Blackman, Originally ''Blæcmann'', is an

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name meaning "''dark man''". The name was once given to Danish

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who settled in southern Scotland. It is also listed in the genealogy of the kings of

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. Early on, it was commonly used as a first name. Depending on how the old Anglo-Saxon ''blaec'' or ''blac'' were translated, the surname could also have had the exact opposite meaning from the above. "''Blaec''" meant ''dark/swarthy'' while "''blac''" meant ''fair/pale''. The spelling of both words and their meanings were often confused and, over time, became interchangeable. Variations: Blackmann, Blackmun, Blackmon, Blakeman.

Notable people

*Alexander Wayne Blackman, British Royal Marine known as

Marine A The 2011 Helmand Province killing was the manslaughter of a wounded Taliban insurgent by Alexander Blackman, which occurred on 15 September 2011. Three Royal Marines, known during their trial as Marines A, B, and C, were anonymously tried by c ...

Andrew Blackman Andrew Blackman (born 2 August 1965) is an Australian born actor, producer, and director who founded the Complete Works Theatre Company (CWTC) in Melbourne in 1999. Blackman was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and began acting at the age of seve ...

(born 1965), Australian actor *

Ann Blackman Ann Blackman is an author and a journalist. She lived in Bogota, New Jersey, until 1956 when her family moved to Tenafly, New Jersey. Blackman graduated from Tenafly High School in 1964, received an Associate of Arts degree from Colby Junior Colle ...

(born 1946), American biographer * Annie Blackman (born 1999), American musician *

Audrey Blackman Audrey Babette Blackman ( Seligman; 28 July 1907 – 17 July 1990) was a British sculptor and ceramist. Biography Blackman was born in London and raised in Leatherhead in Surrey by her parents, Hilda, a sculptor and author, and Richard Seligma ...

(1907–1990), British artist *

Avion Blackman Avion Claudette Trudy Henrietta Blackman (born 30 January 1976) is a Trinidadian reggae recording artist, and the wife of Christafari front man Mark Mohr. She has produced three solo albums, as well as providing vocals and bass guitar for Christa ...

(born 1976), American reggae recording artist * Aylward M. Blackman (1883–1956), British Egyptologist *

Bertie Blackman Beatrice "Bertie" Blackman (born 1982) is an Independent Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame in 2004 with her debut album ''Headway,'' which came after years of prolific performances around Sydney's inner-city venues, wh ...

(born 1982), Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist *

Bob Blackman (American football) Robert L. Blackman (July 7, 1918 – March 18, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver (1953–1954), Dartmouth College (1955–1970), the University of Illinois at Urbana� ...

(1918–2000), American football player and coach *

Bob Blackman Robert John Blackman (born 26 April 1956) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency), Harrow East since 2010 United Kingdom general ele ...

(born 1956), British politician (Harrow East; earlier London) * Calvin Blackman Bridges (1889–1938), American geneticist *

Charles Blackman Charles Raymond Blackman (12 August 1928 – 20 August 2018) was an Australian painter, noted for the ''Schoolgirl, Avonsleigh'' and ''Alice in Wonderland'' series of the 1950s. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painter ...

(1928–2018), Australian artist *

Cindy Blackman Cindy Blackman Santana (born November 18, 1959), sometimes known as Cindy Blackman, is an American jazz and rock drummer. Blackman has recorded several jazz albums as a bandleader and has performed with Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Simmons, Ron Carter ...

(born 1959), American musician *

Courtney Blackman Sir Courtney Newlands McLaurin Blackman, KA (6 March 1933 – 16 March 2021) was a Barbadian economist, international business consultant, and diplomat. He served as the first Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados from 1972 to 1987. At t ...

(1933–2021), Barbadian economist, international business consultant, and diplomat *

Don Blackman Don (Donald) Blackman (September 1, 1953 – April 11, 2013) was an American jazz-funk pianist, singer, and songwriter. He performed with Parliament-Funkadelic; Earth, Wind and Fire; Louis Hayes; and Nicolas Dietz. Biography Blackman was bor ...

(1953–2013), American musician * Eric G. Blackman (born 1968), American astrophysicist and professor * Fred Blackman (1884–after 1922), British footballer *

Frederick Blackman Frederick Frost Blackman FRS (25 July 1866 – 30 January 1947) was a British plant physiologist. Frederick Blackman was born in Lambeth, London to a doctor. He studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, graduating MA. In the subsequent yea ...

(1866–1947), British botanist (brother of Vernon Herbert Blackman; uncle of Geoffrey Emett Blackman) *Garfield Blackman (given name of

Ras Shorty I Ras Shorty I (6 October 1941 – 12 July 2000), born Garfield Blackman and also known as Lord Shorty, was a Trinidadian calypsonian and soca musician, known as the Father of Soca and The Love Man. Biography He was born Garfield Blackman in ...

, 1941–2000), Trinidadian musician * George Blackman (1897–2003), Barbadian soldier in WWI * Sir George Blackman (1767-1836) Governor, Bank of England *

Helena Blackman Helena Blackman (born 10 December 1982 in Southampton) is a British musical theatre actress, best known for being the runner-up in the hit BBC1 Reality TV programme '' How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?''. She trained at the Guildford Sc ...

(born 1982), British actress * Henry E. Blackman (born 1820), American politician and farmer *

Honor Blackman Honor Blackman (22 August 1925 – 5 April 2020) was an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in '' The Avengers''Aaker, Everett (2006). ''Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 58. (1962� ...

(1925–2020), British actress * Jack Blackman (1920–1978), Australian footballer *

Jeremy Blackman Jeremy Blackman (born 1987) is an American actor and musician. He starred in the 1999 film ''Magnolia''. He graduated from Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of ...

(born 1985), American actor *

Joan Blackman Joan May Blackman (born May 17, 1938, in San Francisco, California) is an American actress. Film Blackman appeared in her first motion picture, ''Good Day for a Hanging'', in 1959. She had a significant role in two Elvis Presley films. She play ...

(born 1938), American actress * Joe Blackman (born 1984), British entrepreneur *

John Blackman John Blackman (born 14 July 1947) is an Australian radio and television presenter, voice-artist and comedy writer and author. He is most widely known for his voice-over work for the long-running Nine Network comedy variety show '' Hey Hey It' ...

(born 1947), Australian radio and television presenter, and voice actor * John Lucie Blackman (1793–1815), British soldier killed at the Battle of Waterloo *

Josh Blackman Joshua Michael Blackman is an American lawyer who is employed as an associate professor of law at the South Texas College of Law where he focuses on constitutional law and the intersection of law and technology. He has authored one book and co-au ...

(born 1984), American lawyer and law professor *

Ken Blackman Kenneth Blake Blackman (born November 8, 1972) is a former professional American football player who played guard for three seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals. His playing weight was listed as 320 pounds. He played college football at the Unive ...

(born 1972), American professional football player *

Kirsty Blackman Kirsty Ann Blackman (; born 20 March 1986) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen North since 2015. Blackman was re-elected in 2017 and 2019 and currently serves as the SNP Spok ...

(born 1986), British politician *

Latonia Blackman Latonia Blackman (born 6 October 1982) is a Barbadian netball player who represents Barbados internationally and plays in the positions of goal attack, goal shooter and goal defense. She competed at the Netball World Cup on five occasions in 199 ...

(born 1982), Barbadian netball player * Lionel Blackman, British solicitor advocate *

Liz Blackman Elizabeth Marion Blackman (born 26 September 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erewash from 1997 to 2010. She served as a Government Whip from 2007 to 2008. Early life Blackman was born in 1 ...

(born 1949), British politician (Erewash) *

Lloyd Blackman Lloyd Jason Blackman (born 24 September 1983) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who is assistant manager of Tonbridge Angels. As a player, he played as a forward in the Football League for Brentford and after his release ...

(born 1983), British footballer *

Lloyd Blackman (musician) Lloyd Edgar Blackman (5 January 1928 – 16 September 2014) was a Canadian violinist, conductor, composer, and music educator. Life and career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Blackman studied violin with John Waterhouse and George Bornoff and mus ...

(born 1928), Canadian violinist, conductor, composer, and educator *Lucie Blackman (1978–2000), British club hostess, murdered by

Joji Obara , born Kim Sung-jong () is a Korean-Japanese serial rapist who may have raped between 150 and 400 women. In October 2000, he was charged with drugging, raping and killing the British woman Lucie Blackman, the rape and manslaughter of the Australian ...

* Luther Meade Blackman (1834–1919), American tombstone engraver, lawyer, politician, and farmer *

Malorie Blackman Malorie Blackman is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethica ...

OBE (born 1962), British author of juvenile fiction *

Margaret B. Blackman Margaret B. Blackman (born 1944) is an anthropologist known for her work with the Haida people, Haida First Nation of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada, beginning in the 1970s. She is, and has been for many years, a professor of anthropology ...

(born 1944) American anthropologist *

Moses Blackman Moses Blackman Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (6 December 1908 – 3 June 1983) was a South African-born British crystallography, crystallographer. Biography Moses Blackman (known as Morris) was born in Cape Town on 6 December 1908, the son ...

(1908–1983), South African-born British crystallographer *

Nick Blackman Nicholas Alexander Blackman (born 11 November 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Barbados national football team. He can also play as a winger. He last played for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Early life Blackman was bo ...

(born 1989), British-Israeli footballer *

Nicole Blackman Nicole Blackman (born November 30, 1971) is a New York City–born performance artist, poet, author, and vocalist. Literary career Blackman is involved in the North American goth, spoken word, and transgressive literature scenes. Blackman self ...

(born 1971), American performance artist, poet, author, and vocalist * Paul Blackman (born 1958), British theatrical producer and director *

Ralph Beebe Blackman Ralph Beebe Blackman (August 29, 1904 – May 24, 1990) was an American mathematician and engineer who was among the pioneers of the information age along with Claude E. Shannon, Hendrik Wade Bode, and John Tukey. Blackman graduated from the ...

(1904–1990), American mathematician and engineer *

Reasonable Blackman Reasonable Blackman ( 1579–1592) (also possibly known as John Reason and Reasonable Blackmore) was a silk weaver resident in Southwark, London, in the late sixteenth century. He was among the earliest people of African heritage to be living and ...

(fl. 1579–1592), African-British silk weaver * Roberta Blackman-Woods (born 1957), British politician (City of Durham) * Robyn Blackman (born 1959), New Zealand field hockey player, Olympian *

Rolando Blackman Rolando Antonio Blackman (born February 26, 1959) is a Panamanian-American former professional basketball player. He was a four-time NBA All-Star who spent most of his career with the Dallas Mavericks. Blackman was born in Panama City, Panama, ...

(born 1959), Panamanian basketball player and coach *

Steve Blackman Steve Blackman (born September 28, 1963) is an American martial arts instructor, bail bondsman, and former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1997 to 2002, where he was a fr ...

(born 1963), American professional wrestler *

Ted Blackman Ted Blackman (February 17, 1942 – October 2, 2002) was a Canadian media personality in the Montreal, Quebec area. Blackman's career started as a disc jockey at high school and teen club dances in the 1950s. After high school, he sold his records ...

(1942–2002), Canadian sports journalist *

Toni Blackman Toni Blackman is an American rapper (specializing in freestyle hip-hop) and writer who was the first hip-hop ambassador to the U.S. State Department. Additionally, she was selected as a 2006 Rhythm Road touring artist and subsequently served a ...

(born 1968), American rap artist, actress, and writer *

Walter Blackman Walter Blackman (born 1965/1966) is an American politician serving as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 6th district. He is the first Black Republican elected to the Arizona State Legislature. Blackman served 21 years i ...

, American Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives * William Blackman (disambiguation) *

Woodie Blackman Francis Woodbine Blackman (21 September 1922 – 6 July 2010) was a Caribbean author, former secretary of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, a member of the Dalkeith Methodist Church, and a retired consultant of the Canadian ...

(1922–2010), Barbadian author and college administrator

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* Blackman, Tennessee, an unincorporated community

Notable people

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