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 StatesBessie Blount, mistress of Henry VIII of England and mother of his only illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and SomersetBessie Blount, (1914–2009) an African American inventorCharles Blount (deist), (1654–1693), author and son of Sir Henry BlountCharles Hubert Boulby Blount (1893-1940), English airman and cricketerSir Christopher Blount (d. 1601), companion of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of DevonshireEdward Blount (or Blunt), publishing partner for the First Folio of the works of ShakespeareElizabeth Blount (1502–1540), mistress of Henry VIII and the mother of his illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and SomersetSir James Blount (d. 1493), English commander of the fortress of Hammes and a minor character in Shakespeare's play Richard IIIF. 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 RaJames Henderson Blount (1837–1903), U.S. congressman from Georgia, Minister to HawaiiJames Blunt born James Hillier Blount, British musician, singer/songwriterLeGarrette Blount (1986—), National Football League playerMark Blount (1975—), American basketball playerMel Blount (1948—), American professional football playerRalph Blount (or Blunt), merchant tailor of London, father of Edward BlountRichard Blount, S.J. (1565–1638), English Priest and Jesuit ProvincialRoy Blount, Jr. (1941—), American humoristSir Thomas Blount (died 1400), courtier, executed for his part in the Epiphany RisingThomas Blount (born c 1604), English civil war soldier, MP and inventor.Thomas Blount (1618–1679), English antiquarian and lexicographerThomas Blount (1759–1812), American Revolutionary War veteran and congressman from North CarolinaWilliam Blount (1749–1800), American statesman and senator from TennesseeW. Frank Blount (1938—), American businessmanWilliam Grainger Blount (1784–1827), American statesman from Tennessee, son of William BlountWillie Blount (1768–1835), American Governor of Tennessee, half-brother of William BlountWinton M. Blount (1921–2002), American industrialist and US Postmaster-GeneralCecil Blount DeMille (1881–1959), American film producer and businessmanMichael Blount (1529–c.1597), Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and OxfordshireBlount baronets, English baronets of Sodington and TittenhangerEnglish 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 AragonCharles 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 administratorMountjoy 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)