Blunt (surname)

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

Notable people sharing the surname "Blunt"

 * Lady Anne Blunt (1837–1917), English horsebreeder; wife of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
 * Anthony Blunt (1907–1983), English art historian and Soviet spy
 * Charles Blunt (born 1951), Australian politician leader of the National Party of Australia
 * Christopher Evelyn Blunt (1904–1987), British merchant banker and numismatist
 * Crispin Blunt (born 1961), British Conservative MP for Reigate
 * Dean Blunt, British musician, record producer, singer-songwriter, director, and conceptual artist
 * E. A. H. Blunt, British civil servant, administrator and writer of the British Raj
 * Edmund March Blunt (1770–1862), American navigator and magazine publisher
 * Emily Blunt (born 1983), British-American actress
 * Giles Blunt (born 1952), Canadian author
 * Henry Blunt (disambiguation), multiple people
 * James Blunt (born 1974), British musician
 * James G. Blunt (1826–1881), American physician and abolitionist, Union General in the American Civil War
 * John Henry Blunt (1823–1884), British divine
 * John James Blunt, (1794–1855), British religious scholar
 * Joseph Blunt (1792–1860), American lawyer, author, editor and politician from New York
 * Judy Blunt (born 1954), American Writer from Montana
 * Leroy Blunt (1921–2016), American politician
 * Matt Blunt (born 1970), American politician, governor of Missouri
 * N. Bowditch Blunt (1804–1854), American lawyer and politician from New York
 * Roger Blunt (1900–1966), New Zealand Test cricketer
 * Roy Blunt (born 1950), American politician, senator from Missouri, former House Majority Whip and interim House Majority Leader
 * Russell Blunt (1908–2004), American high school and collegiate track and basketball coach
 * Shannon Blunt, American engineer
 * Simon F. Blunt (1818–1854), American sailor, cartographer, and ship captain
 * Ted Blunt (1943–2024), American politician, educator and athlete
 * Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), British poet and writer
 * Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987), British art teacher, artist, author and curator

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
 * Sir Hubert Blunt, a character in the 1980s animated television series Dragon's Lair