Mundy (surname)

Mundy (Munday is the name of a family recorded in the Visitation of Derbyshire) that lived in Derbyshire, and rose to prominence after a member became Lord Mayor of London. The Markeaton, Derbyshire family seems to have changed the spelling of its name to be distanced from family members who remained Catholic in Protestant Britain.

Notable persons with that surname include:

  • Alfred Miller Mundy (1809–1877), English military officer and politician in colonial South Australia
  • Carl Epting Mundy, Jr. (born 1935), Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
  • Bill Mundy (baseball) (1889–1958), American baseball player
  • David Mundy (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
  • Edward Mundy (1794–1851), American politician and judge from Michigan
  • Edward Miller Mundey (1750–1822), English MP for Derbyshire
  • Edward Miller Mundey (1800–1849), English MP for South Derbyshire
  • Francis Noel Clarke Mundey (1739–1815), English poet
  • Francis Mundey (1771–1837), member of parliament in the UK
  • Frank Mundy, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
  • Harry Mundy (1915–1988), British car engine designer and motoring magazine editor
  • Jimmy Mundy (1907–1983), American jazz musician and composer
  • John Mundy (mayor) (died 1538), Lord Mayor of London in 1522
  • John Mundy (composer) (c. 1550/1554–1630), English composer
  • John Mundy (diplomat), Canadian diplomat
  • John Mundy (presenter), British voice-over artist and former news presenter
  • Josef Mundy (1935–1994), Israeli playwright
  • Joseph Mundy, computer programmer
  • Julie Mundy, American popular culture author and researcher
  • Leo C. Mundy (1887-1944), American physician and politician
  • Liza Mundy, American journalist and author
  • Matt Mundy (born 1987), Australian football (soccer) player
  • Meg Mundy (born 1915), American actress
  • Peter Mundy (fl. 1600 – 1667), Cornish Elizabethan traveler and writer
  • Reubin Munday, American football coach for Tennessee State University
  • Ryan Mundy (born 1985), American football player
  • Talbot Mundy (1879–1940), English writer
  • William Mundy (composer) (c. 1529–1591), English Tudor composer
  • William Mundy (Markeaton) (1801–1877), 18th Century English MP
  • Wrightson Mundy (1715–1762), High Sheriff of Derbyshire, England and MP for Leicestershire

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See also

  • All pages with titles containing Mundy
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