Blount (or Blunt) is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or dull (Middle English blunt, blont)
- Anna Blount (1872–1953), physician, suffragist and birth control activist in the United States
- Annie R. Blount (1839–unknown), American poet, short story writer, and newspaper editor
- Bessie Blount Griffin, (1914–2009) an African American inventor
- Charles Blount (deist), (1654–1693), author and son of Sir Henry Blount
- Charles Hubert Boulby Blount (1893-1940), English airman and cricketer
- Sir Christopher Blount (died 1601), companion of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire
- Edward Blount, publishing partner for the First Folio of the works of Shakespeare
- Elizabeth Blount (1502–1540), mistress of Henry VIII and the mother of his illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
- Eric Blount (born 1970), American football player
- James Blount (disambiguation)
- F. Nelson Blount, (1918–1967), President and founder of Blount Seafood Corporation, millionaire and collector of vintage steam locomotives and rail cars.
- Henry Blount (knight), author of Voyage into the Levant (1635)
- James Henderson Blount (1837–1903), American politician
- Jibri Blount (born 1996), American basketball and football player
- Joey Blount (born 1998), American football player
- Keith Blount (born 1966), British admiral and Fleet Air Arm officer
- LeGarrette Blount (born 1986), American football player
- Mark Blount (born 1975), American basketball player
- Mel Blount (born 1948), American football player
- Richard Blount, S.J. (1565–1638), English Priest and Jesuit Provincial
- Roy Blount Jr. (born 1941), American humorist
- Sir Thomas Blount (died 1400), courtier, executed for his part in the Epiphany Rising
- Thomas Blount (1604–??), English soldier
- Thomas Blount (lexicographer) (1618–1679), English antiquarian and lexicographer
- Thomas Blount (1759–1812), American soldier
- William Blount (1749–1800), American politician
- W. Frank Blount (born 1938), American businessman
- William Grainger Blount (1784–1827), American politician
- Willie Blount (1768–1835), American politician
- Winton M. Blount (1921–2002), American industrialist and politician
- Michael Blount (1529–1597), English sheriff
- Blount baronets, English baronets of Sodington and Tittenhanger
English nobility, Barons Mountjoy and Earls of Newport in the English Peerage:
- Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy (1420–1474)
- Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy (1467–1475)
- John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy (1445–1485)
- William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (1478–1534) scholar and chamberlain to Catherine of Aragon
- Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy (1516–1544)
- James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy (died 1581)
- William Blount, 7th Baron Mountjoy (1561–1594)
- Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon and 8th Baron Mountjoy (1562–1606), English courtier, soldier, and colonial administrator
- Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (1597–1665)
- Mountjoy Blount, 2nd Earl of Newport (1630–1674)
- Thomas Blount, 3rd Earl of Newport (died 1675)
- Henry Blount, 4th Earl of Newport (died 1679)
See also
References
- *Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
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