People
- Charles Blackstone (born 1977), American author
- Elliott Blackstone (1924–2006), former police sergeant and LGBT advocate
- Gay Blackstone (born 1940), widow of Harry Blackstone, Jr
- Harry Blackstone, Sr. (1885–1965), famous American magician known as "The Great Blackstone" and father of Harry Blackstone, Jr.
- Harry Blackstone, Jr. (1934–1997), popular stage magician and television performer of the late 20th century
- Ian Blackstone (born 1964), English former footballer
- Jerry Blackstone, director of choirs at the University of Michigan
- Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone (born 1942), British politician
- Timothy Blackstone (1829–1900), Chicago Railroad and Stock Yard president
- Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780), English jurist
- Blackstone's formulation, a principle in criminal law named for the jurist
- The Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, a 1769 major legal text of the 18th century; often referred to as "Blackstone" or "Blackstone's Commentaries"
- William Eugene Blackstone (1841–1935), American evangelist and Christian Zionist
- William Seymour Blackstone (1809–1881), 19th-century British MP and grandson of William Blackstone the jurist, above
- William Blackstone, aka William Blaxton (1595–1675), early English settler in New England
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