Blount is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair", or dull Anna Blount, physician, suffragist and birth control activist in the United States Bessie Blount Griffin, an African American inventor Charles Blount,, author and son of Sir Henry Blount Charles Hubert Boulby Blount, English airman and cricketer Sir Christopher Blount, companion of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire Edward Blount, publishing partner for the First Folio of the works of Shakespeare Elizabeth Blount, mistress of Henry VIII and the mother of his illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset Eric Blount, American football player James Blount F. Nelson Blount,, President and founder of Blount Seafood Corporation, millionaire and collector of vintage steam locomotives and rail cars. Wikipedia