Gunn (surname)

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] It is also a diminutive of the Irish surname MacElgunn, deriving from Mac Gioll Dhuinn.[2]

## People with the surname

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* Aaron Gunn, Canadian politician
* 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
* Steve Gunn, American Musician
* 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

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* 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

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* Clan Gunn, Scottish clan
* Westside Gunn, American Rapper

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=hiGyDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT118&dq=MacGilgunn&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwzdHm6_yOAxUIlmoFHRcGKwoQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=MacGilgunn&f=

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