Hunt - Definition and Overview

A hunt is an activity during which humans or animals chase wild animals in order to kill them, either for food or as a form of sport. See hunting.

Hunt is also a common surname. It may refer to:

• Albert Hunt, American engineer, inventor of the wigwag
• Bonnie Hunt (born 1964), American writer and actress
• David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral (born 1942), British politician
• E. Howard Hunt (born 1918), White House "plumber" and author of spy novels
• Francesca Hunt, British actress
• Frank W. Hunt (1871-1906), former Governor of Idaho
• George W.P. Hunt (1859-1934), first Governor of the State of Arizona
• George Ward Hunt (1825-1877), British politician
• Greg Hunt (born 1965), Australian politician
• H. Guy Hunt (born 1933), Baptist preacher and former Governor of Alabama
• H. L. Hunt (1889-1974), American oil tycoon
• Helen Hunt (born 1963), American actress
• Henry Hunt (1773-1835), radical British speaker
• Henry Jackson Hunt (1819-1889), American Civil War commander
• Henry L. Hunt (1944-2003), murderer, executed
• James Hunt (1947-1993), British Formula One race car driver
• James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), English poet
• Jerry Hunt (born 1943), American composer
• Jim Hunt (born 1937), former Governor of North Carolina
• Jonathan Hunt (1787-1832), American politician
• Jonathan Hunt (born 1938), New Zealand politician
• Lamar Hunt (born 1932), American sportsman, son of H. L. Hunt
• Linda Hunt, (born 1945), American actress
• Marsha Hunt (born 1917), American actress
• Marsha Hunt (born 1946), singer (Hair) and novelist
• Sir Peter Hunt, British Army officer
• Peter R. Hunt (1925-2002) is a director and film editor
• Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895), US architect
• Stephen Hunt, author
• Swanee Hunt, American ambassador, academic, daughter of H. L. Hunt
• Tristram Hunt (born 1974), British historian
• Washington Hunt (1811-1867), former Governor of New York
• William Henry Hunt (1790-1864), English painter
• William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), British Pre-Raphaelite painter

Hunt also is the surname of several fictional characters:

• Dylan Hunt
• Deirdre Hunt (see Coronation Street)

Hunt may also refer to:

• Television
  • Bargain Hunt
  • Treasure Hunt
• Computers
  • Hunt-the-pixel
  • Hunt the Wumpus
• Medicine
  • Ramsay-Hunt syndrome
• History and law
  • Witch-hunt
  • Operation Commando Hunt (Vietnam War)
  • Hunt v. Cromartie (a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court case)
• Miscellaneous
  • Wild Hunt (myth)
  • Snipe hunt (practical joke)
  • IAP Mystery Hunt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Hunt Museum (Limerick, Ireland)