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
• 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

See also

• Svensson (surname)
• Swanston (surname)
• Swanton (surname)