Flint (surname)

Last updated July 19, 2022

Flint is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Austin Flint (1812–1886), American physician
Austin Flint (1836–1915, American physician
Bob Flint (born 1941), American/Hawaiian ceramicist
Bruiser Flint (born 1968), American basketball coach
Caroline Flint (born 1961), British Member of Parliament for the Don Valley
Charles Ranlett Flint (1850–1934), American merchant and banker
Derrick Flint (1924–2018), English cricketer
Douglas Flint (born 1955), British banking businessman currently the Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings
Edwin Flint (1814-1891), American politician
Eric Flint (1947–2022), American science fiction and fantasy author and editor
F. S. Flint (1885-1960), English poet
George Flint (American football) (born 1939), American football player
George Washington Flint (1844–1921), American educator and college president
Henry Flynt (born 1940), American avantgarde musician
James Flint (disambiguation), multiple people
Jeremy Flint (1928–1989), English contract bridge player
Jon Flint (Jonathan A. Flint), American venture capitalist and entrepreneur
Josh Flint (born 2000), English footballer
Joshua Barker Flint (1801–1864), American surgeon and professor of medicine
Judson Flint (born 1957), American football player
Katja Flint (born 1960), German actress
Keith Flint (1969–2019), member of the British band The Prodigy
Kenneth C. Flint, American fantasy novelist
Larry Flynt (1942–2021), American magazine publisher (commonly misspelled "Flint")
Paul Flint, (born 1987), British Tattoo Artist and skateboarder
Richard Foster Flint (1902–1976), American geologist
Robert Flint (1838–1910), Scottish theologian and philosopher
Rockwell J. Flint (1842-1933), American politician
Roland Flint (1934-2001), American poet
Valerie Flint (1936-2009), British historian
Waldo Flint (1820-1900), American politician
William Russell Flint (1880–1969), Scottish artist

Fictional characters:

Derek Flint, the title character of Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967), a "hipster spy" played by James Coburn
Marcus Flint, character in the Harry Potter series

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