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, American football coach
- Becca Swanson, American bodybuilder
- Ben Swanson, American soccer player
- Bill Swanson (baseball), baseball player
- Bob Swanson (driver), Indianapolis 500 driver
- Brian Swanson, ice hockey player
- Clarence Swanson, American football player
- Cub Swanson, American mixed martial artist
- Danny Swanson, Scottish footballer
- Dansby Swanson, American baseball player; husband of Mallory
- Duane Swanson, American basketball player
- Erik Swanson, American baseball player
- Evar Swanson, American baseball and football player
- James Swanson (racing driver), American stock car racing driver
- Mallory Swanson, American soccer player
- Riley Swanson, American football player
- Stan Swanson, American baseball player
- Tanner Swanson, American baseball coach
- Taylor Swanson, American Paralympic athlete
- Zak Swanson, English footballer
Misc
- Arthur Swanson, American businessman and politician
- Brandon Swanson, American student who disappeared in 2008
- Bryan Swanson, British sports television reporter
- Carl A. Swanson, Swedish-American food industry businessman and founder of Swanson
- Charles Edward Swanson, American politician
- Claude A. Swanson, American lawyer and politician
- David Swanson, American journalist and Democratic activist
- Don R. Swanson, American information scientist
- Donald Swanson, London police officer, charged with investigating the Whitechapel murders
- E. Burton Swanson, American computer scientist
- Eric Swanson, American attorney
- Frank J. Swanson, American politician
- G. A. Swanson, American organizational theorist
- Gloria Swanson, American actress
- Hilding Alfred Swanson, American lawyer and politician
- Howard Swanson, American composer
- Irena Swanson, Yugoslav-born American mathematician
- Jack Swanson, American operatic tenor
- Jackie Swanson, American actress
- James C. Swanson, American educator and politician
- James L. Swanson, 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, American artist
- Jon E. Swanson, US Army helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient
- Joshua Swanson, American actor
- Kristy Swanson, American actress
- Lori Swanson, attorney general of Minnesota
- Marc Swanson, American artist
- Meryl Swanson, Australian politician
- Paul Swanson, American bridge player
- Richard A. Swanson, American organizational theorist
- Richard Swanson, American founder of SunPower
- Robert Swanson (inventor), Canadian inventor and poet
- Robert A. Swanson, Genentech founder
- Sandré Swanson, California politician
- Shana Swanson, American attorney
- Stephan Swanson, South African shark researcher
- Steve Swanson (musician), guitarist
- Steven Swanson, American astronaut
- Timothy Swanson, British academic
- Valoree Swanson, 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