Yount

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Yount is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and eventually became a global lingua franca. It is named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, as England. Both names derive from Anglia, a peninsula in the Baltic Sea. The language is closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, and its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Norse, and to a greater extent by Latin and French.

A surname, family name, or last name is the portion of a personal name that indicates a person's family. Depending on the culture, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations based on the cultural rules.

Barton Kyle Yount (1884–1949), American general
Christian Yount (born 1988), American football long snapper
Ducky Yount (1885–1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1914
Eddie Yount (1915–1973), American Major League Baseball outfielder in 1937 and 1939
George C. Yount (1794–1865), American trapper and explorer, first American resident of California's Napa Valley
Hampton Yount (born 1984), American stand-up comedian
Harry Yount (1837–1924), American mountain man; first de facto park ranger of Yellowstone National Park

Barton Kyle Yount was a United States Army lieutenant general. His most important assignments were carried out in military aviation as a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces.

Christian Alexander Yount is an American football long snapper who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2011, and has also played for the Cleveland Browns. Yount played college football for the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

Herbert Macon Yount [Ducky/Hub] was a professional baseball pitcher. He played one season in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League in 1914. He threw right-handed and batted right-handed. He was 6'2 and 178 lbs (pounds) and in 1914 he was 28. He was born on December 7, 1885 in Iredell County, North Carolina and died on May 9, 1970 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Younts Peak, a peak in Wyoming named after Harry Yount

Younts Peak is a peak in the Absaroka Range in northwestern Wyoming in the United States and the highest point in the Teton Wilderness. The Yellowstone River is formed near the peak from two streams that rise on the northern and southern ridges of the peak and join at the base of the western ridge. The peak summit itself can be hiked, but accessing the peak is difficult due to its remoteness. The peak was named after Harry Yount, a hunter and guide considered to be the first ranger in Yellowstone National Park.

John P. Yount (1850–1872), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Larry Yount (born 1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1971, brother of Robin Yount
Miles Franklin Yount (1880–1933), American oil baron
Robin Yount (born 1955), American Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1974 to 1993, Hall of Famer, and brother of Larry Yount

John P. Yount was a soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 3rd U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars against Cochise. In 1871, he was one of five men to receive the Medal of Honor for "gallantry in action" against an Apache raiding party in the Whetstone Mountains. Yount attempted to rescue a wounded civilian Indian scout during the battle, and after the scout was killed, continued to defend the body preventing the enemy from mutilating it afterwards. According to author and Iowa State Senator Dennis H. Black, Yount is one of 11 men from Henry County, Iowa to receive the Medal of Honor.

Lawrence King "Larry" Yount is a former professional baseball player. Yount holds the unique distinction of being the only pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) history to appear in the official record books without ever actually having faced a batter. In his only major league appearance—on September 15, 1971—he had to leave the game during his warm-up pitches due to injury.

Miles Franklin "Frank" Yount eventually came to head up one of the most successful, private oil companies in the United States.

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