West (surname)
West is a surname shared by several notable people:
- Absolom M. West, Southern United States politician, soldier, railroad president and labor organizer
- Adam West, actor who played the title character in the television series Batman
- Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office
- Allen West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Andrew West, multiple people
- Andy West, an American bass guitarist
- Anita West, a British actress and former television presenter
- Anthony West (author), a British author
- Anthony West (motorcycle racer), an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Belf West, NFL player
- Benjamin West, Anglo-American painter
- Billy West, an American voice actor
- Billy West (silent film actor), an American film actor and director of the silent film era
- Bob West, the voice of Barney T. Dinosaur
- Brian West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Chandra West, actress
- Charles West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Chester H. West, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Corinne West, American singer-songwriter
- Cornel West, religious studies and African-American studies scholar
- David West (basketball), basketball player
- David West, RSW, watercolourist
- Debi Mae West, an American voice actor
- Delonte West, a basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Dominic West, an English actor
- Don West (educator), an American educator
- Don West (sportscaster), American professional wrestling commentator
- Dorian West, a former English rugby footballer
- Dorothy West, a novelist
- Dottie West, an American country music singer
- Earl Irvin West (1920-2011), American church historian
- Edward West, British economist
- Fred West, serial killer
- George West, U.S. representative
- George Algernon West, Bishop of Rangoon 1934-1935
- Gilbert West, British author
- Gordon West, a former English footballer
- Graeme West, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
- Harry West, an Irish politician
- Henry West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Herbert West, fictional character of H. P. Lovecraft
- Honey West, fictional character
- H. O. West, Louisiana businessman
- James Edward Maceo West, US inventor
- James West, British Manchester United manager
- James E. West, former mayor of Spokane, Washington
- James E. West (Scouting), first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
- James R. West, American trumpet player and teacher
- Jane West, British writer and poet
- Jerry West, professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jerry West, author of The Happy Hollisters series of children books
- Jessamyn West (writer) (1902–1984), American writer
- Jim West, guitarist for "Weird Al" Yankovic, film and TV composer, slack-key guitar performer (under the name Kimo West).
- Jim West, Australian rules footballer
- Joe West, baseball umpire
- John West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Josh West, American rower
- Josh West (Home and Away), a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Julian West (politician), a British Canadian mathematician, political and environmental activist
- Julian West, stage name of editor and bon-vivant Nicolas de Gunzburg
- Julian West, fictional protagonist of the 1888 utopian novel Looking Backward
- Kanye West, an American record producer and rapper
- Kit West, Special effects artist, Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Kimber West, a former Playboy Playmate
- Lizzie West (1973-), an American singer/songwriter
- Madeleine West, an Australian actress
- Mae West, actress and screenwriter
- Mark West, American basketball player
- Martin West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Matthew West, contemporary Christian musician
- Matthew West (assemblyman), American state legislator
- Maura West, an American actress
- Michael West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Michelle Sagara West, Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature
- Mike West, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- Morris L. West, Australian writer
- Nathanael West (1903–1940), pen name of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein, American novelist and playwright
- Nicholas West, an English bishop and diplomatist
- Nigel West, pen-name of the British writer and former politician Rupert Allason
- Oswald West, an American politician
- Paul West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Randy West, television announcer
- Randy West (porn star), pornographic actor and director
- Randy West (photographer), photographer
- Rebecca West, a British-Irish writer
- Red West, an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter
- Richard Gilbert West (1926), British botanist and geologist
- Richard Martin West, a Danish astronomer
- Robert West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rosemary West, British murderer, wife of Fred West
- Samuel West, British actor
- Scott West, an Australian rules footballer
- Shane West, actor
- Sherri West, a fictional ADA, appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Speedy West, American Rockabilly Hall of Fame
- Stuart West, evolutionary biologist
- Stu West, bassist
- Taribo West, a Nigerian football defender
- Temple West, British admiral
- Timothy West, UK actor
- Tom West (disambiguation), multiple people
- Togo D. West, Jr., an African American attorney
- Vita Sackville-West, an English poet, novelist and gardener
- Wallace West, an American science fiction writer
- Wally West, a fictional superhero known for being the first Kid Flash and the third Flash
- Walter Scott West, American Medal of Honor recipient
- William West (disambiguation), multiple people
- West (Berkshire cricketer), an English professional cricketer
- Baron West:
- Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365–1405)
- Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (c. 1391–1416)
- Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West (c. 1394–1451)
- Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr and 4th Baron West (c. 1432–1476)
- Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr and 5th Baron West (c. 1457–1525)
- Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr and 6th Baron West (c. 1475–1554) (abeyant 1554)