Black (surname)

Black is a surname which can be of either English, Scottish, Irish or French origin. In the cases of non-English origin, the surname is likely to be an Anglicisation. Notable persons with that surname include:

• Aaron Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Adam Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alan Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alex Black, American actor
• Alexander Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Amy Black (1973–2009), British mezzo-soprano singer
• Andrew Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ann Black, Chair of the UK Labour Party in 2010
• Arthur Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Baxter Black (born 1945), American poet
• Ben Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bill Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bob Black (born 1951), the author of The Abolition of Work and Other Essays
• Bobby Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bud Black
• Bud Black (right-handed pitcher)
• Byron Black (born 1969), tennis player (Zimbabwe)
• Cara Black, tennis player
• Catherine Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Charles Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Christopher Black, international criminal lawyer
• Cilla Black, (born 1943 as Priscilla M. V. White)
• Claude Black (1916–2009), American Baptist minister and politician
• Claude Black (musician) (1933–2013), American jazz pianist
• Claudia Black (born 1972)
• Cofer Black (born 1950)
• Conrad Black (born 1944), member of the House of Lords (Baron Black of Crossharbour)
• Cyril Black (1902–1991), British Conservative politician (MP)
• David Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Davidson Black (1884–1934), Canadian scientist (paleoanthropologist)
• Dick Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Don Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Donald Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dorothy Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Douglas Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Duncan Black (1908–1991), Scottish economist
• Dustin Lance Black, American screenwriter
• Edward Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Edwin Black, American journalist
• Eugene Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fischer Black, American economist
• Francis Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frank Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Gary Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• George Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Halfdan the Black
• Harry Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Heather Black, comedienne and film maker
• Henry Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Henry the Black
• Hugh Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hugo Black
• Hugo Black, Jr. (1922–2013), American lawyer
• Ian Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jack Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• James Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jeff Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jeremy Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jordan Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• J. R. Black, Scottish publisher and journalist
• J. R. Black, pen name used by the authors of the Shadow Zone novels
• Karen Black (1939–2013), American actress
• Kevin Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Laura Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Lawrence Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Lewis Black, American author and stand-up comedian
• Mary Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Max Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Maxine Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Michael Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noel Black, American film director
• Paul Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Percy Black (1877–1917), Australian soldier in the First World War
• Peter Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Pippa Black (born 1982), Australian actress
• Ralph Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Rebecca Black, American singer
• Robert Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Roger Black, British runner
• Roy Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Samuel Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Scott Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Shane Black (born 1961), American screenwriter and film director
• Shirley Temple Black (born 1928)
• Simon Black (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
• Stanley Black (1913–2002), English bandleader and composer
• Steven Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sue Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Susan Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Thomas Black (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tori Black (born 1988), American pornographic actress
• Wayne Black (born 1973), tennis player
• William Black (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters:

• Bernard Black, fictional character in British sitcom Black Books, played by Dylan Moran
• Billy Black, fictional character in the Twilight series
• Chantay Black, fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Conrad Black, fictional character in Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet
• Jacob Black, fictional character in the Twilight series
• Phineas Nigellus Black, fictional character in the Harry Potter novels
• Regulus Black, fictional character in the Harry Potter novels
• Sirius Black, fictional character in the Harry Potter novels

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