Born in Bombay, India, Cecil Scott Burgess (1870-1971) worked primarily in Edmonton, Alberta. He began his career as an associate architect in the Montreal firm of Nobbs and Hyde. In 1910 he taught at the School of Architecture of McGill University, moving to Edmonton in 1913 where he held the position of professor of architecture at the University of Alberta until his retirement. Burgess also worked as a consulting architect to the Alberta Government for administrative offices.

Né à Bombay (Inde), Cecil Scott Burgess (1870-1971) a surtout travaillé à Edmonton (Alberta). Il a commencé sa carrière à titre d'associé du cabinet montréalais de Nobbs et Hyde. En 19 10, il a enseigné à l'École d'architecture de l'Université McGill puis s'est installé à Edmonton en 1913 où il a été professeur d'architecture à l'Université de l'Alberta jusqu'à sa retraite. Burgess a aussi été architecte conseil pour le compte du gouvernement de l'Alberta.

Edward Burgess was born on June 30, 1848, in West Sandwich, Massachusetts.

He was an American yacht designer. After graduation from Harvard University in 1871, he became secretary of the Boston Society of Natural History. He edited the publications of the society and published several memoirs on anatomical subjects. From 1879 to 1883, he worked as an instructor in entomology at Harvard. He travelled in Europe and, in an amateur way, studied the principles of naval architecture, bringing his knowledge and judgment to the practical test of designing and building vessels for his own use. In 1883, he turned to the design of sailing yachts for a living. Many of the boats he designed won fame not only in the waters of the eastern United States but also in a series of international races. In his seven years of work as a yacht designer, Burgess designed 137 vessels, which included 38 cutters, 35 steam yachts, 29 catboats, 17 sloops, 11 fishing-vessels, 3 pilot-boats, 3 working-vessels, and 1 yawl. His son William Starling Burgess would follow him in his profession of yacht design. In 1994, he was inducted into America's Cup Hall of Fame.

In 1877, he married Caroline Louisa Sullivant (1852–1891). He died of typhoid fever on July 12, 1891, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Thomas Joseph Workman Burgess was born on March 11, 1849, in Toronto, Ontario.

He was a physician, botanist, asylum superintendent, professor, and author. He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto (1862-1866) and then completed his medical studies at the University of Toronto (1870). He immediately joined the medical staff of the Asylum for the Insane in Toronto. In 1872, he accepted a position as surgeon to the North America Boundary Commission. Travelling widely throughout Canada in this capacity, he developed an interest in botany, a subject to which he would devote many articles and lectures. From 1875 to 1887 Burgess worked at the Asylum for the Insane in London, Ontario and later at the Asylum for the Insane in Hamilton. In 1890, he became the first medical superintendent of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane in Verdun, Quebec where he spent the next 33 years. He made sure that the patients were treated in the most humane manner and he set up an extensive program to keep them occupied (work, physical activity, and leisure pursuits). In 1899, he became a professor of psychiatry at McGill University. In 1885, he became a member of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1886, he was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1904 and 1905, he was president of the American Medico-Psychological Association.

In 1875, he married Jesse McPherson (1853–1929). He died on January 18, 1926, in Montreal, Quebec.

Irving Burgie has been called one of the greatest composers of Caribbean music. Son of a mother from Barbados and a father from Virginia, he was born in New York City. After high school, he sang at various clubs in New York — under the stage name Lord Burgess — until he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943. He served in an all-Black unit in China, Burma and India. After the war, he was accepted at Juillard School of Music and expected to become a classical singer; he also studied music at both the University of Arizona and the University of Southern California. However, he met singer Harry Belafonte at Camp Minisink run by the Harlem-based New York City Mission Society in upstate New York, and the two became friends. He and William Attaway collaborated on a version of the lyrics for the Banana Boat song (Day-O) for Belafonte, a major hit of the mid-1950s, and he went on to create 33 other songs for the Calypso star. In 1966, he wrote the lyrics for the national anthem for newly independent Barbados. He was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 2007.