Fictional People Named Sweeney
- Sweeney, the violent, ape-like antihero of several poems by T. S. Eliot, including The Waste Land
- Moira/Max Sweeney, fictional character on the Showtime television network series The L Word
- Sweeney Todd, fictional barber and serial killer
- Sinbad Sweeney, fictional character in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside
- Mr. Sweeney, fictional character in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
- The Sweeney Sisters, a recurring musical sketch from 1980s era, Saturday Night Live featuring Candy Sweeney (Jan Hooks) and her sister Liz (Nora Dunn)
- Lieutenant Sweeney, fictional character in the 2005 film Dead Men Walking
- Sweeney, the main character in the Irish legend seen in Sweeney Astray
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