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)