West (surname)

West is a surname shared by several notable people:

• Absolom M. West, Southern United States politician, soldier, railroad president and labor organizer
• Adam West, actor who played the title character in the television series Batman
• Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office
• Allen West (disambiguation), multiple people
• Andy West, an American bass guitarist
• Anita West, a British actress and former television presenter
• Anthony West (author), a British author
• Anthony West (motorcycle racer), an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Benjamin West, Anglo-American painter
• Billy West, an American voice actor
• Billy West (silent film actor), an American film actor and director of the silent film era
• Bob West, the voice of Barney T. Dinosaur
• Brian West (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chandra West, actress
• Chester H. West, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Corinne West, American singer-songwriter
• Cornel West, religious studies and African-American studies scholar
• David West (basketball), basketball player
• David West, RSW, watercolourist
• Debi Mae West, an American voice actor
• Delonte West, a basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
• Dominic West, an English actor
• Don West (educator), an American educator
• Don West (sportscaster), American professional wrestling commentator
• Dorian West, a former English rugby footballer
• Dorothy West, a novelist
• Dottie West, an American country music singer
• Earl Irvin West (1920-2011), American church historian
• Edward West, British economist
• Fred West, serial killer
• George West, U.S. representative
• George Algernon West, Bishop of Rangoon 1934-1935
• Gilbert West, British author
• Gordon West, a former English footballer
• Graeme West, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
• Harry West, an Irish politician
• Herbert West, fictional character of H. P. Lovecraft
• Honey West, fictional character
• H. O. West, Louisiana businessman
• James Edward Maceo West, US inventor
• James West, British Manchester United manager
• James E. West, former mayor of Spokane, Washington
• James E. West (Scouting), first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
• James R. West, American trumpet player and teacher
• Jane West, British writer and poetess
• Jerry West, professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers
• Jerry West, author of The Happy Hollisters series of children books
• Jessamyn West (writer) (1902–1984), American writer
• Jim West, guitarist for "Weird Al" Yankovic, film and TV composer, slack-key guitar performer (under the name Kimo West).
• Jim West, Australian rules footballer
• Joe West, baseball umpire
• John West (disambiguation), multiple people
• Josh West, American rower
• Josh West (Home and Away), a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Julian West (politician), a British Canadian mathematician, political and environmental activist
• Julian West, stage name of editor and bon-vivant Nicolas de Gunzburg
• Julian West, fictional protagonist of the 1888 utopian novel Looking Backward
• Kanye West, an American record producer and rapper
• Kimber West, a former Playboy Playmate
• Lizzie West (1973-), an American singer/songwriter
• Madeleine West, an Australian actress
• Mae West, actress and screenwriter
• Mark West, American basketball player
• Martin West
• Martin Litchfield West, an English scholar
• Maura West, an American actress
• Michael West (disambiguation), multiple people
• Michelle Sagara West, Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature
• Mike West, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• Morris L. West, Australian writer
• Nathanael West (1903–1940), pen name of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein, American novelist and playwright
• Nicholas West, an English bishop and diplomatist
• Nigel West, pen-name of the British writer and former politician Rupert Allason
• Oswald West, an American politician
• Paul West (disambiguation), multiple people
• Randy West, television announcer
• Randy West (porn star), pornographic actor and director
• Randy West (photographer), photographer
• Rebecca West, a British-Irish writer
• Red West, an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter
• Richard Gilbert West (1926), British botanist and geologist
• Richard Martin West, a Danish astronomer
• Robert West (disambiguation), multiple people
• Rosemary West, British murderer, wife of Fred West
• Samuel West, British actor
• Scott West, (musician)
• Scott West, an Australian rules footballer
• Shane West, actor
• Sherri West, a fictional ADA, appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Speedy West, American Rockabilly Hall of Fame
• Stuart West, evolutionary biologist
• Stu West, bassist
• Taribo West, a Nigerian football defender
• Temple West, British admiral
• Timothy West, UK actor
• Tom West (disambiguation), multiple people
• Togo D. West, Jr., an African American attorney
• Vita Sackville-West, an English poet, novelist and gardener
• Wallace West, an American science fiction writer
• Wally West, a fictional superhero known for being the first Kid Flash and the third Flash
• Walter Scott West, American Medal of Honor recipient
• William West (disambiguation), multiple people
• West (Berkshire cricketer), an English professional cricketer
• Baron West:
  • Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365–1405)
  • Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (c. 1391–1416)
  • Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West (c. 1394–1451)
  • Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr and 4th Baron West (c. 1432–1476)
  • Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr and 5th Baron West (c. 1457–1525)
  • Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr and 6th Baron West (c. 1475–1554) (abeyant 1554)