Brunt is a common surname:
- Chris Brunt, West Bromwich Albion football player
- Daryl Brunt, contestant on the third season of Canadian Idol
- David Brunt, British meteorologist
- Dominic Brunt, English actor
- John Brunt, soldier in World War II who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
- John Brunt V.C. (public house), the pub that bears his name
- Katherine Brunt, English cricketer and 2006 England women's Cricketer of the Year.
- Martin Brunt, crime correspondent for Sky News
- Maureen Brunt, American Olympic curler
- Peter Brunt, ancient historian at Oxford University
- Stephen Brunt, Canadian sports journalist
- Van Brunt House, historic home in Miccosukee, Florida
- In fiction
- Abraham "Brom" van Brunt, fictional character in Washington Irving's short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Liquidator Brunt, a character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- Brunt, a remote-controlled drone of the Transformer Trypticon.
Famous quotes containing the word brunt:
“There was ... a large, shaggy dog, whose nose, report said, was full of porcupine quills. I can testify that he looked very sober. This is the usual fortune of pioneer dogs, for they have to face the brunt of the battle for their race.... When a generation or two have used up all their enemies’ darts, their successors lead a comparatively easy life. We owe to our fathers analogous blessings.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)