List of people known as the Black

The Black is an epithet for the following:

People

• Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond (died 1146), Breton noble
• 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
• Dub, King of Scotland (died 967), called Niger ("the Black")
• Enrique of Malacca, a slave of Ferdinand Magellan also known as Henry the Black, probably the first person to circumnavigate the world
• Ermoldus Nigellus or Niger (fl. 824–830), translated Ermold the Black, a poet at the court of Pippin of Aquitaine
• Ewald the Black (died c. 695), one of the Two Ewalds, Christian saint and martyr
• Halfdan the Black (c. 810–c. 860), King of Vestfold (in present-day Norway)
• Halfdan Haraldsson the Black, a Norwegian petty king and grandson of the above
• Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1017–1056)
• Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (died 1126)
• Hugh the Black (died 952), Duke of Burgandy
• Leszek the Black (c. 1241–1288), a High Duke of the Kingdom of Poland
• 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

Mythological 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 (1330–1376), son of Edward III and father of Richard II
• For people known as the Black Baron, Black Baron (disambiguation)
• For people known as the Man in Black, see Man in Black (disambiguation)
• Gwladus Ddu or "the Dark" (died 1251), Welsh princess
• List of people known as the White
• List of people known as the Red