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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 (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) (1873–1960), French composer and music educator * André Bloch (mathematician) (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 (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 Arthur Bloch (born on January 1, 1948) is an American writer, author of the ''Murphy's Law'' books. He has also written a self-help satire called ''Healing Yourself with Wishful Thinking''. Since 1986 he has been the producer and director of the ' ...

(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 A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers ...

(1929–2006), Polish composer and organist * Avraham Yitzchak Bloch (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 (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, (1834–1890), Danish painter * Chaim Yitzchak Bloch Hacohen (1867–1948), Lithuanian-American rabbi * (1881–1973), Ukrainian-Romanian writer * (1921–1987), French historian * (1908–1988), German Resistance member * Claude Bloch (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 (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 (1880–1947), Israeli politician * (1910–2002), German painter * Débora Bloch (born 1963), Brazilian actress * Denise Bloch (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 (1943–2015), Danish zoologist * Eduard Bloch (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 (1848-1905), Silesian-French sculptor * Emanuel Hirsch Bloch (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) (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 (1892–1944), German industrial employee, letter partner of Franz Kafka * (1871–1938), Soviet otorhinolaryngologist and phthisiologist * Gustave Bloch (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 (1911–2006), German archaeologist and epigrapher *

Herbert J. Bloch Herbert J. Bloch (November 21, 1907 – September 7, 1987), who emigrated from Europe to New York City in 1936, was a philatelist and stamp dealer who became recognized as a leading expert on authentication of rare European postage stamps. ...

(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 (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 (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 (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) * ''Avaet ...

(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) (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 (born 1942), American diplomat * Karola Bloch (1905–1994), Polish-German architect, socialist, and feminist * Konrad Emil Bloch (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 Produc ...

(born 1960), American musician * Lars Bloch (1938–2022), Danish actor and producer * (born 1971), Russian Jazz saxophonist * (1864–1920), German alto-philologist, classical archaeologist, and teacher * Lloyd Bloch, a fictional character * Lucienne Bloch (1909–1999), artist and photographer, daughter of Ernest Bloch

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* Marc Bloch (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 (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 (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 (c. 1940–2018), American publicist * Pedro Bloch (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 (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 (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 (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 Samson Bloch ha-Levi (; 1782 – 7 October 1845) was a major figure of the Haskalah in Galicia. He is best known for his work ''Shevilei Olam'', the first general geography written in Hebrew. Biography Samson Bloch was born in 1782 in Kuliko ...

(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, 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 (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 (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 (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 (born 1981), Israeli musician, songwriter, composer, rock singer, and hi-tech entrepreneur * Yosef Leib Bloch (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), mathematical theorem * Bloch's principle, 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, narrow transition region at the boundary between magnetic domains * Bloch function, wavefunction of a particle placed in a periodic potential

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