Schwab may refer to:
- Albert E. Schwab (1920–1945), United States Marine killed in action at Okinawa, 1945; awarded Medal of Honor
- Alexander Schwab (1887–1943), German politician-activist and commentator-journalist who died while imprisoned by the Nazis
- Andreas Schwab (born 1973), German politician
- Andrew Schwab, lead vocalist for the rock group Project 86
- Arthur J. Schwab (born 1946), United States federal 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), founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation
- Christoph Schwab (born 1962), German mathematician
- Corey Schwab, Canadian ice hockey player
- Fritz Schwab (1919–2006), Swiss athlete
- George D. Schwab (born 1931) Latvia born American historian
- Gustav Schwab (1792–1850), German writer
- Howie Schwab, sports statistician
- Hubert Schwab (born 1982), Swiss racing cyclist
- Ivan R. Schwab, ophthalmologist, 2006 Ig Nobel prize winner
- John Schwab (born 1972), American actor, voice actor, producer and musician
- Keith Schwab (born 1968), American quantum physicist
- Klaus Schwab (born 1938), German economist, founder of the World Economic Forum
- Les Schwab (1917–2007), founder of Les Schwab Tire Centers
- Mark Dean Schwab (1968–2008), executed American murderer
- Matthias Schwab (pharmacologist) (born 1963), German Clinical Pharmacologist
- Michael Schwab, German anarchist convicted of the Haymarket bombings in Chicago
- Michael Schwab (designer) (born 1952), American graphic designer and illustrator
- Moïse Schwab (1839–1918), French librarian and author
- Moshe Schwab (1917–1979), English rabbi
- Scott Schwab (born 1972), American politician
- Shimon Schwab (1908–1993), German-born Orthodox rabbi
- Sigi Schwab (born 1940), German guitarist and composer
- Susan Schwab, United States Trade Representative
- V. E. Schwab (born 1987), American author
- Werner Schwab (1958–1994), Austrian writer