Blunt (surname)

Blunt is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or "dull" (Middle English blunt, blont)^[1] A variety spelling is Blount.

• 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
• E. A. H. Blunt, administrator and writer of the British Raj
• Edmund March Blunt (1770- ? ), American navigator and magazine publisher
• 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
• Joseph Blunt (1792-1860), American lawyer, author, editor and politician from New York
• Judy Blunt (1954-), American Writer from Montana
• Matt Blunt (b. 1970), governor of Missouri
• N. Bowditch Blunt (1804-1854), American lawyer and politician from New York
• 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
• Simon F. Blunt (1818-1854) American Sailor, Cartographer, and Ship Captain
• 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

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

See also

• Blount (surname)
• Blunt (disambiguation)

References