Blum is a German surname and is derived from the word Blume, i.e. 'flower'. Similar names like 'Blume', 'Bluhm' or 'Blumhoff' may have the same origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Arts
Alex Blum (1889–1969), Hungarian-American comic book artist Alice Mavrogordato, born Alice Blum (1916–2000), Austrian-American artist and translator Edward Blum (architect) (1867–1944), French-American architect and designer George Blum (1870–1928), American architect Hans Blum (musician) (1928–2024), German musician Heinrich Blum (1884–1942), Czech-Jewish architect Jason Blum (born 1969), American film producer Jonathan Blum (writer, born 1967), American writer Jonathan Blum (writer, born 1972), American writer Mark Blum (1950–2020), American actor Matusja Blum (1914–1998), Bosnian pianist and teacher René Blum (impresario) (1878–1942), French Jewish theatrical impresario Robert Frederick Blum (1857–1903), American artist Sammy Blum (1889–1945), American actor Shirley Neilsen Blum (born 1932), American art historian and author Steven Blum (born 1960), American voice actor Tanya Roberts, born Victoria Leigh Blum (1949–2021), American actress
Other
Abraham Blum (1905–1943), Polish-Jewish activist Betiana Blum (born 1939), Argentine actress Brad Blum (born 1953), American businessman Dorothy Blum (1924–1980), American computer scientist and cryptanalyst Edward Blum (activist) (born 1952), American legal activist Emerik Blum (1911–1984), Bosnian businessman and politician Geoff Blum (born 1973), American baseball player Hans Blum (journalist) (1841–1910), German journalist H Steven Blum (born 1946), American military commander Heather Munroe-Blum (born 1950), Canadian academic and businesswoman Jake Blum (born 1994), American politician John Morton Blum (1921–2011), American historian Jonathon Blum (born 1989), American ice hockey player Lawrence Blum (born 1943), American philosopher Lenore Blum (born 1942), American mathematician and computer scientist Léon Blum (1872–1950), French politician, Prime Minister of France Manuel Blum (born 1938), Venezuelan-American computer scientist Paul Blum (1898–1981), American intelligence officer René Blum (politician) (1889–1967), Luxembourgish politician Richard C. Blum (1935–2022), American banker Robert Blum (1807–1848), German politician Robert Blum (fencer) (1928–2022), American fencer Rod Blum (born 1955), American politician Samuel E. Blum (1920–2013), American chemist and physicist Suzanne Blum (born 1978), American chemist Suzanne Blum (lawyer) (1898–1994), French lawyer and writer William Blum (1933–2018), American author and foreign policy critic Yehuda Zvi Blum (1931–2025), Slovak-born Israeli legal scholar and diplomat