Seward is a surname of Old English origin.

Notables of this name include Adam Seward (born 1982), National Football League player Albert Seward (1863–1941), British botanist and geologist, winner of the 1934 Darwin Medal Alec Seward (1901–1972), American blues musician Anna Seward (1742–1809), English writer of the 18th century Bill Seward (1958–2022), American broadcaster, actor, and coach Billie Seward (1912-1982), American actress Diane Seward, New Zealand thermochronologist Dylan Seward (born 2008), baseball player Ed Seward (1867–1947), Major League Baseball pitcher Frances Adeline Seward (1805–1865), wife of William H. Seward Sr., a First Lady of New York State Frederick D. Seward (born 1931), American astronomer Frederick W. Seward (1830–1915), son of William H. Seward Sr., two-time Assistant Secretary of State Gary Seward (born 1961), English professional footballer George Seward (1840–1910), U.S. diplomat, envoy to China 1876–1880 Georgene Hoffman Seward (1902–1992), American feminist psychologist Harold H. Seward (1930–2012), developer 1954 of the Radix sort computer algorithm Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848), English architect Jack Seward (1924–2010), American writer, linguist, and Order of the Sacred Treasure recipient James Seward (cricketer) (born 1997), English cricketer James L. Seward (New York politician) (1951–2024), U.S. Senator James Lindsay Seward (1813–1886), American politician, U.S. Representative from Georgia 1853–1859 Jonathan Lewis Seward (born 1984), bassist of American rock band Avenged Sevenfold Julian Seward, developer of bzip2, an open-source data compression program Olive Risley Seward (1844–1908), adopted daughter of William H. Seward Sr Thomas Seward (1708-1790), English clergyman and author Thomas Seward (MP) (died 1406), English MP and merchant Walter H. Seward (1896–2008), American supercentenarian William H. Seward [Sr.] (1801–1872), Governor of New York, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln William H. Seward Jr. (1839–1920), son of William H. Seward Sr., a brigadier general for the Union during the Civil War William Seward (disambiguation), various people with the name Fictional John Seward, a character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula

See also Siward (disambiguation)

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