Schwartz (surname)

Schwartz is a last name of German/Yiddish (German-Jewish) origin, meaning "black" (modern spelling in German is schwarz ). It was originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. It may refer to:


 * A. R. Schwartz (Aaron Robert Schwartz, 1926–2018), Texas politician
 * Abe Schwartz (1881–1963), musician
 * Al Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), Danish writer
 * Allyson Schwartz, former US Representative from Pennsylvania
 * Amy Schwartz, multiple people
 * Andrea Schwartz (born 1977), Canadian swimmer
 * Anna Schwartz (1915–2012), American economist
 * Annetta Schwartz, Romanian musician
 * Anton Schwartz (born 1967), American jazz musician
 * Arthur Schwartz (1900–1984)
 * Barbara Schwartz (artist) (1949–2006), American artist
 * Barry Schwartz (psychologist) (born 1946), American psychologist
 * Bernard Schwartz (1925–2010), birth name of American actor Tony Curtis
 * Ben Schwartz (born 1981), American actor
 * Bernard L. Schwartz (1925–2024)
 * Berthold Schwartz, monk
 * Bill Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
 * Buky Schwartz (1932–2009), Israeli sculptor
 * Catherine Schwartz (born 1977), American television personality
 * Chandra Lee Schwartz (born 1981), American theatre performer
 * David Schwartz (disambiguation)
 * Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966), American poet and short-story writer
 * Ed Schwartz (1946–2009), Chicago media personality
 * Eddie Schwartz (born 1949), Canadian songwriter and record producer
 * Eduard Schwartz (1858–1940), German classical philologist
 * Eduardo Schwartz (born 1940), finance academic
 * Elliott Schwartz (1936–2016), American composer
 * Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer
 * Geoff Schwartz (born 1986), American NFL football player
 * Gerry Schwartz (born 1941), Canadian businessman
 * György Schwartz, aka George Soros (born 1930), billionaire
 * George X. Schwartz (1915–2010), American politician
 * Glenn Schwartz (1940–2018), American musician, member of the band Pacific Gas & Electric
 * Gustav Schwartz (1809–1890), Austrian paleontologist
 * Hanit Schwartz (born 1987), Israeli women's soccer goalkeeper
 * Herbert Schwartz, American college sports coach
 * Hillel Schwartz (1923–2007), Egyptian politician
 * Hillel Schwartz (historian) (born 1948), American cultural historian
 * Howard Schwartz (writer and editor), American folklorist
 * Isaïe Schwartz (1876–1952), former great rabbi of France
 * Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz alias "The Ghetto Midget" (1900–1988), American world champion flyweight boxer
 * Jack Schwartz (1930–2009), American mathematician & computer scientist
 * Jaden Schwartz (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Jim Schwartz (born 1966), former NFL head coach, former Defensive Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles
 * Jean Schwartz (1878–1956), songwriter
 * Jeffrey H. Schwartz (born 1948), American physical anthropologist
 * Jeffrey M. Schwartz, American neuroscientist
 * Jerome T. Schwartz (born 1951), American politician
 * John Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
 * Jonathan Schwartz (disambiguation), several people named Jon or Jonathan
 * Josh Schwartz (born 1976), American writer & producer
 * Julius Schwartz (1915–2004), editor & agent
 * Lauren-Marie Taylor (born Lauren Schwartz; 1961–), actress
 * Laurent Schwartz (1915–2002), French mathematician
 * Lillian Schwartz (born 1927), American artist
 * Louis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Margaretta Schwartz, Yiddish singer
 * Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894), Swedish novelist
 * Melvin Schwartz (1932–2006), American physicist
 * Mike Schwartz (born 1949), American-Israeli basketball player and coach
 * Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995), American academic and author, subject of the book Tuesdays with Morrie
 * Morris Schwartz (1901–2004), American photographer
 * Morry Schwartz (born 1948), Australian property developer and publisher
 * Murray Schwartz (Queens politician) (1919–2001), New York politician
 * Murray Merle Schwartz (1931–2013), US federal judge from Delaware
 * Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
 * Pedro Schwartz, Spanish economist
 * Pepper Schwartz (born 1945), American sociologist and sexologist
 * Peter Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Randal L. Schwartz (born 1961), computer scientist
 * Richard Schwartz (disambiguation)
 * Robert M. Schwartz (1920–2008), American ordnance engineer
 * Scott Schwartz (born 1968), American child actor
 * Scott L. Schwartz, American actor best known for "The Bruiser" in the Ocean's Eleven film series
 * Seymour I. Schwartz (1928–2020), American physician
 * Shalom H. Schwartz, social psychologist, cross-cultural researcher
 * Sherwood Schwartz (1916–2011), American television writer, producer
 * Shuki Schwartz (born 1954), Israeli basketball player
 * Simon Schwartz (born 1982), German illustrator and cartoonist
 * Stephen Schwartz (composer) (born 1948), American composer and lyricist
 * Stephen Schwartz (journalist) (born 1948), journalist
 * Stephen E. Schwartz (born 1941), atmospheric scientist
 * Tony Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
 * William C. Schwartz (1927–2000), laser scientist
 * William S. Schwartz (1896–1977), American artist
 * William Schwartz (law professor) (born 1933)
 * William Schwartz (physician) (1922–2009)