Blok (surname)

Blok is a surname of Dutch origin. Dutch blok has similar meanings as English "block" and the name has a variety of origins, including descriptive, metonymic occupational (referring e.g. to a miller or shoemaker), toponymic or even patronymic. The Russian and Polish surnames appear of German and Dutch descent. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Blok (1880–1921), Russian lyrical poet
 * (1852–1909), Russian law professor, father of Alexander Blok
 * Anneke Blok (born 1959), Dutch actress
 * (1868–1934), Dutch jurist and university president
 * Anton Blok (born 1935), Dutch anthropologist
 * Arthur Blok (1882–1974), English first administrative head of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
 * Benjamin Block (1631–1690), German-Hungarian painter, son of Daniel
 * Daniel Blok (1580–1660), German painter of Dutch ancestry
 * Dick Blok (1925–2019), Dutch scholar of onomastics
 * Ger Blok (1939–2016), Dutch football manager
 * Hetty Blok (1920–2012), Dutch cabaret artist, singer, and actress
 * Irina Blok (born c.1977), Russian-born American graphic designer and artist
 * (1858–1906), Russian governor of Samara, uncle of Alexander Blok
 * Johanna Blok (1650–1715), Dutch silhouette cutter, painter, drawer, etc.
 * Josine Blok (born 1953), Dutch classical scholar
 * (1881–1939), Russian artist and historian, wife of Alexander Blok, daughter of Dmitri Mendeleev
 * Peter Blok (born 1960), Dutch stage, television, film and voice actor
 * Petrus Johannes Blok (1855–1929), Dutch historian
 * Stanisław Blok (1916–1994), Polish fighter ace in World War II
 * Stef Blok (born 1964), Dutch politician (VVD)
 * Tom de Blok (born 1996), Dutch baseball pitcher
 * Vladimir Blok (1932–1996), Russian musicologist, composer and orchestrator
 * Willem Johannes "Wim" Blok (1947–2003), Dutch logician
 * Willy Blok Hanson (1914–2012), Javanese-born Canadian dancer and choreographer