Tommy Burns

Canadian world champion boxer (1881–1955)

Person human Q275993

Facts

25 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: June 17, 1881
Date of death: May 10, 1955
Place of birth: Ontario
Place of death: Vancouver
Country of citizenship: Canada^[7]
Occupation: boxer
Award received: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, International Boxing Hall of Fame^[8]^[9]^[10]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Country for sport: Canada^[22]
End of work period: 1920^[24]
Family name: Burns^[14]
Given name: Tommy^[15]
Height: +170^[25]
Manner of death: natural causes^[16]
Number of draws/ties: +8^[20]
Number of losses: +5^[19]
Number of matches played/races/starts: +60^[17]
Number of wins: +46^[18]
Place of burial: Ocean View Burial Park^[6]
Sport: boxing^[13]
Sports discipline competed in: heavyweight^[26]

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Start of work period: 1900^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Tommy Burns en Noah Brusso ar تومي بيرنز fa تامی برنز he טומי ברנס ja トミー・バーンズ ru Томи Бернс ru Томи Бёрнс ru Бернс Т. ru Бёрнс Т. ru Бернс Томи ru Бернс, Томи ru Бёрнс Томи

🔖 Identifiers · 25

ISNI: 0000000074145473
VIAF cluster ID: 25842242
Library of Congress authority ID: n00107744
GND ID: 1367223660
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Tommy Burns 1912.jpg ↗
A Dictionary of Sports Studies entry ID: 147
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): BurnsTommy1881-1955
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14975912d
BoxRec boxer ID: 10744
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID: 364
Dictionary of Sydney ID: person/burns_tommy
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Tommy-Burns-Canadian-boxer

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Encyclopædia Universalis ID: tommy-burns
FAST ID: 453349
Find a Grave memorial ID: 8141
Freebase ID: /m/0lvsv
International Boxing Hall of Fame boxer ID: oldtimer/burns
NE.se ID: tommy-burns
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp132429
Ontario Sports Hall of Fame ID (archived): 7
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095536904
SNAC ARK ID: w6fn27wq
Trading Card Database name ID: 39235, 156312
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJpDTdRXgWPyjdpGQjPfbd
Yale LUX ID: person/a964df3f-5b35-4d1b-ad67-ebbbc2055e54

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🔗 Connections

Award received 2

International Boxing Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Country for sport 1

Canada

Country of citizenship 1

Canada

Family name 1

Burns

Given name 1

Tommy

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Occupation 1

boxer

Place of birth 1

Ontario

Place of death 1

Vancouver

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

boxing

Sports discipline competed in 1

heavyweight

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Summary

Tommy Burns was born on June 17, 1881^[1], in Ontario^[2]. He died on May 10, 1955^[3], in Vancouver^[4]. He worked as a boxer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Tommy Burns born?

Tommy Burns was born in Ontario^[2].

Where did Tommy Burns die?

Tommy Burns died in Vancouver^[4].

What did Tommy Burns do for work?

Tommy Burns worked as a boxer^[5].

What awards did Tommy Burns receive?

Honors received include Canada's Sports Hall of Fame^[8], Ontario Sports Hall of Fame^[9], and International Boxing Hall of Fame^[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Tommy Burns — place of birth (P19): Ontario. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Tommy Burns — place of death (P20): Vancouver. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Tommy Burns — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Tommy Burns — country of citizenship (P27): Canada. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Tommy Burns — occupation (P106): boxer. BoxRec. Retrieved 2022-04-22. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Tommy Burns — place of burial (P119): Ocean View Burial Park. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Tommy Burns — award received (P166): Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Tommy Burns — award received (P166): Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Tommy Burns — award received (P166): International Boxing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2026-01-19. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Tommy Burns — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Tommy Burns — date of birth (P569): June 17, 1881. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Tommy Burns — date of death (P570): May 10, 1955. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Tommy Burns — sport (P641): boxing. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Tommy Burns — family name (P734): Burns. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Tommy Burns — given name (P735): Tommy. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Tommy Burns — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Tommy Burns — number of matches played/races/starts (P1350): 60. Retrieved 2026-01-19. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Tommy Burns — number of wins (P1355): 46. Retrieved 2026-01-19. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Tommy Burns — number of losses (P1356): 5. Retrieved 2026-01-19. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Tommy Burns — number of draws/ties (P1357): 8. Retrieved 2026-01-19. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Tommy Burns — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Tommy Burns — country for sport (P1532): Canada. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Tommy Burns — start of work period (P2031): 1900. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Tommy Burns — end of work period (P2032): 1920. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Tommy Burns — height (P2048): 170 cm. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Tommy Burns — sports discipline competed in (P2416): heavyweight. wikidata.org.

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14w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Trading Card Database name ID → 39235, 156312

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17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Number of draws/ties → {'amount': '+8'}

Family name → Burns

GND ID → 1367223660

Cause of death → myocardial infarction

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