List of people known as the Black

The Black is an epithet for the following:

People

 * Alan the Black (died 1098), second lord of Richmond
 * 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 friar 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
 * Fulk III, Count of Anjou (c. 987–1040)
 * 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 Burgundy
 * Jovan Nenad (c. 1492–1527), Serbian military leader who carved out his own state
 * Leszek II the Black (c. 1241–1288), High Duke of the Kingdom of Poland
 * Reginald II, Duke of Guelders (c. 1295–1343)
 * 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

Legendary and fictional characters

 * Saint Sarah, patron saint of the Romani people
 * Ancalagon the Black, the greatest dragon 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
 * Goku Black (sometimes called Goku the Black), a Dragon Ball villain