List of Famous people with last name Burnell

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Susan Jocelyn Bell
First Name Jocelyn
Last Name Burnell

Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. She was credited with "one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century". The discovery was recognised by the award of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics but, despite being the first person to discover the pulsars, she was not one of the recipients of the prize.

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Cerrie Burnell

First Name Cerrie
Born on August 30, 1979 (age 46)

Claire "Cerrie" Burnell is an English actress, singer, playwright, children's author, and former television presenter for the BBC children's channel CBeebies. In 2018, she portrayed the role of Penny Stevenson in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

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