Hunt (surname)
Hunt is an occupational surname related with hunting, originating in England and Ireland. In Estonia, the surname Hunt is also very common, meaning wolf in the Estonian language.
The Irish family surname is derived from Ó Fiachna and the significance is fiach means "the chase"; the clan itself was part of the Connachta's Síol Muireadaigh, located in County Roscommon and County Sligo.
People
- Aaron Hunt, German footballer
- Abijah Hunt, American merchant, planter and banker
- Adam Hunt, British darts player
- Akeem Hunt, American football player
- Albert Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexandra Hunt, American public health researcher and activist
- Alfred Hunt, American industrialist
- Alfred E. Hunt, American metallurgist and industrialist
- Arthur Surridge Hunt, English papyrologist
- Aubrey Thomas de Vere, Irish poet and critic
- Augusta Merrill Hunt, American philanthropist, suffragist, temperance leader
- Ben Hunt (baseball), American baseball player
- Ben Hunt (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
- Bert Hunt, English cricketer
- Bert Hunt (ice hockey), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Bonnie Hunt, American actress and writer
- Brad Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cameron Hunt, American football player
- Caroline Rose Hunt, American heiress and philanthropist
- Carolyn Hunt, American educator, politician, and First Lady of North Carolina
- Charles Cooke Hunt, Australian explorer
- Charlton Hunt, American lawyer and politician
- Chris Hunt, British journalist and author
- Chris Hunt (badminton), English badminton player
- Christopher Hunt, English bookseller and stationer
- Clare Hunt, Australian footballer
- Clark Hunt, American businessman and sports executive
- Cletidus Hunt, American football player
- Cole Hunt, American football player
- Dario Hunt, American basketball player
- David Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Douglas I. Hunt, American college football coach, and politician in Utah
- Dryden Hunt, Canadian ice hockey player
- Duane Garrison Hunt, American; Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City
- E. Howard Hunt, American intelligence officer and writer
- Earl B. Hunt, American psychologist
- Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr., American Methodist pastor
- Elisha Hunt, American entrepreneur behind the historic steamboat Enterprise
- Ella Hunt, English actress
- Ernie Hunt, English footballer
- Esther Hunt, American Quaker pioneer
- Fern Hunt, American mathematician
- Flint Gregory Hunt, American murderer
- Florence Hunt, English actress
- Frank W. Hunt, American politician
- Fred Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frederick Vinton Hunt, American acoustic engineer
- Gareth Hunt, British actor
- Gary Hunt, sports diver, specialising in cliff or high diving.
- George Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Georgina Hunt, English abstract artist
- Gertrude Breslau Hunt, American author and lecturer
- Greg Hunt, Australian politician
- Harriet Hunt, British chess player
- Henry George Bonavia Hunt, English music educator
- H. Guy Hunt, American politician
- H. L. Hunt, American oil tycoon and political activist
- Helen Hunt, American actress
- Henry Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Herbert Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hubert Hunt, British World War I flying ace
- Ida Brooks Hunt, American singer and actress
- Irene Hunt, American children's writer
- Irene Hunt (actress), American film actress of the silent era
- Irving O. Hunt, American football player and coach
- J. McVicker Hunt, American educational psychologist
- Jack Hunt (RAF officer), British aviator
- Jack Hunt (American football), American football player
- Jack Hunt (footballer), English footballer
- Jackie Hunt, American football player
- Jalyx Hunt, American football player
- James Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- *James Hunt, British racing driver
- Jamie Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jana Hunt, American politician
- Jeremy Hunt, British politician
- Jeremy Hunt (cyclist), British cyclist
- Jerry Hunt, American composer
- Jim Hunt, American politician
- Jimmy Hunt, American child actor
- Jimmy Hunt (musician), Canadian singer-songwriter
- John Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johnny Hunt, American pastor and author
- Jon Hunt, British entrepreneur
- Jonathan Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Justin Hunt (filmmaker), American filmmaker
- Justin Hunt (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
- Kareem Hunt, American football player
- Karmichael Hunt, Australian football player
- Kathryn Hunt, British actress
- Kelley Hunt, American blues pianist, singer, and songwriter
- Ken Hunt (disambiguation), including those named Kenneth
- Kimberly Hunt, American television journalist
- Lamar Hunt, American sports promoter
- Leigh Hunt, English author and critic
- Lester C. Hunt, American politician
- Linda Hunt,, American actress
- Margus Hunt,, Estonian discus thrower and American football player
- Mark Hunt,, New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer
- Mark Hunt (footballer), English footballer
- Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917), American actress
- Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1946), American actress, singer and novelist
- Martin Hunt, Nauruan minister and MP
- Marvin Hunt, Canadian politician
- Marvin W. Hunt, American Renaissance historian
- Mary Hunt Affleck, American poet
- Megan Hunt, Australian rules footballer
- Megan Hunt (politician), Nebraska State Senator
- Michael John Hunt, English painter
- Mike Hunt, American football linebacker
- Mike Hunt, American baseball player
- Neil Hunt, Australian rugby league player
- Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman
- Noel Hunt, Irish footballer
- Patricia Hunt, New Zealand chemist
- Paul Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Peter Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ralph Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ray C. Hunt, American military officer
- Rex Hunt, Australian television and radio journalist
- Rex Hunt (governor), British diplomat
- Richard Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rimo Hunt, Estonian footballer
- Rocco Hunt, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper
- Robert Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Roger Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ron Hunt, American baseball player
- Ron Hunt (born 1933), English footballer
- Ron Hunt (born 1945), English footballer
- Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, American socialite also known as Sallie Ward
- Samuel Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Stephen de Vere, MP, poet and philanthropist
- Stephen Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Stuart Hunt, American politician
- Swanee Hunt, American diplomat
- Thomas Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tim Hunt, American professional wrestler
- Tim Hunt, British biochemist
- Tristram Hunt, British historian and politician, Labour MP for Stoke
- Una Hunt, American author
- Walter Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Washington Hunt, Governor of New York
- Wesley Hunt, American politician
- William Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
Fictional characters
- Blanche Hunt, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Dylan Hunt (Andromeda), protagonist of the television series Andromeda
- Deirdre Hunt (later Langton, Barlow and Rachid) in Coronation Street, daughter of Blanche
- Ethan Hunt, main character in Mission: Impossible films
- Gene Hunt, main character in the TV series Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
- Owen Hunt, major character in the TV series ''Grey's Anatomy''