Plunkett, a surname often associated with Ireland, possibly of Norse or Norman origin, may be spelled Plunkett, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Plunceid, and may refer to:
Baron Plunket, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764–1854) Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Whig MP for Dublin University
Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866) Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achon
John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket (1793–1871) QC
Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), the oldest person in Irish history. Daughter of Thomas Span Plunket.
William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828–1897) Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin
David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore (1838–1919) QC, Conservative MP for Dublin University. Son of John Span Plunket
William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864–1920) Governor of New Zealand
Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (1899–1938)
Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923–1975)
Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket (1925–2013)
Baron of Dunsany family
Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463)
John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853–1899)
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957), an Anglo-Irish writer. His pen name was Lord Dunsany
Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (1939–2011)
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854 – 1932) Irish unionist and agricultural reformer
George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948), Irish republican and papal count
Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
George Oliver Plunkett (1895–1940), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
Reginald Plunkett (1880–1967), a British admiral, sometimes called Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Reginald Plunkett or Reginald Drax
Baron Louth family
Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth (d. 1555)
Earl of Fingall family
Luke Plunkett, 10th Baron Killeen, 1st Earl of Fingall (d. 1637)
Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall (d. 1649)
Arthur James Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall (1759–1836)
Arthur James Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall(1791–1869)
Saint Oliver Plunkett (1629–1681), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and martyr
Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680), Irish confederate
Adam Plunkett (1903–1992), Scottish footballer
Charles Peshall Plunkett (1864–1931), US rear admiral
Charles Robert Plunkett (1892–1980), anarchist and academic
George Thomas Plunkett, Bishop of Elphin from 1814 to 1827
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), a New York state senator
Jim Plunkett, an NFL quarterback
James Plunkett, pen name of James Plunkett Kelly (1920–2003), an Irish writer
Liam Plunkett, an English cricketer
Peg Plunkett (1727 – 1797) was a brothel keeper in Dublin
Robert Plunkett (d. 1815), President of Georgetown University
Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994), inventor of Teflon
Sean Plunket, New Zealand broadcast journalist
Steve Plunkett, singer, guitarist and songwriter for the 1980s band Autograph
Thomas Plunket, an Irish rifleman in the British 95th Regiment of Foot circa 1809
Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), a United States Army Sergeant, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg
Walter Plunkett (1902–1982), an Academy Award-winning costume designer
William Plunkett, a highwayman
William C. Plunkett (1799–1884), Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855
See also
Royal New Zealand Plunket Society
Plunket Shield, the original New Zealand first-class cricket championship
Plunket shark or dogfish Centroscymnus plunketi or Proscymnodon plunketi
Plunkett, Saskatchewan
Plunketts Creek (disambiguation), multiple uses
Plunkett & Macleane, 1999 film
USS Plunkett (DD-431)
