Blom (surname)
Blom is a surname of Scandinavian, German and Dutch origin. Blom is a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Afrikaans term for bloom or flower. In German and among Ashkenazic Jews it is a variant of Blum meaning flower or bouquet. In Dutch it is a variant of Bloem meaning meal, flour, flower, or bloom. [1]
Notable people named Blom
- Karel Blom (born 1934), Charlton Athletic Football Club Player (1956)
- Alice Blom (born 1980), Dutch volleyball player
- Anton Blom (1924–2012), Norwegian journalist and author
- August Blom (1869–1947), Danish film director
- Benjamin Blom (born 1988), Dutch rugby league player
- Birger Blom-Kalstø (1940–2011), Norwegian politician
- Carl Peter Blom (1762–1818), Swedish sailor
- Christian Blom (1782–1861), Norwegian ship owner and composer
- Douglas Blom (1912-2004), American amateur golfer; Greater Flint Area and Michigan Hall-of-Fame
- Douglas Blom, II (born 1940), American Publisher/Founder Heartland Boating Magazine
- Donald Blom (born 1949), American suspected serial killer
- Edward Blom (born 1970), Swedish archivist
- Ellen Blom (b. 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer
- Eric Blom (1888–1959), Swiss-born British music lexicographer of Danish origin
- Frans Blom (1893–1963), Danish explorer and archeologist
- Fredrik Blom (1781–1853), Swedish architect
- Fredrik C. Blom (1893–1970), Norwegian businessperson
- Gertrude Blom (1901–1993), Swiss journalist, anthropologist, photographer
- Grayson Blom (born 1979), Upper Cervical Chiropractor, Researcher
- Gustav Peter Blom (1785–1869), Norwegian politician
- Gustava Kielland née Blom (1800–1889), Norwegian missionary pioneer
- nl:Hans Blom (born 1943), Dutch Professor of History and director of the NIOD
- Hans Jensen Blom (1812–1875), Norwegian politician
- Hans Willem Blom (born 1947), Dutch Professor of Social and Political Philosophy
- Herman Blom (1885–1963), Dutch actor, screenwriter and playwright
- Ida Blom (born 1931), Norwegian historian
- Ingrid Blom Sheldon (born 1945), U.S. mayor
- Jandré Blom (born 1984), South African rugby union player
- Jyrki Blom (born 1962), Finnish javelin thrower
- Kees Blom (born 1946), Dutch ecologist
- Kevin Blom (born 1974), Dutch football referee
- Knut Blom (1916–1996), Norwegian judge
- Laura Betterly-Blom, U.S. Spam Queen
- Louis Blom-Cooper (born 1926), British lawyer and writer
- Otto Blom (1887–1972), Dutch tennis player
- Per Blom (born 1949), Norwegian sprint canoer
- Philipp Blom (born 1970), German novelist and historian
- Piet Blom (1934–1999), Dutch architect
- Reinier Blom (1867–1943), Dutch gymnast
- Rens Blom (born 1977), Dutch pole vaulter
- Rolf Blom (fl. 1980s), Swedish cryptographer who developed the Blom's scheme protocol
- Thomas Blom Hansen (born 1958), Danish anthropologist
- Tobbe Blom (born 1975), Swedish magician and television host
- Tommy Blom (born 1947), Swedish singer and radio host
- Tore Blom (1880–1961), Swedish athlete
- Viktor Blom (born 1990), Swedish poker player
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