Hunter (name)
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- Alberta HunterAlberta HunterAlberta Hunter was an American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse. Her career had started back in the early 1920s, and from there on, she became a successful jazz and blues recording artist, being critically acclaimed to the ranks of Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith...
(1895-1984), American singer - Ally HunterAlly HunterAlly Hunter is a Scottish former football goalkeeper, who played for Kilmarnock, Celtic, Motherwell, St. Mirren and Scotland.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
(born 1949), Scottish footballer - Anne HunterAnne HunterAnne Hunter was the wife of the celebrated surgeon John Hunter, and a minor poet. She is mostly remembered now for the texts to at least nine of Joseph Haydn's 14 songs in English. Their relationship during Haydn's stay is ambiguous, though at the time she was a widow...
(1742-1821), poet and socialite - Bill Hunter (actor)Bill Hunter (actor)William John "Bill" Hunter was an Australian actor of film, stage and television. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two Australian Film Institute Awards.-Early life:Hunter was a son of William and Francie Hunter...
(born 1940), Australian actor - Brian Hunter (outfielder)Brian Hunter (outfielder)Brian Lee Hunter is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball. At 6'3" and around 180 lbs, he was known for stealing over 70 bases in 1997.-Minor league career:Hunter was born on March 5, 1971 in Portland, Oregon...
(born 1971), American baseball player - Buddy HunterBuddy HunterHarold James "Buddy" Hunter is a former utility infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox in part of three seasons . Listed at 5' 10", 170 lb., Hunter bat and threw right-handed...
(born 1947), American baseball player - Catfish HunterCatfish HunterJames Augustus "Catfish" Hunter , was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 15-year baseball career, he pitched from 1965-1979 for both the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees...
(1946-1999), American baseball player - Chris Hunter (author)Chris Hunter (author)Major Chris Hunter QGM joined the British Army in 1989 as a sixteen year-old army apprentice. He trained initially as a Russian linguist working in defence intelligence and after four years of enlisted service was selected to undergo officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst...
(born 1973), British soldier and author - Chris Hunter (field hockey) (born 1972), Canadian hockey player
- David HunterDavid HunterDavid Hunter was a Union general in the American Civil War. He achieved fame by his unauthorized 1862 order emancipating slaves in three Southern states and as the president of the military commission trying the conspirators involved with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.-Early...
(1803-1888), American general - Duncan HunterDuncan HunterDuncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009....
(born 1948), American politician - Evan HunterEvan HunterEvan Hunter was an American author and screenwriter. Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952...
(born 1926), American author and screenwriter - Francis HunterFrancis HunterFor the Distinguished Service Cross recipient, see Francis Hunter .----Francis "Frank" Townsend Hunter was a male tennis player from the United States of America...
(1894-1981), American tennis player - Frank O. Hunter (1894-1982), American air force general
- Heather HunterHeather HunterHeather Keisha Hunter is a former pornographic actress, who is now a rap artist, painter, and author.-Film and television:...
(born 1969), American hip hop artist - Herb HunterHerb HunterHerbert Harrison Hunter was an utility infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played parts of four seasons between and . Listed at 6' 0.5", 165 lb., Hunter batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
(1895-1970), American baseball player - Holly HunterHolly HunterHolly Hunter is an American actress. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for Oscars for her roles in Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen...
(born 1958), American actress - Howard W. HunterHoward W. HunterHoward William Hunter was the fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 to 1995. His nine month presidential tenure is the shortest in the history of the Church...
(1907-1995), American church leader - Ian Hunter (actor)Ian Hunter (actor)Ian Hunter was a British character actor.Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood , The Little Princess and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...
(1900-1975), South African actor - Ian Hunter (cricketer)Ian Hunter (cricketer)Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....
(born 1979), English cricketer - Ian Hunter (politician)Ian Hunter (politician)Ian Keith Hunter is an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2006 state election...
, Australian politician - Ian Hunter (singer)Ian Hunter (singer)Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and...
(born 1939), British singer - J. A. HunterJ. A. HunterJohn Alexander Hunter , born near Shearington, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, also known as J. A. Hunter was a white hunter in Africa from the early 1900s through the 1950s who led many notable safaris...
(1887-1963), British hunter and writer - James Hunter (disambiguation)James Hunter (disambiguation)James Hunter may refer to:* James Hunter, one of the Perth Martyrs* James Hunter , player* James Hunter , Australian politician...
- various people - James Hunter (historian) (born 1948), Scottish historian
- Jeffrey HunterJeffrey HunterJeffrey Hunter was an American film and television actor. His most famous roles are as Jesus in the film King of Kings, as Martin Pawley in The Searchers, and as Capt...
(1926-1969), American actor - J. Marvin HunterJ. Marvin HunterJohn Marvin Hunter was an author, historian, journalist, and printer who founded the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera, Texas...
(1880-1957), American publisher and writer - John Hunter (Royal Navy officer) (1737-1821), British admiral and colonial governor
- John Hunter (surgeon)John Hunter (surgeon)John Hunter FRS was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. The Hunterian Society of London was named in his honour...
(1728-1793), Scottish surgeon - Johnny HunterJohnny HunterJohnny Hunter is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 50s. He played in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for the Eastern Suburbs club...
, Australian rugby league footballer - Kim HunterKim HunterKim Hunter was an American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire...
(1922-2002), American actress - Louis C. HunterLouis C. HunterLouis C. Hunter was a professor of economic history at American University. His most famous work, Steamboats on the Western Rivers, an Economic and Technological History, was published in 1949....
(1898-1984), American economic historian - Louis T. Hunter (born 1976), American guitarist
- Marc HunterMarc HunterMarc Alexander Hunter was a New Zealand rock and pop singer best known as the lead vocalist with Dragon, a band formed by his older brother Todd in Auckland in 1973....
(1953-1998), New Zealand singer - Norman Hunter (footballer) (born 1943), English football player
- Paul HunterPaul HunterPaul Alan Hunter was an English professional snooker player. His media profile developed swiftly and he became known as the "Beckham of the Baize" because of his good looks and flamboyant style....
(1978-2006), English snooker player - Rachel HunterRachel HunterRachel Hunter is a New Zealand born American model, actress and reality TV show host who now resides in the U.S. She is best known for her appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her longtime marriage to singer Rod Stewart, which ended in 2006...
(born 1969), New Zealand model - Reginald D. Hunter (born 1969), American comedian
- Rielle HunterRielle HunterRielle Hunter , August 1, 2008, San Jose Mercury-News. is an American actress and film producer. She is known for having had an affair with and conceiving a child with 2004 Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee John Edwards., August 8, 2008, Chicago Tribune. She is said to be the basis of a...
(born 1964), American film producer - Robert Hunter (National Trust) (1844-1913), British preservationist
- Robert Hunter (governor) (1664-1734), British colonial governor
- Robert Hunter (golfer)Robert Hunter (golfer)Robert Edward Hunter was an American amateur golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.In 1904, Hunter was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished fourth in this competition...
(1886-1971), American golfer - Robert Hunter (journalist)Robert Hunter (journalist)Robert Lorne Hunter was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. A member of the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 1969 with Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, and Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe...
(1941-2005), Canadian environmentalist - Robert Hunter (lyricist)Robert Hunter (lyricist)Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...
(born 1941), American musician - Robert C. HunterRobert C. HunterRobert C. Hunter is an American jurist, currently a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.Hunter, born in Marion, North Carolina, earned a degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966 before earning his Juris Doctor degree from the same...
(born 1944), American judge - Robert E. HunterRobert E. HunterRobert Edwards Hunter is a Senior Advisor at the RAND Corporation, Arlington, Va. He was National Security Council Director of West European Affairs , Director of Middle East Affairs , and United States Ambassador to NATO...
(born 1940), American diplomat - Robert M.T. Hunter (1809-1887), American politician
- Robin HunterRobin HunterRobin Ian Hunter was an English actor, who was also a skilled and versatile performer and writer in the field of musicals, music hall and comedy.-Life and career:...
(1929-2004), British actor - Stephen HunterStephen HunterStephen Hunter is an American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic.-Life and career:Stephen Hunter was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. His father was Charles Francis Hunter, a Northwestern University speech professor who was killed in 1975....
(born 1946), American author - Tab HunterTab HunterTab Hunter is an American actor, singer, former teen idol and author who has starred in over forty major films.-Background:...
(born 1931), American actor - Thomas HunterThomas HunterThomas Hunter may refer to:* Sir Tom Hunter, Scottish entrepreneur and philanthropist* Thomas Hunter , Sinn Féin politician in the First Dáil and Second Dáil* Thomas Hunter , founder of Hunter College in New York...
- various people - Tim Hunter (astronomer)Tim Hunter (astronomer)Timothy B. Hunter, better known as Tim Hunter, is an American radiologist and amateur astronomer.- Education and profession :Tim Hunter received his M.D. degree from Northwestern University in 1968. He teaches as a professor of radiology and orthopaedic surgery at the University of Arizona College...
, American amateur astronomer - Torii HunterTorii HunterTorii Kedar Hunter is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.Hunter has taken away many home runs throughout his 13-year major league career by "climbing the fence" in the outfield. He has won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as an outfielder.Hunter resides...
(born 1975), American baseball player - William Hunter (Protestant martyr)William Hunter (Protestant martyr)William Hunter was a Marian martyr burnt to death in Brentwood at the age of 19 on March 27, 1555 on Ingrave Road. He had lost his job in London as a silk-weaver because he refused to attend the Catholic mass, despite an order that everyone in the City of London had to attend, and had come to live...
(1535-1555), English martyr - William Hunter (anatomist)William Hunter (anatomist)William Hunter FRS was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrician of his day...
(1718-1783), Scottish anatomist and physician - Zach HunterZach HunterZach Hunter is an anti-slavery activist. When he was 12 years old, he launched Loose Change to Loosen Chains, a student-led effort to raise awareness and funds to end slavery. Hunter is the author of three books, Be the Change , Generation Change , and Lose Your Cool...
(born 1991), American activist
Given name
- Hunter BidenHunter BidenRobert Hunter Biden , second son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden, is a partner at Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC and is Counsel to Boies, Schiller, Flexner, LLP, a New York based-law firm. Previously, he was a founding partner of Oldaker, Biden & Belair, LLP.He received a bachelor's degree from...
(born 1970), American lawyer
- Hunter BurganHunter BurganHunter Lawrence Burgan is an American multi-instrumentalist. He is the third and current bass guitarist of AFI.-Biography:Burgan grew up in Grass Valley, California. He is vegan.-Career:...
(born 1976), American bassist - Hunter DaviesHunter DaviesEdward Hunter Davies is a prolific British author, journalist and broadcaster, perhaps best known for writing the only authorised biography of The Beatles.- Early life :...
(born 1936), British writer - Hunter FosterHunter FosterHunter Foster is an American musical theatre actor/singer, librettist and playwright.-Early life:Foster was born in Lumberton, North Carolina, but raised in Augusta, Georgia and Troy, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Michigan in 1992...
(born 1969), American actor - Hunter FreemanHunter FreemanHunter Freeman is an American soccer player who currently plays for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.-College and amateur:...
(born 1985), American soccer player - Hunter GomezHunter GomezHunter Gomez is an American actor. He is probably most widely recognized for his work in films and guest appearances in American television.-Career:...
(born 1991), American actor - Hunter HillenmeyerHunter HillenmeyerHunter Taverner Hillenmeyer is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was originally selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round with the 31st pick of the 2003 NFL Draft. Hillenmeyer attended high school at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville...
(born 1980), American football player - Hunter Johnson (composer) (1906-1998), American composer
- Hunter LewisHunter LewisHunter Lewis, is the co-founder of Cambridge Associates LLC, a global investment firm, and author of books in the fields of economics and moral philosophy.-Early life:...
(born 1947), American economist - Hunter LiggettHunter LiggettHunter Liggett was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. His forty-two years of service spanned the period from the Indian campaigns to trench warfare.-Biography:...
(1857-1935), American general - Hunter MahanHunter MahanHunter Myles Mahan is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior...
(born 1982), American golfer - Hunter McGuireHunter McGuireHunter Holmes McGuire, M.D. was a physician, teacher, and orator. He started several schools and hospitals which later became part of the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. His statue sits prominently on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol...
(1835-1900), American physician - Hunter ParrishHunter ParrishHunter Parrish is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Silas Botwin in Showtime's television series Weeds.-Personal life:...
(born 1987), American actor - Hunter PenceHunter PenceHunter Andrew Pence is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Philadelphia Phillies. Pence stands tall and weighs . He bats and throws right-handed.-Early life:...
(born 1983), American baseball player - Hunter SmithHunter SmithHunter Dwight Smith is an American football punter, currently a free agent and most recently for the Washington Redskins. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the seventh round of the 1998 NFL Draft...
(born 1977), American football player - Hunter S. ThompsonHunter S. ThompsonHunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...
(1937-2005), American writer - Hunter TyloHunter TyloHunter Tylo is an American actress, Author and former model. She is best known for her role as Taylor Hayes on The Bold and the Beautiful. She originated the role in 1990, and still continues to play it today....
(born 1962), American actress - Hunter WendelstedtHunter WendelstedtHarry Hunter Wendelstedt III is a baseball umpire who has worked in the National League in 1998-1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. His father Harry Hunter Wendelstedt, Jr. was an NL umpire from 1966 to 1998...
(born 1971), American baseball umpire
Fictional characters
- Hillman Hunter (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), a character in by Eoin Colfer
- Howard Hunter, character in the television series Hill Street BluesHill Street BluesHill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...
- Jamie Hunter, character in the television series River City
- Lisa HunterLisa HunterLisa Hunter is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Gemma Atkinson. The character is noted for her storylines including bullying and self-harming...
, character in the television series Hollyoaks - Rip HunterRip HunterRip Hunter is a DC Comics character who first appeared in Showcase #20 . Following three more appearances in Showcase , Rip Hunter was given his own series, which ran for 29 issues . He later starred in the six-issue Time Masters series , written by Bob Wayne and Lewis Shiner...
, character in DC Comics - Shawn Hunter, character in the television series Boy Meets World
- Timothy HunterTimothy HunterTimothy Hunter, is a fictional character, a comic book sorcerer published by DC Comics. He first appeared in The Books of Magic vol. 1 #1 , and was created by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton.-Publication history:...
, character in DC Comics - Hunter Van Pelt, character in the 1995 film Jumanji
- Roxy HunterRoxy HunterRoxy Hunter may refer to:*Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost, a 2007 film*Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman, a 2008 film*Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid, a 2008 film...
, character in the Disney Channel original movie "Roxy Hunter"
- Howard Hunter, character in the television series Hill Street Blues