West (name)
West is a surname shared by several notable people:
- Absolom M. West, Southern United States politician, soldier, railroad president and labor organizer
- Adam West, actor who played the title character in the television series Batman
- Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office
- Allen West, multiple people
- Andrew West, multiple people
- Andy West, American bass guitarist
- Anita West, British actress and former television presenter
- Anthony West, British author
- Anthony West, an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Belford West, NFL player
- Benjamin West, Anglo-American painter
- Billy West, American voice actor
- Billy West, an American film actor and director of the silent film era
- Bob West, the voice of Barney T. Dinosaur
- Brian West, multiple people
- Catherine West, English Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green since 2015
- Chandra West, actress
- Charcandrick West, American football player
- Charles West, multiple people
- Chester H. West, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Colin West, English football player and coach
- Colin West, English children book writer and illustrator
- Colin West, English football player
- Corinne West, American singer-songwriter
- Cornel West, religious studies and African-American studies scholar
- David West, basketball player
- David West, RSW, watercolourist
- Debi Mae West, American voice actor
- Delonte West, basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Dominic West, English actor
- Don West, an American educator
- Don West, American professional wrestling commentator
- Donald J. West, British psychiatrist
- Dorian West, former English rugby footballer
- Dorothy West, novelist
- Dottie West, American country music singer
- Earl Irvin West, American church historian
- Edward West, British economist
- Florence Duval West, American poet
- Fred West, serial killer
- George West, multiple people
- Gilbert West, British author
- Gordon West, former English footballer
- Graeme West, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
- Harry West, Irish politician
- Henry West, multiple people
- Herbert West, fictional character of H. P. Lovecraft
- Hershell West, American basketball player and coach
- Honey West, fictional character
- James Edward Maceo West, US inventor
- James West, British Manchester United manager
- James E. West, former mayor of Spokane, Washington
- James E. West, first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America
- James R. West, American trumpet player and teacher
- James T. West,, fictional character of Wild Wild West
- Jane West, British writer and poet
- Jerry West, professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jerry West, author of The Happy Hollisters series of children books
- Jessamyn West, American writer
- Jim West, guitarist for "Weird Al" Yankovic, film and TV composer, slack-key guitar performer.
- Jim West, Australian rules footballer
- Joe West, baseball umpire
- John West, multiple people
- Josh West, British-American Olympic rower and Earth Sciences professor
- Josh West, fictional character in Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Julian West, stage name of editor and bon-vivant Nicolas de Gunzburg
- Kanye West, American record producer and rapper
- Kit West, special effects artist of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi
- Kimber West, former Playboy Playmate
- Lee Roy West, United States District Court judge
- Leslie West, founding member and front man for the rock band Mountain.
- Lizzie West, an American singer/songwriter
- Louis Jolyon West, American psychiatrist
- Madeleine West, Australian actress
- Mae West, actress and screenwriter
- Margaretta Sully West, American theater manager and stage actor
- Mark West, American basketball player
- Martin West, multiple people
- Mary Allen West, American journalist, editor, educator
- Matthew West, contemporary Christian musician
- Matthew West, American state legislator
- Maura West, an American actress
- Michael West, multiple people
- Michelle Sagara West, Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature
- Mike West, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- Morris L. West, Australian writer
- Nathanael West, pen name of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein, American novelist and playwright
- Nicholas West, an English bishop and diplomatist
- Nigel West, pen-name of the British writer and former politician Rupert Allason
- Oswald West, an American politician
- Owen West, an American military officer and official
- Owen B. West, an American politician, businessman, and farmer
- Paul West, multiple people
- Pennerton West, American artist
- Peter West, British TV presenter and sports commentator
- Peter West, Australian rules footballer
- Randy West, television announcer
- Randy West, pornographic actor and director
- Randy West, photographer
- Rebecca West, British-Irish writer
- Red West, American actor, film stuntman and songwriter
- Richard Gilbert West, British botanist and geologist
- Richard Martin West, Danish astronomer
- Robert West, multiple people
- Rosemary West, British serial killer, wife of Fred West
- Samuel West, British actor
- Sandra Márjá West, Norwegian Sami politician and festival manager of Riddu Riđđu
- Scott West, Australian rules footballer
- Shane West, actor
- Sherri West, fictional District Attorney, appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Speedy West, American pedal steel guitarist and record producer
- Stuart West, evolutionary biologist
- Stu West, bassist
- Taribo West, Nigerian football defender
- Temple West, British admiral
- Timothy West, British actor
- Tom West, multiple people
- Togo D. West Jr., African American attorney
- Vita Sackville-West, English poet, novelist and gardener
- Wallace West, American science fiction writer
- Wally West, fictional superhero known for being the first Kid Flash and the third Flash
- Walter West, Australian politician
- Walter Scott West, American Medal of Honor recipient
- William West, multiple people
- West, an English professional cricketer
- Baron West:
- *Thomas West, 1st Baron West
- *Thomas West, 2nd Baron West
- *Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr
- *Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr
- *Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr
- *Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr