- Clifford Lee "Cliff" Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was an American musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the American thrash metal band Metallica.
- Burton joined Metallica in 1982 and performed on the band's first three studio albums, Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets.
- He also received a posthumous writing credit for the song "To Live Is to Die" from the band's fourth studio album ...And Justice For All.
- On September 27, 1986, Burton died in a bus accident in rural southern Sweden as the band was touring in support of the Master of Puppets album.
- Burton was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica on April 4, 2009.
- He was selected as the ninth greatest bassist of all time in an online reader poll organized by Rolling Stone in 2011