Schwartz is a surname of German origin, meaning "black" (modern spelling in German is "schwarz"). It was originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion It may refer to:
A. R. Schwartz (Aaron Robert Schwartz, born 1926), Texas politician
Abe Schwartz (1881–1963), musician
Al Schwartz (disambiguation), multiple people
Andrea Schwartz (born 1977), Canadian swimmer
Anna Schwartz (1915–2012), American economist
Annetta Schwartz, Romanian musician
Arthur Schwartz (1900–1984)
Barbara Schwartz (artist), American artist
Barry Schwartz (psychologist), American psychologist
Bernard Schwartz, birth name of actor Tony Curtis
Bernard L. Schwartz
Berthold Schwartz, monk
Bill Schwartz (disambiguation), several people
Buky Schwartz (born 1932), an Israeli sculptor
Catherine Schwartz (born 1977), television personality
Chandra Lee Schwartz (born 1981), American theatre performer
David Schwartz (disambiguation)
Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short-story writer
Ed Schwartz, Chicago media personality
Eddie Schwartz, Canadian songwriter and record producer
Eduard Schwartz, German classical philologist
Eduardo Schwartz, finance academic
Elliott Schwartz (born 1936), American composer
Geoff Schwartz (born 1986), American NFL football player
Gerry Schwartz, Canadian businessman
György Schwartz, aka George Soros (born 1930), billionaire
George X. Schwartz (1915–2010), American politician
Glenn Schwartz (born 1941), American musician
Gustav Schwartz (1809-1890), Austrian paleontologist
Hanit Schwartz (born 1987), Israeli women's soccer goalkeeper
Herbert Schwartz, American college sports coach
Hillel Schwartz, Egyptian politician
Hillel Schwartz (historian), American cultural historian
Howard Schwartz (writer and editor), American folklorist
Isaïe Schwartz, former great rabbi of France
Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz alias "The Ghetto Midget" (1900–1988), American world champion flyweight boxer
Jack Schwartz (1930–2009), mathematician & computer scientist
Jean Schwartz (1878–1956), songwriter
Jeffrey H. Schwartz, American physical anthropologist
Jeffrey M. Schwartz, American neuroscientist
Jerome T. Schwartz, 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 (b. 1927), American artist
Margaretta Schwartz
Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819-1894), Swedish novelist
Melvin Schwartz, American physicist
Morrie Schwartz
Murray Schwartz (Queens) (1919–2001), New York politician
Murray Merle Schwartz (1931–2013), US federal judge from Delaware
Noémie Schwartz Anaesthetist
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
Richard Schwartz
Richard H. Schwartz
Rick Schwartz (born 1967), American film producer
Scott Schwartz (1968-), American child actor
Scott L. Schwartz, towering American actor best known for "The Bruiser" in the Ocean's Eleven film series
Sherwood Schwartz (born 1916), television writer, producer
Stephen Schwartz (composer) (born 1948), composer and lyricist
Stephen Schwartz (journalist) (born 1948), journalist
Stephen E. Schwartz (born 1941), atmospheric scientist
William C. Schwartz (1927-2000)
William S. Schwartz (1896-1977), American artist
William Schwartz (law professor) (born 1933)
William Schwartz (physician) (1922-2009)
