Münch
Münch or Muench is a German surname, meaning "monk". Notable people with this surname include the following:
- Edvard Munch, Norwegian Expressionist Painter, best known for "The Scream"
- Aloisius Joseph Muench, German-American cardinal, Papal Nuncio to Germany 1951–1959
- Burkhard VII. Münch, Swiss knight
- Charles Munch, born Münch, Alsatian conductor
- Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, Austrian playwright better known by his pen name, Friedrich Halm
- Ernst Münch , Alsatian organist
- Ernst Münch, German plant physiologist
- Friedrich Münch, German-American Rationalist, winemaker, Missouri State Senator and prolific author for German emigrants
- Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer
- Hans Münch, SS doctor acquitted in the Auschwitz trials
- Hartung Münch, Bishop of Basel from 1325 to 1328
- Julitta Münch, German journalist
- Richard Münch, German actor
- Dr. Werner Münch, German politician of the CDU party
- Münch, noble family originating in Basel, Switzerland, including the branches Münch von Münchenstein, Münch von Münchsberg and Münch von Landskro
