Schwarz (surname)

Schwarz is a common surname, derived from the German schwarz, pronounced [ˈʃvaʁts] ^ⓘ, meaning the color black. The Czech female form is Schwarzová. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Schwarz, American architect
• Adolf Schwarz (1836–1910), Austrian-Hungarian chess master
• Alan Schwarz (born 1968), American writer
• Albert Schwarz (born 1934), Russian-born American mathematician and theoretical physicist
• Alf Schwarz (1935–2015), Canadian sociologist
• Alois Schwarz (1965–1999), Austrian cross-country skier
• André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006), French novelist
• Andreas Schwarz (born 1965), German politician
• Antonín Schwarz (born 1940), Czechoslovak former sports shooter
• Armin Schwarz (born 1963), German rally driver
• Armin Schwarz (born 1968), German politician
• Arthur Schwarz, German art director
• Artur Martin Schwarz, Austrian orthodontist
• Arturo Schwarz (1924–2021), Italian scholar, art historian, poet, writer, lecturer, art consultant and curator
• Barbara Schwarz, German national
• Benjamin Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
• Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel (born 1991), Swiss curler
• Bert Schwarz (1917–1999), Belgium-born Dutch politician
• Bertha Schwarz (1855–1947), German coloratura soprano opera singer
• Berthold Schwarz, Franciscan friar
• Berthold E. Schwarz (1924–2010), American psychiatrist and a researcher
• Bill Schwarz (born 1951), British academic and writer
• Bram Schwarz (born 1998), Dutch rower
• Brinsley Schwarz (born 1947), English guitarist
• Britta Schwarz, German contralto
• Brooklyn Schwarz (born 2005), German-American footballer
• Carla Schwarz (born 2006), German footballer
• Charles Henry Schwarz (1825–1903), German-American businessman
• Charline Schwarz (born 2001), German archer
• Christian Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
• Christine Schwarz-Fuchs (born 1974), Austrian entrepreneur and politician
• Christoph Schwarz (c. 1545–1592), German court painter
• Christopher Schwarz (born 1968), American woodworker
• Daniel Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
• Daniela Schwarz (born 1985), Swiss footballer
• David Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dean Schwarz, American ceramic artist, painter, historian, writer, publisher and teacher
• Dieter Schwarz (born 1939), German billionaire businessman
• Dietmar Schwarz (born 1947), German coxswain
• Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz (born 1971), Kosovar Albanian politician
• Dorothea Schwarz (born 2005), Austrian luger
• Eitan Schwarz, American adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist
• Eleonore Schwarz, Austrian singer
• Ernő Schwarz (1902–1977), Hungarian American soccer player, coach and promoter
• Ernst Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
• Eugene Amandus Schwarz (1844–1928), German-American entomologist
• François Xavier de Schwarz (1762–1826), Badener and French general
• Frank H. Schwarz (1894–1951), American painter and muralist
• Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875–1947), Nazi treasurer
• Frederick Schwarz (disambiguation), various people
• Fritz Schwarz (1899–1961), German bobsledder
• Fritz Schwarz-Waldegg (1889–1943), Austrian painter
• Gerald Schwarz (born 1946), American mathematician
• Géraldine Schwarz (born 1974), German–French journalist, author and documentary filmmaker
• Gerard Schwarz (born 1947), American conductor
• Gerhard Schwarz (1902–1995), German church musician, organist and composer
• Gotthold Schwarz (born 1952), German bass-baritone and conductor
• Günther Schwarz (1941–2022), German politician
• Hanna Schwarz (born 1943), German mezzo-soprano and contralto singer
• Hanni Schwarz, German nude and portrait photographer
• Hanns Schwarz (1888–1945), Austrian film director
• Hans Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
• Harry Schwarz (1924–2010), South African lawyer, politician, diplomat and anti-apartheid leader
• Heiko Schwarz (born 1989), German footballer
• Heinrich Schwarz (1906–1947), German SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
• Heinz Schwarz (1928–2023), German politician
• Helmut Schwarz (born 1943), German organic chemist
• Henning Schwarz (1928–1993), German politician
• Henrik Schwarz (born 1972), German deep house and classical crossover producer and DJ
• Herbert Schwarz (born 1953), German speed skater
• Herbert Ferlando Schwarz (1883–1960), American entomologist, son of Frederick
• Hermann Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hubert Schwarz (born 1960), German nordic combined skier
• Inbal Schwarz (born 1984), Israeli Paralympic swimmer
• Jack Schwarz (1896–1987), American independent producer
• Jacques Schwarz (1856–1921), Austrian chess player
• Jacques Schwarz-Bart (born 1962), French jazz saxophonist
• Jaecki Schwarz (born 1946), German actor
• Jakob Schwarz (born 1985), Austrian politician
• James Schwarz (born 1996), American baseball pitcher
• Jeanne Schwarz, French ballerina and dance teacher
• Jeff Schwarz (born 1964), American baseball pitcher
• Jeffrey Schwarz (born 1969), American Emmy Award-winning film producer, director and editor
• Jennifer Schwarz, American physicist
• Jessica Schwarz (born 1977), German film actress
• Joe Schwarz (born 1937), American physician and independent politician
• John Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
• Johann Schwarz (disambiguation), multiple people
• José Carlos Schwarz (1949–1977), Bissau-Guinean poet and musician
• Josef Schwarz (born 1941), Czech-born German long jumper
• Joseph Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
• Judith Schwarz, Canadian visual artist
• Julian Schwarz (born 1991), American cellist
• Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824–1902), German painter
• Justin Schwarz, American filmmaker, writer, director and producer
• Karen Schwarz (born 1984), Peruvian beauty pageant titleholder
• Karl Schwarz (1812–1885), German Protestant theologian
• Katharina A. Schwarz, German experimental psychologist and social psychologist
• Larry Schwarz (born 1970), American animation producer, entrepreneur, writer and photographer
• Laurent Schwarz (born 2021/2022), German child artist
• Lavoslav Schwarz (1837–1906), Croatian merchant from Zagreb
• Leo Schwarz (1931–2018), German Roman Catholic titular bishop
• Liesel Schwarz (born 1974), British steampunk author
• Lina Schwarz (1876–1947), Italian writer, educator, and pacifist
• Ludwig Schwarz (born 1940), Austrian Catholic bishop
• Marco Schwarz (born 1995), Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer
• Marek Schwarz (born 1986), Czech ice hockey goaltender
• Maria Schwarz (1921–2018), German architect and professor
• Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz (1898–1969), Dutch phytopathologist who discovered the causal agent of Dutch elm disease
• Marquard Schwarz (1887–1968), American freestyle swimmer
• Matthäus Schwarz (1497–c. 1574), German accountant
• Matthias Schwarz (born 1987), German footballer
• Meier Schwarz (1926–2022), Israeli plant physiologist
• Michael Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
• Mommie Schwarz (1876–1942), Dutch painter
• Nathalie Schwarz (born 1993), Austrian cross-country skier
• Norbert Schwarz (born 1953), German psychologist
• Olaf Schwarz (born 1969), West German canoeist
• Otto Schwarz (1876–1961), German flautist, clarinettist, piccolo player, travelling musician and band leader
• Pablo Schwarz (born 1970), Chilean actor
• Paul Schwarz (1867–1939), German orientalist
• Peggy Schwarz (born 1971), German retired pair skater
• Peter Schwarz (born 1953), German footballer
• Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz (1822–1894), German astronomer and explorer
• Petr Schwarz (born 1991), Czech footballer
• Petra Schwarz (born 1972), Austrian tennis player
• Ralph Schwarz (1967–1992), Dutch rower
• Reggie Schwarz (1875–1918), Anglo-South African cricketer and rugby player
• Reiner Schwarz (1948–2014), Canadian radio and television personality
• Rene Schwarz, Austrian Paralympic athlete
• Richard Schwarz (1890–1942), Russian track and field athlete
• Rikard Schwarz (1897–c. 1941), Croatian composer, conductor and music writer
• Robert Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
• Roland Schwarz
• Rudolf Schwarz (disambiguation), several people
• Samuel Schwarz
• Sandro Schwarz (born 1978), German football manager and former player
• Sebastian Schwarz
• Sherwood Schwarz (1930–2023), American businessman
• Sibylla Schwarz, 17th-century German poet
• Silas Schwarz (born 1997), German footballer
• Silke Schwarz, German wheelchair fencer
• Simon Schwarz (born 1971), Austrian actor
• Simone Schwarz-Bart (born 1938), French novelist and playwright
• Sissy Schwarz (born 1936), Austrian figure skater
• Solange Schwarz, French ballerina
• Stefan Schwarz (born 1969), Swedish footballer
• Stefan Schwarz (politician) (born 1959), German lobbyist and politician
• Stephan Schwarz (born 1965), German businessman, entrepreneur and independent politician
• Sven Schwarz
• Thomas Schwarz, American neuroscientist and molecular biology researcher
• Tom Schwarz (born 1994), German professional boxer
• Udo Schwarz (born 1986), German rugby player
• Vera Schwarz (1888–1964), Austrian soprano
• Viktoria Schwarz (born 1985), Austrian sprint canoer
• Vyacheslav Schwarz (1838–1869), Russian history and genre painter
• Walter Andreas Schwarz (1913–1992), German singer, songwriter, writer, Kabarettist, translator, author and narrator
• Werner Schwarz
• Willy Schwarz (1906–1982), German physician and anatomist
• Wolfgang Schwarz (born 1947), Austrian figure skater

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Schwarz.
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