Blunt (surname)
Blunt is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or "dull" (Middle English blunt, blont)[1] A variety spelling is Blount.
- Lady Anne Blunt (1837–1917), English horsebreeder; wife of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
- Anthony Blunt (1907–1983), English art historian and Soviet spy
- Charles Blunt (born 1951), leader of the National Party of Australia
- Crispin Blunt (born 1961), English Conservative MP for Reigate
- E. A. H. Blunt, administrator and writer of the British Raj
- Edmund March Blunt (born 1770), American navigator and magazine publisher
- Emily Blunt (born 1983), British actress
- Giles Blunt (born 1952), Canadian author
- James Blunt (born 1974), British musician
- James G. Blunt (1826–1881), Union General in the American Civil War
- John Henry Blunt (1823–1884), English divine
- John James Blunt, (1794–1855), English religious scholar
- Joseph Blunt (1792–1860), American lawyer, author, editor and politician from New York
- Judy Blunt (born 1954), American Writer from Montana
- Leroy Blunt (1921-2016), American politician
- Matt Blunt (born 1970), governor of Missouri
- N. Bowditch Blunt (1804–1854), American lawyer and politician from New York
- Reginald Blunt (1857–1944), English author
- Roy Blunt (born 1950), US Senator from Missouri, former House Majority Whip and interim House Majority Leader
- Russell Blunt (1908–2004), notable North Carolina track and field coach
- Simon F. Blunt (1818–1854) American Sailor, Cartographer, and Ship Captain
- Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), English poet and writer
- Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987), English art teacher, artist, author and curator of the Watts Gallery
Fictional characters
- Alan Blunt, a fictional character from the Alex Rider novel series by Anthony Horowitz
- Arno Blunt, a fictional character in the book Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
See also
References
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- Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
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