Sweet (surname)

Sweet is an Anglo-Saxon surname. Notable people with the surname include :

• Alec Stone Sweet, a Yale Law School professor, musician and pétanque player
• Alanson Sweet (1804-1891), an American businessman and politician
• Apollo Sweet (born 1957), a Samoan/Australian boxer of the 1980s and '90s
• Blanche Sweet (1896–1986), a silent film actress
• Brad Sweet (born 1985), an American race car driver.
• Burton E. Sweet (1867-1957), an American politician.
• Darrell Sweet (musician) (1947-1999), a co-founder and drummer of the band Nazareth.
• Darrell K. Sweet (1934-2011), an American illustrator.
• David Sweet (disambiguation)
• Denise Sweet, a Native American poet and academic, appointed Poet Laureate of Wisconsin in 2004.
• Dolph Sweet (1920–1985), an American actor.
• Don Sweet (born 1948), a former Canadian Football League kicker.
• Elnathan Sweet (1837–1903), a New York State Engineer and Surveyor 1884–1887.
• Edwin F. Sweet (1847–1935), a U.S. Representative from Michigan.
• Gary Sweet (born 1957), an Australian film and television actor.
• George Sweet (1844–1920), an English-born Australian geologist.
• Henry Sweet (1845–1912), an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian.
• Herbert J. Sweet (1919–1998), a fourth Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps.
• John Sweet (disambiguation)
• Leonard Sweet (born 1961), an author, preacher, scholar and ordained United Methodist clergyman.
• Lynn Sweet (born 1961), a Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times and columnist.
• Lynn Sweet (American football) (1881-1918), an American football player.
• Matthew Sweet (born 1964), an alternative rock musician.
• Melissa Sweet, Australian human health and medicine journalist.
• Melissa Sweet (born 1956), an American children's illustrator who won the 2012 Sibert Medal.
• Michael Sweet (disambiguation).
• Ossian Sweet (1895–1960), an American physician.
• Rachel Sweet (born 1962), an American singer, writer and actress.
• Robert Sweet (disambiguation).
• Sylvanus H. Sweet (1830–1899), a New York State Engineer and Surveyor 1874–1875.
• Thaddeus C. Sweet (1872–1928), a New York politician.
• Walter C. Sweet (born 1927), an American paleontologist.
• William Sweet (disambiguation).
• Willis Sweet (1856-1925), an American politician.