Child is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Arthur Child (judge) (1852–1902), British judge at Trinidad and St Lucia
• Arthur Child (1910–1996), Canadian businessman
• Asa Child (1798–1858), American Attorney
• Calvin G. Child (1834–1880), Son of Asa Child and an American Attorney
• C. Judson Child Jr. (1923–2004), American Episcopal bishop
• Charles Manning Child (1869–1959), American zoologist
• Desmond Child (born 1953), American musician and songwriter
• Fay G. Child (1908–1965), American politician and newspaper editor
• Francis Child (disambiguation)
• Fred Child (born 1963), American radio host
• Harry W. Child (1857–1931), American entrepreneur
• James Martin Child (1893–1918), British WW1 flying ace
• Jane Child (born 1967), Canadian musician
• Jeremy Child (1944–2022), English actor
• Joan Child (1921–2013), Australian politician
• John Child (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Child (1785–1860), American mayor of Rochester, New York
• Josiah Child (1630–1699), English merchant, economist, and governor of the East India Company
• Julia Child (1912–2004), American cook and author
• Kirsty Child, Australian actress
• Lauren Child (born 1965), English illustrator and children's writer
• Lincoln Child (born 1957), American horror and thriller writer
• Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Indian rights activist, novelist and journalist
• Mollie Child (1908–1989), English cricketer
• Paul Child (disambiguation)
• Peter Child (born 1953), American composer and Professor of Music at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Phoebe Child (1910–1990), English pioneer of the Montessori Method
• Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney (1680–1750), British diplomat
• Richard Washburn Child (1881–1935), American diplomat
• Robert Child (disambiguation)
• Samuel Child (1693–1752), English banker and Member of Parliament
• Simon Child (born 1988), New Zealand field hockey player
• Smith Child (disambiguation)
• Thomas Child Jr. (1818–1869), American politician
• Tim Child (born 1946), English television producer
• Victor Child (1897–1960), Canadian newspaper illustrator, painter and etcher
• William Child (disambiguation)

See also

• Lee Child, pen name of English thriller writer Jim Grant (born 1954)
• Child Villiers, an aristocratic surname

See also

• Childe (surname)
• Childs (disambiguation)

Surname list

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