Bunting
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Bunting can refer to:
- Bunting (bird)Bunting (bird)Buntings are a group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae.They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills, and are the Old World equivalents of the species known in North America as sparrows...
, a group of birdBirdBirds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s - An infant sleeping bag
- The act of laying down a bunt, a type of offensive play in baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- Bunting (textile)Bunting (textile)Bunting was originally a specific type of lightweight worsted wool fabric generically known as tammy, manufactured from the turn of the 17th century, and used for making ribbons. and flags, including signal flags for the Royal Navy...
, a lightweight cloth material often used for flagFlagA flag is a piece of fabric with a distinctive design that is usually rectangular and used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium.The first flags were used to assist...
s and festive decorations - A term of endearment that may also imply 'plump' - as in the nursery rhyme Bye, baby BuntingBye, baby buntingBye, baby Bunting is a popular English language nursery rhyme and lullaby. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11018.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:...
As a surname
- Arthur BuntingArthur BuntingArthur Bunting is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, and coach of the 1960s, '70s and 80s, who at club level has played for Hull Kingston Rovers, playing at , i.e...
, British rugby league footballer and coach - Basil BuntingBasil BuntingBasil Cheesman Bunting was a significant British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966. He had a lifelong interest in music that led him to emphasise the sonic qualities of poetry, particularly the importance of reading poetry aloud...
(1900-1985), British modernist poet - Bill BuntingBill BuntingWilliam Carl "Bill" Bunting is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for the University of North Carolina....
(born 1947), American basketball player - Chris BuntingChris Bunting-Biography:Bunting's first professional comic book work was printed in Antarctic Press's Shoujo #4 in 2005. After that he released the book How to Break into Comics, also published by Antarctic Press.Bunting then went on to spearhead the Mr...
, British comic book writer - Christopher BuntingChristopher BuntingChristopher Bunting was an internationally renowned English cellist.Elder son of Sheldon Bunting MBE. Born London 8.8.1924. He was educated at Westminster School. MBE 2000, making him and Arthur Hugh Bunting the third generation of his family to be honoured. His three marriages ended in divorce...
(1925-2005), English cellist - Christopher William BuntingChristopher William BuntingChristopher William Bunting was an Irish-born politician, merchant, newspaper owner and newspaper publisher....
(1837-1896), Irish-born Canadian politician - Clark BuntingClark BuntingW. Clark Bunting is the President of Discovery Studios based in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.-Current occupation:A veteran of more than 20 years at Discovery Communications, Bunting was named President, Discovery Studios in February 2007...
, American television executive - David Michael BuntingDavid TibetDavid Tibet is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member. He had earlier collaborated with Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo...
(born 1960), British poet/musician - Edward BuntingEdward BuntingEdward Bunting was an Irish musician and folk music collector.-Life:Bunting was born in County Armagh, Ireland. At the age of seven he was sent to study music at Drogheda and at eleven he was apprenticed to William Ware, organist at St. Anne's church in Belfast and lived with the family of Henry...
(1773-1843), Irish musician - Edward L. BuntingEdward Bunting (cricketer)Edward Lancelot Bunting was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match in 1922, for Worcestershire against Yorkshire....
(1883-1962), English cricketer - Eve BuntingEve BuntingAnne Evelyn Bunting , better known as Eve Bunting, is an Irish author who has written more than 250 books. Her work covers a broad array of subjects and includes fiction and non-fiction books. Her novels are primarily aimed at children and young adults, but her works also include picture books...
(born 1928), Californian author - Hem BuntingHem BuntingHem Bunting, born December 12, 1985, is a Cambodian marathoner.Bunting is one of nine children from a family of farmers in Stung Treng Province. The British Broadcasting Corporation has described him as "so poor he lives in the crumbling athletics stadium where he trains"...
(born 1985), Cambodian athlete - Jabez BuntingJabez BuntingJabez Bunting , English Wesleyan divine, was born of humble parentage at Manchester. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and at the age of nineteen began to preach, being received into full Connexion in 1803...
(1779-1858), British preacher - Jo BuntingJo BuntingJo Bunting is a producer and presenter. She has produced Have I Got News For You and is currently the series producer . She is a regular guest interviewer on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends and has been a panellist on a number of other radio shows, including Clive Anderson’s Chat Room...
, television producer - John J. BuntingJohn Bunting (serial killer)John Justin Bunting is an Australian serial killer from Brisbane, Queensland, currently serving eleven consecutive sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for his role in the murder of 11 victims of the Snowtown murders....
(born 1966), Australian serial killer - John S. Bunting (born 1950), American football coach
- Josiah Bunting IIIJosiah Bunting IIIJosiah Bunting III is an American educator. He has been a military officer, college president, and an author and speaker on education and Western culture.-Biography:...
(born 1939), American educator - La Farrell BuntingLa Farrell BuntingLafarrell Deshun Bunting is an American boxer.-Professional career:Known as "Fabulous Fairway", Bunting began his professional career in 2001, and fought in the ShoBox Super Middleweight eliminator tournament, but lost to Anthony Hanshaw via TKO. In 2007 he lost a decision to contender Jean Pascal...
(born 1980), American boxer - Madeleine BuntingMadeleine BuntingMadeleine Bunting is an English journalist and writer who is an Associate Editor and columnist on The Guardian.Born in Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire, Bunting was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where she read History, and won a Knox postgraduate fellowship to study Politics and teach...
, British journalist - Mark BuntingMark Bunting (Journalist)Mark Bunting is a Canadian journalist and currently the London Bureau Chief for the BNN reporting on European and Asian financial markets. He appears weekdays on Canada AM. He was previously a business editor at CTV News Channel, he hosted Investors Online, worked as the business editor at CFRB,...
, Canadian journalist - Mary BuntingMary BuntingMary Ingraham Bunting was an influential American college president; Time profiled her as the magazine's November 3, 1961, cover story. She became Radcliffe College's fifth president in 1960 and was responsible for fully integrating women into Harvard University.-Personal life:Bunting was born...
(1910-1998), American college president - Reverend Bunting, character in The Invisible ManThe Invisible ManThe Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells published in 1897. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, and published as a novel the same year...
- Ronald BuntingRonald BuntingMajor Ronald Terence Bunting was a British Army officer and unionist political figure in Northern Ireland.Bunting was commissioned into the Armagh and Down Army Cadet Force in May 1946 and resigned in March 1950 when he transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a Lieutenant...
, British army officer - Ronnie BuntingRonnie BuntingRonnie Bunting was an Irish republican and socialist activist in Ireland. He became a member of the Official IRA in the early 1970s and was a founder member of the Irish National Liberation Army in 1974. He became leader of the INLA in 1978 and was assassinated in 1980.-Background:Bunting came...
(died 1980), Irish political activist - Stephen BuntingStephen BuntingStephen Bunting is an English darts player who competes for the British Darts Organisation. His nickname is The Bullet. He is currently sponsored by GT Law Solicitors and A180 DARTS....
(born 1985), British darts player - Thomas L. BuntingThomas L. BuntingThomas Lathrop Bunting was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Eden, New York, Bunting was educated in the common schools and the Griffith Institute, Springville, New York....
(1844-1898), American politician - David Bunting IPT teacher