Swinton (surname)
Swinton is a surname in both Scotland and England. Notable people with this surname include the following:
- Alexa Swinton, American actress
- Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington, Scottish judge
- Archibald Campbell Swinton, Scottish author, politician and professor of civil law
- Archibald Swinton, Scottish captain of the East India Company, noted for his collection of Indian paintings
- Barbara Swinton, American judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
- David Swinton, American economist and president of Benedict College from 1994 to 2017
- Derius Swinton II, American football coach
- Ernest Swinton, British Army major general involved in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War, war correspondent, military history professor and author
- George Swinton, Scottish politician
- George Swinton (artist), Canadian painter, historian and writer
- George Swinton (botanist), Scottish botanist and civil servant in India
- James Rannie Swinton, Scottish portrait artist
- John Swinton (disambiguation)
- Lachlan Swinton, Australian rugby union player
- Lee Swinton, American politician
- Noelene Swinton, New Zealand high jumper
- Omari Swinton, American economist
- Reggie Swinton, American former National Football League player
- Tilda Swinton, English actress
- William Elgin Swinton, Scottish-Canadian paleontologist