Bloom is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Bloom Adam Bloom (born 8 December 1970) is a British comedian and writer. He has played The Edinburgh Festival for many years, once winning The Edinburgh Festival Polygram Punter Comedy Award. In 1998 he won The Time Out Comedy Award for Best Stand-U ...

(born 1970), English comedian *

Alan Bloom Alan Herbert Vauser Bloom (19 November 1906 – 31 March 2005) was a British Horticulture, horticulturist and steam engine enthusiast. During his life he created over 170 new varieties of hardy perennial plants. These and Alpine plants and con ...

(1906–2005), English nurseryman *

Allan Bloom Allan David Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell Universi ...

(1930–1992), American philosopher and author *

Andy Bloom Andrew Bloom (born August 11, 1973) is an American former Olympic shot putter, two-time national indoor shot put champion, Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade, World University Games shot put champion, and NCAA champion in both discus and sho ...

(born 1973), American shot putter *

Benjamin Bloom Benjamin Samuel Bloom (February 21, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was an American educational psychologist who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery learning. He is particularly noted ...

(1913–1999), American educator * Benjamin Bloom (musician) (born 1982), English musician *

Bill Bloom William A. Bloom (born December 10, 1948) is an American songwriter and musician. Bloom was a staff writer and producer for Philadelphia International Records and WMOT Records. He co-wrote and produced the album Children of Tomorrow by Frankie ...

(born 1948), American songwriter and musician *

Bobby Bloom Robert Bloom (January 15, 1946 – February 28, 1974) was an American singer-songwriter. He is known best for being a one-hit wonder with the 1970 song, "Montego Bay", which was co-written with and produced by Jeff Barry. Biography Bloom was bo ...

(1946–1974), American singer-songwriter *

Brian Bloom Brian Keith Bloom (born June 30, 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay and starred in ''The A-Team'', produced by brothers Tony and Ridley Scott. Bloom is the voice of Captain America in '' The Avengers: Earth' ...

(born 1970), American actor, voice actor and screenwriter *

Chaim Bloom Chaim David Bloom (; born February 27, 1983) is an American sports executive who is the Chief Baseball Officer for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously worked for the Tampa Bay Rays, most recently as Senior Vice Presid ...

(born 1983), American Chief Baseball Officer for the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

Claire Bloom Patricia Claire Bloom (born 15 February 1931) is an English actress. She is known for leading roles in plays such as ''A Streetcar Named Desire,'' ''A Doll's House'', and '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', and has starred in nearly sixty film ...

(born 1931), British actor *

David Bloom David Jerome Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an American television journalist (co-anchor of ''Weekend Today'' and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 after a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) became a pulmonary embolism. Early an ...

(1963–2003), NBC journalist * David P. Bloom (born 1964), American fraudster * D. Dudley Bloom (1922–2015), American businessman * Doris Bloom (born 1954), South African painter *

Gary Bloom Gary Bloom is a Welsh people, Welsh clinical sports psychotherapist and a sports broadcaster. As a sports commentator, commentator, Bloom has provided his commentary mainly in the FIFA World Cup, World Cup and the Football at the Summer Olymp ...

, British sports commentator *

Gilad Bloom Gilad Bloom ( he, גלעד בלום, born 1 March 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Israel. Bloom trained at the Israel Tennis Centers. His career-high rankings were World No. 61 in singles (in 1990) and World No. 62 in doubles ( ...

(born 1967), Israeli tennis player *

Godfrey Bloom Godfrey William Bloom TD (born 22 November 1949) is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2004 to 2014. He was elected for the UK Independence Party in the European elect ...

(born 1949), British economist and politician *

Harold Bloom Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was described as "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking wor ...

(1930–2019), American literary critic *

Harry Bloom Harry Saul Bloom (1 January 1913 – 28 July 1981) was a South African journalist, novelist, activist and lecturer. Early life and career Solomon Harris Bloom was born into a Jewish South African family. He was educated at the University of the W ...

(1913–1981), South African novelist and activist *

Howard Bloom Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943) is an American author. He was a music publicist in the 1970s and 1980s for singers and bands such as Prince (musician), Prince, Billy Joel, and Styx (band), Styx.Hyman Bloom Hyman Bloom (March 29, 1913 – August 26, 2009) was a Latvian-born American painter. His work was influenced by his Jewish heritage and Eastern religions as well as by artists including Altdorfer, Grünewald, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Blake, Bre ...

(1913–2009), American artist *

Jeremiah B. Bloom Jeremiah B. Bloom (May 25, 1913 – October 2, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Biography He was born on May 25, 1913, in New York City. He attended Brooklyn Evening Technical High School. He graduated from St. John's Un ...

(1913–1983), New York state senator *

Jeremy Bloom Jeremy Bloom is an American former skier and American football player. As a skier, he is a one-time world champion, two-time Olympian, and 10-time World Cup gold medalist. He was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2013. Bloom was a fr ...

(born 1982), American athlete * John Bloom (disambiguation), several people * Leyna Bloom, American fashion model, dancer, and transgender activist * Lily Bloom, French actress * Louis A. Bloom (1900–1988), American politician and judge *

Luka Bloom Luka Bloom (born Kevin Barry Moore; 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer-songwriter. He is the younger brother of folk singer Christy Moore. Early life Kevin Barry Moore was born on 23 May 1955 in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. His pare ...

(born 1955), Irish musician * Mark Bloom (born 1987), American soccer defender *

Matt Bloom Matthew Jason Bloom (born November 14, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler and professional football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Bloom ...

(born 1972), American wrestler *

Molly Bloom Molly Bloom is a fictional character in the 1922 novel '' Ulysses'' by James Joyce. The wife of main character Leopold Bloom, she roughly corresponds to Penelope in the ''Odyssey''. The major difference between Molly and Penelope is that while P ...

(born 1978), American author * Moses Bloom (1833–1893), American politician, mayor of Iowa City * Myer Bloom (1928–2016), Canadian physicist *

Orlando Bloom Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001), ''The Two Towers'' (2002), a ...

(born 1977), English actor * Paul Bloom (born 1963), Canadian-American psychologist * Philip Bloom (disambiguation), several people * Prescott E. Bloom (1942–1986), American politician and lawyer *

Rachel Bloom Rachel Leah Bloom (born April 3, 1987) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring as Rebecca Bunch in The CW musical comedy-drama series ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' (2015– ...

(born 1987), American actress *

Rube Bloom Reuben Bloom (April 24, 1902 – March 30, 1976) was an American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author. Life and career Bloom was born and died in New York City. He was Jewish. During his career, he wo ...

(1902–1976), American composer *

Ryan Alexander Bloom Ryan Alexander Bloom is an American drummer, author, and teacher. He is known for being a former member of the Colorado-based thrash metal band Havok, member of death metal band Bloodstrike, and the author of several books including the ''Dou ...

(born 1985), American musician and author *

Sol Bloom Sol Bloom (March 9, 1870March 7, 1949) was an American song-writer and politician from New York City who began his career as an entertainment impresario and sheet music publisher in Chicago. He served fourteen terms in the United States House of ...

(1870–1949) Member, U. S. House of Representatives (D-NY) * Steve Bloom (born 1953), photographer *

Ursula Bloom Ursula Bloom (11 December 1892 – 29 October 1984) was a British novelist, biographer and journalist. Biography Ursula Harvey Bloom was born on 11 December 1892 in Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex, the daughter of the Reverend James Harvey Bl ...

(1892–1984), English writer *

Verna Bloom Verna Frances Bloom (August 7, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was an American actress. Career On Broadway, Bloom portrayed Charlotte Corday in '' The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Chare ...

(1938–2019), American actress * William Elijah Bloom (1860-1938), American politician

Fictional characters

Apple Bloom This is a list of characters from ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', an Animated series, animated television series based on the My Little Pony toyline created by American toy manufacturer and multimedia company Hasbro. The series features ...

, in the My Little Pony franchise * Davis Bloome, in the TV series ''Smallville'' * Josephine Bloom, played by Marion Cotillard in the 2003 film ''

Big Fish ''Big Fish'' is a 2003 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, ...

'' *

Leo Bloom The following are fictional characters from the 1967 film ''The Producers (1967 film), The Producers'', the The Producers (musical), Broadway musical based on it, and the 2005 The Producers (2005 film), film adaptation of the musical. Max Bialys ...

, in Mel Brooks's 1967 comic film ''The Producers'' *

Leopold Bloom Leopold Bloom is the fictional protagonist and hero of James Joyce's 1922 novel ''Ulysses''. His peregrinations and encounters in Dublin on 16 June 1904 mirror, on a more mundane and intimate scale, those of Ulysses/Odysseus in Homer's epic poe ...

, in James Joyce's ''Ulysses'' *

, in James Joyce's ''Ulysses'' * Louis Bloom, in Dan Gilroy's 2014 dramatic film '' Nightcrawler'' *

Stuart Bloom The American television sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'', created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007, while the American comedy spin-off prequel television series ''Young Sheldon'', creat ...

, in the TV series ''

The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro, all of whom also served as head writers. It premiered on CBS ...

Fictional characters

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