Gaunt

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Gaunt is a adjective that describes a living thing as being bony, thin and/or sickly, it may also be used to describe a barren deserted place, however gaunt may refer to:

Contents 1 People with the name Gaunt 2 Things 3 Places 4 Fictional characters

[edit] People with the name Gaunt

• Dan Gaunt, a young Welsh darts prodigy tipped as the new Phil 'The Power' Taylor
• Jon Gaunt, British radio presenter and newspaper columnist, late 20th and early 21st century.
• John of Gaunt, 14th century English prince
• Maurice de Gaunt, founder of Beverston Castle
• Nathan Gaunt, an Australian singer-songwriter

[edit] Things

• Gaunt's formula, a mathematical formula dealing with associated Legendre polynomials
• Gaunt (band), a punk rock band from Ohio

[edit] Places

• Ghent, Belgium was formerly called Gaunt

[edit] Fictional characters

• Leland Gaunt, the antagonist in the Stephen King novel, Needful Things.
• The House of Gaunt, a wizard family in the Harry Potter book series
• Nightgaunt, a fictional race created by H. P. Lovecraft
• In Warhammer 40,000:
  • The Gaunt's Ghosts book series
    • Ibram Gaunt, an Imperial Guard officer and main character of the above series
    • Gaunt's Ghosts, the colloquial name for the Tanith First-and-Only regiment
  • Gaunt, term used to describe two Tyranid units; Termagaunts and Hormagaunts

see also emaciated