Blunt is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or "dull" (Middle English blunt, blont) A variety spelling is Blount.
Lady Anne Blunt (1837–1917), English horsebreeder; wife of Wilfrid Scawen BluntAnthony Blunt (1907–1983), English art historian and Soviet spyCharles Blunt (born 1951), leader of the National Party of AustraliaCrispin Blunt (born 1961), English Conservative MP for ReigateE. A. H. Blunt, administrator and writer of the British RajEdmund March Blunt (born 1770), American navigator and magazine publisherEmily Blunt (born 1983), British actressGiles Blunt (born 1952), Canadian authorJames Blunt (born 1974), British musicianJames G. Blunt (1826–1881), Union General in the American Civil WarJohn Henry Blunt (1823–1884), English divineJohn James Blunt, (1794–1855), English religious scholarJoseph Blunt (1792–1860), American lawyer, author, editor and politician from New YorkJudy Blunt (born 1954), American Writer from MontanaLeroy Blunt (1921-2016), American politicianMatt Blunt (born 1970), governor of MissouriN. Bowditch Blunt (1804–1854), American lawyer and politician from New YorkReginald Blunt (1857–1944), English authorRoy Blunt (born 1950), US Senator from Missouri, former House Majority Whip and interim House Majority LeaderRussell Blunt (1908–2004), notable North Carolina track and field coachSimon F. Blunt (1818–1854) American Sailor, Cartographer, and Ship CaptainWilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), English poet and writerWilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987), English art teacher, artist, author and curator of the Watts Gallery