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Swanson (surname)

Swanson is a surname. It is often the anglicized form of the Swedish surname Svensson. Notable people with this surname include the following:

Sportspeople

  • A. L. Swanson (1905–1987), American football coach
  • Becca Swanson (born 1973), American bodybuilder
  • Ben Swanson (born 1997), American soccer player
  • Bill Swanson (baseball) (1888–1954), baseball player
  • Bob Swanson (driver) (1912–1940), Indianapolis 500 driver
  • Brian Swanson (born 1976), ice hockey player
  • Clarence Swanson (1898–1970), American football player
  • Cub Swanson (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
  • Danny Swanson (born 1986), Scottish footballer
  • Dansby Swanson (born 1994), American baseball player; husband of Mallory
  • Duane Swanson (1913–2000), American basketball player
  • Erik Swanson (born 1993), American baseball player
  • Evar Swanson (1902–1973), American baseball and football player
  • James Swanson (racing driver) (born 1980), American stock car racing driver
  • Mallory Swanson (born 1998), American soccer player
  • Riley Swanson (born 1984), American football player
  • Stan Swanson (1944–2017), American baseball player
  • Tanner Swanson, American baseball coach
  • Taylor Swanson, American Paralympic athlete
  • Zak Swanson (born 2000), English footballer

Misc

  • Arthur Swanson (1926–2010), American businessman and politician
  • Brandon Swanson (born 1989), American student who disappeared in 2008
  • Bryan Swanson (born 1980), British sports television reporter
  • Carl A. Swanson (1879–1949), Swedish-American food industry businessman and founder of Swanson
  • Charles Edward Swanson (1879–1970), American politician
  • Claude A. Swanson (1862–1939), American lawyer and politician
  • David Swanson, American journalist and Democratic activist
  • Don R. Swanson (1924–2012), American information scientist
  • Donald Swanson (1848–1924), London police officer, charged with investigating the Whitechapel murders
  • E. Burton Swanson (born 1939), American computer scientist
  • Eric Swanson, American attorney
  • Frank J. Swanson (1865–1941), American politician
  • G. A. Swanson (1939–2009), American organizational theorist
  • Gloria Swanson (1899–1983), American actress
  • Hilding Alfred Swanson (1885–1964), American lawyer and politician
  • Howard Swanson (1907–1978), American composer
  • Irena Swanson, Yugoslav-born American mathematician
  • Jack Swanson (born 1992), American operatic tenor
  • Jackie Swanson (born 1963), American actress
  • James C. Swanson (1934–2024), American educator and politician
  • James L. Swanson (1959–2025), American author and historian
  • Jandi Swanson, American child actress
  • Jean Swanson, Canadian anti-poverty activist
  • Jeffrey Swanson, American psychiatrist
  • John Swanson (disambiguation), several people
  • John Swanson (Medal of Honor recipient), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • John A. Swanson, American engineer
  • John August Swanson (1938–2021), American artist
  • Jon E. Swanson (1942–1971), US Army helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Joshua Swanson (born 1978), American actor
  • Kristy Swanson (born 1969), American actress
  • Lori Swanson, attorney general of Minnesota
  • Marc Swanson, American artist
  • Meryl Swanson (born 1970), Australian politician
  • Paul Swanson, American bridge player
  • Richard A. Swanson (born 1942), American organizational theorist
  • Richard Swanson, American founder of SunPower
  • Robert Swanson (inventor) (1905–1994), Canadian inventor and poet
  • Robert A. Swanson (1947–1999), Genentech founder
  • Sandré Swanson (born 1948), California politician
  • Shana Swanson (born 1967), American attorney
  • Stephan Swanson (born 1967), South African shark researcher
  • Steve Swanson (musician), guitarist
  • Steven Swanson (born 1960), American astronaut
  • Timothy Swanson, British academic
  • Valoree Swanson (born 1957), American politician
  • Wendy Sue Swanson, American pediatrician
  • William Swanson (disambiguation), several people

Fictional

  • Joe Swanson, Family Guy character
  • Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation character
  • Jimmy Valmer, South Park character whose original surname was Swanson
  • Orville Swanson, Red Dead Redemption 2 character
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