a kind of light hoisting tackle
- go for a burton British slang
- to be broken, useless, or lost
- to die
- Sir Richard Francis . 1821–90, English explorer, Orientalist, and writer who discovered Lake Tanganyika with John Speke (1858); produced the first unabridged translation of The Thousand Nights and a Night (1885–88)
- Richard, real name Richard Jenkins . 1925–84, Welsh stage and film actor: films include Becket (1964), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), and Equus (1977)
- Robert, pen name Democritus Junior . 1577–1640, English clergyman, scholar, and writer, noted for his Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
- Tim. born 1958, US film director whose work includes Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Corpse Bride (2005), and Alice in Wonderland (2010)
