Blunt

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Blunt can refer to several things:

[edit] People

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

• Lady Anne Blunt (1837-1917), English horsebreeder; wife of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
• Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), English art historian and Soviet spy
• Charles Blunt (b.1951), leader of the National Party of Australia
• Crispin Blunt (b.1961), English Conservative MP for Reigate
• Emily Blunt (b.1983), British actress
• Giles Blunt (b.1952), Canadian author
• James Blunt (b.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
• Matt Blunt (b.1970), governor of Missouri
• Roy Blunt (b.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
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Places

In the United States:

• Blunt, California
• Blunt, South Dakota

[edit] Other

• Blunt (cigar)
• In biology, a blunt end, a possible configuration of a DNA molecule
• Blunt force trauma, a type of physical trauma in medical terminology
• Blunted affect, a lack of emotional response in psychology
• Blunt Magazine (magazine), a Canadian blogging e-zine published quarterly
• Bluntslide, a skateboard trick

[edit] See also

• Blount