Schwab is a German surname, meaning 'Swabian' (inhabitant of Swabia). Notable people with the surname include:
Albert E. Schwab (1920–1945), United States Marine and war hero Alexander Schwab (1887–1943), German politician-activist and commentator-journalist Andreas Schwab (born 1973), German politician Arthur J. Schwab (born 1946), American judge Arthur Tell Schwab (1896–1945), Swiss athlete Brice Schwab (born 1990), American football player Carlos Schwabe (1877–1926), Swiss-German painter Charles M. Schwab (1862–1939), American industrialist Charles R. Schwab (born 1937), American investor and financial executive Charlotte Schwab (born 1952), Swiss actress Christoph Schwab (born 1962), German mathematician Corey Schwab (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player Fritz Schwab (1919–2006), Swiss athlete George D. Schwab (born 1931), Latvian-American historian Gustav Schwab (1792–1850), German writer Heinrich W. Schwab (1938–2025), German musicologist Howie Schwab (1960–2024), American sports statistician Hubert Schwab (born 1982), Swiss racing cyclist Ivan R. Schwab, American ophthalmologist John Schwab (born 1972), American actor, voice actor, producer and musician John Christopher Schwab (1865–1916), American librarian and historian Katharine Fisher Schwab (1898–1990), American naval officer Keith Schwab (born 1968), American quantum physicist Klaus Schwab (born 1938), German economist, founder of the World Economic Forum Les Schwab (1917–2007), American businessman Mark Dean Schwab (1968–2008), executed American murderer Matthias Schwab (born 1994), Austrian golfer Matthias Schwab (pharmacologist) (born 1963), German clinical pharmacologist Michael Schwab, German-American labor organizer and anarchist Michael Schwab (designer) (born 1952), American graphic designer and illustrator Moïse Schwab (1839–1918), French librarian and author Nicole Schwab (born 1975), Swiss businesswoman and author Peter Schwab (born 1960), Australian rules footballer and coach Scott Schwab (born 1972), American politician Shimon Schwab (1908–1993), German-American Orthodox rabbi Sigi Schwab (born 1940), German guitarist and composer Stefan Schwab (born 1990), Austrian footballer Susan Schwab (born 1955), American politician V. E. Schwab (born 1987), American author Werner Schwab (1958–1994), Austrian writer
See also Schwabe, a surname Šváb, a surname with the same etymology