Blount (surname)

Blount (or Blunt) is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or dull (Middle English blunt, blont)
 * Anna Blount (1872–1953), physician, suffragist and birth control activist in the United States
 * Annie R. Blount (1839–unknown), American poet, short story writer, and newspaper editor
 * Bessie Blount Griffin, (1914–2009) an African American inventor
 * Charles Blount (deist), (1654–1693), author and son of Sir Henry Blount
 * Charles Hubert Boulby Blount (1893-1940), English airman and cricketer
 * Sir Christopher Blount (died 1601), companion of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire
 * Edward Blount, publishing partner for the First Folio of the works of Shakespeare
 * Elizabeth Blount (1502–1540), mistress of Henry VIII and the mother of his illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
 * Eric Blount (born 1970), American football player
 * James Blount (disambiguation)
 * F. Nelson Blount, (1918–1967), President and founder of Blount Seafood Corporation, millionaire and collector of vintage steam locomotives and rail cars.
 * Henry Blount (knight), author of Voyage into the Levant (1635)
 * James Henderson Blount (1837–1903), American politician
 * Jibri Blount (born 1996), American basketball and football player
 * Joey Blount (born 1998), American football player
 * Keith Blount (born 1966), British admiral and Fleet Air Arm officer
 * LeGarrette Blount (born 1986), American football player
 * Mark Blount (born 1975), American basketball player
 * Mel Blount (born 1948), American football player
 * Richard Blount, S.J. (1565–1638), English Priest and Jesuit Provincial
 * Roy Blount Jr. (born 1941), American humorist
 * Sir Thomas Blount (died 1400), courtier, executed for his part in the Epiphany Rising
 * Thomas Blount (1604–??), English soldier
 * Thomas Blount (lexicographer) (1618–1679), English antiquarian and lexicographer
 * Thomas Blount (1759–1812), American soldier
 * William Blount (1749–1800), American politician
 * W. Frank Blount (born 1938), American businessman
 * William Grainger Blount (1784–1827), American politician
 * Willie Blount (1768–1835), American politician
 * Winton M. Blount (1921–2002), American industrialist and politician
 * Michael Blount (1529–1597), English sheriff
 * Blount baronets, English baronets of Sodington and Tittenhanger

English nobility, Barons Mountjoy and Earls of Newport in the English Peerage:
 * Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy (1420–1474)
 * Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy (1467–1475)
 * John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy (1445–1485)
 * William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (1478–1534) scholar and chamberlain to Catherine of Aragon
 * Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy (1516–1544)
 * James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy (died 1581)
 * William Blount, 7th Baron Mountjoy (1561–1594)
 * Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon and 8th Baron Mountjoy (1562–1606), English courtier, soldier, and colonial administrator
 * Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (1597–1665)
 * Mountjoy Blount, 2nd Earl of Newport (1630–1674)
 * Thomas Blount, 3rd Earl of Newport (died 1675)
 * Henry Blount, 4th Earl of Newport (died 1679)