Munch is a Norwegian surname, meaning "monk". It may also sometimes be a variant of the German surname Münch, meaning the same. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Adolph Munch, American businessman and politician
Charles Munch (conductor) (1891–1968), Alsatian symphonic conductor and violinist
Charles Munch (painter) (born 1945), American artist
Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Norwegian Symbolist painter and printmaker; an important forerunner of Expressionist art
Peter A. Munch (1908–1984), Norwegian-American sociologist, educator and author
Peter Andreas Munch (1810–1863), Norwegian medieval historian
Peter Rochegune Munch (1870–1948), Danish historian and politician
