Hunt (surname)

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

1. "Hunt Surname Meaning and Distribution". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
2. 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)