# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/burnum-burnum
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:48:41.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/burnum-burnum"
name: "Burnum Burnum"
slug: "burnum-burnum"
description: "Burnum Burnum was an Aboriginal Australian sportsman, activist, actor, and author. He was a Woiworrung and Yorta Yorta man, born at Wallaga Lake in southern New South Wales. He was originally christened Harry Penrith but in 1976, he changed his name to Burnum Burnum after his grandfather both to honour him and acknowledge his Aboriginal identity."
tagline: "Australian Aboriginal activist, actor and author (1936-1997)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-01-10"
deathDate: "1997-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.37
  momentum:             5.593525179856115
  historical:           6.164545333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122490/"
    handle:    "nm0122490"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnum_Burnum"
    title: "Burnum Burnum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "بورنوم بورنوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnum_Burnum"
    title: "Burnum Burnum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnum_Burnum"
    title: "Burnum Burnum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnum_Burnum"
    title: "Burnum Burnum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnum_Burnum"
    title: "Burnum Burnum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446278"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1903492"
    title: "June Burnum"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump