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
• Hilda Gaunt (1906-1974), Royal Ballet pianist
• John of Gaunt (1340–1399), English prince
• Jon Gaunt (born 1961), British radio presenter and newspaper columnist, late 20th and early 21st century
• Keegan Gaunt (born 2000), Canadian para-athletics middle-distance runner
• 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 Arena's 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