Shirley
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Shirley is the name of several places in the world:
- in England:
- Shirley, Derbyshire
- Shirley, London in the London Borough of Croydon
- Shirley, Southampton, a district of Southampton
- Shirley, West Midlands
- in New Zealand:
- Shirley, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch
- in the USA:
- also
- Shirley's Bay, Canada
- People with this name: (before the publication of the novel Shirley by Charlotte Brontë in 1849 Shirley was an uncommon, but distinctly male name and would have been a very unusual name for a woman. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name and an uncommon male name).
- Shirley Abicair, entertainer and writer
- Shirley Abrahamson, judge
- Shirley Babashoff, swimmer
- Shirley Bassey, singer
- Shirley Crabtree, [male] British wrestler ("Big Daddy")
- Shirley Clamp, a Swedish pop singer
- Shirley MacLaine, actress
- Shirley Manson, singer, lead vocalist of the band Garbage
- Shirley Povich, [male] sportswriter
- Shirley Temple, child actress
- Shirley Williams, British politician
- Steve Shirley, (Dame Stephanie Shirley), UK businesswoman
- as well as:
- Shirley, a novel by Charlotte Brontë
- Shirley & Company, a 1970s disco group
- Shirley the Loon, a fictional character in Tiny Toon Adventures
- Shirley's World, a 1971 sitcom