Swanson (surname)
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Swanson is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- A. L. SwansonA. L. SwansonA. L. "Red" Swanson was the second head football coach for the Southeastern Louisiana University Lions located in Hammond, Louisiana and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1931 until 1937. His coaching record at Southeastern Louisiana was 41 wins, 17 losses, and 4 ties...
, American football coach - Becca SwansonBecca SwansonBecca Swanson is an American bodybuilder, powerlifter, pro wrestler and strongwoman who is often referred to as "The World's Strongest Woman" or "The Strongest Woman on the Planet"...
, American bodybuilder - Bill Swanson (baseball)Bill Swanson (baseball)William Andrew Swanson was an infielder in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5' 6", 156 lb., Swanson batted and threw right-handed. He was born in New York, New York....
(1888–1954), baseball player - Bob SwansonBob Swanson (driver)Bob Swanson was an American racecar driver.Swanson won the first Turkey Night Grand Prix midget-car race in 1934. At the 1939 Indianapolis 500, he was involved in the accident that killed defending champion Floyd Roberts...
(1912–1940), Indianapolis 500 driver - Brian SwansonBrian SwansonBrian Swanson is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Alaska Aces of the East Coast Hockey League.-Playing career:...
(born 1976), ice hockey player - Bryan SwansonBryan SwansonBryan Swanson is a sports television reporter.- Biography :Swanson was Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He left aged 17 for a job on Edinburgh's outpost of L!VE TV as a sports reporter and presenter...
(born 1980), British sports television reporter - Charles Edward SwansonCharles Edward SwansonCharles Edward Swanson served two terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district. His congressional career ended in the landslide that accompanied the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his first term as president.Swanson was born on a farm near Galesburg,...
(1879–1970), American politician - Clarence SwansonClarence SwansonClarence Swanson was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973....
(1898–1970), American football player - Claude A. SwansonClaude A. SwansonClaude Augustus Swanson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Virginia.He served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1893 until 1906, was the 45th Governor of Virginia from 1906 until 1910, and represented Virginia as a United States Senator from 1910 until...
(1862–1939), American lawyer and politician - Cub SwansonCub SwansonKevin Luke Swanson is an American mixed martial artist . He is currently signed as a featherweight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-World Extreme Cagefighting:...
(born 1983), American mixed martial artist - Danny SwansonDanny SwansonDaniel "Danny" Swanson is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Dundee United....
(born 1986), Scottish footballer - David SwansonDavid SwansonDavid L. Swanson is an American activist, blogger and author.-Education:Swanson obtained a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Virginia in 1997.-Career:...
, American journalist and Democratic activist - Don R. SwansonDon R. SwansonDon R. Swanson is an American information scientist, most known for his work in literature-based discovery in the biomedical domain. His particular method has been used as a model for further work, and is often referred to as Swanson linking...
(born 1924), American information scientist - Donald SwansonDonald SwansonChief Inspector Donald Sutherland Swanson was born in Thurso in Scotland, and was a senior police officer in the Metropolitan Police in London during the notorious Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.-Early life:...
(1848–1924), London police officer, charged with investigating the Whitechapel murders - Duane SwansonDuane SwansonDuane Alexander Swanson was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played three matches...
(1913–2000), American basketball player - Evar SwansonEvar SwansonErnest Evar Swanson , was a professional baseball and football player. He played outfielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox...
(1902–1973), American baseball and football player - G. A. SwansonG. A. SwansonGale Alden Swanson was an American organizational theorist, and Professor of Accounting at Tennessee Technological University, known for his accounting theories based on James Grier Miller’s general living systems theory....
(1939–2009), American organizational theorist - Gloria SwansonGloria SwansonGloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...
(1897–1983), American actress - Howard SwansonHoward SwansonHoward Swanson was an American composer. Swanson studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and was then taught by Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He received fellowships, awards and prizes. His preference was for linear construction and lyrical works with subtle tonal centers...
(1907–1978), American composer - Jackie SwansonJackie SwansonJackie Swanson is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the American sitcom Cheers as Kelly Gaines, the rich and simple love interest of Woody Boyd.-Early life:...
(born 1963), American actress - Jandi SwansonJandi SwansonJandi Swanson born in the late 1970s, American child actress, most recognizable for her role as Jenny Drake in first series of Baywatch.-Filmography:*2003 - I Love Your Work as Eager Fan*1998 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - Mouse ...
, American child actress - Jean SwansonJean SwansonJean Swanson is an anti-poverty activist living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia.Jean Swanson is a coordinator of Carnegie Community Action Project , an organization dedicated to the welfare of the Downtown Eastside, one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods...
, Canadian anti-poverty activist - Joe Swanson, Family Guy character
- John Swanson, American Civil War sailor and Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - John A. SwansonJohn A. SwansonJohn A. Swanson is an American engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Swanson is the founder of ANSYS, Inc., a John Fritz Medal winner, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering...
, American engineer - John August SwansonJohn August SwansonJohn August Swanson is an American visual artist working primarily in the medium of serigraphy, as well as oil, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, lithography, and etching. He is based in Los Angeles, California, the city of his birth....
(born 1938), American artist - Jon E. SwansonJon E. SwansonJon Edward Swanson was a United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He directed the destruction of five enemy bunkers and two anti-aircraft positions before being shot down in Cambodia. His actions were recognized over thirty years later, when his family received the Medal of...
(1942–1971), US Army helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient - Joshua SwansonJoshua SwansonJoshua Swanson is an American theater actor, film actor and television actor, voice over talent and a prolific, award-winning narrator of audiobooks with over 50 titles to his name, including This Book Is Not Good for You, all three novels of The Longlight Legacy, Peeps , and Hairstyles of the Damned...
(born 1978), American actor - Kristy SwansonKristy SwansonKristen Nöel "Kristy" Swanson is an American actress best known for playing Buffy in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she also played Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger in the movie version of the V.C...
(born 1969), American actress - Lee SwansonLee SwansonLee Swanson is formerly an executive news producer for KGTV, San Diego. He was the news director at KATU TV in Portland, Oregon, and has also been a television news producer in Houston, Greenville, South Carolina and Waterloo, Iowa. A Pine City, Minnesota native, he began his television career as...
, television news producer - Lori SwansonLori SwansonLori Swanson is the Attorney General of the US state of Minnesota. She was elected on November 7, 2006, and took office on January 2, 2007, succeeding Mike Hatch, who declined to run for re-election in order to run for governor...
, attorney general of Minnesota - Marc SwansonMarc SwansonMarc Swanson is an artist based in Brooklyn.-Life and work:Marc Swanson received his MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 2004, and also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Skowhegan, Maine, in 2000.He is...
, American artist - Richard A. SwansonRichard A. SwansonRichard A. Swanson is an American organizational theorist and Distinguished Research Professor of Human Resource Development and the Sam Lindsey Chair at the University of Texas at Tyler, known for his synthesis work on the financial research related to human resource development.- Biography...
(born 1942), American organizational theorist - Riley SwansonRiley SwansonRiley Swanson, Jr. is an American football defensive back for the Arizona Rattlers of Arena Football 1. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Wake Forest....
(born 1984), American football player - Robert Swanson (inventor) (1905–1994), Canadian inventor and poet
- Robert A. SwansonRobert A. SwansonRobert A. Swanson was a venture capitalist who cofounded the biotechnology giant Genentech in 1976 with Herbert Boyer. Genentech is a pioneer in the field, and it remains one of the leading biotech companies in the world....
(1947–1999), Genentech founder - Sandré SwansonSandré SwansonSandré Swanson was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2006. Mr. Swanson represents the 16th Assembly District. The district includes the cities of Alameda, Oakland, and Piedmont. Swanson previously served as Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Barbara Lee, he was also district...
(born 1948), California politician - Stan SwansonStan SwansonStanley Lawrence Swanson is a former baseball player who played for the Montreal Expos in . He was born on May 19, 1944 in Yuba City, California. He was originally signed as a free agent by the Cincinnati Reds in 1963.-References:...
(born 1944), American baseball player - Stephan SwansonStephan SwansonStephan Swanson came to prominence as a marine researcher when he successfully placed the satellite transmitter on the famous Great white shark Nicole, the first great white shark ever to be tracked on a 20,000 kilometer migration from South Africa to Australia and back...
(born 1967), South African shark researcher - Steve SwansonSteve SwansonSteve Swanson, of Tampa, Florida, is the current lead guitarist for the death metal band, Six Feet Under. He took over guitar duties from Allen West . Allen left the band in late 1997. Before Steve joined he was in Massacre with Terry Butler on bass...
, guitarist - Steven SwansonSteven SwansonSteven Ray Swanson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. Swanson is married and has 3 children. Steven has received numerous awards and honors. These include the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the JSC Certificate of Accommodation and many others...
(born 1960), American astronaut - Timothy SwansonTimothy SwansonProfessor Timothy Swanson obtained PhD's from J.D. University of Michigan in 1982, and later from the London School of Economics in 1991.- Affiliation and Teaching :...
, British academic - William H. SwansonWilliam H. SwansonWilliam H. Swanson is the chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon Company.- Education :A native of California, Swanson graduated magna cum laude from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a bachelors degree in industrial engineering. He attended Cal Poly with the...
(born 1950), American CEO
See also
- SvenssonSvenssonSvensson is the ninth most commonSwedish family name, and literally means "son of Sven", or "Sven's son"...
- Swanston
- Swanton