# Bloch > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bloch > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bloch.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch > Source revision: 1350824222 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{other uses}} {{Infobox name | name = Bloch | image = | caption = | romanisation = | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|b|l|ɒ|k}}
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{{IPA|da|blɔɡ|lang}} | gender = | masculine = | feminine = | meaning = 1. 'lump block'
2. 'foreigner'
3. 'happy' | motto = | region = [Central Europe](/source/Central_Europe) | language = German | languageorigin = 1. German
2. Polish Jewish
3. Polish | origin = 1. ''Block''
2. ''wƚoch''
3. ''Bƚoch'' | derivation = 3. ''Bƚogosƚaw'' | alternative spelling = Block | nickname = | shortform = | petname = | variant forms = | related names = | cognate = | anglicisation = | name day = | derived = | derivative = | seealso = | popularity = | footnotes = {{cite book|last1=Kleiner|first1=Stefan|last2=Knöbl|first2=Ralf|last3=Mangold|first3=Max|title=Duden: das Aussprachewörterbuch|volume=6|edition=8|language=de|location=Berlin|publisher=Cornelsen|year=2023|isbn=978-3-411-04068-1}}{{cite book|last1=Kohlheim|first1=Rosa|last2=Kohlheim|first2=Volker|title=Duden: Familiennamen Herkunft und Bedeutung|language=de|location=Mannheim|publisher=Bibliographisches Institut & F. A. Brockhaus AG|year=2005|isbn=3-411-70852-2}} }} '''Bloch''' is a [surname](/source/surname) of German origin. Notable people with this surname include: {{Compact TOC|seealso=yes|q=|x=|z=}} ==A== *[Adele Bloch-Bauer](/source/Adele_Bloch-Bauer) (1881–1925), Austrian entrepreneur *[Albert Bloch](/source/Albert_Bloch) (1882–1961), American painter *[Alexandre Bloch](/source/Alexandre_Bloch) (1857–1919), French painter *[Alfred Bloch](/source/Alfred_Bloch) (1878–1902), French footballer *[Aliza Bloch](/source/Aliza_Bloch) (born 1957), first female mayor of Bet Shemesh, Israel *[André Bloch (composer)](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Bloch_(composer)) (1873–1960), French composer and music educator *[André Bloch (mathematician)](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Bloch_(mathematician)) (1893–1948), French mathematician *[Andreas Bloch](/source/Andreas_Bloch) (1860–1917), Norwegian painter, illustrator and costume designer *[Andy Bloch](/source/Andy_Bloch) (born 1969), American poker player *[Anna Bloch](/source/Anna_Bloch) (1868–1953), Danish actress *[Armand Bloch](/source/Armand_Bloch) (1866–1932), French sculptor *[Arthur Bloch](/source/Arthur_Bloch) (born 1948), American writer, author of ''Murphy's Law'' *[Augustyn Bloch](/source/Augustyn_Bloch) (1929–2006), Polish composer and organist *[Avraham Yitzchak Bloch](/source/Avraham_Yitzchak_Bloch) (1891–1941), Lithuanian rabbi ==B== *[Bernard Bloch (linguist)](/source/Bernard_Bloch_(linguist)) (1907–1965), American linguist *[Bernard Bloch (actor)](/source/Bernard_Bloch_(actor)) (born 1949), French actor *[Bianca Bloch](/source/Bianca_Bloch) (1848–1901), German author ==C== *[Carl Heinrich Bloch](/source/Carl_Heinrich_Bloch) (1834–1890), Danish painter *[Chaim Yitzchak Bloch Hacohen](/source/Chaim_Yitzchak_Bloch_Hacohen) (1867–1948), Lithuanian-American rabbi *[Charles E. Bloch](/source/Charles_E._Bloch) (1861–1940), American publisher *[Claude Bloch](/source/Claude_Bloch) (1923–1971), French theoretical nuclear physicist *[Claude C. Bloch](/source/Claude_C._Bloch) (1878–1967), American naval admiral ==D== *Darius Paul Bloch, birthname of [Darius Paul Dassault](/source/Darius_Paul_Dassault) (1882–1969), French Army general of Jewish origin, who adopted "Dassault" as ''nom de guerre'' during French Resistance service *[David Bloch-Blumenfeld](/source/David_Bloch-Blumenfeld) (1880–1947), Israeli politician *[Débora Bloch](/source/D%C3%A9bora_Bloch) (born 1963), Brazilian actress *[Denise Bloch](/source/Denise_Bloch) (1916–1945), French Resistance member *[Dora Bloch](/source/Murder_of_Dora_Bloch), Israeli-British citizen murdered in 1976 *[Dorete Bloch](/source/Dorete_Bloch) (1943–2015), Danish zoologist ==E== *[Eduard Bloch](/source/Eduard_Bloch) (1872–1945), Austrian physician and family doctor of Adolf Hitler from 1903 to 1907 *[Elisa Bloch](/source/Elisa_Bloch) (1848–1905), Silesian-French sculptor *[Emanuel Hirsch Bloch](/source/Emanuel_Hirsch_Bloch) (1902–1954), American lawyer *[Ernest Bloch](/source/Ernest_Bloch) (1880–1959), Swiss-born American composer *[Ernst Bloch](/source/Ernst_Bloch) (1885–1977), German philosopher *[Erich Bloch](/source/Erich_Bloch) (1925–2016), American electrical engineer and administrator *[Eugene Bloch](/source/Eugene_Bloch) (1878–1944), French physicist and professor ==F== *[France Bloch-Sérazin](/source/France_Bloch-S%C3%A9razin) (1913–1943), French Resistance member during World War II *[Felix Bloch](/source/Felix_Bloch) (1905–1983), Swiss-American physicist *[Felix Bloch (diplomatic officer)](/source/Felix_Bloch_(diplomatic_officer)) (born 1935), American diplomat accused of spying for the Soviets ==G== *[Gilles Bloch](/source/Gilles_Bloch) (born 1961), French researcher and neuroscientist *[Grete Bloch](/source/Grete_Bloch) (1892–1944), German industrial employee, letter partner of Franz Kafka *[Gustave Bloch](/source/Gustave_Bloch) (1848–1923), French Jewish historian of ancient history ==H== *[Hans Glad Bloch](/source/Hans_Glad_Bloch) (1791–1865), Norwegian politician *[Harriet Bloch](/source/Harriet_Bloch) (1881–1975), Danish first female film screenwriter *[Heinz P. Bloch](/source/Heinz_P._Bloch), American mechanical engineer *[Henry W. Bloch](/source/Henry_W._Bloch) (1922–2019), American businessman and Kansas City philanthropist *[Herbert Bloch](/source/Herbert_Bloch) (1911–2006), German archaeologist and epigrapher *[Herbert J. Bloch](/source/Herbert_J._Bloch) (1907–1987), philatelist of New York City *[Herman S. Bloch](/source/Herman_S._Bloch) (1912–1990), American chemist and an inventor ==I== *[Immanuel Bloch](/source/Immanuel_Bloch) (born 1972), German experimental physicist *[Isaac Bloch](/source/Isaac_Bloch), French rabbi *[Isabelle Bloch](/source/Isabelle_Bloch), French computer scientist *[Iwan Bloch](/source/Iwan_Bloch) (1872–1922), Berlin dermatologist ==J== *[Jacqueline Bloch](/source/Jacqueline_Bloch) (born 1967), French physicist *[Jan Gotlib Bloch](/source/Jan_Gotlib_Bloch) (1836–1902), also known as Ivan Bloch, Polish banker and warfare expert *[Jean-Richard Bloch](/source/Jean-Richard_Bloch) (1884–1947), French writer *[Joachim Bloch](/source/Joachim_Bloch) (born 1963), German politician *[Jocelyne Bloch](/source/Jocelyne_Bloch) (born 1971), Swiss neurosurgeon *[Jonas Bloch](/source/Jonas_Bloch) (born 1939), Brazilian actor *[Joseph Samuel Bloch](/source/Joseph_Samuel_Bloch) (1850–1923), Austrian rabbi *[Joshua Bloch](/source/Joshua_Bloch) (born 1961), American software engineer *[Joshua Bloch (rabbi)](/source/Joshua_Bloch_(rabbi)) (1890–1957), Lithuanian-American rabbi and librarian *[Jules Bloch](/source/Jules_Bloch) (1880–1953), French linguist *[Julia Chang Bloch](/source/Julia_Chang_Bloch) (born 1942), American diplomat ==K== *[Karola Bloch](/source/Karola_Bloch) (1905–1994), Polish-German architect, socialist, and feminist *[Konrad Emil Bloch](/source/Konrad_Emil_Bloch) (1912–2000), American biochemist *[Kurt Bloch](/source/Kurt_Bloch) (born 1960), American musician ==L== *[Lars Bloch](/source/Lars_Bloch) (1938–2022), Danish actor and producer *[Lloyd Bloch](/source/Lloyd_Bloch), a fictional character in Marvel Comics *[Lucienne Bloch](/source/Lucienne_Bloch) (1909–1999), Swiss-American artist and photographer, daughter of Ernest Bloch ==M== *[Marc Bloch](/source/Marc_Bloch) (1886–1944), French historian *Marcel Bloch, later [Marcel Dassault](/source/Marcel_Dassault) (1892–1986), French aircraft industrialist, founder of the firm Société des Avions Marcel Bloch; he adopted his younger brother's (Darius Paul Bloch) ''nom de guerre'' *[Marcel Bloch (aviator)](/source/Marcel_Bloch_(aviator)) (1890–1938), French balloon buster ace *[Marcus Elieser Bloch](/source/Marcus_Elieser_Bloch) (1723–1799), German medical doctor and naturalist *[Marjorie Bloch](/source/Marjorie_Bloch) (born 1956), Irish painter *[Mark Bloch (linguist)](/source/Mark_Bloch_(linguist)) (1924–2022), Russian linguist *[Mark Bloch (artist)](/source/Mark_Bloch_(artist)) (born 1956), American artist *[Maurice Bloch](/source/Maurice_Bloch) (born 1939), British anthropologist *[Maurice Bloch (politician)](/source/Maurice_Bloch_(politician)) (1891–1929), New York assemblyman *[Meli Polishook-Bloch](/source/Meli_Polishook-Bloch) (born 1953), Israeli politician *[Michael Bloch (barrister)](/source/Michael_Bloch_(barrister)) (born 1951), British barrister *[Michael Bloch](/source/Michael_Bloch) (born 1953), British author and historian * [Mohammed Ibrahim Bloch](/source/Mehul_Kumar) (born 1949), Indian film director *[Moses Löb Bloch](/source/Moses_L%C3%B6b_Bloch) (1815–1909), Hungarian rabbi *[Moshe Rudolf Bloch](/source/Moshe_Rudolf_Bloch) (1902–1985), Israeli scientist ==N== *[Noë Bloch](/source/No%C3%AB_Bloch) (1875–1937), Russian-born film producer ==O== *[Orville Emil Bloch](/source/Orville_Emil_Bloch) (1915–1983), American military officer and Medal of Honor recipient ==P== *[Paul Bloch](/source/Paul_Bloch) (c. 1940–2018), American publicist *[Pedro Bloch](/source/Pedro_Bloch) (1914–2004), Brazilian writer *[Peter Rafael Bloch](/source/Peter_Rafael_Bloch) (1921–2008), German-American art historian, writer and journalist *[Pierrette Bloch](/source/Pierrette_Bloch) (1928–2017), Swiss painter and textile artist ==R== *[Ray Bloch](/source/Ray_Bloch) (1902–1982), American composer, songwriter, and conductor *[Richard Bloch](/source/Richard_Bloch) (1926–2004), American businessman *[Richard L. Bloch](/source/Richard_L._Bloch) (1929–2018), American investor, real estate developer, banker, and philanthropist *[Richard Milton Bloch](/source/Richard_Milton_Bloch) (1921–2000), pioneering American computer programmer *[Robert Bloch](/source/Robert_Bloch) (1917–1994), American writer *[Robert Bloch (racing driver)](/source/Robert_Bloch_(racing_driver)), French race car driver *[Rosa Bloch-Bollag](/source/Rosa_Bloch-Bollag) (1880–1922), Swiss revolutionary Marxist activist *[Rosine Bloch](/source/Rosine_Bloch) (1844–1891), French operatic mezzo-soprano ==S== *[Samson Bloch](/source/Samson_Bloch) (1782–1845), Galician writer *[Scott Bloch](/source/Scott_Bloch), American lawyer and government official *[Scotty Bloch](/source/Scotty_Bloch), American actress * [Sean Bloch](/source/Sean_Bloch) (born 1973), South African Olympic cyclist *[Shani Bloch](/source/Shani_Bloch) (born 1979), Israeli Olympic racing cyclist *[Shmaryahu Yitzchak Bloch](/source/Shmaryahu_Yitzchak_Bloch) (c. 1862–1923), English rabbi *[Sonny Bloch](/source/Sonny_Bloch) (c. 1937–1998), American radio show host *[Spencer Bloch](/source/Spencer_Bloch) (born 1944), American mathematician *[Stella Bloch](/source/Stella_Bloch) (1897–1999), American artist, dancer and journalist *[Susan Bloch](/source/Susan_Bloch) (1940–1982), American theatrical press agent *[Suzanne Bloch](/source/Suzanne_Bloch) (1907–2002), Swiss-American musician and an influential pioneer of Early Music Revival during the 20th century ==T== *[Thomas Bloch](/source/Thomas_Bloch) (born 1962), French classical musician ==W== *[Waldemar Bloch](/source/Waldemar_Bloch) (1906–1984), Austrian composer ==Y== *[Yoni Bloch](/source/Yoni_Bloch) (born 1981), Israeli musician, songwriter, composer, rock singer, and hi-tech entrepreneur *[Yosef Leib Bloch](/source/Yosef_Leib_Bloch) (1860–1929), Lithuanian rabbi ==See also== * [Block (surname)](/source/Block_(surname)) ==References== {{reflist}} {{surname}} Category:German-language surnames Category:Germanic-language surnames Category:Surnames of German origin Category:Surnames of Jewish origin Category:Jewish toponymic surnames Category:Yiddish-language surnames --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bloch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch?action=history)). 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