Schwartz is a last name of German origin, meaning "black" (modern spelling in German is ). It was originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. Notable people and characters with the surname include:

  • Aaron Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Abe Schwartz (1881–1963), American Jewish musician
  • Adi Schwartz, Israeli journalist and academic
  • Adrian Schwartz, Israeli former backgammon champion and convicted serial rapist
  • Al Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), Danish writer
  • Albert Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Alice Schwartz (1925 or 1926–2025), American businesswoman
  • Allyson Schwartz (born 1948), American politician
  • Alois Schwartz (born 1967), German football manager and former player
  • Aloysius Schwartz (1930–1992), American Catholic priest
  • Alvin Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Amy Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Anat Schwartz, Israeli filmmaker, television director, data analyst and freelance writer
  • Andrea Schwartz (born 1977), Canadian swimmer
  • Andrei Schwartz (born 1989), Romanian footballer
  • Andrew Thomas Schwartz (1867–1942), American painter
  • Andy Schwartz (born 1950), American politician
  • Anna Schwartz (1915–2012), American Jewish economist
  • Annetta Schwartz, Romanian Jewish musician
  • Anton Schwartz (born 1967), American jazz musician
  • Anton Maria Schwartz (1852–1929), Austrian Roman Catholic priest
  • Ari Schwartz, American cybersecurity and technology policy expert
  • Arnold Schwartz (1901–1975), Danish rower
  • Arthur Schwartz (1900–1984), American Jewish composer and film producer
  • Athalia Schwartz (1821–1871), Danish writer, journalist and educator
  • Avi Schwartz, Israeli painter
  • Azi Schwartz (born 1981), Israeli–American Jewish chazzan, vocal performer and recording artist
  • Barbara Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Barry Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Béla Schwartz (1891–?), Hungarian Jewish leader
  • Benjamin Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Bernard Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Berthold Schwartz or Swartz, legendary German alchemist of the 14th century, sometimes credited with the invention of gunpowder
  • Beth Schwartz, American television writer
  • Bill Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
  • Bonnie Schwartz, experimental linguist
  • Bryan Schwartz (born 1971), American football player
  • Buky Schwartz (1932–2009), Israeli sculptor
  • Candy Schwartz, educator, author and librarian
  • Carl Schwartz (1817–1870), Hebrew Christian clergyman and minister of the Free Church of Scotland
  • Carol Schwartz (born 1944), American politician and perennial candidate
  • Carol Schwartz (businesswoman), Australian business executive, community leader and philanthropist
  • Catherine Schwartz (born 1977), American television personality
  • Chandra Lee Schwartz (born 1981), American theatre performer
  • Charles Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Christian Schwartz (born 1977), American type designer
  • Dana Schwartz (born 1993), American journalist, screenwriter and author
  • Daniel Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Darren Schwartz (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
  • David Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
  • Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966), American Jewish poet and short-story writer
  • Dominique Schwartz, Australian journalist
  • Douglas Schwartz, American television screenwriter and series creator
  • Douglas W. Schwartz (1929–2016), American archaeologist
  • Dov Schwartz (born 1961), Israeli professor
  • Ebbe Schwartz (1901–1964), Danish football administrator
  • Ed Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Einar Schwartz-Nielsen (1883–1939), Danish fencer
  • Elaine Schwartz (born 1943), American politician
  • Elek Schwartz (1908–2000), Romanian professional footballer and coach
  • Eli Schwartz, Israeli physician
  • Elias Schwartz (died 2016), American synagogue rabbi, yeshiva principal and author
  • Elizabeth Schwartz, American vocalist
  • Elizabeth F. Schwartz (born 1971), American attorney, author and advocate
  • Elliott Schwartz (1936–2016), American composer
  • Elmer Schwartz (1906–1949), American football player
  • Elroy Schwartz (1923–2013), American comedy and television writer
  • Emmanuel Schwartz, Canadian actor and playwright
  • Eric Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Erica Schwartz American deputy surgeon general
  • Erica Schwartz (politician), American politician
  • Evan Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer
  • Eytan Schwartz, Israeli communications and public relations expert
  • Ezra Schwartz (born 1974), American rabbi
  • Felice Schwartz (1925–1996), American Jewish feminist writer
  • Fernando Schwartz (born 1937), Spanish writer
  • Frans Schwartz (1850–1917), Danish artist
  • Frederick Schwarz (disambiguation)
  • Gadi Schwartz (born 1983), American journalist
  • Gail Schwartz, American politician
  • Garfield Schwartz, founder and president the Garfield Schwartz & Co. Builders
  • Gary Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
  • Gedalia Dov Schwartz (1925–2020), American Orthodox rabbi, scholar, and posek
  • George X. Schwartz (1915–2010), American politician
  • Gerry Schwartz (born 1941), Canadian Jewish businessman
  • Gil Schwartz (1951–2020), American business humorist and novelist
  • Glenn Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Greg Schwartz, American politician
  • Gregor Schwartz-Bostunitsch (1883–after 1945), Nazi propagandist
  • Gustav Schwartz (1809–1890), Austrian paleontologist
  • H. Andrew Schwartz (1968–2025), American journalist and chief communications officer
  • Hanit Schwartz (born 1987), Israeli women's soccer goalkeeper
  • Hank Schwartz (1927–2020), American businessman
  • Hans Schwartz (1913–1991), German football player
  • Harold Schwartz (1910–2003), American businessman and real estate developer
  • Harry Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Harvey Schwartz, American businessman
  • Herbert Schwartz (1895–1994), American college sports coach
  • Hillel Schwartz (1923–2007), Egyptian Jewish politician
  • Hillel Schwartz (historian) (born 1948), American Jewish cultural historian
  • Howard Schwartz (born 1945), American Jewish folklorist
  • Hudson Schwartz (born 2009) American racing driver
  • Isaac Schwartz (1923–2009), Soviet composer
  • Isaïe Schwartz (1876–1952), great rabbi of France
  • Isadore Schwartz alias "The Ghetto Midget" (1900–1988), American Jewish world champion flyweight boxer
  • Jack Schwartz (1930–2009), American mathematician and computer scientist
  • Jacob Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Jaden Schwartz (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
  • James Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Janet Mielke Schwartz, American behavioral scientist
  • Jay Schwartz (born 1965), American composer
  • Jean Schwartz (1878–1956), American Jewish songwriter
  • Jeffrey Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Jeremy Schwartz, British business executive, author and speaker
  • Jerome Schwartz, American television and film writer and producer
  • Jerome T. Schwartz (born 1951), American politician
  • Jillian Schwartz (born 1979), Israeli pole vaulter
  • Joel Schwartz (born 1947), American epidemiologist
  • Johan Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • John Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
  • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (born 1956), American musician
  • Jonathan Schwartz (disambiguation), several people named Jon or Jonathan
  • Jordan Schwartz (born 1965), American executive
  • Joseph Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Josh Schwartz (born 1976), American writer & producer
  • Judith S. Schwartz, American educator, curator, author, maker, and contemporary ceramicist
  • Jules Schwartz (1927–2013), American computer scientist
  • Julius Schwartz (1915–2004), American comic book editor and agent
  • Justin Schwartz (born 1965), American nuclear engineer and chancellor
  • Kalyn Schwartz (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
  • Kenneth A. Schwartz, American architect, community designer, planner and educator
  • Kevie W. Schwartz, American chemical engineer and entrepreneur
  • Lacey Schwartz Delgado (born 1977), American filmmaker
  • Laila Schwartz (born 1949), Israeli artist, curator, author and film director
  • Laura Schwartz (born 1973), American professional speaker, author and television commentator
  • Lauren Schwartz (born 1961), American actress
  • Laurent Schwartz (1915–2002), French Jewish mathematician
  • Leon Schwartz, Ukrainian musician
  • Leonard Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Leslie Schwartz, American writer
  • Lester O. Schwartz (1912–2006), American painter, sculptor and printmaker
  • Lew Sayre Schwartz (1926–2011), American comic book artist, advertising creator and filmmaker
  • Lia Schwartz (1941–2020), Argentine-American historian
  • Lillian Schwartz (1927–2024), American artist
  • Lisa Schwartz (born 1983), American author, actress, and YouTube personalty
  • Lisa Schwartz (physician) (1963–2018), American Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
  • Lloyd Schwartz (born 1941), American poet
  • Lloyd J. Schwartz (born 1946), American television producer and writer
  • Loïc Schwartz (born 1992), Belgian basketball player
  • Lorraine Schwartz, American jewelry designer
  • Louis Schwartz (1888–1966), American politician
  • Louis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Lucy Schwartz (born 1989), American singer and songwriter
  • Luke Schwartz (born 1984), British poker player
  • Lulu Schwartz (born 1948), American journalist, columnist and author
  • Lynne Sharon Schwartz (born 1939), American prose and poetry writer
  • Maite Schwartz (born 1979), American film and television actress
  • Malene Schwartz (born 1936), Danish film actress
  • Mandi Schwartz (1988–2011), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Manfred Schwartz (1909–1970), Polish-born American artist
  • Manuela Schwartz, German musicologist
  • Marchmont Schwartz (1909–1991), American college football player and coach
  • Margaretta Schwartz, Yiddish singer of the late 19th century
  • Marian Schwartz, American translator
  • Marie Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Mark Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Marlene Schwartz, American director
  • Martha Schwartz (born 1950), American landscape architect and educator
  • Martin Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Marvin John Schwartz (1928–1997), American film producer and publicist
  • Matt Schwartz (born 1971), Israeli-British music producer
  • Maureen Schwartz (died 2019), Brazilian tennis player
  • Maurice Schwartz (1890–1960), American actor and director
  • Maxime Schwartz (born 1940), French molecular biologist
  • Melvin Schwartz (1932–2006), American physicist
  • Michael Schwartz (disambiguation), several people, including those known as Mike Schwartz
  • Milton Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Mitchell Schwartz (born 1989), American professional football player
  • Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995), American academic and author, subject of the book Tuesdays with Morrie
  • Morris Schwartz (1901–2004), American photographer
  • Morry Schwartz (born 1948), Australian property developer and publisher
  • Morton L. Schwartz (1883–1953), American banker and financier
  • Murray Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Nancy Lou Schwartz (1939–1981), American economist and professor
  • Neena Schwartz (1926–2018), American endocrinologist
  • Noah Schwartz (born 1983), American poker player
  • Norman Schwartz, American businessman
  • Norton A. Schwartz (born 1951), Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
  • Olivier Schwartz, French pharmacist
  • Otto William Schwartz (1715–1785), Russian-born fur trader and political figure
  • Paul Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Pedro Schwartz (born 1935), Spanish economist
  • Pepper Schwartz (born 1945), American sociologist and sexologist
  • Peri Schwartz (1951–2021), American painter and printmaker
  • Perry Schwartz (1915–2001), American football player
  • Peter Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Philina Schwartz (born 2006), German sprinter
  • Philipp Schwartz (1894–1977), Hungarian-born neuropathologist
  • Priscilla Schwartz (born 1967), Sierra Leonean lawyer
  • Ramon Schwartz Jr. (1925–2017), American politician
  • Randal L. Schwartz (born 1961), American computer scientist and technology writer
  • Randy Schwartz (born 1944), American baseball player
  • Raymond Schwartz (1894–1973), French banker and Esperanto author
  • Regina Schwartz, English literary critic and journalist
  • Richard Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
  • Robert Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Rocky Schwartz (born 1984), American football safety
  • Ron Schwartz, Israeli bridge player
  • Ronnie Schwartz (born 1989), Danish professional footballer
  • Ros Schwartz, English literary translator
  • Roslyn Schwartz (born 1951), Canadian children's author and animator
  • Roy Schwartz Tichon, Israeli entrepreneur
  • Ruth L. Schwartz, American poet, memoirist, personal growth author and teacher
  • Samuel Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Sander Schwartz (born 1954), American television animation producer
  • Sándor Schwartz (1909–1994), Romanian football player
  • Scott Schwartz (born 1968), American child actor
  • Scott L. Schwartz (1959–2024), American actor best known for "The Bruiser" in the Ocean's Eleven film series
  • Selby Wynn Schwartz, American author
  • Seth Schwartz, American historian
  • Seth Schwartz (psychologist), American developmental psychologist
  • Seymour I. Schwartz (1928–2020), American physician
  • Shalom H. Schwartz, Israeli social psychologist, cross-cultural researcher
  • Sheila Schwartz (1952–2008), American writer and creative writing professor
  • Sherwood Schwartz (1916–2011), American television writer and producer
  • Shirley E. Schwartz (1935–2016), American chemist and research scientist
  • Shuki Schwartz (born 1954), Israeli basketball player
  • Shuly Rubin Schwartz, American academic
  • Sidney Schwartz (1929–2017), American tennis player
  • Simon Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Sophie Schwartz, Swiss neuroscientist
  • Stan Schwartz, Canadian former football executive and coach
  • Stefan Schwartz (born 1963), English and Canadian film and television director, writer and actor
  • Stephen Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
  • Stuart Schwartz (born 1944), American television producer
  • Stuart B. Schwartz (born 1940), American historian
  • Susan Schwartz, American scientist
  • Theodore H. Schwartz (born 1965), American medical scientist, academic physician and neurosurgeon
  • Thomas Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Thornel Schwartz (1927–1977), American jazz guitarist
  • Tony Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Wilbur Schwartz (1918–1990), American studio session clarinetist, alto saxophonist and flutist
  • William Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • Wynn Schwartz, American psychologist and psychoanalyst
  • Ylon Schwartz, American chess master and poker player
  • Yoel Schwartz (1939–2022), Israeli Haredi Jewish rabbi, Torah scholar and writer