Swoboda is a surname of

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origin. A variant of Svoboda, it is popular mainly among West Slavic nations. In Czech, the word's primary meaning is 'freedom' or 'liberty'. As a surname, it used to refer to "free men" (to distinguish them from "serfs"). Due to modern

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, the most common form in the Czech Republic is Svoboda. In the old Czech orthography the name was written Swoboda and this spelling is still preserved in countries where the letter "w" is common, such as Poland or

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. Its Slovak version is

Sloboda A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely ...

Notable people with the name

* Albin Swoboda (disambiguation), multiple individuals *

Alois P. Swoboda Alois P. Swoboda (1873–1938) was an American quackery, quack and physical culture mail-order instructor.Cramp, Arthur J. (1921)''Nostrums and Quackery, Volume 2'' Press of American Medical Association. pp. 788-796. Swoboda claimed that his exerc ...

(1873–1938), American fitness writer * Brigitte Swoboda (1943–2019), Austrian actor *

Eduard Swoboda Eduard Swoboda (14 November 1814, in Vienna – 13 September 1902, in Hallstatt) was an Austrian portrait, history and Genre art, genre painter. His younger brother, Rudolf Swoboda the Elder, Rudolf, was a landscape and animal painter. Biograph ...

(1814–1902), Austrian painter * Erich Swoboda (1896–1964), Austrian archaeologist *

Ewa Swoboda Ewa Nikola Swoboda ( ; born 26 July 1997)
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(born 1997), Polish track athlete * Franz Swoboda (1933–2017), Austrian footballer * Franz Swoboda (gymnast) (1909–unknown), Austrian gymnast *

Hannes Swoboda Hannes Swoboda (born 10 November 1946) is an Austrian social democratic politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1996 until 2014. Within the Parliament, he represents the Social Democratic Party of Austria and from Januar ...

(born 1946), Austrian politician *

Henry Swoboda Henry Swoboda (October 29, 1897 – August 13, 1990) was a Czechoslovakian conductor and musicologist and, with James Grayson and Mischa Naida, co-founder of U.S. ''Westminster Records'' which flourished in the late 1940s and throughout the 19 ...

(1897–1990), Czech musicologist *

Josefine Swoboda Josefine Swoboda (29 January 1861 in Vienna – 27 October 1924 in Vienna) was an Austrian portrait painter. She was one of the most active Vienna portraitists. Life Josefine Swoboda came from a Vienna family of artists, she was the daughter o ...

(1861–1924), Austrian portrait painter * Joseph Wilhelm Swoboda (1806–1882), Czech opera singer * Kai Swoboda (born 1971), Australian slalom canoeist * Lary J. Swoboda (1939–2012), American politician *

Markus Swoboda Markus Mendy Swoboda (born 5 February 1990) is an Austrian paracanoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 200 m TA event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań Poznań () is a city o ...

(born 1990), Austrian paracanoeist * Mike Swoboda (1938–2008), American politician *

Robin Swoboda Robin Swoboda (born December 30, 1958) is an American television news anchor, talk show host, and actress in Cleveland, Ohio, best known for her career on various television and radio stations primarily in Cleveland, as well as hosting national tel ...

(born 1958), American news anchor *

Ron Swoboda Ronald Alan Swoboda (born June 30, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from through , most notably as a member of the New York Mets ...

(born 1944), American baseball player * Rudolf Swoboda (disambiguation), multiple individuals

Fictional characters

*Larry Swoboda, the defense attorney in

John Grisham John Ray Grisham Jr. (; born February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American novelist, lawyer and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his popular legal thrillers. According to the Am ...

's novel, '' Witness to a Trial: A Short Story Prequel to The Whistler'' (2016) *Wade Swoboda, name of actor Casey Saunder's character in the 1990s TV comedy series Grace Under Fire.

Notable people with the name

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