Schwartz (surname)

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Schwartz is a last name of German/Yiddish (German-Jewish) origin, meaning "black" (modern spelling in German is schwarz [ˈʃvaʁts] ^ⓘ). It was originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. It may refer to:

• A. R. Schwartz (Aaron Robert Schwartz, 1926–2018), Texas politician
• Abe Schwartz (1881–1963), musician
• Al Schwartz, multiple people
• Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), Danish writer
• Allyson Schwartz, former US Representative from Pennsylvania
• Amy Schwartz, multiple people
• Andrea Schwartz (born 1977), Canadian swimmer
• Anna Schwartz (1915–2012), American economist
• Annetta Schwartz, Romanian musician
• Anton Schwartz (born 1967), American jazz musician
• Arthur Schwartz (1900–1984)
• Barbara Schwartz (artist) (1949–2006), American artist
• Barry Schwartz (psychologist) (born 1946), American psychologist
• Bernard Schwartz (1925–2010), birth name of American actor Tony Curtis
• Ben Schwartz (born 1981), American actor
• Bernard L. Schwartz (1925–2024)
• Berthold Schwartz, monk
• Bill Schwartz, several people
• Buky Schwartz (1932–2009), Israeli sculptor
• Catherine Schwartz (born 1977), American television personality
• Chandra Lee Schwartz (born 1981), American theatre performer
• David Schwartz
• Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966), American poet and short-story writer
• Ed Schwartz (1946–2009), Chicago media personality
• Eddie Schwartz (born 1949), Canadian songwriter and record producer
• Eduard Schwartz (1858–1940), German classical philologist
• Eduardo Schwartz (born 1940), finance academic
• Edward Joseph Schwartz, American judge
• Elliott Schwartz (1936–2016), American composer
• Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer
• Felice Schwartz, American feminist writer
• Geoff Schwartz (born 1986), American NFL football player
• Gerry Schwartz (born 1941), Canadian businessman
• György Schwartz, aka George Soros (born 1930), billionaire
• George X. Schwartz (1915–2010), American politician
• Glenn Schwartz (1940–2018), American musician, member of the band Pacific Gas & Electric
• Gustav Schwartz (1809–1890), Austrian paleontologist
• Hanit Schwartz (born 1987), Israeli women's soccer goalkeeper
• Harry Schwartz, multiple people
• Herbert Schwartz, American college sports coach
• Hillel Schwartz (1923–2007), Egyptian politician
• Hillel Schwartz (historian) (born 1948), American cultural historian
• Howard Schwartz (writer and editor), American folklorist
• Isaïe Schwartz (1876–1952), former great rabbi of France
• Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz alias "The Ghetto Midget" (1900–1988), American world champion flyweight boxer
• Jack Schwartz (1930–2009), American mathematician & computer scientist
• Jaden Schwartz (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jim Schwartz (born 1966), former NFL head coach, former Defensive Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Jean Schwartz (1878–1956), songwriter
• Jeffrey H. Schwartz (born 1948), American physical anthropologist
• Jeffrey M. Schwartz, American neuroscientist
• Jerome T. Schwartz (born 1951), American politician
• John Schwartz, several people
• Jonathan Schwartz, several people named Jon or Jonathan
• Joseph Schwartz, multiple people
• Josh Schwartz (born 1976), American writer & producer
• Julius Schwartz (1915–2004), editor & agent
• Lauren-Marie Taylor (born Lauren Schwartz; 1961–), actress
• Laurent Schwartz (1915–2002), French mathematician
• Lillian Schwartz (1927–2024), American artist
• Louis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Margaretta Schwartz, Yiddish singer
• Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894), Swedish novelist
• Melvin Schwartz (1932–2006), American physicist
• Mike Schwartz (born 1949), American-Israeli basketball player and coach
• Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995), American academic and author, subject of the book Tuesdays with Morrie
• Morris Schwartz (1901–2004), American photographer
• Morry Schwartz (born 1948), Australian property developer and publisher
• Murray Schwartz (Queens politician) (1919–2001), New York politician
• Murray Merle Schwartz (1931–2013), US federal judge from Delaware
• Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• Pedro Schwartz, Spanish economist
• Pepper Schwartz (born 1945), American sociologist and sexologist
• Peter Schwartz, multiple people
• Randal L. Schwartz (born 1961), computer scientist
• Richard Schwartz
• Robert M. Schwartz (1920–2008), American ordnance engineer
• Scott Schwartz (born 1968), American child actor
• Scott L. Schwartz, American actor best known for "The Bruiser" in the Ocean's Eleven film series
• Seymour I. Schwartz (1928–2020), American physician
• Shalom H. Schwartz, social psychologist, cross-cultural researcher
• Sherwood Schwartz (1916–2011), American television writer, producer
• Shuki Schwartz (born 1954), Israeli basketball player
• Simon Schwartz (born 1982), German illustrator and cartoonist
• Stephen Schwartz (composer) (born 1948), American composer and lyricist
• Stephen Schwartz (journalist) (born 1948), journalist
• Stephen E. Schwartz (born 1941), atmospheric scientist
• Tony Schwartz, multiple people
• William C. Schwartz (1927–2000), laser scientist
• William S. Schwartz (1896–1977), American artist
• William Schwartz (law professor) (born 1933)
• William Schwartz (physician) (1922–2009)

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