Child (surname)
Child is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Child , British judge at Trinidad and St Lucia
- Arthur Child, Canadian businessman
- Charles Judson Child, Jr., American Episcopal bishop
- Charles Manning Child, American zoologist
- Desmond Child, American musician and songwriter
- Francis Child
- Fred Child, American radio host
- Harry W. Child, American entrepreneur
- Jane Child, Canadian musician
- Sir Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet, English actor
- Joan Child, Australian politician
- John Child
- Jonathan Child, American mayor of Rochester, New York
- Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and governor of the East India Company
- Julia Child, American cook and author
- Kirsty Child, Australian actress
- Lauren Child, English illustrator and children's writer
- Lincoln Child, American horror and thriller writer
- Lydia Maria Child, American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Indian rights activist, novelist and journalist
- Mollie Child, English cricketer who played in six Test matches between 1934 and 1937
- Paul Child
- Peter Child, American composer and Professor of Music at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Phoebe Child, English pioneer of the Montessori Method
- Robert Child
- Samuel Child, English banker and Member of Parliament
- Simon Child, New Zealand field hockey player
- Smith Child
- Thomas Child, Jr., American politician
- Tim Child, English television producer
- Victor Child, Canadian newspaper illustrator, painter and etcher
- William Child
