Bloch

Bloch is a surname.

1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): regional name for someone in Eastern Europe originating from Italy or France, from Polish "Włoch" (Wloch Woloch and Beloch being surnames with the same origin) meaning "Italian" (originally "stranger / of foreign stock").
2. German and Swedish: Variant of Block
3. Danish: from Blok, hence a nickname for a large lumpish person, or from German "Block"

Notable people with this surname include:

• Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
• Alfred Bloch, French footballer
• André Bloch (mathematician) (1893–1948), French mathematician
• Andy Bloch (born 1969), American poker player
• Arthur Bloch (born 1948), American writer
• Augustyn Bloch (1929–2006), Polish composer and organist
• Avraham Yitzchak Bloch (1891–1941), Lithuanian rabbi
• Bernard Bloch (1907–1965), American linguist
• Bernard Bloch (actor), French actor
• Carl Heinrich Bloch, (1834–1890), Danish painter
• Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), American naval admiral
• Darius Paul Bloch (1882–1969), birthname of Darius Paul Dassault, French Army general of Jewish origin, who adopted "Dassault" as nom de guerre during French Resistance service
• Débora Bloch (born 1963), Brazilian actress
• Denise Bloch (died 1945), French Resistance member
• Eduard Bloch (1872–1945), Austrian physician and family doctor of Adolf Hitler from 1903 to 1907
• Emanuel Hirsch Bloch (1902–1954), American lawyer
• Ernest Bloch (1880–1959), American composer
• Ernst Bloch (1885–1977), German philosopher
• Erich Bloch (born 1925), American electrical engineer and administrator
• Felix Bloch (1905–1983), Swiss physicist
• Felix Bloch (diplomatic officer) (born 1935), American diplomat accused of spying for the Soviets
• Hans Glad Bloch (1791–1865), Norwegian politician
• Heinz P. Bloch, American mechanical engineer
• Henry W. Bloch (born 1922), American businessman
• Herbert Bloch (1911–2006), German archaeologist and epigrapher
• Herbert J. Bloch (1907–1987), philatelist of New York City
• Isaac Bloch, French rabbi
• Iwan Bloch (1872–1922), Berlin dermatologist
• Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836–1902), also known as Ivan Bloch, Polish banker and warfare expert
• Jean-Richard Bloch (1884–1947), French writer
• Joseph Samuel Bloch (1850–1923), Austrian rabbi
• Joshua Bloch (1961), American software engineer
• Jules Bloch (1880–1953), French linguist
• Julia Chang Bloch (born 1942), American diplomat
• Konrad Emil Bloch (1912–2000), American biochemist
• Kurt Bloch (born 1960), American musician
• Lucienne Bloch (1909–1999), American photographer
• Marc Bloch (1886–1944), French historian
• Marcel Bloch (1892–1986), French aircraft industrialist, founder of the firm Société des Avions Marcel Bloch; he adopted his younger brother's (Darius Paul Dassault) surname
• Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799), German medical doctor and naturalist
• Mark Bloch (born 1956), American artist
• Maurice Bloch (born 1939), British anthropologist
• Moshe Rudolf Bloch (1902–1985), Israeli scientist
• Moses Löb Bloch (1815–1909), Hungarian rabbi
• Orville Emil Bloch (1915–1983), American military officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• Pedro Bloch (1914–2004), Brazilian writer
• Richard Bloch (1926–2004), American businessman
• Robert Bloch (1917–1994), American writer
• Robert Bloch (racing driver), French race car driver
• Scott Bloch, American lawyer and government official
• Scotty Bloch, American actress
• Shmaryahu Yitzchak Bloch (c.1862–1923), English rabbi
• Sonny Bloch (c.1937–1998), American radio show host
• Spencer Bloch (born 1944), American mathematician
• Susan Bloch (1940–1982), American theatrical press agent
• Thomas Bloch (born 1962), French classical musician
• Waldemar Bloch (1906–1984), Austrian composer