Blunt (surname)

Blunt is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or "dull" (Middle English blunt, blont). A variant spelling is Blount.

Notable people sharing the surname "Blunt"

• 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), Australian politician leader of the National Party of Australia
• Christopher Evelyn Blunt (1904–1987), British merchant banker and numismatist
• Crispin Blunt (born 1961), British Conservative MP for Reigate
• Dean Blunt, British musician, record producer, singer-songwriter, director, and conceptual artist
• E. A. H. Blunt, British civil servant, administrator and writer of the British Raj
• Edmund March Blunt (1770–1862), American navigator and magazine publisher
• Emily Blunt (born 1983), British-American actress
• Giles Blunt (born 1952), Canadian author
• Henry Blunt (disambiguation), multiple people
• James Blunt (born 1974), British musician
• James G. Blunt (1826–1881), American physician and abolitionist, Union General in the American Civil War
• John Henry Blunt (1823–1884), British divine
• John James Blunt, (1794–1855), British 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), American politician, governor of Missouri
• N. Bowditch Blunt (1804–1854), American lawyer and politician from New York
• Roger Blunt (1900–1966), New Zealand Test cricketer
• Roy Blunt (born 1950), American politician, senator from Missouri, former House Majority Whip and interim House Majority Leader
• Russell Blunt (1908–2004), American high school and collegiate track and basketball coach
• Shannon Blunt, American engineer
• Simon F. Blunt (1818–1854), American sailor, cartographer, and ship captain
• Ted Blunt (1943–2024), American politician, educator and athlete
• Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), British poet and writer
• Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987), British art teacher, artist, author and curator

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
• Sir Hubert Blunt, a character in the 1980s animated television series Dragon's Lair

See also

• Blount (surname)
• Blunt (disambiguation)

References