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
• Roy Blunt (born 1950), U.S. Representative from Missouri, 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

• Blount (surname)
• Blunt (disambiguation)

References

1. • Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press