Burnett
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The name Burnett is thaught to have two different meanings, the first and most likely meaning is Brave Warrior, the second meaning is French Brunet it is more commonly thought this meaning is the correct one because Brunet has a similar spelling to Burnett.
Burnett may refer to:
- Place name
- Burnett, Wisconsin
- Burnett River, in Queensland, Australia
- Burnett Heads, Queensland
- Burnett Shire, a LGA in Queensland, Australia
- Burnett County, Wisconsin
- Burnett, Somerset
- First name
- Burnett Thompson American musician
- Last name
- A.J. Burnett (b.1977), American professional baseball player
- Carol Burnett (b.1935), American comedian
- Chris Burnett (b.1955), born Christopher LeRoy Burnett, American jazz saxophonist, composer and educator.
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), born Frances Eliza Hodgson, English author
- John Burnett (b.1970), British Born Person from Leek Staffordshire
- Justin Burnett (b.1973), American film composer
- Mark Burnett (b.1960), British-born American television producer
- Peter Burnett (1807–1895), first civilian American Governor of California
- Rob Burnett (b.1962), former head writer for David Letterman
- Simon Burnett (b.1983), British swimmer
- T-Bone Burnett (b.1948), born Joseph Henry Burnett, American songwriter, record producer, musician and singer.
- William Burnett (1799–1861), British physician and Naval officer
- Also Burnette:
- Dorsey Burnette (1932–1979), American singer
- Johnny Burnette (1934–1964), American singer
Burnett is also the name of one of the noble Scottish families "House of Burnett".