SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Venetia Burney

1918 - 2009

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Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney (married name Phair, 11 July 1918 – 30 April 2009) was an English accountant and teacher. She is remembered as the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. At the time, she was 11 years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Venetia Burney is the 344th most popular social activist (up from 401st in 2019), the 2,482nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,688th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Venetia Burney ranks 344 out of 840. Before her are Karl Ludwig Sand, Pavel Pestel, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Katarina Taikon, Hanan Ashrawi, and Muhamed Mehmedbašić. After her are Josephine Butler, Lampião, Sylvia Pankhurst, Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, M. N. Roy, and Cindy Kiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Venetia Burney ranks 145. Before her are Joseph Wiseman, Mickey Spillane, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Gottfried von Einem, Suzanne Flon, and Brenda Milner. After her are Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Jelle Zijlstra, Iryna Melnykova, Abdul Haris Nasution, Martin Lundström, and Ruggiero Ricci. Among people deceased in 2009, Venetia Burney ranks 148. Before her are Paula Hawkins, Natalya Estemirova, Dan O'Bannon, Yoshito Usui, José Torres, and Stéphanos II Ghattas. After her are Ken Annakin, Alda Merini, Jim Carroll, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Jim Rohn, and Béla Király.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Venetia Burney ranks 2,483 out of 8,785. Before her are Shakin' Stevens (1948), John Illsley (1949), William Hudson (1730), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878), and Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874). After her are Barbara Castle (1910), Tommy Lawrence (1940), Andrew Moray (1265), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Ken Annakin (1914), and J. F. C. Fuller (1878).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Venetia Burney ranks 22. Before her are Eglantyne Jebb (1876), Wat Tyler (1341), Mary Dyer (1611), Cassivellaunus (-100), Millicent Fawcett (1847), and Allan Octavian Hume (1829). After her are Josephine Butler (1828), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Charles Boycott (1832), Robert Catesby (1573), James Guillaume (1844), and Mirabehn (1892).

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