Plunkett
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Plunkett, a surname originating in Ireland, and of Norse or Norman origin, may be spelled Plunkett, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Plunceid, and may refer to, for example:
- Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Anglo-Irish writer as Lord Dunsany
- St Oliver Plunkett, the Irish martyr
- Jim Plunkett, the NFL quarterback
- James Plunkett, the Irish writer
- George Noble Plunkett, the Irish nationalist
- Joseph Mary Plunkett, the Irish nationalist
- Liam Plunkett, the English cricketer
- Walter Plunkett - Academy Award winning costume designer
- Roy Plunkett - inventor of Teflon
- Plunkett (Band) - The Anglo-Italian indie folk-rock duo
- Thomas Plunkett - Father-in-law of Sir James Dillon
- William Plunkett (highwayman)
- William C. Plunkett, Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855
- Rifleman Thomas Plunkett, an Irish soldier in the British 95th (Experimental Corps) Rifles circa 1809
- George Washington Plunkitt, New York state senator
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