Sweeney (name)
Appearance
Sweeney is a
byname meaning "pleasant" or "well-disposed" and is associated with Clan Sweeney.[3]
In the
People with the surname
- A. William Sweeney (1920–2003), Ohio Supreme Court justice
- Alison Sweeney (born 1976), American television actress
- Anne Sweeney (born 1957), Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney–ABC Television Group
- Antony Sweeney (born 1983), English footballer
- Australian Centre for the Moving Image
- Bill Sweeney (CEO), CEO of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems
- Bill Sweeney (first baseman) (1904–1957), baseball player
- Bill Sweeney (footballer) (1914–1973), Australian footballer
- Bill Sweeney (ice hockey) (1937–1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bill Sweeney (infielder) (1886–1948), American baseball player
- Bill Sweeney (pitcher) (1858–1903), baseball player
- Bo Sweeney (1862–1917), American politician
- Bob Sweeney (ice hockey) (born 1964), American retired National Hockey League player
- Bob Sweeney (TV director and producer)(1918–1992), American actor, director and producer
- Bob K.O. Sweeney (1894–1961), American boxer
- Brian Sweeney (born 1974), American former baseball player
- Brody Sweeney, Irish entrepreneur
- Bruce Sweeney (fl. 1995–present), Canadian film director
- Calvin Sweeney (born 1955), American former National Football League player
- Ceri Sweeney (born 1980), Welsh rugby union footballer
- Charles Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Charlie Sweeney (1863–1902), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ciaran Sweeney (born 1971), Irish designer
- Claire Sweeney (born 1971), English actress and singer
- Craig Sweeney (born 1982), Welsh child sex offender
- D. B. Sweeney (born 1961), American actor
- Daisy Sweeney (1920–2017), Canadian music teacher
- Daren Sweeney (born 1970), Montserratian cricketer
- Dennis Sweeney, murderer of American politician Allard K. Lowenstein in 1980
- Don Sweeney (born 1966), Canadian former National Hockey League player
- Dora M. Sweeney (1907–2001), American politician
- Ed Sweeney (baseball) (1888–1947), professional baseball player
- Ed Sweeney (American football) (1949–2017), American football coach and former player
- Ed Sweeney, inventor of the Aerocar 2000 and Gemini Hummingbird
- Eric Sweeney (composer) (1948–2020), Irish composer
- Eric Sweeney (1903–1968), English footballer
- Fionnuala Sweeney (born 1965), Irish anchorwoman and reporter for CNN International
- Frances Sweeney (1908–1944), American journalist and activist
- Francis E. Sweeney (1934–2011), American politician and Ohio Supreme Court justice
- Francis J. Sweeney (1862–?), Canadian lawyer and politician
- George Sweeney (actor) (fl. 1971–present), British actor
- Hank Sweeney (1915–1980), American professional baseball player
- Jack Sweeney, American programmer and entrepreneur
- James Sweeney (disambiguation), several people
- Jason Sweeney (1986–2003), American murder victim
- Jim Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Joel Sweeney (1810–1860), American musician and early blackface minstrel performer
- John Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician), (1897–1980), Irish politician
- Joseph Sweeney (actor), (1884–1963), American actor
- Julia Sweeney (born 1959), American actress and comedian
- Justin Sweeney, (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
- Kevin Sweeney (American football) (born 1963), American former football quarterback
- Kevin Sweeney, British businessman convicted of murder in 2001 – see Kevin Sweeney case
- Kyle Sweeney (born 1981), American lacrosse player
- Larry Sweeney (1981–2011), American professional wrestler
- Latanya Sweeney, American computer scientist and Harvard University professor
- Madeline Amy Sweeney (1965–2001), a flight attendant on board American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11
- Margaret Sweeney (swimmer) (born 1929/1930), former New Zealand long-distance swimmer
- Mark Sweeney (born 1969), American former Major League Baseball player
- Mark Sweeney (politician) (1959–2022), American politician
- Martin L. Sweeney (1885–1960), American politician
- Mary Sweeney, American film editor and film producer
- Mary Ann Sweeney (born 1945), American physicist
- Matt Sweeney (fl. 1989–present), American guitarist, singer and producer
- Matthew Sweeney (1951–2018), Irish poet
- Maureen Flavin Sweeney (1923–2023), Irish postmistress
- Mavis Sweeney (1909–1986), Australian hospital pharmacist
- Michelle Sweeney, American-born Canadian actress and musician
- Michael or Mike Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Monroe Sweeney (1892–1950), American baseball umpire
- Neil Sweeney (born 1977), Australian rugby player
- Nigel Sweeney (born 1954), UK barrister and High Court judge
- Patrick Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
- Peter Sweeney (born 1984), Scottish footballer
- Peter Sweeney (footballer)(fl. 1916–1929), Scottish-American footballer
- Randy Sweeney (born 1956), American research scientist
- Robert Augustus Sweeney (1853–1890), only African-American two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Robert E. Sweeney (1924–2007), American politician
- Robert K. Sweeney (born 1949), American politician
- Ryan Sweeney (baseball), (born 1985), American professional baseball player
- Sam Sweeney (born 1989), English folk musician
- Sam Sweeney (cricketer) (born 1990), English cricketer
- Sean Sweeney (born 1969), Scottish professional football player
- Stephen M. Sweeney(born 1959), American politician
- Steve Sweeney (born 1949), American comedian
- Sunny Sweeney (born 1976), American country music singer
- Sylvia Sweeney (born 1956), Canadian journalist, television producer and Olympic athlete
- Sydney Sweeney (born 1997), American actress
- Tara Sweeney (born 1973), American politician
- Terry Sweeney (born 1969), American writer, comedian and actor
- Thomas Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Tommy Sweeney (born 1997), American football player
- Tim Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Walt Sweeney (1941–2013), American, professional American football player
- Walter Sweeney (disambiguation)
- William Sweeney (disambiguation)
- Zhaun Sweeney (born 1979), Montserratian cricketer
People with the given name
- Sweeney Schriner (1911–1990), Russian-born Canadian, professional ice hockey player
- Sweeney Young (born 1988), Australian actor
Fictional characters
- Sweeney Todd, fictional barber and serial killer
- Sweeney, the anti-hero of several works by T. S. Eliot, including The Waste Land and the verse drama Sweeney Agonistes
- Moira/Max Sweeney, on the Showtime television network series The L Word
- Brookside
- Mr. Sweeney, in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
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- Lieutenant Sweeney, in the 2005 film Dead Men Walking
- Sweeney, the main character in the Irish legend seen in Sweeney Astray
- Ram Sweeney, fictional character in the 1988 black comedy film Heathers, and it's musical and TV adaptations
- Mad Sweeney, fictional character in the series American Gods
- Conor MacSweeney (Alex Murphy), protagonist of the Irish film and television series The Young Offenders
- Reno Sweeney, the evangelist turned nightclub singer from Anything Goes
See also
References
- ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ^ "Origins of our names". Liverpool Echo. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ISBN 0-19-508137-4.