Swanson is a surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
A. L. Swanson, American football coachBecca Swanson, American bodybuilderBill Swanson (baseball) (1888–1954), baseball playerBob Swanson (1912–1940), Indianapolis 500 driverBrian Swanson (born 1976), ice hockey playerBryan Swanson (born 1980), British sports television reporterCarl A. Swanson (1879-1949), Swedish-American food industry businessman and founder of SwansonCharles Edward Swanson (1879–1970), American politicianClarence Swanson (1898–1970), American football playerClaude A. Swanson (1862–1939), American lawyer and politicianCub Swanson (born 1983), American mixed martial artistDanny Swanson (born 1986), Scottish footballerDavid Swanson, American journalist and Democratic activistDon R. Swanson (1924–2012), American information scientistDonald Swanson (1848–1924), London police officer, charged with investigating the Whitechapel murdersDuane Swanson (1913–2000), American basketball playerE. Burton Swanson (born ca 1940), American computer scientistEric Swanson, American attorneyEvar Swanson (1902–1973), American baseball and football playerFrank J. Swanson (1865-1941), American politicianG. A. Swanson (1939–2009), American organizational theoristGloria Swanson (1897–1983), American actressHoward Swanson (1907–1978), American composerJackie Swanson (born 1963), American actressJandi Swanson, American child actressJean Swanson, Canadian anti-poverty activistJeffrey Swanson, American psychiatristJoe Swanson, Family Guy characterJohn Swanson (disambiguation), several peopleJohn Swanson (Medal of Honor recipient), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipientJohn A. Swanson, American engineerJohn August Swanson (born 1938), American artistJon E. Swanson (1942–1971), US Army helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipientJoshua Swanson (born 1978), American actorKristy Swanson (born 1969), American actressLori Swanson, attorney general of MinnesotaMarc Swanson, American artistPaul Swanson, American bridge playerRichard A. Swanson (born 1942), American organizational theoristRiley Swanson (born 1984), American football playerRobert Swanson (inventor) (1905–1994), Canadian inventor and poetRobert A. Swanson (1947–1999), Genentech founderRon Swanson, Parks and Recreation characterSandré Swanson (born 1948), California politicianShana Swanson (born 1967), American attorneyStan Swanson (born 1944), American baseball playerStephan Swanson (born 1967), South African shark researcherSteve Swanson, guitaristSteven Swanson (born 1960), American astronautTimothy Swanson, British academicWendy Sue Swanson, PediatricianWilliam Swanson (disambiguation), several people