Shanks (disambiguation)
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Shanks is a surname, and may refer to:
- Bill Shanks, American sports broadcaster and writer
- Bruce Shanks, (1908-1980), former editorial cartoonist for the Buffalo Evening News
- Daniel Shanks, Mathematician
- Edward Shanks, English writer
- Emily Shanks, British painter, born in Russia
- Hershel Shanks, Founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society
- John Shanks, American rock musician and song writer
- Michael Shanks, Actor best known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1
- Michael Shanks (archaeologist)
- Nancy Shanks, American singer associeted with Tori Amos
- Niall Shanks, Canadian history professor at the University of Alberta
- Norman Shanks, a Church of Scotland minister
- Oliver Shanks, Mathematician and son of mathematician Daniel Shanks
- Simon Shanks, (1977-2006), former linebacker for the NFL team Arizona Cardinals
- Tommy Shanks, Former Irish soccer player
- William Shanks (1812-1882), an English amateur mathematician, famous for his calculation of hundreds of digits of π
[edit] See also
- Shanks Group, a UK waste mangamement company
- Armitage Shanks, a UK toilet manufacturer
- Shanks, a group of wading bird species
- Red-Haired Shanks, a character in the Japanese manga and anime One Piece
- Shanks also means "legs" hence the wader sense