Blount (or Blunt) is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or dull (Middle English blunt, blont)
Anna Blount, physician, suffragist and birth control activist in the United States
Bessie Blount, mistress of Henry VIII of England and mother of his only illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
Bessie Blount, (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 (d. 1601), companion of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire
Edward Blount (or Blunt), 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
Sir James Blount (d. 1493), English commander of the fortress of Hammes and a minor character in Shakespeare's play Richard III
F. Nelson Blount, (1918–1967), President and founder of Blount Seafood Corporation, millionaire and collector of vintage steam locomotives and rail cars.
Sir Henry Blount, author of Voyage into the Levant (1635)
Herman Blount, (1914–1993), birth name of jazz musician Sun Ra
James Henderson Blount (1837–1903), U.S. congressman from Georgia, Minister to Hawaii
James Blunt born James Hillier Blount, British musician, singer/songwriter
LeGarrette Blount (1986—), National Football League player
Mark Blount (1975—), American basketball player
Mel Blount (1948—), American professional football player
Ralph Blount (or Blunt), merchant tailor of London, father of Edward Blount
Richard Blount, S.J. (1565–1638), English Priest and Jesuit Provincial
Roy Blount, Jr. (1941—), American humorist
Sir Thomas Blount (died 1400), courtier, executed for his part in the Epiphany Rising
Thomas Blount (born c 1604), English civil war soldier, MP and inventor.
Thomas Blount (1618–1679), English antiquarian and lexicographer
Thomas Blount (1759–1812), American Revolutionary War veteran and congressman from North Carolina
William Blount (1749–1800), American statesman and senator from Tennessee
W. Frank Blount (1938—), American businessman
William Grainger Blount (1784–1827), American statesman from Tennessee, son of William Blount
Willie Blount (1768–1835), American Governor of Tennessee, half-brother of William Blount
Winton M. Blount (1921–2002), American industrialist and US Postmaster-General
Cecil Blount DeMille (1881–1959), American film producer and businessman
Michael Blount (1529–c.1597), Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
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)
