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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:
Hunt may also refer to:
- Television
- Computers
- Medicine
- 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)