纤夫是以体力拉动驳船为生的人。

昔日在长江、嘉陵江都有裸体的纤夫。现代部份地区仍有以纤夫拉动船只的做法。

A burlak (Russian:бурла́к;IPA: [bʊrˈlak]) was a person who hauled barges and other vessels upstream from the 17th to 20th centuries in the Russian Empire.

The word burlak originated from Tatar word bujdak, 'homeless'. According to another version the word originated from old middle-German bûrlach (working team with fixed rules, artel).