West is a surname shared by several notable people:
Absolom M. West, Southern United States politician, soldier, railroad president and labor organizer
Adam West, actor who played the title character in the television series Batman
Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office
Allen West (disambiguation), multiple people
Andrew West, multiple people
Andy West, an American bass guitarist
Anita West, a British actress and former television presenter
Anthony West (author), a British author
Anthony West (motorcycle racer), an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Belf West, NFL player
Benjamin West, Anglo-American painter
Billy West, an American voice actor
Billy West (silent film actor), an American film actor and director of the silent film era
Bob West, the voice of Barney T. Dinosaur
Brian West (disambiguation), multiple people
Catherine West (born 1966), English Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey and Wood Green since 2015
Chandra West, actress
Charles West (disambiguation), multiple people
Chester H. West, American Medal of Honor recipient
Corinne West, American singer-songwriter
Cornel West, religious studies and African-American studies scholar
David West (basketball), basketball player
David West, RSW, watercolourist
Debi Mae West, an American voice actor
Delonte West, a basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
Dominic West, an English actor
Don West (educator), an American educator
Don West (sportscaster), American professional wrestling commentator
Dorian West, a former English rugby footballer
Dorothy West, a novelist
Dottie West, an American country music singer
Earl Irvin West (1920-2011), American church historian
Edward West, British economist
Fred West, serial killer
George West, U.S. representative
George West (footballer), English footballer
George Algernon West, Bishop of Rangoon 1934-1935
Gilbert West, British author
Gordon West, a former English footballer
Graeme West, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
Harry West, an Irish politician
Henry West (disambiguation), multiple people
Herbert West, fictional character of H. P. Lovecraft
Honey West, fictional character
H. O. West, Louisiana businessman
James Edward Maceo West, US inventor
James West, British Manchester United manager
James E. West, former mayor of Spokane, Washington
James E. West (Scouting), first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
James R. West, American trumpet player and teacher
James T. West, (Captain James West, Jim West), fictional character of Wild Wild West
Jane West, British writer and poet
Jerry West, professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers
Jerry West, author of The Happy Hollisters series of children books
Jessamyn West (writer) (1902–1984), American writer
Jim West, guitarist for "Weird Al" Yankovic, film and TV composer, slack-key guitar performer (under the name Kimo West).
Jim West, Australian rules footballer
Joe West, baseball umpire
John West (disambiguation), multiple people
Josh West, American rower
Josh West (Home and Away), a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
Julian West (politician), a British Canadian mathematician, political and environmental activist
Julian West, stage name of editor and bon-vivant Nicolas de Gunzburg
Julian West, fictional protagonist of the 1888 utopian novel Looking Backward
Kanye West, an American record producer and rapper
Kit West (1936–2016), special effects artist of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi
Kimber West, a former Playboy Playmate
Leslie West, founding member and front man for the rock band Mountain.
Lizzie West (born 1973), an American singer/songwriter
Madeleine West, an Australian actress
Mae West, actress and screenwriter
Mark West, American basketball player
Martin West (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew West, contemporary Christian musician
Matthew West (assemblyman), American state legislator
Maura West, an American actress
Michael West (disambiguation), multiple people
Michelle Sagara West, Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature
Mike West, Canadian backstroke swimmer
Morris L. West, Australian writer
Nathanael West (1903–1940), pen name of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein, American novelist and playwright
Nicholas West, an English bishop and diplomatist
Nigel West, pen-name of the British writer and former politician Rupert Allason
North "Nori" West, an American celebrity, daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
Oswald West, an American politician
Paul West (disambiguation), multiple people
Peter West, British TV presenter and sports commentator
Peter West (footballer), Australian rules footballer
Randy West, television announcer
Randy West (porn star), pornographic actor and director
Randy West (photographer), photographer
Rebecca West, a British-Irish writer
Red West, an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter
Richard Gilbert West (1926), British botanist and geologist
Richard Martin West, a Danish astronomer
Robert West (disambiguation), multiple people
Rosemary West, British murderer, wife of Fred West
Samuel West, British actor
Scott West, an Australian rules footballer
Shane West, actor
Sherri West, a fictional ADA, appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Speedy West, American Rockabilly Hall of Fame
Stuart West, evolutionary biologist
Stu West, bassist
Taribo West, a Nigerian football defender
Temple West, British admiral
Timothy West, British actor
Tom West (disambiguation), multiple people
Togo D. West, Jr., an African American attorney
Vita Sackville-West, an English poet, novelist and gardener
Wallace West, an American science fiction writer
Wally West, a fictional superhero known for being the first Kid Flash and the third Flash
Walter West (politician), Australian politician
Walter Scott West, American Medal of Honor recipient
William West (disambiguation), multiple people
West (Berkshire cricketer), an English professional cricketer
Baron West:
Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365–1405)
Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (c. 1391–1416)
Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West (c. 1394–1451)
Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr and 4th Baron West (c. 1432–1476)
Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr and 5th Baron West (c. 1457–1525)
Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr and 6th Baron West (c. 1475–1554) (abeyant 1554)
