Block (surname)

Block is a German, Dutch and English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
• Adriaen Block (1567–1627), Dutch trader and navigator
• Agnes Block (1629–1704), Dutch botanist and art collector
• Amanda Roth Block (1912–2011), American artist
• Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719), German painter
• Austin Block (born 1989), American ice hockey player
• Axel Block (born 1947), German cinematographer
• Barbara Block, American marine biologist
• Benjamin Block (1631–1690), German painter
• Bill Block (born 1954), American film producer
• Billy Block (1955–2015), American musical artist
• Bob Block (1921–2011), British scriptwriter
• Brandon Block (born 1967), British DJ
• Brett Ellen Block (born 1973), American novelist
• Bruce Block (born 1967), American entertainer
• Bruce A. Block, American film producer
• Bruno Block (1885–1937), American baseball player
• Carl Block (1874–1948), Swedish bishop
• Carson Block (born 1977), American businessman
• Cy Block (1919–2004), American baseball player
• Dan Block, American musician
• Daniel Block (1802–1853), American Jewish leader
• Daniel I. Block (born 1943), American scholar
• David Block (1908–2001), British army officer
• Dorothy Block (1904–1984), American artist
• Doug Block (born 1953), American filmmaker
• Eric Block (born 1942), American chemist
• Francesca Lia Block (born 1962), American writer
• Frank Block (American politician)
• Frank Block (Australian politician) (1899–1971), Australian politician
• Fred L. Block (born 1947), American sociologist
• Frederic Block (born 1934), American judge
• Gay Block (born 1942), American photographer
• Gene D. Block (born 1948), American biologist
• Gladys Block, American nutritionist
• Hal Block (1913–1981), American comedian
• Harlon Block (1924–1945), American Marine Corps corporal, one of six marines depicted in Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
• Herbert Lawrence Block (1909–2001), American political cartoonist known as Herblock
• Hertha Block (1906–?), German librarian
• Holly Block (1958–2017), American museum and art gallery director
• Hunt Block (born 1954), American actor
• Ira Block (born 1949), American photographer
• Jack Block (1924–2010), American psychologist
• Jacob Block (1580–1646), Dutch painter
• James Block (born 1968), British canoer
• Jamie Block, American musician
• Jason Block (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
• Jay C. Block (born 1970), American politician
• Jeanne Block (1923–1981), American psychologist
• Jerzy Block (1904–1996), Polish actor and director
• Joachim Bloch (born 1973), German politician
• Joe Block (born 1978), American sports announcer
• Joel Block (born 1943), American psychologist
• Johannes Block (1894–1945), German army general
• John Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
• John Rusling Block (born 1935), American government official
• Josef Block (1863–1943), German painter
• Julius H. Block (1860–1915), American politician
• Karl M. Block (1886–1958), American bishop
• Kelly Block (born 1961), Canadian politician
• Ken Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
• Kieran Block (born 1985), Canadian hockey player
• King Block (1929–2014), American football coach
• Larry Block (1942–2012), American actor
• Lauren Block, American marketing academic
• Lawrence Block (born 1938), American crime writer
• Lawrence J. Block (born 1951), American judge
• Libbie Block (1910–1972), American writer
• Lynda Lyon Block (1948–2002), American murderer
• Lynne Block, Canadian politician
• Malú Block (1904–1989, born María Luisa Cabrera), Mexican artist
• Mark Block (born 1954), American political strategist
• Martin Block (1903–1967), American disc jockey
• Martin M. Block (1925–2016), American physicist
• Marty Block (born 1950), American politician
• Mathilde Block (1850–1932), German politician
• Maurice Block (1816–1901), German-French statistician and economist
• Melissa Block (born 1961), American radio host
• Melvin Block (1928–1985), American lawyer
• Michel Block (1937–2003), Belgian-French pianist
• Micky Block (1940–2019), English footballer
• Mike Block (born 1982), American musician
• Mitchell Block (born 1950), American filmmaker
• Ned Block (born 1942), American philosopher
• Nili Block (born 1995), Israeli kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter
• Noga Block (born 2004), Israeli rhythmic gymnast
• Paul Block (1877–1941), American newspaper publisher
• Peter Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
• Priscilla Block (born 1995), American singer
• Ralph Block (1889–1974), American film producer
• Richard Earl Block (born 1931), American mathematician
• Ron Block (born 1964), American musician
• Rory Block (born 1949), American musician
• Rudolph Edgar Block (1870–1940), Jewish American journalist
• Ryan Block (born 1982), American technology entrepreneur
• Samuel Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
• Sandy Block (1917–1985), American musician
• Sharon Block (politician) (born 1941), American politician
• Sharon Block (government official), American attorney, government official, labor policy advisor and law professor
• Sharon Block (scholar), American academic specializing in the history of race in early American history
• Sherman Block (1924–1998), American sheriff
• Sherry Block (born 1971), American archer
• Simon Block, British screenwriter and producer
• Spencer Block (1908–1979), English cricketer
• Stanley Block, American academic
• Stefan Merrill Block (born 1982), American writer
• Stephanie J. Block (born 1972), American actress and singer
• Steven Block (born 1952), American biophysicist and Professor
• Stu Block (born 1977), Canadian singer and songwriter
• Stuart Block (born 1979), English cricketer
• Susan Block, American sexologist
• Vanessa Block, American film director, screenwriter and producer
• Walter Block (born 1941), American economist and author

• Mr. Block, American comics character created in 1912

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Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Block.
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