North (surname) explained
North is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaron North (born 1979), American guitarist
- Alan North (1920–2000), American actor
- Alan North (motorcyclist) (born 1953), South African motorcyclist
- Alex North (1910–1991), American composer
- Alfred North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Andy North (born 1950), American professional golfer and television commentator
- Anita North (born 1963), British clay-pigeon shooter
- Anthony North, Australian judge
- Astrid North (1973–2019), German soul singer
- Baron North, a title in the Peerage of England
- Barry North (born 1959), Royal Air Force officer
- Billy North (born 1948), American baseball player
- Brad North (born 1985), American soccer player
- Brady North (born 1991), American baseball coach
- Brownlow North (1741–1820), British bishop
- Brownlow North (evangelist) (1810–1875), British evangelist
- Chandra North (born 1973), American model
- Charles North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Christopher North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Dakota North (speedway rider) (born 1991), Australian motorcycle speedway rider
- Danny North (born 1987), British football player
- David North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Delia North, South African statistician
- Douglas M. North, American academic administrator
- Douglass North (1920−2015), American economist
- Dudley North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Edmund H. North (1911–1990), American screenwriter
- Edward North, 1st Baron North (c. 1496–1564), English nobleman
- Eustace North (1868–1925), England international rugby player
- F. J. North (18891968), British geologist and museum curator
- Ford North (1830–1913), British judge
- Francis North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Frank North (1840–1885), United States Army officer
- Frank North (American football) (1924-2017), American football coach
- Frank William North (1871–1925), Anglican clergyman who spent his career in Russia and Finland
- Freddie North (born 1939), American singer
- Frederic North (1866–1921), British sportsman and public servant
- Frederick North, Lord North (1732–1792), British prime minister
- Freya North (born 1967), British writer
- Gary North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- George North (born 1992), Welsh rugby player
- George North (disambiguation), any of several other people of the same name
- Gerald North (born 1938), American climatologist
- Harold North
- Heather North (1945–2017), American actress
- Henry North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Ian North (1952–2021), American musician, producer and painter
- Ian North (artist), Australian artist, co-founder of the Experimental Art Foundation in Adelaide in 1974
- J. J. North (born 1964), American actress
- Jade North (born 1982), Australian football player
- Jay North (born 1951), American actor
- Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988), American writer
- Jim North (1919–2003), American football player
- Joe North (1895–1955), British football player
- John North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Jordan North (born 1990), English radio and television presenter
- Kenda North (born 1951), American photographer
- Larry North, American insurgent
- Lawrence North (1903–1980), New Zealand Baptist minister
- Lindsay North (1911–1984), Australian politician
- Lowell North (1929 - 2019), American sailor
- Marianne North (1830 – 1890), English botanical artist
- Marcus North (born 1979), Australian cricketer
- Michael North (professor), American literary critic
- Mike North, 20th-century American sports talk radio show host
- Mikey North (b. 1986), British actor
- Moira North, American figure skating choreographer
- Ned North, pen name used by Edwin North McClellan
- Neil North (1932–2007), British actor
- Nigel North (born 1954), English lutenist
- Nolan North (born 1970), American voice actor
- Oliver North (born 1943), former US military figure, television journalist
- Oliver Danson North (1887–1968), British automobile designer
- Peter North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Phil North (born 1965), Welsh cricketer
- Philip North (born 1966), British priest
- Richard North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Robert North, any of several people of the same name
- Robyn North (born 1983), British actress
- Roger North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Roy North (born 1941), British actor
- Russ North (born 1965), British singer
- Ryan North (born 1980), Canadian writer
- S. N. D. North, American statistician
- Sheree North (1932–2005), American dancer and actress
- Stacey North (born 1964), British football player
- Stephen North (born 1965), British actor
- Sterling North (1906–1974), American children's writer
- Thomas North (1535–1604), English translator
- Tye Milwaukie North (born 1972), American musician
- Walter E. North, American diplomat
- Walter Harper North, American jurist
- Walter H. North, American politician
- William North (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name