Child (surname)

Child is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Arthur Child (judge) (1852–1902), British judge at Trinidad and St Lucia
 * Arthur Child (1910–1996), Canadian businessman
 * Asa Child (1798–1858), American Attorney
 * Calvin G. Child (1834–1880), Son of Asa Child and an American Attorney
 * C. Judson Child Jr. (1923–2004), American Episcopal bishop
 * Charles Manning Child (1869–1959), American zoologist
 * Desmond Child (born 1953), American musician and songwriter
 * Fay G. Child (1908-1965), American politician and newspaper editor
 * Francis Child (disambiguation)
 * Fred Child (born 1963), American radio host
 * Harry W. Child (1857–1931), American entrepreneur
 * Jane Child (born 1967), Canadian musician
 * Jeremy Child (1944–2022), English actor
 * Joan Child (1921–2013), Australian politician
 * John Child (disambiguation)
 * Jonathan Child (1785–1860), American mayor of Rochester, New York
 * Josiah Child (1630–1699), English merchant, economist, and governor of the East India Company
 * Julia Child (1912–2004), American cook and author
 * Kirsty Child, Australian actress
 * Lauren Child (born 1965), English illustrator and children's writer
 * Lincoln Child (born 1957), American horror and thriller writer
 * Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Indian rights activist, novelist and journalist
 * Mollie Child (1908–1989), English cricketer
 * Paul Child (disambiguation)
 * Peter Child (born 1953), American composer and Professor of Music at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * Phoebe Child (1910–1990), English pioneer of the Montessori Method
 * Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney (1680–1750), British diplomat
 * Richard Washburn Child (1881–1935), American diplomat
 * Robert Child (disambiguation)
 * Samuel Child (1693–1752), English banker and Member of Parliament
 * Simon Child (born 1988), New Zealand field hockey player
 * Smith Child (disambiguation)
 * Thomas Child Jr. (1818–1869), American politician
 * Tim Child (born 1946), English television producer
 * Victor Child (1897–1960), Canadian newspaper illustrator, painter and etcher
 * William Child (disambiguation)