Hunt (surname)

For other uses, see Hunt.

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
- Jack Hunt (1899–1954), British aviator
- Jack Hunt (born 1981), American football player
- Jack Hunt (born 1990), English footballer
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
- Ken Hunt (1934–1997), American baseball player
- Ken Hunt (1938–2008), American baseball player
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
- Mark Hunt (born 1969), English footballer
- Mark Hunt, (born 1974), New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer
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
- Paul Hunt, American gymnast and comedian
- Paul Hunt, English-New Zealand lawyer
- Paul Hunt (born 1970), English footballer
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)

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