Schwarz is a common surname, derived from the German schwarz, [ˈʃvaɐ̯ts], meaning the color black. Notable people with the surname include:
Adolf Schwarz (1836-1910), Austria-Hungarian chess master
Alan Schwarz (born 1968), American writer
Albert Schwarz (born 1934), Russian-born American mathematician and theoretical physicist
Annette Schwarz (born 1984), German pornographic actress
Berthold Schwarz, Franciscan monk
Brinsley Schwarz (musician), English guitarist
Christian Friedrich Schwarz (1726–1798), German Protestant missionary
Daniel R. Schwarz (born 1941), professor of English literature
Danny Schwarz (model) (born 1987), English Model
David Schwarz (footballer) (born 1972), Australian Rules footballer
David Schwarz (1852–1897), Hungarian - Croatian aviation pioneer
Ernst Schwarz (1889–1962), German zoologist who named the bonobo
François Xavier de Schwarz (1762–1826), Badener who became a French general
Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875-1947), Nazi treasurer
Frederick August Otto Schwarz (1836–1911), German immigrant founder of F.A.O. Schwarz
Gerard Schwarz (born 1947), American conductor
Gotthold Schwarz (born 1952), German bass-baritone and conductor
Harry Schwarz (1924-2010), South African lawyer, politician, diplomat and anti-apartheid leader
Hermann Schwarz (philosopher) (1864-1951), German philosopher
Hermann Amandus Schwarz (1843–1921), German mathematician
Jacques Schwarz (1856-1921), Austrian chess player
Jessica Schwarz (born 1977), German film and TV actress
John H. Schwarz (born 1941), American theoretical physicist and one of the founders of string theory
Joe Schwarz (born 1937), U. S. congressman from Michigan
Johann Georg Schwarz (1751–87), Russian Freemason
Josef Schwarz (born 1941), Czech-born German long jumper
Karen Schwarz (born 1984), Peruvian beauty pageant titleholder and Miss Perú, she represented Peru in Miss Universe 2009.
Karl Schwarz (1812–1885), German Protestant theologian
Lavoslav Schwarz (1837–1906), Croatian merchant and a historically significant figure of the Jewish community in Zagreb
Laurent Schwartz (1915-2012), French mathematician, pioneer of the theory of distributions
Mommie Schwarz (1876-1942), Dutch painter
Paul Schwarz (1867-1939), German orientalist
Reggie Schwarz (1875–1918), Anglo-South African cricketer and rugby union player
Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918-2014), American government officer
Rodolfo Barragán Schwarz, (born 1931) Mexican architect
Rudolf Schwarz (conductor) (1905-1994), Austrian conductor
Stefan Schwarz (born 1969), Swedish midfielder
Udo Schwarz (born 1986), German rugby union international
Christian Schwarz-Schilling (born 1930), German politician
