Brunton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Brunton Alan Mervyn Brunton (14 October 1946 – 27 June 2002) was a New Zealand poet and playwright. Biography Brunton was born in Christchurch and educated at Hamilton Boys' High School, the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington. ...

(1946–2002), New Zealand poet *

Alexander Brunton Alexander Brunton FRSE FSA (2 October 1772 - 9 February 1854) was a Scottish minister in the Church of Scotland who rose to its highest rank, Moderator of the General Assembly in 1823. He was a noted academic, as Professor of Hebrew and Orie ...

(1772–1854), Scottish minister in the Church of Scotland * Anna Ross Brunton (born 1773), English actress and dramatist *

Barbara Brunton Barbara Joan Brunton Gibb (13 October 1927 – 29 June 2014), from around 1949 professionally known as Barbara Brunton, was an Australian actress of stage and radio, active between 1940 and 1952. History Brunton was born in 1927, the daughter of ...

(1927–2014), Australian stage and radio actress * C. Brunton (Norfolk cricketer) () *

Colin Brunton Colin Brunton (born 1955) is a Canadian Film producer, producer and Film director, director. Brunton was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After creating the short films ''The Last Pogo'' (1978), ''A Trip Around Lake Ontario'' (1988) and ''The M ...

(born 1955), Canadian film director * Dianne Brunton, New Zealand ecologist * Dorothy Brunton (1890–1977), Australian singer and actress * Elizabeth Brunton (1799–1860), English actress * Elizabeth York Brunton (1880–), Scottish artist *

Gordon Brunton Sir Gordon Charles Brunton (27 December 1921 – 30 May 2017) was a British businessman, publisher, racehorse owner and breeder. Early life, education and military service Born in London, Brunton was educated briefly at Cranleigh School, ...

(1921–2017), English businessman *

Guy Brunton Guy Brunton (1878 in London, England – 17 October 1948 in White River, Mpumalanga, South Africa) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Badarian predynastic culture. He married Winifred Newberry on 28 April 1906. Her ...

(1878–1948), English archaeologist and Egyptologist *

Kira Brunton Kira Michaela Brunton (born March 17, 1999) is a Canadian curler originally from Sudbury, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Danielle Inglis. In 2015, she won the gold medal at the 2015 Canada Winter Games playing third for Megan Smith. ...

(born 1999), Canadian curler *

James Brunton James Brunton is a judge on the Quebec Superior Court who in late 2005 ruled that no restrictions should be placed upon Karla Homolka's freedom following the completion of her jail term earlier that year. In 2006 he refused to extradition, extradit ...

, contemporary Canadian judge * John Brunton (cricketer) (1869–1962), English cricketer * John Brunton (manufacturer) (1837–1917), Scottish businessman * John Brunton (scenic artist) (1849–1909), in Britain and Australia *

Joseph Brunton Joseph A. Brunton Jr. (June 26, 1902 – July 8, 1988) was a career professional for the Boy Scouts of America, and served the BSA National Council as the fourth Chief Scout Executive from 1960 to 1966. BSA career Joseph Brunton became a professi ...

(1902–1988), American Boy Scout leader * Lauder Brunton (1844–1916), Scottish physician and first of the Brunton baronets * Louis Brunton (1891–1934), New Zealand cricketer *

Louisa Brunton Louisa, Countess of Craven, originally Louisa Brunton (1785?–1860) was an English actress. Birth and background Her father, John Brunton (1741-1819), son of a soap dealer in Norwich, was at one time a grocer in Drury Lane. He became an actor, ...

(1785?–1860), English actress *

Mary Brunton Mary Brunton (née Balfour) (1 November 1778 – 7 December 1818) was a Scottish novelist, whose work has been seen as redefining femininity. Fay Weldon praised it as "rich in invention, ripe with incident, shrewd in comment, and erotic in in ...

(1778–1818), Scottish novelist * Matt Brunton (1878–1962), English soccer player *

Neil Brunton Neil Brunton (born 3 January 1969) is a former Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL). He was plucked from the Sydney AFL competition during the middle of the 1991 season where he was play ...

(born 1969), Australian rules footballer *

Paul Brunton Paul Brunton is the pen name of Raphael Hurst (21 October 1898 – 27 July 1981), a British author of spiritual books. He is best known as one of the early popularizers of Neo-Hindu spiritualism in western esotericism, notably via his be ...

(1898–1981), British philosopher and mystic * Paul Brunton (politician) (born 1944), American politician * Renita Brunton, suspected murder victim of

Peter Dupas Peter Norris Dupas (born 6 July 1953) is an Australian convicted serial killer, currently serving three life sentences without parole for murder and primarily for being a serious habitual offender. He has a very significant criminal history inv ...

Richard Henry Brunton Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE (26 December 1841 – 24 April 1901) was the so-called " Father of Japanese lighthouses". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meiji period Japan as a f ...

(1841–1901), Scottish lighthouse builder active in Japan * Robbie Brunton (1973–2020), Irish soccer player *

Ron Brunton Dr Ron Brunton is an Australian anthropologist. He was the director of Encompass Research Pty Ltd, and was on the Board of the public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for a five-year term from 1 May 2003. Biography Prior ...

(born 1945), Australian anthropologist *

Samuel Brunton Samuel Brunton (born 20 February 1990) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league player. He played as a or . He is a Cook Islands international. Early years Brunton was a Howick Hornets and Mangere East Hawks junior.Violet Brunton Violet Ella Evelyn Brunton (October 1878 – 1951), also known as Victor du Lac, was an English sculptor, painter, and illustrator. Biography Violet E.E. Brunton was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire; her father, Arthur D. Brunton, was also an ...

(1878–1951), English artist *

William Brunton William Brunton Senior (26 May 1777 – 5 October 1851) was a Scottish engineer and inventor. Early life He was the eldest son of Robert Brunton, a watchmaker (14 Aug 1748–1834) of Dalkeith, where he was born. He studied mechanics in his fath ...

(1777–1851), Scottish engineer and inventor *

William Brunton (mayor) William Brunton (1 February 1867 – 13 April 1938) was a businessman and Mayor of Melbourne, Australia. History Brunton was born in Carlton, Victoria Carlton is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north of Melbourne ...

(1867–1938), of Melbourne, Australia *

Winifred Brunton Winifred Mabel Brunton ''née Newberry'' (6 May 1880 – 29 January 1959) was a South African painter, illustrator and Egyptologist. Early years Brunton was born in 1880 in the Orange Free State South Africa. Her father, Charles Newberry, a m ...

(1880–1959), South African painter

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