Swift (surname)

Swift is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Allan Swift (born 1935), U.S. politician
• Bill Swift (born 1961), baseball player
• Bill Swift (1930s pitcher) (1908–1969), baseball player
• Catherine Swift, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business
• Charles Swift, defense counsel for Salim Ahmed Hamdan
• Clive Swift (born 1936), British actor
• David Swift (director) (1919–2001), American screenwriter, animator, director, and producer
• David Swift (actor) (1931–2016), British actor
• Edward D. Swift, U.S. astronomer
• George R. Swift (1887–1972), U.S. politician
• Graham Swift (born 1949), British novelist
• Gustavus Franklin Swift (1839–1903), U.S. entrepreneur, founder of Swift & Company meatpacking plants
• Henry Adoniram Swift (1823–1896), U.S. politician
• Innis P. Swift (1882–1953) American World War II general
• Jane Swift (born 1965), American politician
• John Franklin Swift (1829–1891), American politician and author
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Irish author, satirist, political pamphleteer and cleric
• Joseph Gardner Swift (1783–1865), American army officer
• Justin Swift (born 1975), American football player
• Katherine Swift (1956–2004) Artist and ceramicist
• Kay Swift (1897–1993), American composer
• Lewis Swift (1820–1913), U.S. astronomer
• Morrison I. Swift (1856–1946) U.S. social theorist, organizer and activist.
• Philetus Swift (1763–1828), New York politician
• Parton Swift (1876–1952), New York politician and judge
• Patrick Swift (1927–83), Irish painter
• Richard Swift (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Swift (born 1985), basketball player
• R.B. Swift, American journalist
• Stephanie Swift, adult actress
• Stromile Swift (born 1979), basketball player
• Taylor Swift (born 1989), American country music singer-songwriter and actress
• Todd Swift (born 1966), Canadian poet
• William Swift (born 1848), governor of Guam and USN Rear Admiral