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Schwartz is a last name of German/Yiddish (German-Jewish) origin, meaning “black” (modern spelling in German is schwarz [ˈʃvaʁts] (listen)). It was originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion.[1] It may refer to:

  • A. R. Schwartz (Aaron Robert Schwartz, 1926-2018), Texas politician
  • Abe Schwartz (1881–1963), musician
  • Al Schwartz (disambiguation), 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 (born 1925)
  • Berthold Schwartz, monk
  • Bill Schwartz (disambiguation), 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 (disambiguation)
  • 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
  • Elliott Schwartz (1936–2016), American composer
  • Evgeny Schwartz (1896-1958), Soviet writer
  • Geoff Schwartz (born 1986), American NFL football player
  • Gerry Schwartz (born 1940), 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
  • 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, Current 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 (disambiguation), several people
  • Jonathan Schwartz (disambiguation), several people named Jon or Jonathan
  • Josh Schwartz (born 1976), American writer & producer
  • Julius Schwartz (1915–2004), editor & agent
  • Laurent Schwartz (1915–2002), French mathematician
  • Lillian Schwartz (born 1927), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Randal L. Schwartz (born 1961), computer scientist
  • Richard Schwartz (disambiguation)
  • 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
  • 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 (disambiguation), 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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