William Blount (1749–1800), American statesman and senator from Tennessee

Herman Blount, (1914–1993), birth name of jazz musician Sun Ra

Thomas Blount (1618–1679), English antiquarian and lexicographer

Cecil Blount DeMille (1881–1959), American film producer and businessman

Mel Blount (1948—), American professional football player

Charles Blount (deist), (1654-1693), author

Roy Blount, Jr. (1941—), American humorist

Winton M. Blount (1921–2002), American industrialist and U.S. Postmaster-General

Elizabeth Blount (1502–1540), mistress of Henry VIII

Bessie Blount, (b. 1914) an African American inventor

Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy (1516–1544)

Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon and 8th Baron Mountjoy (1562–1606), English courtier, soldier, & colonial administrator

Richard Blount, S.J. (1565-1638), English Priest and Jesuit Provincial

Edward Blount (or Blunt), publishing partner for the First Folio of the works of Shakespeare

Willie Blount (1768–1835), American Governor of Tennessee, half-brother of William Blount

Blunt (disambiguation)

Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (1597–1665)

James Henderson Blount (1837–1903), U.S. congressman from Georgia, Minister to Hawaii

William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (1478–1534) scholar and chamberlain to Catherine of Aragon

William Grainger Blount (1784–1827), American stateman from Tennessee, son of William Blount

Michael Blount (1529–c.1597), Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Thomas Blount (1759–1812), American Revolutionary War veteran and congressman from North Carolina

Sir James Blount (d. 1493), English commander of the fortress of Hammes and a minor character in Shakespeare's play Richard III

Sir Christopher Blount (d. 1601), companion of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire

see also: Blount County