Burnett

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Burnett is a surname most famously associated with American comedian and actress Carol Burnett, a pioneering figure in television sketch comedy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Burnett canonical 15
Burnette 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family name
surname
associatedRegion Scotland
associatedWithClan Clan Burnett
associatedWithField advertising (through Leo Burnett)
children's literature (through Frances Hodgson Burnett)
photography (through David Burnett)
television comedy (through Carol Burnett)
hasCategory English-language surnames
Scottish surnames
occupational surnames
toponymic surnames
hasEtymologicalOrigin Old French burnete (a brown woolen cloth or dark brown color)
hasNotableBearer Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
surface form: Carol Burnett, American comedian and actress

David Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
John Burnett
Ken Burnett
Leo Burnett
Paul Burnett
Tilda Swinton
surface form: Tilda Swinton (Katherine Matilda Swinton, born to Judith Balfour Killen and Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, related to the Burnett family through Scottish nobility)
hasNotableFictionalBearer Archibald Craven’s household staff in works by Frances Hodgson Burnett
hasVariant Burnet
Burnett self-linksurface differs
surface form: Burnette
languageOfOrigin English
Scottish
mostFamouslyAssociatedWith Carol Burnett
usedInCountry Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carol Burnett familyName Burnett
Burnett hasVariant Burnett self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Burnette
T Bone Burnett familyName Burnett
Burnett Guffey givenName Burnett
Smiley Burnette familyName Burnett
Burny Mattinson givenName Burnett
Leo Burnett familyName Burnett
Swan Burnett familyName Burnett
Lionel Burnett familyName Burnett
Vivian Burnett familyName Burnett
John Burnett hasSurname Burnett
John Burnett hasComponent Burnett