Block (surname)

Block is a German, Dutch and English surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adam Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
 * Adriaen Block (1567–1627), Dutch trader and navigator
 * Agnes Block (1629–1704), Dutch botanist and art collector
 * Amanda Roth Block (1912–2011), American artist
 * Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719), German painter
 * Austin Block (born 1989), American ice hockey player
 * Axel Block (born 1947), German cinematographer
 * Barbara Block, American marine biologist
 * Benjamin Block (1631–1690), German painter
 * Bill Block (born 1954), American film producer
 * Billy Block (1955–2015), American musical artist
 * Bob Block (1921–2011), British scriptwriter
 * Brandon Block (born 1967), British DJ
 * Brett Ellen Block (born 1973), American novelist
 * Bruce Block (born 1967), American entertainer
 * Bruce A. Block, American film producer
 * Bruno Block (1885–1937), American baseball player
 * Carl Block (1874–1948), Swedish bishop
 * Carson Block (born 1977), American businessman
 * Cy Block (1919–2004), American baseball player
 * Dan Block, American musician
 * Daniel Block (1802–1853), American Jewish leader
 * Daniel I. Block (born 1943), American scholar
 * David Block (1908–2001), British army officer
 * Dorothy Block (1904–1984), American artist
 * Doug Block (born 1953), American filmmaker
 * Eric Block (born 1942), American chemist
 * Francesca Lia Block (born 1962), American writer
 * Frank Block (American politician)
 * Frank Block (Australian politician) (1899–1971), Australian politician
 * Fred L. Block (born 1947), American sociologist
 * Frederic Block (born 1934), American judge
 * Gay Block (born 1942), American photographer
 * Gene D. Block (born 1948), American biologist
 * Gladys Block, American nutritionist
 * Hal Block (1913–1981), American comedian
 * Harlon Block (1924–1945), American Marine Corps corporal, one of six marines depicted in Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
 * Herbert Lawrence Block (1909–2001), American political cartoonist known as Herblock
 * Hertha Block (1906–?), German librarian
 * Holly Block (1958–2017), American museum and art gallery director
 * Hunt Block (born 1954), American actor
 * Ira Block (born 1949), American photographer
 * Jack Block (1924–2010), American psychologist
 * Jacob Block (1580–1646), Dutch painter
 * James Block (born 1968), British canoer
 * Jamie Block, American musician
 * Jason Block (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
 * Jeanne Block (1923–1981), American psychologist
 * Jerzy Block (1904–1996), Polish actor and director
 * Joe Block (born 1978), American sports announcer
 * Joel Block (born 1943), American psychologist
 * Johannes Block (1894–1945), German army general
 * John Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
 * John Rusling Block (born 1935), American government official
 * Josef Block (1863–1943), German painter
 * Julius H. Block (1860–1915), American politician
 * Karl M. Block (1886–1958), American bishop
 * Kelly Block (born 1961), Canadian politician
 * Ken Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
 * Kieran Block (born 1985), Canadian hockey player
 * King Block (1929–2014), American football coach

Fictional characters
 * Larry Block (1942–2012), American actor
 * Lauren Block, American marketing academic
 * Lawrence Block (born 1938), American crime writer
 * Lawrence J. Block (born 1951), American judge
 * Libbie Block (1910–1972), American writer
 * Lynda Lyon Block (1948–2002), American murderer
 * Malú Block (1904–1989, born María Luisa Cabrera), Mexican artist
 * Mark Block (born 1954), American political strategist
 * Martin Block (1903–1967), American disc jockey
 * Martin M. Block (1925–2016), American physicist
 * Marty Block (born 1950), American politician
 * Mathilde Block (1850–1932), German politician
 * Maurice Block (1816–1901), German-French statistician and economist
 * Melissa Block (born 1961), American radio host
 * Melvin Block (1928–1985), American lawyer
 * Michel Block (1937–2003), Belgian-French pianist
 * Micky Block (1940–2019), English footballer
 * Mike Block (born 1982), American musician
 * Mitchell Block (born 1950), American filmmaker
 * Ned Block (born 1942), American philosopher
 * Nili Block (born 1995), Israeli kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter
 * Noga Block (born 2004), Israeli rhythmic gymnast
 * Paul Block (1877–1941), American newspaper publisher
 * Peter Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
 * Priscilla Block (born 1995), American singer
 * Ralph Block (1889–1974), American film producer
 * Richard Earl Block (born 1931), American mathematician
 * Ron Block (born 1964), American musician
 * Rory Block (born 1949), American musician
 * Rudolph Edgar Block (1870–1940), Jewish American journalist
 * Ryan Block (born 1982), American technology entrepreneur
 * Samuel Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people
 * Sandy Block (1917–1985), American musician
 * Sharon Block (politician) (born 1941), American politician
 * Sharon Block (government official), American attorney, government official, labor policy advisor and law professor
 * Sharon Block (scholar), American academic specializing in the history of race in early American history
 * Sherman Block (1924–1998), American sheriff
 * Sherry Block (born 1971), American archer
 * Simon Block, British screenwriter and producer
 * Spencer Block (1908–1979), English cricketer
 * Stanley Block, American academic
 * Stefan Merrill Block (born 1982), American writer
 * Stephanie J. Block (born 1972), American actress and singer
 * Steven Block (born 1952), American biophysicist and Professor
 * Stu Block (born 1977), Canadian singer and songwriter
 * Stuart Block (born 1979), English cricketer
 * Susan Block, American sexologist
 * Vanessa Block, American film director, screenwriter and producer
 * Walter Block (born 1941), American economist and author
 * Mr. Block, American comics character created in 1912