Hunt (surname)
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Hunt is an occupational surname originating in England[1] and Ireland.[2]
People with the surname Hunt
- Aaron Hunt (born 1986), German football player
- Albert Hunt, American engineer, inventor of the wigwag
- Alfred Hunt (steel magnate) (1817–1888), American industrialist, first president of Bethlehem Iron Company
- Alfred E. Hunt (1855–1899), a founder of the company that became the aluminum company Alcoa
- Arthur Surridge Hunt, English egyptologist
- Ben Hunt (1888–1927), Major League Baseball player
- Bonnie Hunt (born 1964), American writer and actress
- Charles Cooke Hunt Australian explorer
- Chris Hunt, journalist and author
- Chris Hunt, English badminton player
- Cletidus Hunt, American football player
- David Hunt or Dave Hunt, any of various people
- E. Howard Hunt (1918–2007), Watergate figure and author of spy novels
- Ernie Hunt (born 1943), English footballer whose clubs included Swindon Town and Coventry City
- Esther Hunt (1751–1820), a pioneer who lived on America's frontier as a wife, a mother and a leader in her Quaker faith
- Francesca Hunt (born c. 1964), British actress
- Frank W. Hunt (1871–1906), former Governor of Idaho
- Gareth Hunt (1942–2007), British actor
- George W. P. Hunt (1859–1934), first governor of the US state of Arizona
- George Ward Hunt (1825–1877), British politician
- Greg Hunt (born 1965), Australian politician
- Henry George Bonavia Hunt 1847–1917, founder of the Trinity College of Music, London
- H. Guy Hunt (born 1933), Baptist preacher and former Governor of Alabama
- H. L. Hunt (1889–1974), American oil tycoon and patriarch of a prominent family of American businessmen:
- Nelson Bunker Hunt (born 1926), son of H. L., financier who cornered the world silver market in 1980
- Lamar Hunt (1932–2006), son of H. L., sports executive
- Clark Hunt (born 1965), son of Lamar, sports executive
- Helen Hunt (born 1963), American actress
- Henry Hunt (politician) (1773–1835), radical British speaker
- Henry Thomas Hunt (1878–1956), mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 1912 to 1913
- Henry Jackson Hunt (1819–1889), American Civil War commander
- James Hunt (1947-1993), British Formula One race car driver
- James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), English critic, essayist, and poet
- Jerry Hunt (born 1943), American composer
- Jim Hunt (born 1937), former Governor of North Carolina
- John Hunt, any of various people
- John Hunt (Quaker exile) (1712–1778), Quaker minister from London, England, one of the Virginia Exiles
- John Hunt (Quaker minister) (1740–1824), Quaker minister from New Jersey
- Jonathan Hunt, any of various people
- Joseph McVicker Hunt (1906–1991), an American educational psychologist
- Karmichael Hunt (born 1986), Australian player of multiple football codes
- Kathryn Hunt, British actress
- Kenneth Hunt, English amateur football player who competed in the Olympics
- Kimberly Hunt, award-winning news anchor, San Diego, California
- Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954), American politician
- Linda Hunt, (born 1945), American actress
- Margus Hunt, (born 1987), Estonian discus thrower and player of American football
- Mark Hunt, (born 1974), kickboxer and mixed martial artist from New Zealand
- Marsha Hunt (US actress) (born 1917), American actress
- Marsha Hunt (singer and novelist) (born 1946), singer (Hair) and novelist
- Michael John Hunt (born 1941), English painter
- Noel Hunt (born 1982), Republic of Ireland and Reading F.C. footballer
- Paul Hunt, any of various people
- Sir Peter Hunt, British Army officer
- Peter R. Hunt (1925–2002), director and film editor
- Ralph Hunt (colonist) (1613–1677), local leader in early Long Island
- Ray C. Hunt, U.S. Army sergeant and captain, World War II guerrilla leader in Philippines
- Rex Hunt, Australian television and radio personality
- Rex Hunt (governor), British diplomat
- Richard Morris Hunt (1827–1895), US architect
- Robert Hunt, any of various people
- Roger Hunt, MBE (born 1938), English footballer, 1966 FIFA World Cup winner
- Ron Hunt (born 1941), former Major League Baseball player
- Stephen Hunt, any of various people
- Swanee Hunt, American ambassador and academic, daughter of H. L. Hunt
- Thomas Hunt, any of various people
- Tristram Hunt (born 1974), British historian
- Una Hunt (born 1876), American author
- Walter Hunt, American inventor
- Washington Hunt (1811–1867), former Governor of New York
- William Hunt, any of various people
- William Henry Hunt (judge) (1857–1949), American judge and commonwealth governor
- William Henry Hunt (painter) (1790–1864), English painter
- William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), British Pre-Raphaelite painter
- William Morris Hunt (1824–1879), American painter
Fictional characters
- Blanche Hunt, a character in Coronation Street, mother of Deirdre
- Dylan Hunt, two television characters
- Deirdre Hunt in Coronation Street, daughter of Blanche
- Ethan Hunt, main character in Mission Impossible movies
- Gene Hunt, main character in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
References
- ↑ British surnames - origin
- ↑ Irish surname (O)Feighrey, Feehery, Hunt, (O)Fey, (O)Feeney, GoIreland.com (Ireland’s national tourism information database, originally developed by Bord Fáilte and Northern Ireland Tourist Board, now owned by FEXCO)
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