Schwarz is a common surname, derived from the German , , meaning the color black. The Czech female form is Schwarzová. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aaron Schwarz, American architect
  • Adolf Schwarz (1836–1910), Austrian-Hungarian chess master
  • Alan Schwarz (born 1968), American writer
  • Albert Schwarz (born 1934), Russian-born American mathematician and theoretical physicist
  • Alf Schwarz (1935–2015), Canadian sociologist
  • Alois Schwarz (1965–1999), Austrian cross-country skier
  • André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006), French novelist
  • Andreas Schwarz (born 1965), German politician
  • Antonín Schwarz (born 1940), Czechoslovak former sports shooter
  • Armin Schwarz (born 1963), German rally driver
  • Armin Schwarz (born 1968), German politician
  • Arthur Schwarz (1890–1957), German art director
  • Artur Martin Schwarz (1887–1963), Austrian orthodontist
  • Arturo Schwarz (1924–2021), Italian scholar, art historian, poet, writer, lecturer, art consultant and curator
  • Barbara Schwarz (born 1955), German national
  • Benjamin Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel (born 1991), Swiss curler
  • Bert Schwarz (1917–1999), Belgium-born Dutch politician
  • Bertha Schwarz (1855–1947), German coloratura soprano opera singer
  • Berthold Schwarz, Franciscan friar
  • Berthold E. Schwarz (1924–2010), American psychiatrist and a researcher
  • Bill Schwarz (born 1951), British academic and writer
  • Bram Schwarz (born 1998), Dutch rower
  • Brinsley Schwarz (born 1947), English guitarist
  • Britta Schwarz (born 1964), German contralto
  • Brooklyn Schwarz (born 2005), German-American footballer
  • Carla Schwarz (born 2006), German footballer
  • Charles Henry Schwarz (1825–1903), German-American businessman
  • Charline Schwarz (born 2001), German archer
  • Christian Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Christine Schwarz-Fuchs (born 1974), Austrian entrepreneur and politician
  • Christoph Schwarz (c. 1545–1592), German court painter
  • Christopher Schwarz (born 1968), American woodworker
  • Daniel Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Daniela Schwarz (born 1985), Swiss footballer
  • David Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Dean Schwarz, American ceramic artist, painter, historian, writer, publisher and teacher
  • Dieter Schwarz (born 1939), German billionaire businessman
  • Dietmar Schwarz (born 1947), German coxswain
  • Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz (born 1971), Kosovar Albanian politician
  • Dorothea Schwarz (born 2005), Austrian luger
  • Eitan Schwarz, American adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist
  • Eleonore Schwarz (born 1936), Austrian singer
  • Ernő Schwarz (1902–1977), Hungarian American soccer player, coach and promoter
  • Ernst Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Eugene Amandus Schwarz (1844–1928), German-American entomologist
  • François Xavier de Schwarz (1762–1826), Badener and French general
  • Frank H. Schwarz (1894–1951), American painter and muralist
  • Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875–1947), Nazi treasurer
  • Frederick Schwarz (disambiguation), various people
  • Fritz Schwarz (1899–1961), German bobsledder
  • Fritz Schwarz-Waldegg (1889–1943), Austrian painter
  • Gerald Schwarz (born 1946), American mathematician
  • Géraldine Schwarz (born 1974), German–French journalist, author and documentary filmmaker
  • Gerard Schwarz (born 1947), American conductor
  • Gerhard Schwarz (1902–1995), German church musician, organist and composer
  • Gotthold Schwarz (born 1952), German bass-baritone and conductor
  • Günther Schwarz (1941–2022), German politician
  • Hanna Schwarz (born 1943), German mezzo-soprano and contralto singer
  • Hanni Schwarz (1875–1935), German nude and portrait photographer
  • Hanns Schwarz (1888–1945), Austrian film director
  • Hans Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
  • Harry Schwarz (1924–2010), South African lawyer, politician, diplomat and anti-apartheid leader
  • Heiko Schwarz (born 1989), German footballer
  • Heinrich Schwarz (1906–1947), German SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
  • Heinz Schwarz (1928–2023), German politician
  • Helmut Schwarz (born 1943), German organic chemist
  • Henning Schwarz (1928–1993), German politician
  • Henrik Schwarz (born 1972), German deep house and classical crossover producer and DJ
  • Herbert Schwarz (born 1953), German speed skater
  • Herbert Ferlando Schwarz (1883–1960), American entomologist, son of Frederick
  • Hermann Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hubert Schwarz (born 1960), German nordic combined skier
  • Inbal Schwarz (born 1984), Israeli Paralympic swimmer
  • Jack Schwarz (1896–1987), American independent producer
  • Jacques Schwarz (1856–1921), Austrian chess player
  • Jacques Schwarz-Bart (born 1962), French jazz saxophonist
  • Jaecki Schwarz (born 1946), German actor
  • Jakob Schwarz (born 1985), Austrian politician
  • James Schwarz (born 1996), American baseball pitcher
  • Jeanne Schwarz, French ballerina and dance teacher
  • Jeff Schwarz (born 1964), American baseball pitcher
  • Jeffrey Schwarz (born 1969), American Emmy Award-winning film producer, director and editor
  • Jennifer Schwarz, American physicist
  • Jessica Schwarz (born 1977), German film actress
  • Joe Schwarz (1937–2026), American physician and independent politician
  • John Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
  • Johann Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
  • José Carlos Schwarz (1949–1977), Bissau-Guinean poet and musician
  • Josef Schwarz (born 1941), Czech-born German long jumper
  • Joseph Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
  • Judith Schwarz (born 1944), Canadian visual artist
  • Julian Schwarz (born 1991), American cellist
  • Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824–1902), German painter
  • Justin Schwarz, American filmmaker, writer, director and producer
  • Karen Schwarz (born 1984), Peruvian beauty pageant titleholder
  • Karl Schwarz (1812–1885), German Protestant theologian
  • Katharina A. Schwarz, German experimental psychologist and social psychologist
  • Larry Schwarz (born 1970), American animation producer, entrepreneur, writer and photographer
  • Laurent Schwarz (born 2021/2022), German child artist
  • Lavoslav Schwarz (1837–1906), Croatian merchant from Zagreb
  • Leo Schwarz (1931–2018), German Roman Catholic titular bishop
  • Liesel Schwarz (born 1974), British steampunk author
  • Lina Schwarz (1876–1947), Italian writer, educator, and pacifist
  • Ludwig Schwarz (born 1940), Austrian Catholic bishop
  • Marco Schwarz (born 1995), Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer
  • Marek Schwarz (born 1986), Czech ice hockey goaltender
  • Maria Schwarz (1921–2018), German architect and professor
  • Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz (1898–1969), Dutch phytopathologist who discovered the causal agent of Dutch elm disease
  • Marquard Schwarz (1887–1968), American freestyle swimmer
  • Matthäus Schwarz (1497–c. 1574), German accountant
  • Matthias Schwarz (born 1987), German footballer
  • Meier Schwarz (1926–2022), Israeli plant physiologist
  • Michael Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
  • Mommie Schwarz (1876–1942), Dutch painter
  • Nathalie Schwarz (born 1993), Austrian cross-country skier
  • Norbert Schwarz (born 1953), German psychologist
  • Olaf Schwarz (born 1969), West German canoeist
  • Otto Schwarz (1876–1961), German flautist, clarinettist, piccolo player, travelling musician and band leader
  • Pablo Schwarz (born 1970), Chilean actor
  • Paul Schwarz (1867–1939), German orientalist
  • Peggy Schwarz (born 1971), German retired pair skater
  • Peter Schwarz (born 1953), German footballer
  • Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz (1822–1894), German astronomer and explorer
  • Petr Schwarz (born 1991), Czech footballer
  • Petra Schwarz (born 1972), Austrian tennis player
  • Ralph Schwarz (1967–1992), Dutch rower
  • Reggie Schwarz (1875–1918), Anglo-South African cricketer and rugby player
  • Reiner Schwarz (1948–2014), Canadian radio and television personality
  • Rene Schwarz, Austrian Paralympic athlete
  • Richard Schwarz (1890–1942), Russian track and field athlete
  • Rikard Schwarz (1897–c. 1941), Croatian composer, conductor and music writer
  • Robert Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
  • Roland Schwarz
  • Rudolf Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
  • Samuel Schwarz
  • Sandro Schwarz (born 1978), German football manager and former player
  • Sebastian Schwarz
  • Sherwood Schwarz (1930–2023), American businessman
  • Sibylla Schwarz, 17th-century German poet
  • Silas Schwarz (born 1997), German footballer
  • Silke Schwarz, German wheelchair fencer
  • Simon Schwarz (born 1971), Austrian actor
  • Simone Schwarz-Bart (born 1938), French novelist and playwright
  • Sissy Schwarz (born 1936), Austrian figure skater
  • Solange Schwarz, French ballerina
  • Stefan Schwarz (born 1969), Swedish footballer
  • Stefan Schwarz (politician) (born 1959), German lobbyist and politician
  • Stephan Schwarz (born 1965), German businessman, entrepreneur and independent politician
  • Sven Schwarz
  • Thomas Schwarz, American neuroscientist and molecular biology researcher
  • Tom Schwarz (born 1994), German professional boxer
  • Udo Schwarz (born 1986), German rugby player
  • Vera Schwarz (1888–1964), Austrian soprano
  • Viktoria Schwarz (born 1985), Austrian sprint canoer
  • Vyacheslav Schwarz (1838–1869), Russian history and genre painter
  • Walter Andreas Schwarz (1913–1992), German singer, songwriter, writer, Kabarettist, translator, author and narrator
  • Werner Schwarz
  • Willy Schwarz (1906–1982), German physician and anatomist
  • Wolfgang Schwarz (born 1947), Austrian figure skater