Hunt (surname)
Appearance
Hunt is an occupational surname related with hunting, originating in England[1] and Ireland.[2] In Estonia, the surname Hunt is also very common, it means wolf in Estonian language.
People with the surname Hunt
- Aaron Hunt (born 1986), German footballer
- Abijah Hunt (1762–1811), American merchant, planter and banker
- Albert Hunt, American engineer
- Alfred Hunt (1817–1888), American industrialist
- Alfred E. Hunt (1855–1899), American metallurgist and industrialist
- Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871–1934), English papyrologist
- Ben Hunt (1888–1927), American baseball player
- Ben Hunt (born 1990), Australian rugby league player
- Bonnie Hunt (born 1961), American actress and writer
- Charles Cooke Hunt (1833–1868), Australian explorer
- Chris Hunt, British journalist and author
- Chris Hunt (born 1986), English badminton player
- Christopher Hunt (1584–1607), English bookseller and stationer
- Clark Hunt (born 1965), American businessman and sports executive
- Cletidus Hunt (born 1976), American football player
- David Hunt
- E. Howard Hunt (1918–2007), American intelligence officer and writer
- Ernie Hunt (born 1943), English footballer
- Esther Hunt (1751–1820), American Quaker pioneer
- Francesca Hunt (born c. 1964), British actress
- Frank W. Hunt (1871–1906), American politician
- Gareth Hunt (1942–2007), British actor
- George Hunt
- Greg Hunt (born 1965), Australian politician
- Harriet Hunt (born 1978), British chess player
- Henry George Bonavia Hunt (1847–1917), English music educator
- H. Guy Hunt (1933–2009), American politician
- H. L. Hunt (1889–1974), American oil tycoon and political activist
- Helen Hunt (born 1963), American actress
- Henry Hunt
- Henry Hunt (1773–1835), British politician
- Henry Thomas Hunt (1878–1956), American politician
- Henry Jackson Hunt (died 1826), American politician and businessman
- Henry Jackson Hunt (1819–1889), American military commander
- Jack Hunt
- Jackie Hunt (1920–1991), American football player
- James Hunt (1947–1993), British racing driver
- Jeremy Hunt
- Jeremy Hunt (born 1966), British politician
- Jeremy Hunt (born 1974), British cyclist
- Jerry Hunt (1943–1993), American composer
- Jim Hunt (born 1937), American politician
- John Hunt
- John Hunt (died 1586), English politician
- John Hunt (ca. 1550–1615), English politician
- John Hunt (1712–1778), English-American Quaker minister and merchant
- John Hunt (1740–1824), American Quaker minister and journalist
- John Hunt (died 1827), American jurist
- John Wesley Hunt (1773–1849), American m´businessman
- John Hunt (1775–1848), English printer and publisher
- John Hunt Morgan (1825–1864), American military commander
- John Hunt (1827–1907), Scottish cleric, theologian and historian
- John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904), Australian architect
- John Hunt (1856–1930), Australian politician
- John T. Hunt (1860–1916), American politician
- John Hunt (1900–1976), Irish historian, antiquarian and collector
- John Hunt (1905–1987), British general practitioner
- John E. Hunt (1908–1989), American politician
- John Hunt (1910–1998), British military officer
- John Hunt (1918–2005), American oceanographer
- John Hunt (Baron Hunt of Tanworth, 1919–2008), British civil servant
- John S. Hunt, II (1928–2001), American politician
- John Hunt (born 1929), British politician
- John Dixon Hunt (born 1936), English landscape historian
- John Hunt (born 1981), Irish psychiatric patient
- Johnny Hunt (born 1952), American pastor and author
- Jon Hunt, British entrepreneur
- Jonathan Hunt
- Jonathan Hunt (1738–1823), American politician
- Jonathan Hunt (1787–1832), American lawyer and politician
- Jonathan Hunt (born 1938), New Zealand politician
- Jonathan Hunt (born 1971), English footballer
- Jonathon Hunt (born 1981), American figure skater
- J. McVicker Hunt (1906–1991), American educational psychologist
- Justin Hunt
- Justin Hunt (born 1976), American filmmaker
- Justin Hunt, (born 1988) Australian rugby league player
- Karmichael Hunt (born 1986), Australian football player
- Kathryn Hunt, British actress
- Ken Hunt
- Kenneth Hunt
- Kenneth Hunt (1884–1949), English football player
- Kenneth Hunt (1902–1971), English cricketer
- Kenneth H. Hunt (1920–2002), Australian physicist
- Kimberly Hunt, American television journalist
- Lamar Hunt (1932–2006), American sports promoter
- Leigh Hunt (1784–1859), English author and critic
- Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954), American politician
- Linda Hunt, (born 1945), American actress
- Margus Hunt, (born 1987), Estonian discus thrower and American football player
- Mark Hunt
- Marsha Hunt
- Marsha Hunt (born 1917), American actress
- Marsha Hunt (born 1946), American singer and novelist
- Mary Hunt Affleck (1847–1932), American poet
- Michael John Hunt (born 1941), English painter
- Neil Hunt, Australian rugby league player
- Nelson Bunker Hunt (1926–2014), American businessman
- Noel Hunt (born 1982), Irish footballer
- Paul Hunt
- Peter Hunt
- Peter Hunt (1896–1967), American artist
- Peter Hunt (1916–1988), British military officer
- Peter R. Hunt (1925–2002), English director and film editor
- Peter H. Hunt (born 1938), American director
- Peter Hunt (born 1945), British author and literary critic
- Peter Hunt (born 1952), English footballer
- Peter Hunt (born 1965), New Zealand darts player
- Peter Hunt (born 1966), British politician
- Ralph Hunt
- Ralph Hunt (died c.1432), English politician
- Ralph Hunt (1613–1677), American colonist
- Ralph Hunt (1928–2011), Australian politician
- Ralph Hunt (1933–1964), English footballer
- Ray C. Hunt (1919–?), American military officer
- Rex Hunt (born 1949), Australian television and radio journalist
- Rex Hunt (1926–2012), British diplomat
- Richard Hunt (1951–1992), American puppeteer
- Richard Morris Hunt (1827–1895), American architect
- Rimo Hunt (born 1985), Estonian footballer
- Robert Hunt
- Roger Hunt
- Roger Hunt (born 1938), English footballer
- Ron Hunt
- Ron Hunt (born 1941), American baseball player
- Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (1827-1896), American socialite.
- Samuel Hunt
- Stephen Hunt
- Stuart Hunt (1927–2014), American politician
- Swanee Hunt (born 1950), American diplomat
- Thomas Hunt
- Tim Hunt (born 1943), British biochemist
- Tristram Hunt (born 1974), British historian and politician, Labour MP for Stoke
- Una Hunt (born 1876), American author
- Walter Hunt
- Washington Hunt (1811–1867), former Governor of New York
- William Hunt
- William Henry Hunt (1857–1949), American judge and commonwealth governor
- William Henry Hunt (1790–1864), English painter
- William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), British Pre-Raphaelite painter
- William Morris Hunt (1824–1879), American painter
Fictional characters
- Blanche Hunt, a character in Coronation Street, mother of Deirdre
- Dylan Hunt, two television characters
- Deirdre Hunt in Coronation Street, daughter of Blanche
- Ethan Hunt, main character in Mission Impossible movies
- Gene Hunt, main character in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
References
- ^ "Hunt Surname Meaning and Distribution". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
- ^ Irish surname (O)Feighrey, Feehery, Hunt, (O)Fey, (O)Feeney, GoIreland.com (Ireland’s national tourism information database, originally developed by Bord Fáilte and Northern Ireland Tourist Board, now owned by FEXCO)