Barbara Burke

British athlete (1917-1998)
Person human Q467540
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Barbara Burke

Summary

Barbara Burke is a human[1]. Her place of birth was London Borough of Croydon[2]. She was born on +1917-05-13T00:00:00Z[3]. She died in Johannesburg[4]. She died on +1998-08-08T00:00:00Z[5]. She worked as an athletics competitor[6]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Barbara Burke was born in London Borough of Croydon[2].
  • Barbara Burke passed away in Johannesburg[4].
  • Barbara Burke was born on +1917-05-13T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Barbara Burke died on +1998-08-08T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Barbara Burke held citizenship in United Kingdom[8].
  • Barbara Burke worked as an athletics competitor[6].
  • Barbara Burke's image is recorded as Ethel Raby, Barbara Burke 1938.jpg[9].
  • Barbara Burke is recorded as female[10].
  • Barbara Burke's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Barbara Burke's Commons category is recorded as Barbara Burke[12].
  • Barbara Burke's sport is recorded as athletics[13].
  • Barbara Burke's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gn4tx[14].
  • Barbara Burke's family name is recorded as Burke[15].
  • Barbara Burke's given name is recorded as Barbara[16].
  • Barbara Burke's World Athletics athlete ID is recorded as 14558003[17].
  • Barbara Burke's participant in is recorded as 1936 Summer Olympics[18].
  • Barbara Burke's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[19].
  • Barbara Burke's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as bu/barbara-burke-1[20].
  • Barbara Burke's country for sport is recorded as United Kingdom[21].
  • Barbara Burke's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+177'}[22].
  • Barbara Burke's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+63'}[23].
  • Barbara Burke's sports discipline competed in is recorded as sprinting[24].
  • Barbara Burke's Tilastopaja female athlete ID is recorded as 372264[25].
  • Barbara Burke's Track and Field Statistics female athlete ID is recorded as 361[26].
  • Barbara Burke's Olympics.com athlete ID is recorded as barbara-hannah-anita-burke[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Barbara Burke's place of birth was London Borough of Croydon[2]. She was born on +1917-05-13T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Barbara Burke's professions included athletics competitor[6].

Death and Burial

Barbara Burke died on +1998-08-08T00:00:00Z[5]. She died in Johannesburg[4].

Why It Matters

Barbara Burke ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[7] She has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Barbara Burke born?

Barbara Burke was born in London Borough of Croydon[2].

Where did Barbara Burke die?

Barbara Burke passed away in Johannesburg[4].

What did Barbara Burke do for work?

Barbara Burke worked as athletics competitor[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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