Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:

A

  • Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925), Austrian entrepreneur
  • Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
  • Alexandre Bloch (1857–1919), French painter
  • Alfred Bloch (1878–1902), French footballer
  • Aliza Bloch (born 1957), first female mayor of Bet Shemesh, Israel
  • André Bloch (composer) (1873–1960), French composer and music educator
  • André Bloch (mathematician) (1893–1948), French mathematician
  • Andreas Bloch (1860–1917), Norwegian painter, illustrator and costume designer
  • Andy Bloch (born 1969), American poker player
  • Anna Bloch (1868–1953), Danish actress
  • Armand Bloch (1866–1932), French sculptor
  • Arthur Bloch (born 1948), American writer, author of Murphy's Law
  • Augustyn Bloch (1929–2006), Polish composer and organist
  • Avraham Yitzchak Bloch (1891–1941), Lithuanian rabbi

B

  • Bernard Bloch (linguist) (1907–1965), American linguist
  • Bernard Bloch (actor) (born 1949), French actor
  • Bianca Bloch (1848–1901), German author

C

  • Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834–1890), Danish painter
  • Chaim Yitzchak Bloch Hacohen (1867–1948), Lithuanian-American rabbi
  • Charles E. Bloch (1861–1940), American publisher
  • Claude Bloch (1923–1971), French theoretical nuclear physicist
  • Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), American naval admiral

D

  • Darius Paul Bloch, birthname of Darius Paul Dassault (1882–1969), French Army general of Jewish origin, who adopted "Dassault" as nom de guerre during French Resistance service
  • David Bloch-Blumenfeld (1880–1947), Israeli politician
  • Débora Bloch (born 1963), Brazilian actress
  • Denise Bloch (1916–1945), French Resistance member
  • Dora Bloch, Israeli-British citizen murdered in 1976
  • Dorete Bloch (1943–2015), Danish zoologist

E

  • Eduard Bloch (1872–1945), Austrian physician and family doctor of Adolf Hitler from 1903 to 1907
  • Elisa Bloch (1848–1905), Silesian-French sculptor
  • Emanuel Hirsch Bloch (1902–1954), American lawyer
  • Ernest Bloch (1880–1959), Swiss-born American composer
  • Ernst Bloch (1885–1977), German philosopher
  • Erich Bloch (1925–2016), American electrical engineer and administrator
  • Eugene Bloch (1878–1944), French physicist and professor

F

  • France Bloch-Sérazin (1913–1943), French Resistance member during World War II
  • Felix Bloch (1905–1983), Swiss-American physicist
  • Felix Bloch (diplomatic officer) (born 1935), American diplomat accused of spying for the Soviets

G

  • Gilles Bloch (born 1961), French researcher and neuroscientist
  • Grete Bloch (1892–1944), German industrial employee, letter partner of Franz Kafka
  • Gustave Bloch (1848–1923), French Jewish historian of ancient history

H

  • Hans Glad Bloch (1791–1865), Norwegian politician
  • Harriet Bloch (1881–1975), Danish first female film screenwriter
  • Heinz P. Bloch, American mechanical engineer
  • Henry W. Bloch (1922–2019), American businessman and Kansas City philanthropist
  • Herbert Bloch (1911–2006), German archaeologist and epigrapher
  • Herbert J. Bloch (1907–1987), philatelist of New York City
  • Herman S. Bloch (1912–1990), American chemist and an inventor

I

  • Immanuel Bloch (born 1972), German experimental physicist
  • Isaac Bloch, French rabbi
  • Isabelle Bloch, French computer scientist
  • Iwan Bloch (1872–1922), Berlin dermatologist

J

  • Jacqueline Bloch (born 1967), French physicist
  • Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836–1902), also known as Ivan Bloch, Polish banker and warfare expert
  • Jean-Richard Bloch (1884–1947), French writer
  • Joachim Bloch (born 1963), German politician
  • Jocelyne Bloch (born 1971), Swiss neurosurgeon
  • Jonas Bloch (born 1939), Brazilian actor
  • Joseph Samuel Bloch (1850–1923), Austrian rabbi
  • Joshua Bloch (born 1961), American software engineer
  • Joshua Bloch (rabbi) (1890–1957), Lithuanian-American rabbi and librarian
  • Jules Bloch (1880–1953), French linguist
  • Julia Chang Bloch (born 1942), American diplomat

K

  • Karola Bloch (1905–1994), Polish-German architect, socialist, and feminist
  • Konrad Emil Bloch (1912–2000), American biochemist
  • Kurt Bloch (born 1960), American musician

L

  • Lars Bloch (1938–2022), Danish actor and producer
  • Lloyd Bloch, a fictional character in Marvel Comics
  • Lucienne Bloch (1909–1999), Swiss-American artist and photographer, daughter of Ernest Bloch

M

  • Marc Bloch (1886–1944), French historian
  • Marcel Bloch, later Marcel Dassault (1892–1986), French aircraft industrialist, founder of the firm Société des Avions Marcel Bloch; he adopted his younger brother's (Darius Paul Bloch) nom de guerre
  • Marcel Bloch (aviator) (1890–1938), French balloon buster ace
  • Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799), German medical doctor and naturalist
  • Marjorie Bloch (born 1956), Irish painter
  • Mark Bloch (linguist) (1924–2022), Russian linguist
  • Mark Bloch (artist) (born 1956), American artist
  • Maurice Bloch (born 1939), British anthropologist
  • Maurice Bloch (politician) (1891–1929), New York assemblyman
  • Meli Polishook-Bloch (born 1953), Israeli politician
  • Michael Bloch (barrister) (born 1951), British barrister
  • Michael Bloch (born 1953), British author and historian
  • Mohammed Ibrahim Bloch (born 1949), Indian film director
  • Moses Löb Bloch (1815–1909), Hungarian rabbi
  • Moshe Rudolf Bloch (1902–1985), Israeli scientist

N

  • Noë Bloch (1875–1937), Russian-born film producer

O

  • Orville Emil Bloch (1915–1983), American military officer and Medal of Honor recipient

P

  • Paul Bloch (c. 1940–2018), American publicist
  • Pedro Bloch (1914–2004), Brazilian writer
  • Peter Rafael Bloch (1921–2008), German-American art historian, writer and journalist
  • Pierrette Bloch (1928–2017), Swiss painter and textile artist

R

  • Ray Bloch (1902–1982), American composer, songwriter, and conductor
  • Richard Bloch (1926–2004), American businessman
  • Richard L. Bloch (1929–2018), American investor, real estate developer, banker, and philanthropist
  • Richard Milton Bloch (1921–2000), pioneering American computer programmer
  • Robert Bloch (1917–1994), American writer
  • Robert Bloch (racing driver), French race car driver
  • Rosa Bloch-Bollag (1880–1922), Swiss revolutionary Marxist activist
  • Rosine Bloch (1844–1891), French operatic mezzo-soprano

S

  • Samson Bloch (1782–1845), Galician writer
  • Scott Bloch, American lawyer and government official
  • Scotty Bloch, American actress
  • Sean Bloch (born 1973), South African Olympic cyclist
  • Shani Bloch (born 1979), Israeli Olympic racing cyclist
  • Shmaryahu Yitzchak Bloch (c. 1862–1923), English rabbi
  • Sonny Bloch (c. 1937–1998), American radio show host
  • Spencer Bloch (born 1944), American mathematician
  • Stella Bloch (1897–1999), American artist, dancer and journalist
  • Susan Bloch (1940–1982), American theatrical press agent
  • Suzanne Bloch (1907–2002), Swiss-American musician and an influential pioneer of Early Music Revival during the 20th century

T

  • Thomas Bloch (born 1962), French classical musician

W

  • Waldemar Bloch (1906–1984), Austrian composer

Y

  • Yoni Bloch (born 1981), Israeli musician, songwriter, composer, rock singer, and hi-tech entrepreneur
  • Yosef Leib Bloch (1860–1929), Lithuanian rabbi

See also

  • Block (surname)

References