Bloch

Bloch is a surname.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): regional name for someone in Eastern Europe originating from Italy or France, from Polish "Włoch" (Wloch Woloch and Beloch being surnames with the same origin) meaning "Italian" (originally "stranger / of foreign stock").
German and Swedish: Variant of Block
Danish: from Blok, hence a nickname for a large lumpish person, or from German "Block"

Notable people with this surname include:

Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
Alfred Bloch, French footballer
André Bloch (mathematician) (1893–1948), French mathematician
Andy Bloch (born 1969), American poker player
Arthur Bloch (born 1948), American writer
Augustyn Bloch (1929–2006), Polish composer and organist
Avraham Yitzchak Bloch (1891–1941), Lithuanian rabbi
Bernard Bloch (1907–1965), American linguist
Bernard Bloch (actor), French actor
Carl Heinrich Bloch, (1834–1890), Danish painter
Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), American naval admiral
Darius Paul Bloch (1882–1969), birthname of Darius Paul Dassault, French Army general of Jewish origin, who adopted "Dassault" as nom de guerre during French Resistance service
Débora Bloch (born 1963), Brazilian actress
Denise Bloch (died 1945), French Resistance member
Eduard Bloch (1872–1945), Austrian physician and family doctor of Adolf Hitler from 1903 to 1907
Emanuel Hirsch Bloch (1902–1954), American lawyer
Ernest Bloch (1880–1959), American composer
Ernst Bloch (1885–1977), German philosopher
Erich Bloch (born 1925), American electrical engineer and administrator
Felix Bloch (1905–1983), Swiss physicist
Felix Bloch (diplomatic officer) (born 1935), American diplomat accused of spying for the Soviets
Hans Glad Bloch (1791–1865), Norwegian politician
Heinz P. Bloch, American mechanical engineer
Henry W. Bloch (born 1922), American businessman
Herbert Bloch (1911–2006), German archaeologist and epigrapher
Herbert J. Bloch (1907–1987), philatelist of New York City
Isaac Bloch, French rabbi
Iwan Bloch (1872–1922), Berlin dermatologist
Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836–1902), also known as Ivan Bloch, Polish banker and warfare expert
Jean-Richard Bloch (1884–1947), French writer
Joseph Samuel Bloch (1850–1923), Austrian rabbi
Joshua Bloch (1961), American software engineer
Jules Bloch (1880–1953), French linguist
Julia Chang Bloch (born 1942), American diplomat
Konrad Emil Bloch (1912–2000), American biochemist
Kurt Bloch (born 1960), American musician
Lucienne Bloch (1909–1999), American photographer
Marc Bloch (1886–1944), French historian
Marcel Bloch (1892–1986), French aircraft industrialist, founder of the firm Société des Avions Marcel Bloch; he adopted his younger brother's (Darius Paul Dassault) surname
Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799), German medical doctor and naturalist
Mark Bloch (born 1956), American artist
Maurice Bloch (born 1939), British anthropologist
Moshe Rudolf Bloch (1902–1985), Israeli scientist
Moses Löb Bloch (1815–1909), Hungarian rabbi
Orville Emil Bloch (1915–1983), American military officer and Medal of Honor recipient
Pedro Bloch (1914–2004), Brazilian writer
Richard Bloch (1926–2004), American businessman
Robert Bloch (1917–1994), American writer
Robert Bloch (racing driver), French race car driver
Scott Bloch, American lawyer and government official
Scotty Bloch, American actress
Shmaryahu Yitzchak Bloch (c.1862–1923), English rabbi
Sonny Bloch (c.1937–1998), American radio show host
Spencer Bloch (born 1944), American mathematician
Susan Bloch (1940–1982), American theatrical press agent
Thomas Bloch (born 1962), French classical musician
Waldemar Bloch (1906–1984), Austrian composer