Münch or Muench is a German surname, meaning "monk". Notable people with this surname include the following:Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Norwegian Expressionist Painter, best known for "The Scream" Aloisius Joseph Muench (1889–1962), German-American cardinal, Papal Nuncio to Germany 1951–1959 Burkhard VII. Münch, Swiss knight Charles Munch (conductor), born Münch (1891–1968), Alsatian conductor Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806–1871), Austrian playwright better known by his pen name, Friedrich Halm Ernst Münch (musician) (1859–1928), Alsatian organist Ernst Münch (1876–1946), German plant physiologist Friedrich Münch (1799–1881), German-American Rationalist, winemaker, Missouri State Senator and prolific author for German emigrants Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer Hans Münch (1911–2001), SS doctor acquitted in the Auschwitz trials Hartung Münch, Bishop of Basel from 1325 to 1328 Julitta Münch (1959-2020), German journalist Richard Münch (1916–1987), 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
