Plunkett
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:
- Baron Plunket, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764-1854) Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Whig MP for Dublin University
- Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792-1866) Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achon
- John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket (1793-1871) QC
- William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828-1897) Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin
- William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864-1920) Governor of New Zealand
- Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (1899-1938)
- Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923-1975)
- Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket (b. 1925)
- David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore (1838-1919) QC, Conservative MP for Dublin University
- Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), the oldest person in Irish history
- Baron of Dunsany family
- Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410-1463)
- John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853-1899)
- Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957), an Anglo-Irish writer. His pen name was Lord Dunsany
- Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (b. 1939)
- Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854 – 1932) Irish unionist and agricultural reformer
- George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948), Irish republican
- Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
- George Oliver Plunkett (1895-1940), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
- Reginald Plunkett (1880–1967), a British admiral, sometimes called Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Reginald Plunkett or Reginald Drax
- Baron Louth family
- Earl of Fingall family
- Charles Peshall Plunkett (1864-1931), US rear admiral
- George Thomas Plunkett, Bishop of Elphin from 1814 to 1827
- George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), a New York state senator
- Jim Plunkett, an NFL quarterback
- James Plunkett, pen name of James Plunkett Kelly (1920–2003), an Irish writer
- Liam Plunkett, an English cricketer
- Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994), inventor of Teflon
- Sean Plunket, New Zealand broadcast journalist
- Thomas Plunket, an Irish rifleman in the British 95th Regiment of Foot circa 1809
- Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), a United States Army Sergeant, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg
- Walter Plunkett (1902–1982), an Academy Award-winning costume designer
- William Plunkett, a highwayman
- William C. Plunkett (1799–1884), Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855
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