Blackman

Blackman is an English-language surname. It is derived from the Middle English given name Blakman and the Old English Blæcmann, a combination of the words "black" and "man".^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Wayne Blackman, British Royal Marine known as 'Marine A', convicted of murdering a Taliban insurgent in 2011
• Andre Blackman (born 1990), British footballer
• Andrew Blackman (born 1965), Australian actor
• Ann Blackman (born 1946), American biographer
• Avion Blackman (born 1976), American reggae recording artist
• Aylward M. Blackman (1883–1956), British Egyptologist
• Bertie Blackman (born 1982), Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• Bob Blackman (American football) (1918–2000), American football player and coach
• Bob Blackman (politician) (born 1956), British politician (Harrow East; earlier London)
• Calvin Blackman Bridges (1889–1938), American geneticist
• Charles Blackman (1928–2018), Australian artist
• Cindy Blackman (born 1959), American musician
• Courtney Blackman (1933–2021), Barbadian economist, international business consultant, and diplomat
• Damon Blackmon (aka Dame Grease, born 1974), American video and music producer
• Don Blackman (1953–2013), American musician
• Eden Blackman (1957–2025), English media personality
• Eric G. Blackman (born 1968), American astrophysicist
• Fred Blackman (1884–after 1922), British footballer
• Frederick Blackman (1866–1947), British botanist (brother of Vernon Herbert Blackman; uncle of Geoffrey Emett Blackman)
• Garfield Blackman (given name of Ras Shorty I, 1941–2000), Trinidadian musician
• Geoffrey Emett Blackman (1903–1980), British botanist (son of Vernon Herbert Blackman; nephew of Frederick Blackman)
• George Blackman (1897–2003), Barbadian soldier in WWI
• Helena Blackman (born 1982), British actress
• Henry E. Blackman (born 1820), American politician and farmer
• Honor Blackman (1925–2020), British actress
• Jack Blackman (1920–1978), Australian footballer
• Jeremy Blackman (born 1985), American actor
• Joan Blackman (born 1938), American actress
• Joe Blackman (born 1984), British entrepreneur
• John Blackman (1947–2024), Australian radio and television presenter, and voice actor
• John Lucie Blackman (1793–1815), British soldier killed at the Battle of Waterloo
• Ken Blackman (born 1972), American professional football player
• Lionel Blackman (born 1960), British solicitor advocate
• Liz Blackman (born 1949), British politician (Erewash)
• Lloyd Blackman (footballer) (born 1983), British footballer
• Lloyd Blackman (musician) (1928–2014), Canadian violinist, conductor, composer, and educator
• Lucie Blackman (?-2000), British club hostess, murdered by Joji Obara
• Luther Meade Blackman (1834–1919), American tombstone engraver, lawyer, politician, and farmer
• Malorie Blackman (born 1962), British author of juvenile fiction
• Margaret B. Blackman (born 1944), American anthropologist
• Moses Blackman (1908–1983), South African-born British crystallographer
• Nick Blackman (born 1989), British footballer
• Nicole Blackman (born 1971), American performance artist, poet, author, and vocalist
• Paul Blackman (born 1958), British theatrical producer and director
• Ralph Beebe Blackman (1904–1990), American mathematician and engineer
• Robert Blackman (born 1943), American costume designer
• Roberta Blackman-Woods (born 1957), British politician (City of Durham)
• Robyn Blackman (born 1959), New Zealander field hockey player, Olympian
• Rolando Blackman (born 1959), Panamanian basketball player and coach
• Steve Blackman (born 1963), American professional wrestler
• Ted Blackman (1942–2002), Canadian sports journalist
• Tim Blackman (born 1956), British academic and vice-chancellor of The Open University London
• Toni Blackman (born 1968), American rap artist, actress, and writer
• Thomas Blachman (born 1963), Danish jazz musician, music producer, and TV personality
• Vernon H. Blackman (1872–1967), British botanist
• William Blackman (1862–1885), British cricketer