Swinton (surname)
Swinton is a surname in both Scotland and England. Notable people with this surname include the following:
- Archibald Swinton, Scottish Captain of the East India Company, head of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II's mission to George III of Britain in 1766
- Ernest Dunlop Swinton, British Army officer and writer
- Sir John Swinton, 14th of that Ilk, English soldier of Scottish origin, retainer of John of Gaunt
- John Swinton, British writer, academic, FRS, Church of England clergyman and orientalist
- John Swinton , American editorial writer at The New York Times and The New York Sun
- John Swinton of Kimmerghame, general, former Major General of the British Army and former Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire
- Samuel Swinton, Scottish captain of the Royal Navy. The character The Scarlet Pimpernel was based on his life
- Tilda Swinton, English actress
- William Elgin Swinton, Scottish-Canadian paleontologist, FRSC
