Blount (surname)
Introduction '''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 *Blunt (surname)*Blount (disambiguation)
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