Gunn is a surname. In some cases the surname it is derived from the Old Norse masculine personal name Gunnr. In other cases it may be derived from the Old Norse feminine personal name Gunnhildr.[1]
People with the surname
edit- Alexander Gunn (politician), Canadian politician
- Angus Gunn, footballer
- Anna Gunn, actress
- Anton Gunn, American politician
- Austin Gunn, ring name of American professional wrestler Austin Sopp (born 1994), son of Billy Gunn
- Bart Gunn, ring name of American professional wrestler Mike Polchlopek (born 1963)
- Battiscombe Gunn (1883–1950), Egyptologist
- Ben Gunn (guitarist), British guitarist with The Sisters of Mercy
- Billy Gunn, ring name of American professional wrestler Monty Sopp (born 1963)
- Bobby Gunn, Canadian boxer
- Bryan Gunn, Scottish footballer
- Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey goaltender
- Charles Gunn (actor) (1883–1918), American actor
- Charles Gunn (athlete) (1885–1983), British racewalker and Olympic medalist
- Charles A. Gunn (1870–1945?), American architect
- Colten Gunn, ring name of American professional wrestler Colten Sopp (born 1991), son of Billy Gunn
- Daniel Gunn (minister) (1774–1848), Scottish congregational minister
- David Gunn (disambiguation)
- Donald Gunn, Manitoba politician
- Eileen Gunn, an American science fiction author and editor
- Genni Gunn, Canadian novelist, poet, and translator
- Gia Gunn, Japanese-American drag queen
- Graham Gunn, Australian politician
- Greg Gunn (died 2016), African American fatally shot by police
- J. B. Gunn (1928–2008), British-American physicist, inventor of the Gunn diode
- James Gunn (disambiguation)
- Jason Gunn, New Zealand television personality
- Jeannie Gunn, pen name "Mrs Aeneas Gunn", Australian novelist
- John Gunn (disambiguation)
- Lance Gunn (born 1970), American football player
- Marc Gunn, a Celtic music musician.
- Moira Gunn, radio host
- Moses Gunn, actor
- Neil M. Gunn, Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist
- Nathan Gunn, opera baritone
- Rachael Gunn (born 1987), Australian breakdancer known as Raygun
- Richard Gunn (boxer), boxer
- Ronald Campbell Gunn, botanist
- Ross Gunn, American physicist
- Sean Gunn, American actor
- Sean Gunn (swimmer), Zimbabwean swimmer
- Skye Gunn (born 1997), American soccer player
- Terry Gunn (1935–2021), English cricketer
- Tim Gunn, designer
- Thom Gunn, British poet
- Trey Gunn, bass guitarist with the band King Crimson
- Walter T. Gunn (1879–1956), American jurist
- William Gunn (disambiguation), several people
Fictional characters
edit- Bebe Gunn, a student in the Wayside School series of short stories by Louis Sachar and the TV adaptation
- Ben Gunn, fictional character in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island (1883)
- Charles Gunn, fictional character in the 1999 TV series Angel
- Peter Gunn, private eye protagonist of Peter Gunn, a 1958–1963 American television series
- Tommy Gunn, fictional character in the 1990 movie Rocky V
See also
edit- Clan Gunn, Scottish clan
- Westside Gunn, American Rapper
References
edit- ^ Reaney, P.H. (1995). Wilson, R.M. (ed.). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 208. ISBN 0-19-8631464.