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
- William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828-1897) Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin
- 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 (b. 1925)
- David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore (1838-1919) QC, Conservative MP for Dublin University
- Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), the oldest person in Irish history
- 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 (b. 1939)
- Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854 – 1932) Irish unionist and agricultural reformer
- George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948), Irish republican
- 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
- 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
- Charles Peshall Plunkett (1864-1931), US rear admiral
- 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
- Robert Plunkett (d. 1815), President of Georgetown University
- Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994), inventor of Teflon
- Sean Plunket, New Zealand broadcast journalist
- 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)
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Famous quotes containing the word plunkett:
“All pathways by His feet are worn,
His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea;
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn;
His cross is every tree.”
—Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916)
“I see His blood upon the rose,
And in the stars the glory of His eyes
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.”
—Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916)