Blok is a surname of Dutch origin. Dutch ''blok'' has similar meanings as English "block" and the name has a variety of origins, including descriptive, metonymic

occupational Employment is a relationship between two party (law), parties Regulation, regulating the provision of paid Labour (human activity), labour services. Usually based on a employment contract, contract, one party, the employer, which might be a co ...

(referring e.g. to a miller or shoemaker),

toponymic Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''wikt:toponym, toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a p ...

or even patronymic.Blok
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The Russian and Polish surnames appear of German and Dutch descent. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Blok (1880–1921), Russian lyrical poet * (1852–1909), Russian law professor, father of Alexander Blok *

Anneke Blok Anneke Blok (born 24 December 1959) is a Dutch actress. She won the 2008 Golden Calf for Best Actress award for her performance as Anne in ''Tiramisu Tiramisu ( it, tiramisù , from , "pick me up" or "cheer me up") is a coffee-flavoured It ...

(born 1959), Dutch actress * (1868–1934), Dutch jurist and university president *

Anton Blok Anton Blok (born 1935 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch anthropologist, famous for studying the Mafia in Sicily in 1960s. Anton Blok was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan (1972–73) and the University of California, Berkeley in 1988. Fro ...

(born 1935), Dutch anthropologist *

Arthur Blok Arthur Blok (ארתור בלוק; March 19, 1882 – October 14, 1974) was the British-born first administrative head (or Principal, as he was then called) of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel (then Mandatory Pale ...

(1882–1974), English first administrative head of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology *

Benjamin Block Benjamin Block or Blok (1631–1690) was a seventeenth-century German- Hungarian Baroque painter who married the flower painter Anna Katharina Block. He is known for his portrait paintings. Biography Block was born into an artistic family in ...

(1631–1690), German-Hungarian painter, son of Daniel *

Daniel Blok Daniel Blok or Daniel von Block (1580–1660) was a German Baroque painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was the son of Marten Blok of Utrecht. He was sent to learn the art of painting portraits from Jakob Scherer in Gdańsk. He attract ...

(1580–1660), German painter of Dutch ancestry *

Dick Blok Dirk Peter "Dick" Blok (7 January 1925 – 6 February 2019) was a Dutch scholar of onomastics. He was director of the Meertens Institute between 1965 and 1986. He succeeded founding director Piet Meertens. In 1979, during Blok's rule as director, th ...

(born 1925), Dutch scholar of onomastics *

Ger Blok Ger Blok (16 October 1939 – 19 December 2016) was a Dutch football manager. Managerial career Blok was born in Amsterdam and supported Blauw-Wit as a child. Before becoming a manager, he was employed as a teacher in Bilthoven. At the age of ...

(1939–2016), Dutch football manager *

Hetty Blok Henriëtte Adriana "Hetty" Blok (6 January 1920 – 6 November 2012) was a Dutch cabaret artist, singer, and actress who performed on the stage, on radio, and on television for more than five decades. Her best-known role is Nurse Klivia, one of ...

(1920–2012), Dutch cabaret artist, singer, and actress *

Irina Blok Irina Blok (born ) is a graphic designer and an artist. She is best known for the creation of the Android logo including its green robot icon. Irina Blok has appeared on ABC's Reality Show ''Shark Tank'' as one of the contestants, and her designs ...

(born c.1977), Russian-born American graphic designer and artist * (1858–1906), Russian governor of Samara, uncle of Alexander Blok * Johanna Blok (1650–1715), Dutch silhouette cutter, painter, drawer, etc. *

Josine Blok Josine Henriëtte Blok (born 9 June 1953) is a Dutch classical scholar. She has been a professor of Ancient History and Classical Civilisation at Utrecht University since 2001 up until 2019. Blok was born in Oegstgeest. She attended the gymnasium ...

(born 1953), Dutch classical scholar * (1881–1939), Russian artist and historian, wife of Alexander Blok, daughter of Dmitri Mendeleev *

Peter Blok Peter Stephanus Blok (born 7 April 1960 in The Hague), known as Peter Blok, is a Dutch stage, television, film, and voice actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" ...

(born 1960), Dutch stage, television, film and voice actor * Petrus Johannes Blok (1855–1929), Dutch historian *

Stanisław Blok Stanisław Józef Blok DFC (1916-1994) was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 5 confirmed kills. Biography Stanisław Blok was born in 1916. His ancestors came to Gdańsk from Flanders. On 3 January 1939, he entered ...

(1916–1994), Polish fighter ace in World War II *

Stef Blok Stephanus Abraham "Stef" Blok (born 10 December 1964) is a Dutch politician serving as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the Third Rutte cabinet from 25 May 2021 till 10 January 2022. He is a member of the People's Party for Fr ...

(born 1964), Dutch politician (VVD) *

Tom de Blok Tom Robin de Blok (born May 8, 1996) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Ita ...

(born 1996), Dutch baseball pitcher *

Vladimir Blok Vladimir Mikhailovich Blok (russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Блок, 7 November 1932, Moscow – 28 August 1996, Moscow) was a Russian musicologist, composer and orchestrator of the works of Prokofiev, of Udmurt ethnicity. ...

(1932–1996), Russian musicologist, composer and orchestrator * Willem Johannes "Wim" Blok (1947–2003), Dutch logician *

Willy Blok Hanson Willy Blok Hanson (1914 – December 22, 2012) was a Javanese-born Canadian dancer and choreographer. The ''Toronto Star'' has called her a "Canadian dance legend." Biography Personal life Hanson was born in Java, Dutch East Indies (present-day ...

(1914–2012), Javanese-born Canadian dancer and choreographer

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{{surname, Blok German-language surnames Germanic-language surnames Surnames of German origin

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