Gaunt

Gaunt may refer to:

Places

 * Ghent, Belgium was formerly called Gaunt

People with the name Gaunt

 * David Gaunt (b. 1944), British historian
 * David Gaunt, owner of Gleebooks bookshop in Sydney, Australia
 * Elizabeth Gaunt (d. 1685), convicted traitor
 * Ernest Gaunt (1865–1940), British admiral, born in Australia
 * George W. F. Gaunt (1865–1918), President of the New Jersey State Senate
 * Guy Gaunt (1870–1953), British admiral, brother of Ernest
 * John of Gaunt (1340–1399), English prince
 * Jon Gaunt (born 1961), British radio presenter and newspaper columnist, late 20th and early 21st century
 * Maurice de Gaunt (fl. 1225), founder of Beverston Castle
 * Nathan Gaunt (living), an Australian singer-songwriter
 * Thomas Gaunt (1829–1890), jeweller and clockmaker of Melbourne, Australia

Fictional characters

 * Gaunt is a playable character from the video game Quake III Arenas expansion pack Quake 3 Team Arena
 * Leland Gaunt, the antagonist in the Stephen King novel, Needful Things
 * The House of Gaunt, a wizard family in the Harry Potter book series
 * Nightgaunt, a fictional race created by H. P. Lovecraft
 * In Warhammer 40,000:
 * The Gaunt's Ghosts book series
 * Ibram Gaunt, an Imperial Guard officer and main character of the above series
 * Gaunt's Ghosts, the colloquial name for the Tanith First-and-Only regiment
 * Gaunt, two Tyranid units: Termagaunts and Hormagaunts
 * Edward Gaunt, a character from Robert Holdstock's book, Lavondyss
 * John Gaunt, eponymous protagonist of Grimjack
 * A pseudonym of Spider-Man villain Mendel Stromm

Other

 * Gaunt, 1931 film with Ralph Lewis
 * Gaunt's formula, a mathematical formula dealing with associated Legendre polynomials
 * Gaunt (band), a punk rock band from Columbus, Ohio
 * Emaciated