Bloch is a

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of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:

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* (1859-1914), French rabbi * Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur *

Albert Bloch Albert Bloch (August 2, 1882 – March 23, 1961) was an American Modernist artist and the only American artist associated with Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group of early 20th-century European modernists. Biography Bloch was born on ...

(1882–1961), American painter * (born 1972), German motor journalist and presenter * (1878–?), Russian lawyer, journalist, lawyer, and revolutionary *

Alexandre Bloch Alexandre Bloch (29 May 1857–11 November 1919) was a French Academic art, academic painter, specialising in military subjects. Biography Bloch was born in the Boulevard de la Chapelle, 18th arrondissement of Paris.Alfred Bloch (born 1877), French footballer * (1915–1983), Swiss linguist * (1904–1979), German-British engineer *

Aliza Bloch Aliza Bloch (born 1967) is an Israeli educator and politician. In 2018, she became the first female mayor of Beit Shemesh, and in 2019 she was named by ''The Jerusalem Post'' as one of the world's 50 most influential Jews. Biography The daughter ...

(born 1957), First female mayor of Bet Shemesh, Israel * (1768–1838), Swiss Benedictine monk *

André Bloch (composer) André Bloch (14 January 1873, in Wissembourg – 7 August 1960, in Paris) was a French composer and music educator. Biography Bloch studied with André Gedalge, Ernest Guiraud, and Jules Massenet at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1893 he wo ...

(1873–1960), French composer and music educator *

André Bloch (mathematician) André Bloch (20 November 1893 – 11 October 1948) was a French mathematician who is best remembered for his fundamental contribution to complex analysis. Bloch killed three of his family members, for which he was institutionalized in a mental ...

(1893–1948), French mathematician * (1914–1942), French agent of the Special Operations Executive *

Andreas Bloch Andreas Bloch (29 July 1860 – 11 May 1917) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and costume designer. Biography Andreas Schroeter Schelver Bloch was born on the Hellerud farm in Skedsmo, in Akershus county, Norway, as the son of Jens P ...

(1860–1917), Norwegian painter, illustrator and costume designer *

Andy Bloch Andrew Elliot Bloch (born June 1, 1969) is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School. Blackjack While studying at MIT, Bloch became part of the MIT blackjack team, fea ...

(born 1969), American poker player *

Anna Bloch Anna Kirstine Bloch (née Lindemann; 2 February 1868, in Horsens – 25 November 1953, in Copenhagen) was a Danish actress. Early life Anna Lindemann's mother Bodil Margrethe Gylding (1838–1875) died when she was seven years old. Her father Jo ...

(1868–1953), Danish actress *

Armand Bloch Armand Lucien Bloch (1 July 1866, Montbéliard - 5 March 1932, Paris) was a French sculptor. Life and work His father, Maurice Bloch, was a sculptor, who established a metal casting company in 1857. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1884, ...

(1866–1932), French sculptor * (1865–1952), French-German rabbi and author. * Arthur Bloch (born 1948), American writer, author of ''Murphy's Law'' * (1882–1942), victim of a massacre of Jews in Switzerland * (born 1992), Polish e-sportsman * (1876–1949), German landscape painter * (Abraham) (1780 or 1781–1866), German merchant and president of the Prussian Seehandlung *

Augustyn Bloch Augustyn Bloch (13 August 1929 in Grudziądz – 6 April 2006 in Warsaw) was a Polish composer and organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or ac ...

(1929–2006), Polish composer and organist *

Avraham Yitzchak Bloch Avraham Yitzchak Bloch ( he, אברהם יצחק בלוך; 1891–1941) was the '' Rosh yeshiva'' of the Telz Yeshiva in Lithuania, and one of the greatest pre-Holocaust rabbinic figures. Early life Avraham Yitchak Bloch was born in 1891 and was ...

(1891–1941), Lithuanian rabbi *

Bernard Bloch (linguist) Bernard Bloch (18 June 1907, New York City, New York – 26 November 1965, New Haven, Connecticut) was an American linguistics, linguist. He taught at Brown University and was Professor of Linguistics at Yale University. His father, Albert Bloch, ...

(1907–1965), American linguist *

Bernard Bloch (actor) Bernard Bloch (born 11 December 1949) is a French actor and theatre director. Filmography * 1972 : ''Albert Einstein'' (TV) : ''Un membre de l'académie d'Olympia'' * 1974 : '' The Story of Paul'' : ''L'harmonica'' * 1980 : '' Fernand'' : ' ...

, (born 1949) French actor *

Bianca Bloch Bianca Bloch (19 January 1848 – early May 1901), also known by the pen name B. Waldow, was a German author. Biography Bloch was born in 1848 in Lauban, Silesia. Her father was attendant at a local court, who could only afford to sent his childr ...

(1848–1901), German author * (born 1951), Russian-Ukrainian pianist and conductor * (1878–1933), Swiss dermatologist and university professor * (1891–1970), Swiss chocolate producer *

Carl Heinrich Bloch Carl Heinrich Bloch (23 May 1834 – 22 February 1890) was a Danish artist. Biography He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and studied there at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (''Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi'') under Wilhelm Marstran ...

, (1834–1890), Danish painter *

Chaim Yitzchak Bloch Hacohen Hayyim Yitzhak HaCohen Bloch ( he, חיים יצחק בלוך הכהן; 1864–1948) was a prominent Lithuanian born rabbi. In 1922 he left Latvia for the United States, where he became the Rabbi and Av Beit Din (head judge of religious court) of ...

(1867–1948), Lithuanian-American rabbi * (1881–1973), Ukrainian-Romanian writer * (1921–1987), French historian * (1908–1988), German Resistance member *

Claude Bloch Claude Bloch (18 March 1923 – 29 December 1971) was a French theoretical nuclear physicist. He authored over 60 published articles and made significant impact on the fields of quantum field theory, nuclear physics, and the many-body problem. Bl ...

(1923–1971), French theoretical nuclear physicist * (born 1928), survivor of the Jewish genocide *

Claude C. Bloch Claude Charles Bloch (July 12, 1878 – October 4, 1967) was a United States Navy admiral who served as Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet (COMBATFOR) from 1937 to 1938; and Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (CINCUS) from 1938 to 1940. Early year ...

(1878–1967), American naval admiral * (born 1959), Israeli-Swiss actress, director, theater pedagogue, and respiratory therapist *Darius Paul Bloch, birthname of

Darius Paul Dassault Darius Paul Dassault ( Bloch; 13 January 1882 – 3 May 1969) was a French general who was in the French Résistance in World War II. He was born in Paris. His alias Dassault developed when he was in the French Résistance. The name alludes to the ...

(1882–1969), French Army general of Jewish origin, who adopted "Dassault" as ''nom de guerre'' during French Resistance service * (born 1938), French engineer and physicist *

David Bloch-Blumenfeld David Bloch-Blumenfeld ( he, דוד בלוך-בלומנפלד; 1880 – 27 November 1947), sometimes simply David Bloch, was one of the leaders of the Labor Zionism movement in Mandate Palestine and mayor of Tel Aviv in 1925–27. Moshav Dovev in ...

(1880–1947), Israeli politician * (1910–2002), German painter *

Débora Bloch Débora Bloch (born 29 May 1963) is a Brazilian actress. She is known nationally for participating in telenovelas such as ''Caminho das Índias'', ''Cordel Encantado'', and '' Avenida Brasil''. Biography Bloch was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas ...

(born 1963), Brazilian actress *

Denise Bloch Denise Madeleine Bloch (; 21 January 1916 – 5 February 1945) was an agent working with the clandestine British Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization in the Second World War. Captured by the Germans, she was executed at Ravensbrück ...

(1916-1945), French Resistance member *

Dora Bloch Dora may stand for: *Dora (given name) Places United States *Dora, Alabama *Dora, Arkansas * Dora, Missouri *Dora, New Mexico * Dora, Oregon *Dora, Pennsylvania *Mount Dora, Florida Other countries *Lake Dora (Tasmania) *Lake Dora (Western A ...

, Israeli-British citizen murdered in 1976 *

Dorete Bloch Dorete Bloch, married name Dorete Bloch Danielsen, (14 June 1943 in Rungsted – 28 February 2015 in Tórshavn) was a Danish zoologist, former director of (the Faroes Natural History Museum), editor of ''Fróðskaparrit'' and author of numerous ...

(1943–2015), Danish zoologist *

Eduard Bloch Eduard Bloch (30 January 1872 – 1 June 1945) was an Austrian physician practicing in Linz, who, for many years until 1907, was the family doctor of Adolf Hitler and his family. When Hitler's mother, Klara, was dying of breast cancer, Bloch bill ...

(1872–1945), Austrian physician and family doctor of Adolf Hitler from 1903 to 1907 * (1831–1895), German theater book dealer and author * (1881–1943), Ukrainian and Soviet sculptor, artist, and teacher * (1909–1943), French rabbi and Resistance member *

Elisa Bloch Elisa Bloch (1848, Breslau, Silesia - 1904 or 1905) was a Silesian-French sculptor. She was an officer of public instruction, Commander of the Order of the Liberator, and Chevalier of the Order of the Dragon of Annam. She was a pupil of Henri Ch ...

(1848-1905), Silesian-French sculptor *

Emanuel Hirsch Bloch Emanuel Hirsch Bloch (May 12, 1901 – January 30, 1954) was an American attorney known for defending clients associated with left-wing and Communist causes. He and Marshall Perlin defended Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Background He was born in ...

(1902–1954), American lawyer * (1897–1994), German writer *

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. As well as producing music ...

(1880–1959), Swiss-born American composer * Ernst Bloch (1885–1977), German philosopher *

Erich Bloch Erich Bloch (January 9, 1925 – November 25, 2016) was a German-born American electrical engineer and administrator. He was involved with developing IBM's first transistorized supercomputer, 7030 Stretch, and mainframe computer, System/360 ...

(1925–2016), American electrical engineer and administrator * (1921–2009), French magistrate and Resistance member *

Eugene Bloch Eugene Bloch (10 June 1878 1944) was a French physicist and professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, and at the Faculty of Science of the University of Paris. Early life and education Eugene Bloch was born on 10 June 1878 in Soultz-Haut-Rh ...

(1878–1944), French physicist and professor *

France Bloch-Sérazin France Bloch-Sérazin (; (21 February 1913 – 12 February 1943) was a chemist and militant communist who fought in the French resistance against German occupation during World War II. Biography Born in Paris into a Jewish family, she was ...

(1913–1943), French Resistance member during World War II * Felix Bloch (1905–1983), Swiss physicist *

Felix Bloch (diplomatic officer) Felix Bloch (born July 19, 1935) is a former director of European and Canadian Affairs in the United States Department of State. He is known for his connection to the Robert Hanssen espionage case. Hanssen, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ...

(born 1935), American diplomat accused of spying for the Soviets * (1864–1945), Austrian-Czech sugar manufacturer and art lover * (1916–2005), French literary critic * (1912–2002), French politicians and administrative professionals of the postwar period * (1917–2010), German manager * (1904–1996), Lord Mayor of the city of Gera from 1945 to 1948 * (1889–1942), German mining engineer

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Grete Bloch Margarete Bloch (21 March 1892 – Precise date unknown, 1944, Auschwitz concentration camp) was a friend of Felice Bauer and a pen-friend of Franz Kafka. Grete Bloch was born in Berlin, a daughter of the sales representative Louis Bloch and Jen ...

(1892–1944), German industrial employee, letter partner of Franz Kafka * (1871–1938), Soviet otorhinolaryngologist and phthisiologist *

Gustave Bloch Gustave Bloch (21 July 1848 – 3 December 1923) was a French Jewish historian of ancient history. He was the father of historian Marc Bloch (1886–1944), who along with Lucien Febvre (1878–1956) was co-founder of the École des Annales. Biogra ...

(1848–1923), French Jewish historian of ancient history * (born 1953), German cynologist and author * (1881–1914), German painter and art teacher *

Hans Glad Bloch Hans Glad Bloch (16 September 1791 – 31 December 1865) was a Norwegian military officer and government official. Born in Sør-Odal, he reached the rank of General in 1850. His career included a period as commander of the Norwegian Military Acad ...

(1791–1865), Norwegian politician * (born 1936), German radio play author *

Harriet Bloch Harriet Bloch (1881-1975) was a Danish screenwriter who worked in the industry during the silent era. During her career, she wrote over 100 screenplays, some of which were never produced. Her scripts were made into films in Denmark, Germany, Swed ...

(1881–1975), Danish first female film screenwriter *

Heinz P. Bloch Heinz P. Bloch (December 26, 1933 – August 20, 2022) was an American mechanical engineer with specialization in failure avoidance, machinery maintenance cost reduction and machinery reliability improvement. As of 2020 he has authored over 760 tec ...

, American mechanical engineer *

Henry W. Bloch Henry Wollman Bloch (July 30, 1922 – April 23, 2019) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the co-founder and (since 2000) the chairman ''emeritus'' of the American tax-preparation company H&R Block. Henry and his brother, Ric ...

(1922–2019), American businessman and Kansas City philanthropist. *

Herbert Bloch Herbert Bloch (18 August 1911 – 6 September 2006) was a professor of Classics at Harvard and a renowned authority on Greek historiography, Roman epigraphy and archaeology, medieval monasticism, and the transmission of classical culture and litera ...

(1911–2006), German archaeologist and epigrapher * Herbert J. Bloch (1907–1987), philatelist of New York City *

Herman S. Bloch Herman Samuel Bloch (June 15, 1912 – June 16, 1990) was an Americans, American chemist and an Invention, inventor. Bloch invented the catalytic converter, a device that removes pollutants from automobile exhaust fumes. Bloch held more than 270 pa ...

(1912–1990), American chemist and an inventor * (1867–1929), German historian, university teacher, and politician (DVP) * (1878–1942), German chemist * Immanuel Bloch (born 1972), German experimental physicist *

Isaac Bloch Isaac Bloch (1848–1925) served as Chief Rabbi in Nancy, France. He wrote 16 articles for the ''Jewish Encyclopedia''. Bloch was a native of Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a ...

, French rabbi * (1888–1958), Belarusian scientist * (1889–1955), arrived in Palestine during the Second Aliyah * (1730–1798), German rabbi *

Iwan Bloch Iwan Bloch (April 8, 1872 – November 21, 1922), also known as Ivan Bloch, was a German dermatologist, and psychiatrist, psychoanalyst born in Delmenhorst, Grand Ducal Oldenburg, Germany, and often called the first sexologist. Together with M ...

(1872–1922), Berlin dermatologist *

Jacqueline Bloch Jacqueline Bloch is a French physicist, born in 1967, specialist in nanosciences, member of the French Academy of sciences. Biography Jacqueline Bloch is an ESPCI engineer, graduated in 1991 (106th promotion), with a DEA in condensed matter p ...

(born 1967), French physicist *

Jan Gotlib Bloch Jan Gotlib (Bogumił) Bloch (russian: Иван Станиславович Блиох or Блох) (July 24, 1836 – January 7, 1902) was a Polish banker and railway financier who devoted his private life to the study of modern industrial warfar ...

(1836–1902), also known as Ivan Bloch, Polish banker and warfare expert * (1937–2010), German natural scientist, educator, and social philosopher * (born 1946), French policeman * (1858–1916), French singer *

Jean-Richard Bloch Jean-Richard Bloch (25 May 1884 – 15 March 1947) was a French critic, novelist and playwright. He was a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) and worked with Louis Aragon in the evening daily '' Ce soir''. Early life Bloch was born ...

(1884–1947), French writer * (1906–1945), German jurist * (1919–1979), Israeli Jewish religious scholar *

Jonas Bloch Jonas Bloch (born February 8, 1939) is a Brazilian actor. Most known for his television roles as villains, Bloch is descendant of Ukrainian-Jewish people and father of actress Débora Bloch. Selected filmography * ''Quilombo'' (1984) * '' Avaete, ...

(1939), Brazilian actor * (1875–1970), French Rabbi * (1871–1936), German Social Democratic publicist *

Joseph Samuel Bloch Joseph (Josef) Samuel Bloch (20 November 1850 in Dukla – 1923) was an Austrian rabbi and Deputy (legislator), deputy of Polish people, Polish descent. Biography Bloch's parents, who were poor, destined him for the rabbinical career, and he devo ...

(1850–1923), Austrian rabbi * Joshua Bloch (1961), American software engineer *

Joshua Bloch (rabbi) Joshua Bloch (December 9, 1890 – September 26, 1957) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish-American rabbi and librarian. Life Bloch was born on December 9, 1890 in Dorbian, Kovno Governorate, the son of Baer-Moses Bloch and Necha Stoch. Bloch immigrate ...

(1890–1957), Lithuanian-American rabbi and librarian *

Jules Bloch Jules Bloch (May 1, 1880 in Paris – November 29, 1953) was a French linguist who studied Indian languages, and was also interested in languages in their cultural and social contexts. Doctor of Letters in 1914, he was director of studies at the � ...

(1880–1953), French linguist *

Julia Chang Bloch Julia Chang Bloch (; born 1942) is a Chinese American businessperson and diplomat, who was the first U.S. ambassador of Asian descent. She is the founder and president of the US-China Education Trust. Life and political career Bloch was born ...

(born 1942), American diplomat *

Karola Bloch Karola Bloch (born Karola Piotrkowska; January 22, 1905, Łódź — July 31, 1994, Tübingen) was a Polish-German architect, socialist, and feminist. She was the third wife of the German philosopher Ernst Bloch. Early life and education Bloch w ...

(1905–1994), Polish-German architect, socialist, and feminist *

Konrad Emil Bloch Konrad Emil Bloch (; 21 January 1912 – 15 October 2000) was a German-American biochemist. Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964 (joint with Feodor Lynen) for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the ...

(1912–2000), American biochemist *

Kurt Bloch Kurt Bloch (born August 28, 1960) is an American songwriter, guitarist, engineer and record producer. Music career Bloch is best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of Fastbacks, and is a member of The Young Fresh Fellows. Record Production ...

(born 1960), American musician *

Lars Bloch Lars Bloch (6 August 1938 – 27 March 2022), was a Danish-Italian actor and producer, sometimes credited as ''Lars Block'' or ''Carlos Ewing''. Born in Hellerup Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of ...

(1938–2022), Danish actor and producer * (born 1971), Russian Jazz saxophonist * (1864–1920), German alto-philologist, classical archaeologist, and teacher *

Lloyd Bloch Nefarius (Lloyd Bloch), previously known as Moonstone, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The character first appeared in ''Captain America (comic book), Captain America'' #169 (19 ...

, a fictional character *

Lucienne Bloch Lucienne Bloch (January 5, 1909 – March 13, 1999) was a Switzerland-born American artist. She was best known for her murals and for her association with the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, for whom she produced the only existing photographs o ...

(1909–1999), artist and photographer, daughter of Ernest Bloch

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Marc Bloch Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (; ; 6 July 1886 – 16 June 1944) was a French historian. He was a founding member of the Annales School of French social history. Bloch specialised in medieval history and published widely on Medieval France ov ...

(1886–1944), French historian *Marcel Bloch, later Marcel Dassault (1892–1986), French aircraft industrialist, founder of the firm Société des Avions Marcel Bloch; he adopted his younger brother's (Darius Paul Bloch) ''nom de guerre'' * (1882–1966), French painter, lithographer, aquafortist, pastellist, portraitist, and illustrator * (1884–1953), French painter and sculptor *

Marcus Elieser Bloch Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) was a German physician and naturalist who is best known for his contribution to ichthyology through his multi-volume catalog of plates illustrating the fishes of the world. Brought up in a Hebrew-speaking Jewish ...

(1723–1799), German medical doctor and naturalist * (1871–1944), German teacher and member of the bourgeois women's movement *

Marjorie Bloch Marjorie Bloch (born 1956) is an Ireland, Irish painter who currently lives and works in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was educated at Ulster University and Queen's University Belfast. Her work can be found in the Ulster Museum collections and ...

(born 1956), Irish painter *

Mark Bloch (linguist) Mark Yakovlevich Bloch ( rus, Марк Яковлевич Блох; 16 August 1924 – 16 September 2022) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, Doctor of Philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sou ...

(1924–2022), Russian linguist *

Mark Bloch (artist) Mark Bloch (born 1956) is an American conceptual artist, mail artist, performance artist, visual artist, archivist and writer whose work combines visuals and text as well as performance and media to explore ideas of long distance communication, i ...

(born 1956), American artist * (1883–1954), English-German painter * Maurice Bloch (born 1939), British anthropologist *

Maurice Bloch (politician) Maurice Bloch (April 26, 1891 in New York City – December 5, 1929 in Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Personal life Bloch married Madeline Neuberger (1894–1986) in 1922. Robert F. Wagner Sr., th ...

(1891–1929), New York assemblyman *

Meli Polishook-Bloch Meli Polishook-Bloch ( he, מלי פולישוק-בלוך, born 14 January 1953) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui and the Secular Faction between 2003 and 2006. Biography Born in Ra'anana, Polishoo ...

(born 1953), former Israeli politician * Michael Bloch (barrister) (born 1951) *

Michael Bloch Michael Anthony Bloch (born 24 September 1953) is an author and historian. Educated at Portadown College and St John's College, Cambridge, he was call to the bar, called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1978 and in 1979 became an assistant to ...

(born 1953), Author and historian * Mohammed Ibrahim Bloch (born 1949), Indian film director * (1815–1891), Hungarian linguist and theologian * (1804–1841), German rabbi *

Moses Löb Bloch Moses Löb Bloch (15 February 1815 – 6 August 1909) was a Hungarian rabbi and rector at the Rabbinical Seminary of Budapest. Life After studying under Philipp Kohner, a pupil of Ezekiel Landau, district rabbi of Pilsen, Bloch was entrusted ...

(1815–1909), Hungarian rabbi *

Moshe Rudolf Bloch Moshe Rudolf "Rudi" Bloch ( he, משה רודולף בלוך, 2 August 1902 – 1985) was an Israeli scientist. Biography Born in 1902 in the city of Ústí nad Labem, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, he received a PhD from the University of Bern. In 192 ...

(1902–1985), Israeli scientist * (1893–1942), Lithuanian engineer, architect, educator and Zionist *

Noë Bloch Noë Bloch (1875-1937) was a Russian-born film producer. He was born as Noé Markowitsch Bloch to a Jewish family in St. Petersburg in the Russian Empire. After emigrating from Russia following the Russian Revolution, Bloch established himself as a ...

(1875–1937), Russian-born film producer * (born 1959), Israeli CEO * (1900–1945), German art historian *

Orville Emil Bloch Orville Emil Bloch (February 10, 1915 – May 28, 1983) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Biography Bloch joined the Arm ...

(1915–1983), American military officer and Medal of Honor recipient * (1877–1937), French linguist and lexicographer * (1881–1937), German architect *

Paul Bloch Paul Bloch (July 17, 1939 – May 25, 2018) was an American publicist. He was the chairman of Rogers & Cowan, and he represented many celebrities. Early life Bloch was born on July 17, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. He was educated ...

(c. 1940–2018), American publicist *

Pedro Bloch Pedro Bloch (1914, Ukraine – February 23, 2004, Brazil) was a Brazilian writer. His family immigrated to Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century. He is famous for his plays, such as ''Dona Xepa'' and ''Mãos de Eurídice''. Also, he wrote mo ...

(1914–2004), Brazilian writer * (1900–1984), German politician (CDU) * (1925–1994), German art historian and museum director * (born 1936), Swiss Germanist *

Peter Rafael Bloch Peter Rafael Bloch (October 19, 1921 – July 31, 2008) was an art historian, writer and journalist and an expert of Puerto Rican music and art. He was fluent in four languages. Living in New York since 1949, he kept in contact with his home to ...

(1921–2008), German-American art historian, writer and journalist * (1841–1923), German historian and Reform rabbi *

Pierrette Bloch Pierrette Bloch (June 16, 1928 – July 7, 2017) was a Paris-born Swiss painter and textile artist. Early life Pierrette Bloch was born on June 16, 1928, in Paris. In 1939, Bloch and her parents left France for Switzerland to escape the war. At th ...

(1928–2017), Swiss painter and textile artist *

Ray Bloch Raymond Arthur Bloch (August 3, 1902 – March 29, 1982) Career During the 1920s, he performed with small groups on piano and also conducted ballroom bands. Later in the decade he began appearing as a pianist on radio stations. He began working as ...

(1902–1982), American composer, songwriter, and conductor * (1914–1997), French ancient historian, classical philologist and Etruscologist * (1911–2001), French painter * (1923–2016), French engineer * (born 1969), Swiss Judaist and classical philologist *

René Bloch (psychiatrist) René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...

(born 1937), Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist * (1924–1955), French biblical pioneer of studies on targumic, midrashic, and homiletic literature * Richard Bloch (1926–2004), American businessman *

Richard L. Bloch Richard L. Bloch (June 12, 1929 – October 27, 2018) was an American investor, real estate developer, banker, and philanthropist. Biography Early life Richard L. Bloch was born on June 12, 1929 in Pontiac, Michigan. Kenneth Michael Absher, Mic ...

(1929–2018), American investor, real estate developer, banker, and philanthropist * Richard Milton Bloch (1921–2000), pioneering American computer programmer *

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

(1917–1994), American writer * Robert Bloch (racing driver), French race car driver * (1888–1942), German judge * (1930–2015), Swiss entrepreneur * (born 1986), Belarusian ice hockey player *

Rosa Bloch-Bollag Rosa Bloch-Bollag (1880 – 13 July 1922) was a Swiss politician and activist. Who, as a member of the Swiss Socialist Party, led a women's demonstration against increases in food prices in 1918. In 1920, she was one of the founding members of ...

(1880–1922), Swiss revolutionary Marxist activist *

Rosine Bloch Rosine Bloch (7 November 1844 – 1 February 1891)Pierre 1900p. 701 "née à Paris, 7 nov. 1844", "† Monte Carlo (Nice?), 1 fév. 1891". Other sources differ with regard to her dates and places of birth and death. Walsh 1981, p. 374: "(1832? 1 ...

(1844–1891), French operatic mezzo-soprano * (born 1966), German diplomat * Samson Bloch (1782–1845), Galician writer *

Scott Bloch Scott Bloch (born c. 1959) is an American attorney and former political appointee of President George W. Bush. Bloch served as United States Special Counsel from December 12, 2003, when Bush signed his appointment, filling out his five-year statu ...

, American lawyer and government official *

Scotty Bloch Scotty Bloch (born Maybelle Scott, ) was an American East Coast-based stage and television actress. Career Bloch worked as an actress since the 1940s. Her television work included playing Lucille O'Brien in the dramatic series ''Kay O'Brien ...

, American actress *

Sean Bloch Sean Bloch (born 16 December 1973) is a South African former Olympic cyclist. Early life Bloch was born in South Africa, and is Jewish. He is the older brother of Olympian cyclist Garen Bloch of South Africa. Cycling career Bloch won 12 Sout ...

(born 1973), South African Olympic cyclist * (born 1956), French illustrator *

Shani Bloch Shani Bloch, also known as Shani Bloch-Davidov ( he, שני בלוך; born 6 March 1979) is an Israeli racing cyclist. Bloch is the first Israeli road cyclist to compete in the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, Giro d'Italia Femminile, and ...

(born 1979), Israeli Olympic racing cyclist * (1886–1976), Lithuanian Jew *

Shmaryahu Yitzchak Bloch Rabbi Shmaryahu Yitzchak Bloch (1864 – December 1923) was a rabbi and Talmudist in Tsarist Russia and England. Biography There is very scant information about Rabbi Bloch's life. He was born in Kretinga, a shtetl now in Klaipėda County, Lit ...

(c. 1862–1923), English rabbi *

Sonny Bloch Irwin H. "Sonny" Bloch (March 1, 1937 - March 10, 1998) was an American financial talk radio show host from 1980 to 1995 who defrauded investors of more than $24 million. Career Sonny Bloch was a lounge singer who dovetailed his career into a f ...

(c. 1937–1998), American radio show host *

Spencer Bloch Spencer Janney Bloch (born May 22, 1944; New York City) is an American mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry and algebraic ''K''-theory. Bloch is a R. M. Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departm ...

(born 1944), American mathematician * (born 1971), French director and photographer *

Stella Bloch Stella Bloch (December 18, 1897 – January 20, 1999) was an American artist, dancer and journalist. She headlined as a dancer in Rochester, New York. She also worked as an artist and her work is in several collections. Life Bloch was born ...

(1897–1999), American artist, dancer and journalist *

Susan Bloch Susan Bloch (1940 – 10 May 1982) was a theatrical press agent based in New York City. Biography Bloch was born in Canton, New York and attended Syracuse University. She was the director of public relations for the Repertory Theater of Lincol ...

(1940–1982), American theatrical press agent *

Suzanne Bloch Suzanne Bloch (August 9, 1907 – January 29, 2002) was a Swiss-American musician and an influential pioneer of Early Music Revival during the 20th century. Biography Suzanne Bloch was born in Geneva in 1907 into the family of composer Ernest B ...

(1907–2002), Swiss-American musician and an influential pioneer of Early Music Revival during the 20th century * Thomas Bloch (born 1962), French classical musician * (born 1956), German football player * (born 1975), French sociologist and anthropologist *

Waldemar Bloch Waldemar Bloch (1906–1984) was an Austrian composer. He wrote several operas, including ''Stella'', ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'' and ''Der Diener zweier Herren'', as well as choral and instrumental works. His 1968 oratorio An oratorio ( ...

(1906–1984), Austrian composer * (born 1943), Swiss philologist, philosopher, and writer * (1890–1973), German politician of the SPD * (born 1959), German sports physician and university teacher * (1892–1968), Russian journalist, translator and publisher, theater expert * (1913–1994), Israeli hotel manager *

Yoni Bloch Yoni Bloch ( he, יוני בלוך; born August 11, 1981) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, composer, rock singer and hi-tech entrepreneur. Biography Bloch grew up in Beersheba and at the age of 17 moved with his family to Lehavim. He star ...

(born 1981), Israeli musician, songwriter, composer, rock singer, and hi-tech entrepreneur *

Yosef Leib Bloch Rabbi Yosef Yehudah Leib Bloch was a prominent rabbi and ''rosh yeshiva'' in Telshe (Telšiai), Lithuania. Early life Rabbi Bloch was born on February 13, 1860, in Raseiniai, Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, to Mordechai and Sara B ...

(1860–1929), Lithuanian rabbi

Named for André Bloch

Bloch space In the mathematical field of complex analysis, the Bloch space, named after French mathematician André Bloch and denoted \mathcal or ℬ, is the space of holomorphic functions ''f'' defined on the open unit disc D in the complex plane, such that t ...

, space of holomorphic functions *

Bloch's theorem (complex variables) In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, Bloch's theorem describes the behaviour of holomorphic functions defined on the unit disk. It gives a lower bound on the size of a disk in which an inverse to a holomorphic function exists. It is named ...

, mathematical theorem *

Bloch's principle Bloch's Principle is a philosophical principle in mathematics stated by André Bloch. Bloch states the principle in Latin as: ''Nihil est in infinito quod non prius fuerit in finito,'' and explains this as follows: Every proposition in whose sta ...

, mathematical principle

Named for Felix Bloch

Bloch oscillation Bloch oscillation is a phenomenon from solid state physics. It describes the oscillation of a particle (e.g. an electron) confined in a periodic potential when a constant force is acting on it. It was first pointed out by Felix Bloch and Clarence Z ...

, oscillation of a particle if a constant force is acting on it * Bloch spectrum, concept in quantum mechanics * Bloch sphere, geometrical representation of the pure state space of a two-level quantum mechanical system *

Bloch wall A domain wall is a term used in physics which can have similar meanings in magnetism, optics, or string theory. These phenomena can all be generically described as topological solitons which occur whenever a discrete symmetry is spontaneously ...

, narrow transition region at the boundary between magnetic domains * Bloch function, wavefunction of a particle placed in a periodic potential

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Named for André Bloch

Named for Felix Bloch

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