Researching Tony Burman
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1192 people with the Burman surname? In that year Burman was ranked number 2420 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Tony means "Form of ANTHONY. priceless" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Tony Burman on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tony Burman and the Burman Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1891 people with the Burman surname in the UK? Burman is now ranked number 2418 for popularity in the UK. |
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Burman surname in the USA? Burman is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Tony Burman
Tony Burman
Tony Burman (born 13 June 1948) is the Velma Rogers Graham Research Chair at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
Previously, he served as Al Jazeera's chief strategic advisor for the Americas, 2010–2011, based in Washington DC. He also served as managing director of the Al Jazeera English network, based in Doha, Qatar, from 2008 to 2010. Prior to this, from 2002 to 2007, he was the editor in chief of CBC News.
In October 2007, Burman received the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Gordon Sinclair Award for lifetime achievement in broadcast journalism. In October 2009, Arabian Business magazine named him the second most influential non-Arab in the Arab world. Then, in November 2009, the Canadian Expat Association also announced that he had been voted the third most influential Canadian living abroad, behind Michael J. Fox and Wayne Gretzky.
Source: Tony Burman, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Burman
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