Melita Švob (born 1931), known and recognized Croatian biologist, scientist and historian
French photographer and writer Claude Cahun (born Lucy Schwob, 1894–1954) was his great-niece.
Conductor Paul Hostetter is the Ethel Foley Distinguished Chair in Orchestral Activities for the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, the Conductor and Artistic Advisor for the Sequitur Ensemble, and the Founder and Artistic Adviser to the Music Mondays chamber series in New York City.