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Barbara Burke

1917 - 1998

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Barbara Hannah Anita Burke (13 May 1917 – 8 August 1998) was a British and South African sprint runner who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Burke is the 1,485th most popular athlete (up from 2,339th in 2019), the 4,548th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,761st in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Barbara Burke ranks 1,485 out of 6,025. Before her are Robert Benson, Giuseppe Crivelli, Gábor Benedek, Vitold Kreyer, Leonid Bartenyev, and Ernesto Canto. After her are Bengt Nilsson, Antonio Spallino, Konrad Granström, Georges Gandil, Erik Hansen, and Herbert Schade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Barbara Burke ranks 294. Before her are Carlo Cassola, Alice Pearce, Tony Cliff, Lassi Parkkinen, Pavel Solovyov, and Pyotr Demichev. After her are Isabel Sanford, Francis Parker Yockey, Barbro Kollberg, June Foray, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Reidar Liaklev. Among people deceased in 1998, Barbara Burke ranks 259. Before her are Tadeusz Ślusarski, Bella Abzug, Ernst Ising, André Chorda, Ilse Bing, and Gevorg Emin. After her are James Algar, Jesús Loroño, Betty Carter, Kim Ki-young, Augusto Magli, and Wade Dominguez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Burke ranks 4,549 out of 8,785. Before her are Walter Winterbottom (1913), Catherine Booth (1829), Joseph Thomson (1858), Jesse Carver (1911), Gerry Hitchens (1934), and Samantha Bond (1961). After her are John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), Robbie Fowler (1975), Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Sam Houser (1972), and David Jason (1940).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Barbara Burke ranks 59. Before her are Sidney Robinson (1876), William Henry Dean (1887), Dorothy Manley (1927), Harry Blackstaffe (1868), John Fenning (1885), and Cecil Griffiths (1900). After her are George Cornet (1877), Phyllis Johnson (1886), Harold Whitlock (1903), Gordon Pirie (1931), Heather Oakes (1959), and Tom Richards (1910).

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