Schwartz (surname)

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Schwartz is a last name of German origin, meaning "black" (modern spelling in German is schwarz [ˈʃvaʁts] ⓘ). It was originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. It may refer to:

* A. R. Schwartz (Aaron Robert Schwartz, 1926–2018), Texas politician
* Abe Schwartz (1881–1963), American Jewish musician
* Al Schwartz, multiple people
* Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), Danish writer
* Allyson Schwartz, former US Representative from Pennsylvania
* Amy Schwartz, multiple people
* Andrea Schwartz (born 1977), Canadian swimmer
* Anna Schwartz (1915–2012), American Jewish economist
* Annetta Schwartz, Romanian Jewish musician
* Anton Schwartz (born 1967), American jazz musician
* Arthur Schwartz American Jewish composer and film producer (1900–1984)
* Barbara Schwartz (artist) (1949–2006), American artist
* Barry Schwartz (psychologist) (born 1946), American psychologist
* Bernard Schwartz (1925–2010), birth name of American Jewish actor Tony Curtis
* Ben Schwartz (born 1981), American Jewish actor
* Bernard L. Schwartz American Jewish actor (1925–2024)
* Berthold Schwartz, monk
* Bill Schwartz, several people
* Buky Schwartz (1932–2009), Israeli sculptor
* Catherine Schwartz (born 1977), American television personality
* Chandra Lee Schwartz (born 1981), American theatre performer
* David Schwartz
* Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966), American Jewish poet and short-story writer
* Ed Schwartz (1946–2009), Chicago media personality
* Eddie Schwartz (born 1949), Canadian songwriter and record producer
* Eduard Schwartz (1858–1940), German classical philologist
* Eduardo Schwartz (born 1940), finance academic
* Edward Joseph Schwartz, American judge
* Elliott Schwartz (1936–2016), American composer
* Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer
* Felice Schwartz, American Jewish feminist writer
* Geoff Schwartz (born 1986), American Jewish NFL football player
* Gerry Schwartz (born 1941), Canadian Jewish businessman
* György Schwartz, aka George Soros (born 1930), billionaire
* George X. Schwartz (1915–2010), American politician
* Glenn Schwartz (1940–2018), American musician, member of the band Pacific Gas & Electric
* Gustav Schwartz (1809–1890), Austrian paleontologist
* Hanit Schwartz (born 1987), Israeli women's soccer goalkeeper
* Harry Schwartz, multiple people
* Herbert Schwartz, American college sports coach
* Hillel Schwartz (1923–2007), Egyptian Jewish politician
* Hillel Schwartz (historian) (born 1948), American Jewish cultural historian
* Howard Schwartz (writer and editor), American Jewish folklorist
* Isaïe Schwartz (1876–1952), former great rabbi of France
* Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz alias "The Ghetto Midget" (1900–1988), American Jewish world champion flyweight boxer
* Jack Schwartz (1930–2009), American mathematician & computer scientist
* Jaden Schwartz (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
* Jim Schwartz (born 1966), former NFL head coach, former Defensive Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles
* Jean Schwartz (1878–1956), American Jewish songwriter
* Jeffrey H. Schwartz (born 1948), American physical anthropologist
* Jeffrey M. Schwartz, American neuroscientist
* Jerome T. Schwartz (born 1951), American politician
* John Schwartz, several people
* Jonathan Schwartz, several people named Jon or Jonathan
* Joseph Schwartz, multiple people
* Josh Schwartz (born 1976), American writer & producer
* Julius Schwartz (1915–2004), editor & agent
* Lauren-Marie Taylor (born Lauren Schwartz; 1961–), actress
* Laurent Schwartz (1915–2002), French mathematician
* Lillian Schwartz (1927–2024), American artist
* Louis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
* Margaretta Schwartz, Yiddish singer
* Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894), Swedish novelist
* Melvin Schwartz (1932–2006), American physicist
* Mike Schwartz (born 1949), American-Israeli basketball player and coach
* 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
* Murray Schwartz (Queens politician) (1919–2001), New York politician
* Murray Merle Schwartz (1931–2013), US federal judge from Delaware
* Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
* Pedro Schwartz, Spanish economist
* Pepper Schwartz (born 1945), American sociologist and sexologist
* Peter Schwartz, multiple people
* Randal L. Schwartz (born 1961), computer scientist
* Richard Schwartz
* Robert M. Schwartz (1920–2008), American ordnance engineer
* Scott Schwartz (born 1968), American child actor
* Scott L. Schwartz, American actor best known for "The Bruiser" in the Ocean's Eleven film series
* Seymour I. Schwartz (1928–2020), American physician
* Shalom H. Schwartz, social psychologist, cross-cultural researcher
* Sherwood Schwartz (1916–2011), American television writer, producer
* Shuki Schwartz (born 1954), Israeli basketball player
* Simon Schwartz (born 1982), German illustrator and cartoonist
* Stephen Schwartz (composer) (born 1948), American composer and lyricist
* Stephen Schwartz (journalist) (born 1948), journalist
* Stephen E. Schwartz (born 1941), atmospheric scientist
* Tony Schwartz, multiple people
* William C. Schwartz (1927–2000), laser scientist
* William S. Schwartz (1896–1977), American artist
* William Schwartz (law professor) (1933–2017)
* William Schwartz (physician) (1922–2009)

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Surnames derived from the color Black

Celtic|

* Mac D(h)uibh
* (Mc)Duff
* Ó Dubhthaigh
* (O')Duff(e)y
* Ó Duibh
* (O')Duff
* Ó Duibhir
* (O')Dwyer

English|

* Blach
* Black

German/Yiddish|

* Schwartz
* Schwarz
* Shvarts
* Shwartz
* Shwarz
* Swartz
* Swarz
* Schwortz
* Szwarc (Polonized)
* Švarc/Svarc

Other Germanic|

* de Zwart
* Swart
* Zwart
* Zwarts

Romance|

* Del Negro
* Lenoir
* Negrão
* Negre
* Negrea
* Negrean
* Negreanu
* Negreiros
* Negrescu
* Negri
* Negro
* Negru
* Neri
* Noir
* Preto
* Prieto

Slavic|

* Cernak/Černák
* Cernat
* Černík
* Černoch
* Černý
* Chernavsky
* Cherniavsky
* Cherniavskyi
* Chernenko
* Chernev
* Cherney
* Chernov
* Chernoff
* Chernow
* Chernyaev
* Chernyak
* Chorny
* Čierny
* Chyorny
* Czarniak, Czarnik, Czarny, Czerny, Czernik/Chernik, Czerniak, Czerniawski, Chernac, Chernykh, Czarnecki, Czarnek, Czarnota, Czarnocki
* Crnić
* Črnic
* Crnković

Other|

* Arabic: Aswad
* Hungarian: Fekete
* Estonian: Must

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