Sweeney (name)
Sweeney is a surname that is of Irish origin, derived from the Gaelic Mac Suibhne meaning "son of Suibhne". The Gaelic personal name Suibhne was originally a byname meaning "pleasant" or "well-disposed" and is associated with Clan Sweeney.
In the United States, the surname Sweeney can also be an Americanization of the French surname Choinière. This French surname is derived from choin, meaning white, and probably originated as an occupational name for a baker.
Sportspeople
- Antony Sweeney, English footballer
- Bill Sweeney (first baseman), baseball player
- Bill Sweeney (footballer), Australian footballer
- Bill Sweeney (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bill Sweeney (infielder), American baseball player
- Bill Sweeney (pitcher), baseball player
- Bob Sweeney (ice hockey), American retired National Hockey League player
- Brian Sweeney, American former baseball player
- Calvin Sweeney, American former National Football League player
- Ceri Sweeney, Welsh rugby union footballer
- Charlie Sweeney, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Daren Sweeney, Montserratian cricketer
- Don Sweeney, Canadian former National Hockey League player
- Ed Sweeney (baseball), professional baseball player
- Ed Sweeney (American football), American football coach and former player
- Eric Sweeney, English footballer
- Hank Sweeney, American professional baseball player
- Justin Sweeney,, Australian rules footballer
- Kevin Sweeney (American football), American former football quarterback
- K.O. Sweeney, American boxer whose nickname was used by several other boxers
- Kyle Sweeney, American lacrosse player
- Larry Sweeney, American professional wrestler
- Margaret Sweeney (swimmer), former New Zealand long-distance swimmer
- Mark Sweeney, American former Major League Baseball player
- Monroe Sweeney, American baseball umpire
- Neil Sweeney, Australian rugby player
- Peter Henry Sweeney, Scottish footballer
- Peter Sweeney (footballer), Scottish-American footballer
- Ryan Sweeney (baseball),, American professional baseball player
- Sam Sweeney (cricketer), English cricketer
- Sean Sweeney, Scottish professional football player
- Sylvia Sweeney, Canadian journalist, television producer and Olympic athlete
- Tommy Sweeney, American football player
- Walt Sweeney, American, professional American football player
- Zhaun Sweeney, Montserratian cricketer
Jurists
- A. William Sweeney, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
- Francis E. Sweeney, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
- Nigel Sweeney, UK barrister and High Court judge
Performers
- Alison Sweeney, American television actress
- Bob Sweeney (TV director and producer), American actor, director and producer
- Claire Sweeney, English actress and singer
- D. B. Sweeney, American actor
- George Sweeney (actor), British actor
- Joel Sweeney, American musician and early blackface minstrel performer
- Joseph Sweeney (actor),, American actor
- Julia Sweeney, American actress and comedian
- Matt Sweeney, American guitarist, singer and producer
- Sam Sweeney, English folk musician
- Steve Sweeney, American comedian
- Sunny Sweeney, American country music singer
- Sydney Sweeney, American actress
- Terry Sweeney, American writer, comedian and actor
Politicians
- Bo Sweeney, American politician
- Dora M. Sweeney, American politician
- Francis J. Sweeney, Canadian lawyer and politician
- Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician),, Irish politician
- Mark Sweeney (politician), American politician
- Martin L. Sweeney, American politician
- Paul Sweeney, MP and shadow Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
- Peter Barr Sweeny, an American lawyer and politician from New York
- Robert E. Sweeney, American politician
- Robert K. Sweeney, American politician
- Shawn Sweeney, American politician
- Stephen M. Sweeney, American politician
- Tara Sweeney, American politician
Scientists
- Ed Sweeney, inventor of the Aerocar 2000 and Gemini Hummingbird
- Latanya Sweeney, American computer scientist and Harvard University professor
- Mary Ann Sweeney, American physicist
- Randy Sweeney, American research scientist
Journalists
- Fionnuala Sweeney, Irish anchorwoman and reporter for CNN International
- Frances Sweeney, American journalist and activist
Businesspeople
- Anne Sweeney, Co-chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney–ABC Television Group
- Brody Sweeney, Irish entrepreneur
- Jack Sweeney, American programmer and entrepreneur
Criminals
- Craig Sweeney, Welsh child sex offender
- Dennis Sweeney, murderer of American politician Allard K. Lowenstein in 1980
- Kevin Sweeney, British businessman convicted of murder in 2001 – see Kevin Sweeney case
Others
- Antony G. Sweeney, English director of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
- Bill Sweeney (CEO), CEO of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems
- Bruce Sweeney, Canadian film director
- Ciaran Sweeney, Irish designer
- Daisy Sweeney, Canadian music teacher
- Eric Sweeney (composer), Irish composer
- Jason Sweeney, American murder victim
- Madeline Amy Sweeney, a flight attendant on board American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11
- Mary Sweeney, American film editor and film producer
- Matthew Sweeney, Irish poet
- Maureen Flavin Sweeney, Irish postmistress
- Mavis Sweeney, Australian hospital pharmacist
- Michelle Sweeney, American-born Canadian actress and musician
- Robert Augustus Sweeney, only African-American two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor
Disambiguation pages
- Charles Sweeney (disambiguation)
- James Sweeney (disambiguation), several people
- Jim Sweeney (disambiguation)
- John Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Michael or Mike Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Patrick Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Thomas Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Tim Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Walter Sweeney (disambiguation)
- William Sweeney (disambiguation)
People with the given name
- Sweeney Schriner, Russian-born Canadian, professional ice hockey player
- Sweeney Young, Australian actor
Fictional characters
- Sweeney Todd, fictional barber and serial killer
- Sweeney, the anti-hero of several works by T. S. Eliot, including The Waste Land and the verse drama Sweeney Agonistes
- Moira/Max Sweeney, on the Showtime television network series The L Word
- Sinbad Sweeney, in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside
- Mr. Sweeney, in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
- The Sweeney Sisters, a recurring musical SNL sketch from the 1980s featuring Candy Sweeney and her sister Liz
- Lieutenant Sweeney, in the 2005 film Dead Men Walking
- Sweeney, the main character in the Irish legend seen in Sweeney Astray
- Ram Sweeney, fictional character in the 1988 black comedy film Heathers, and it's musical and TV adaptations
- Mad Sweeney, fictional character in the series American Gods
- Conor MacSweeney, protagonist of the Irish film and television series The Young Offenders
- Reno Sweeney, the evangelist turned nightclub singer from ''Anything Goes''