Wikipedia / Swift
Wikipedia / Swift
Swift may refer to:
Astronomy
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a NASA spacecraft in low-Earth orbit dedicated to X-ray astronomy and the study of gamma-ray bursts
Swift (lunar crater), a crater on the Moon
Swift (Deimian crater), a crater on Deimos
5035 Swift (1991 UX), a Main-belt Asteroid
Biology
Swift (bird), a family of birds
Swift butterflies, several genera in the skipper butterfly tribe Gegenini
Swift lizards, iguanian lizards typically of the genus Sceloporus
Snow swift lizards, of the iguanian genus Liolaemus
Swift moth, of the family Hepialidae
Swift fox, a species of North American fox
People
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer
Taylor Swift, American singer and songwriter
Ashot the Swift (died 939), Georgian prince
J-Swift (born 1971), Spanish-born American record producer
K-Swift (1978–2008), American DJ, MC, radio personality and entrepreneur, musician, singer, rapper and record producer
R-Swift (born 1981), American musician, rapper and singer
Swift (rapper) (born Ondre Moore), US rapper in D12
Swift Berry (1887–1967), American forestry expert and politician
Swift Burch (1969–2025), American and Canadian gridiron football player
Swift Nick, nickname of John Nevison (1639–1684), English highwayman
Swift Runner, nickname of Maris Bryant Pierce (1811–1874), Seneca Nation chief, lawyer and teacher
Swift Walker, nickname of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard (1802–1886), American pioneer
Fictional characters
Jack Swift, a character in the 2004 video game Red Dead Revolver
Jonathan Swift, alter ego of Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift), character in Marvel Comics
Logan Swift, character in The Edge of the Night
Margaret Swift-Bejarano, character played by Dana Delany
Philip Swift, character in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Tom Swift, the central character in five series of books of juvenile science fiction and adventure novels, first appearing in 1910
Tom Swift Jr., following in the tradition of the earlier Tom Swift novels, first appearing in 1954
Swift (character), comic-book character from The Authority
Swift Alternetter, a character in the film Cars
Swift Otter, character played by Brett Halsey
Swift Paul, character in Blaze and the Monster Machines
Swift Saber Qi Liu, nickname of Qi Laoliu character in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
Swift Wind, a fictional character from She-Ra: Princess of Power
Swift Wolf, character played by Miguel Ángel Landa
Miss Swift, character in Cardiacs
Middle name
Briggs Cunningham (1907–2003; born Briggs Swift Cunningham II), American entrepreneur and sportsman
Charles Lillicrap (1887–1966), British naval architect
Christopher Dickey (1951–2020), American author, journalist and news editor
Dick Steane (1939–2007, born Richard Swift Steane)
Edward Swift Isham (1836–1902), American lawyer and politician
F. S. Wolcott (1882–1967; born Fred Swift Wolcott), American entertainment businessman and cotton planter
Frank Swift Bourns (1866–1935), American ornithologist and medical doctor
Frank Swift Chase (1886–1958), American painter
Franklin Swift Billings (1862–1935), American businessman and politician
Harold Kaye (1882–1953), English cricketer
Helen S. Mitchell (1895–1984), American biochemist and nutritionist
Helen Swift Neilson (1869–1945), American writer and art collector
Herbert S. Carter (1869–1927), American physician and writer
J. G. Swift MacNeill (1849–1926; born John Gordon Swift MacNeill), Irish politician
Julia Swift Orvis (1872–1949), American college professor, pacifist and author
Lemuel Punderson (1824–1910), American engraver and printer
Martin S. Auer (1918–1991), American businessman and politician
Mary Swift Lamson (1822–1909), American educator and writer
Patricia Swift Blalock (1914–2011), American librarian, social worker and civil rights activist
Susan J. Swift Steele (1822–1895), American social reformer
William Swift Daniell (1865–1933), American painter
Winston Swift Boyer (born 1954), American photographer
Zephaniah Swift Moore (1770–1823), American academic administrator and educator
Zephaniah Swift Spalding (1837–1927), American businessman, soldier and sugar plantation owner
Places
River Swift, a river in England
Swift, Illinois, an unincorporated community in northeastern Illinois
Swift County, Minnesota, a county in west-central Minnesota
Swift, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in northern Minnesota
Swift, Missouri, a ghost town in southeastern Missouri
Swift Memorial College (1883–1952) in Rogersville, Tennessee, US
Swifts, Darling Point, a mansion in Sydney, Australia
Transport
Aircraft
Aériane Swift, a Belgian sail plane design
Comper Swift, a British 1930s single-seat sporting aircraft
Globe GC-1 Swift, an American two-seat light airplane produced from 1946 to 1951
Swift S-1, a Polish sailplane
Supermarine Swift, a British jet fighter built after World War II
Land
Leyland Swift, a British mid-sized bus
Suzuki Swift, a Japanese hatchback
Skokie Swift, now known as the CTA Yellow Line, between Chicago and Skokie, IL, US
Swift Bus Rapid Transit, in Snohomish County, Washington, US
Swift card, a public transport smartcard-based ticketing scheme operated by Transport for West Midlands in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Water
Organizations
SWIFT, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks
ISO 9362, the SWIFT/BIC code standard in banking
Swift Engineering, an American engineering firm
Swift & Company, a meat processing company
Swifts (aerobatic team), a Russian aerobatic team
Sport
Swifts F.C., a defunct English football club
Berlin Swifts F.C., a Northern Irish football club
Dungannon Swifts F.C., a Northern Irish football club
Linfield Swifts, Northern Irish reserves football team
Markethill Swifts F.C., a Northern Irish football club
Ballysillan Swifts F.C., a Northern Irish football club
Bangor Swifts F.C., a Northern Irish football club
St James Swifts F.C., a Northern Irish football club
New South Wales Swifts, an Australian netball team
Transportation companies
Swift Cooper, a British racing car manufacturer
Swift Leisure, a British manufacturer of caravans
Swift Motor Company, of Coventry, England
Swift Transportation, a US trucking company
Computing and telecommunication
Acer Swift, a thin and lightweight line of laptops by Acer
Swift (distributed storage), OpenStack's distributed storage component
Swift (programming language), a programming language developed by Apple Inc.
Swift (parallel scripting language), a programming language for parallel computing developed at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
Swift, the ARM architecture CPU core in the Apple A6 and Apple A6X
Swift, an XMPP client for Windows, Mac and Linux
SWIFT – System for wireless infotainment forwarding and teledistribution: former abbreviation for Data Radio Channel (DARC) subcarrier messaging standard
Military
HSV-2 Swift, a non-commissioned catamaran leased by the United States Navy
Swift Boats, used by the US Navy in the Vietnam War
Swift-class coastal patrol craft, patrol vessels built for the Republic of Singapore Navy
HMS Swift, several ships of British Royal Navy
Operation Swift, in the Vietnam War
.220 Swift, a rifle cartridge
Other uses
Structured What If Technique, in risk management
Swift (textiles), tool used to hold a hank of yarn
Swift, a newsletter of the James Randi Educational Foundation
Swift (comic), a Hulton Press publication related to Eagle
Swiftfuel, an ethanol-derived replacement for leaded gasoline airplane fuel
Swift water rescue, a subset of technical rescue dealing in white water river conditions
Swift v. Tyson, an 1842 case in the Supreme Court of the United States