Brunt
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Brunt is a common surname:
It may also be used:
In atmospheric dynamics and oceanography
In fiction
In geography
- Andrew Brunt, English Golfer
- Chris BruntChris BruntChristopher Brunt is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. He plays as a left winger and more recently an attacking midfield position. He is also the Albion captain....
, West Bromwich Albion football player - Daryl BruntDaryl BruntDaryl Milton Byron Brunt is a Sudbury, Ontario resident and was contestant on the third season of the hit reality show Canadian Idol. He began his high school career in 2002 as a vocal major at Sudbury Secondary School and left the vocal program to became a drama major in his third year...
, contestant on the third season of Canadian Idol - David BruntDavid BruntSir David Brunt KBE was a Welsh meteorologist.-Early life:He was born in Staylittle, Montgomeryshire, Wales, the youngest of the nine children of farmworker John Brunt. His father moved the family to the mining district on Monmouthshire to work as a coal miner. David attended the local Abertillery...
, British meteorologist - Dominic BruntDominic BruntDominic Brunt is an English actor known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as vet Paddy Kirk. He was educated at Accrington Moorhead Sports College....
, English actor - John Brunt, soldier in World War II who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
- John Brunt V.C. (public house)John Brunt V.C. (public house)The John Brunt V.C. is a public house in Paddock Wood in Kent. Originally named The Kent Arms, on 3 September 1947 the pub was formally renamed John Brunt V.C. in honour of an English soldier, John Brunt, who won the Victoria Cross in the Second World War who spent his teenage years in the town...
, the pub that bears his name
- John Brunt V.C. (public house)
- Katherine BruntKatherine BruntKatherine Helen Brunt is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. In 2006, she was named England women's Cricketer of the Year and again in 2010 ....
, English cricketer and 2006 England women's Cricketer of the Year. - Martin BruntMartin BruntMartin Edward Brunt is crime correspondent for Sky News who joined the channel for its launch in 1989.-Education:...
, crime correspondent for Sky News - Maureen BruntMaureen BruntMaureen Brunt is an American curler. She began curling at the age of 5 at the Portage Curling Club, a few short blocks from her home.-Career:...
, American Olympic curler - Peter BruntPeter BruntPeter Astbury Brunt FBA was an ancient historian at Oxford University....
, ancient historian at Oxford University - Stephen BruntStephen BruntStephen Brunt is a Canadian sports journalist, well known as a leading columnist for The Globe and Mail and as co-host to Bob McCown on Prime Time Sports.- Journalist :...
, Canadian sports journalist - Van Brunt HouseVan Brunt HouseThe Van Brunt House is a historic home in Miccosukee, northeastern Leon County, Florida, US.-Location:Van Brunt House is located on State Road 59, north of the junction with Moccasin Gap Road...
, historic home in Miccosukee, Florida
It may also be used:
In atmospheric dynamics and oceanography
- Brunt–Väisälä frequency, the frequency at which a vertically displaced parcel will oscillate within a statically stable environment
In fiction
- Abraham "Brom" van Brunt, a.k.a. Brom Bones, is a fictional character in Washington Irving's short story The Legend of Sleepy HollowThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820...
(1820). - Liquidator Brunt, a character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- Brunt, a remote-controlled drone of the Transformer TrypticonTrypticonTrypticon is a fictional character in the Transformers toyline.-Transformers: Generation 1:Trypticon is the Decepticons' principal command base. He has three modes: a city, a mobile battle station, and a Tyrannosaurus rex. In each mode, he has a variety of weapons...
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In geography
- The Brunt Ice ShelfBrunt Ice ShelfThe Brunt Ice Shelf borders the Antarctic coast of Coats Land between Dawson-Lambton Glacier and Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue. It was the location of the base of the Royal Society Expedition, 1955–59 which was taken over as the British Halley Research Station...
in Antarctica