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.
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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
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
Tommy Gunn, fictional character in the 1990 movie Rocky V
