Sweet (surname)

Sweet is an Anglo-Saxon surname. Notable people with the surname include : Alec Stone Sweet, Yale Law School professor, musician and pétanque player Alanson Sweet (1804–1891), American businessman and politician Apollo Sweet (born 1957), Samoan/Australian boxer of the 1980s and '90s Blanche Sweet (1896–1986), silent film actress Brad Sweet (born 1985), American race car driver Burton E. Sweet (1867–1957), American politician from Iowa Darrell Sweet (musician) (1947–1999), co-founder and drummer of the band Nazareth Darrell K. Sweet (1934–2011), American illustrator David Sweet (disambiguation) Denise Sweet, Native American poet and academic, appointed Poet Laureate of Wisconsin in 2004 Devin Sweet (born 1996), American baseball player Dolph Sweet (1920–1985), American actor Don Sweet (born 1948), former Canadian Football League kicker Elnathan Sweet (1837–1903), New York State Engineer and Surveyor 1884–1887 Edwin F. Sweet (1847–1935), U.S. Representative from Michigan Gary Sweet (born 1957), Australian film and television actor George Sweet (1844–1920), English-born Australian geologist George Sweet (football manager) (1897–1969), Scottish football manager Dita Von Teese (born Heather Renée Sweet in 1972), American burlesque performer Henry Sweet (1845–1912), English philologist, phonetician and grammarian Herbert J. Sweet (1919–1998), United States Marine Corps official John Sweet (disambiguation) Jonathan Sweet, Australian actor Leonard Sweet (born 1961), American author, preacher, and United Methodist clergyman Lynn Sweet (born 1961), American journalist and columnist Lynn Sweet (American football) (1881–1918), American football player Matthew Sweet (born 1964), American alternative rock musician Melissa Sweet, Australian human health and medicine journalist Melissa Sweet (born 1956), American children's illustrator who won the 2012 Sibert Medal Michael Sweet (disambiguation) Ossian Sweet (1895–1960), African-American physician charged with, but not convicted of, murder for defending himself against a white mob Rachel Sweet (born 1962), American singer, writer and actress Robert Sweet (disambiguation) Samuel Sweet (1825–1886), English-Australian settler and photographer Sylvanus H. Sweet (1830–1899), New York State Engineer and Surveyor 1874–1875 Thaddeus C. Sweet (1872–1928), American politician from New York politician Walter C. Sweet (1927–2015), American paleontologist William Sweet (disambiguation) Willis Sweet (1856–1925), American politician from Idaho

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