List of people known as the Black

The Black is an epithet for the following:

People:

• Benedict the Moor or the Black (1526-1589), Italian saint of the Catholic and Lutheran Churches
• Berthold Schwarz or the Black, 14th century Franciscan monk and alchemist who, according to legend, was the first European to discover gunpowder
• Cleitus the Black (c. 375 BC-328 BC), one of Alexander the Great's officers
• Ermoldus Nigellus or Niger, translated Ermold the Black, an eighth century monk of Aquitaine
• Ewald the Black (died c. 695), one of the Two Ewalds, Christian saint and martyr
• Gwladus Ddu (died 1251), Welsh princess
• Halfdan the Black (c. 810–c. 860), King of Vestfold (in present-day Norway)
• Henry the Black (disambiguation)
• Hugh the Black (died 952), Duke of Burgandy
• Leszek the Black (c. 1241-1288), a High Duke of the Kingdom of Poland
• Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn, nickname of Lewis Morris (1701–1765)
• Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł (1515-1565), Lithuanian nobleman
• Moses the Black (330-405), ascetic monk and priest in Egypt, saint in various Christian faiths
• Olaf the Black (1173/4–1237), King of Mann and the Isles (mostly in present-day Scotland)
• Óttarr svarti or Óttarr the Black, 11th century Icelandic skald
• Theodore the Black (died 1298), Russian Orthodox saint
• Zawisza Czarny (c. 1379-1428), also known as Zawisza the Black of Garbów and the Black Knight, Polish nobleman, soldier and diplomat

Gods and fictional characters:

• Kali, the Hindu goddess also known as "the black one"
• The Black Stallion or the Black, title character of author Walter Farley's series
• Ancalagon the Black, the greatest Dragon (Middle-earth) in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy universe
• Ulfang the Black, a chieftain of the Easterlings (First Age) in Tolkien's universe
• Vykin the Black, the first black DC Comics superhero

See also

• Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III and father of Richard II of England
• List of people known as the White
• List of people known as the Red