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. It is also a diminutive of the Irish surname MacElgunn, deriving from Mac Gioll Dhuinn.
People with the surname 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 wrestler Austin Sopp (born 1994), son of Billy Bart Gunn, ring name of American wrestler Mike Polchlopek (born 1963) Battiscombe Gunn (1883–1950), Egyptologist Ben Gunn (disambiguation), several people Billy Gunn, ring name of American wrestler Monty Sopp (born 1963) Bobby Gunn, Canadian boxer Bryan Gunn, Scottish footballer Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player Charles Gunn (actor) (1883–1918), American actor Charles Gunn (athlete) (1885–1983), British racewalker Charles A. Gunn (1870–1945?), American architect Colten Gunn, ring name of American wrestler Colten Sopp (born 1991), son of Billy Daniel Gunn (minister) (1774–1848), Scottish congregational minister David Gunn (disambiguation) Donald Gunn (1797–1878), Manitoba politician Eileen Gunn, American science fiction author and editor Genni Gunn, Canadian novelist, poet, and translator Gia Gunn, Japanese-American drag queen Graeme Gunn, Australian architect Graham Gunn, Australian politician Greg Gunn (died 2016), American fatally shot by police J. B. Gunn (1928–2008), British-American physicist, inventor of the Gunn diode James Gunn (disambiguation) Jason Gunn (born 1968), New Zealand television personality Jeannie Gunn (1870–1961), pen name "Mrs Aeneas Gunn", Australian novelist John Gunn (disambiguation), several people 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 Raymond Gunn (1904–1931), lynching victim Richard Gunn (boxer), boxer Ronald Campbell Gunn, botanist Ross Gunn, American physicist Sean Gunn, American actor Sean Gunn (swimmer), Zimbabwean swimmer Shirley Gunn (born 1955), South African anti-apartheid activist Skye Gunn (born 1997), American soccer player Steve Gunn, American musician Terry Gunn (1935–2021), English cricketer Tim Gunn, designer Thom Gunn, British poet Trey Gunn, bass guitarist, King Crimson Walter T. Gunn (1879–1956), American jurist William Gunn (disambiguation), several people
Fictional characters 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 Raymond "Ray" Gunn, a fictional detective, the titular character of the 2026 animated film Ray Gunn Tommy Gunn, fictional character in the 1990 movie Rocky V
See also Clan Gunn, Scottish clan Westside Gunn, American Rapper
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