Shaw

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Shaw can refer to:

Contents 1 First name 2 Last name 3 Companies 4 Places 5 Other

[edit] First name

• Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army

[edit] Last name

• Adrian (ABE) Shaw, Urban Director
• Dr Adrian Shaw, mastermind of Shaw Theory
• Bill Shaw (b. 1975), World Famous Firefighter
• Artie Shaw (b. May 23, 1910), bandleader
• Bernard Shaw (CNN)
• Bill Shaw, British army captain, explorer
• Billy Shaw (b. 1938), American football player
• Bob Shaw (1931–1996), British science-fiction author
• Brian Shaw, former NBA basketball player.
• Clay Shaw, charged by Jim Garrison with conspiracy to murder John F. Kennedy
• David Shaw, hedge fund manager
• Fiona Shaw (b. July 10, 1958), Irish actress
• George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright
• George Shaw (1751–1813), English botanist and zoologist
• Graham Shaw (1934–1998), a former Sheffield United footballer
• Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screen writer and author.
• J. R. Shaw (b. 1934), Canadian businessman
• Joe Shaw (b. 1928), a former Sheffield United footballer
• John Shaw (1773–1823), U.S. Navy Captain
• Jonathan Shaw, British politician
• Lindsey Shaw, co-star of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
• Henry Shaw (1800–1889), St. Louis botanist and philanthropist
• Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818–1895), "Josh Billings," American humorist
• Martin Shaw (b. 1945), English actor
• Marlena Shaw (b. 1943), American singer
• Richard G. Shaw (b. 1943), first African American Insurance Commissioner for West Virginia
• Richard Norman Shaw (1831–1912), British architect
• Robert Shaw (1927–1978), English actor
• Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863), commander in the American Civil War
• Ronald Shaw (1920–1945), Royal Air Force Corporal during World War II
• Sandie Shaw (b. February 26, 1947), British singer
• Sebastian Shaw (actor) (1905–1994), British actor
• Tommy Shaw American Musician (Styx)(1953)

As a transliteration of Chinese family name 邵:

• See Shao

[edit] Companies

• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, an international law firm
• Shaw Communications Inc. - Canadian cable television provider
• Shaw Industries
• Shaw Studio
• The Shaw Group
• Shaw's Supermarkets

[edit] Places

• Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
• Shaw, Berkshire, United Kingdom
• Shaw, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
• Shaw, Washington, DC, United States
• Shaw, Mississippi, United States

[edit] Other

• Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival.
• Shaw University is a historically black college located in Raleigh, North Carolina.