Loch is the surname of a Scottish Lowlands family whose members have included: George Loch of Drylaw (1749-1788), Edinburgh land-owner James Loch (1780–1855), Scottish estate commissioner and later a Member of Parliament John Loch (1781–1868), Chairman of the East India Company George Loch (1811–1887), Member of Parliament Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch (1827–1900), Scottish soldier and colonial administrator Edward Loch, 2nd Baron Loch (1873–1942), senior British Army officer Joice NanKivell Loch (1887–1982), Australian author, journalist and humanitarian Kenneth Loch (1890–1961), Lieutenant-General, a Scottish soldier and defence planner Tam Dalyell, born Thomas Dalyell Loch, a Scottish politician; Labour Member of Parliament from 1962 to 2005 Gordon Dalyell of the Binns, father to Tam Dalyell, and born Percy Gordon Loch, the son of Lt Col William Loch

Loch is also a German surname: Birgit Loch, German-Australian mathematician and academic administrator Christoph Loch, Director (Dean) of Cambridge Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge Felix Loch (born 1989), German luger and Olympic champion Hans Loch (1898-1960), East German politician Herbert Loch (1886–1976), German general during World War II

Other people with the surname Loch include:

Samuel Loch (born 1983), Australian rower Ethan Loch (born 2004), Scottish pianist

See also Lough (surname)

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