Ehrlich is a German/Yiddish surname, meaning "honest" or "honorable". Notable people with the surname include:
Abel Ehrlich (1915–2003), Israeli composer of symphony music
Alojzy Ehrlich (1914–1992), Polish table tennis player
Anne H. Ehrlich (born 1933), U.S. author of books on overpopulation and ecology
Arnold Bogomul Ehrlich (1848–1919), biblical and rabbinical scholar who was born in Poland and immigrated to the U.S.
Dieter Ehrlich (born 1941), German field hockey player
Eugen Ehrlich (1862–1922), Austrian legal scholar
Eugene Ehrlich (1922–2008), U.S. lexicographer and author
Felix Ehrlich (1877–1942), German chemist and biochemist
Franz Ehrlich (1907-1984), German architect
George Ehrlich (1897-1966), Austrian-born sculptor, also active in England
Gretel Ehrlich (bor 1946), U.S. travel writer
Howard Ehrlich, U.S. sociologist and anarchist activist
Jake Ehrlich, (1900–1971), U.S. attorney and author who was the model for Perry Mason and Sam Benedict
Jakob Ehrlich (1877–1938), Austrian Zionist killed in the Nazi concentration camp, Dachau
Joseph Ehrlich (1914–2003) (Dr Joe Ehrlich), founded EMC Motorcycles after emigrating from Austria to Great Britain in 1930s
Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich (born 1961), former first lady of Maryland
Lambert Ehrlich (1878–1942), Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and ethnologist
Marty Ehrlich (b. 1955), U.S. jazz musician
Max Ehrlich (1892–1944), German actor, director and master of ceremony
Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), German scientist who won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and developed the ehrlich reagent
Paul R. Ehrlich (born 1932), U.S. biologist and Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University
Philip Ehrlich, philosopher and logician
Ricardo Ehrlich, (born 1948), Uruguayan politician
Robert "Bob" Leroy Ehrlich (born 1957), U.S. politician and former governor of Maryland
S. Paul Ehrlich, Jr. (1937–2005), acting Surgeon General of the United States from 1973 to 1977
Walter Ehrlich (1896–1968), German philosopher
William Ehrlich (1894–1923), German Nazi who was killed in the attempted coup of 1923 called the Beer Hall Putsch
Yakov Ehrlich (born 1988), Russian professional football (soccer) player
Yom Tov Ehrlich (1914–1990), Hasidic musician born in Poland who immigrated to the U.S.
