Shapiro
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Shapiro is a Yiddish surname which occasionally is said to be derived from the medieval name of Speyer, Germany.[1] However, the word Shapiro is Aramaic (probably derived from the word for the sapphire gemstone) and appears, for example, in the 11th Century Aramaic-language Jewish religious poem Akdamus / Akdamuth (line 45) and in Onkelos' commentary on Genesis 29:17. Onkelos' commentary, believed to have been written around 110 CE, long predated the naming of Speyer (as Spira) in approximately 500 CE.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Shapiro, American activist
- Alex Shapiro, American composer
- Andrew Shapiro, American composer
- Arthur K. Shapiro, psychiatrist and expert on the Tourette syndrome (1923–1995)
- Ascher H. Shapiro, MIT professor and expert in the Fluid Dynamics (1916–2004)
- Ben Shapiro, conservative American political columnist
- Bernard Shapiro, academic, civil servant
- Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist
- Betty Shapiro,DDS, Dentist and Mother
- Carl Shapiro, economist and mathematician
- Carol Harris-Shapiro, Reconstructionist rabbi
- Chaim Elazar Shapiro, rabbi
- Charles S. Shapiro, American diplomat
- Christian Shapiro, American writer
- Darin Shapiro, American wakeboarder
- David Shapiro (poet), American poet
- David Shapiro, American documentary maker, (Keep the River on Your Right), brother of Laurie Gwen Shapiro
- Dr.Doug Shapiro, Anesthesiologist
- Ehud Shapiro, scientist
- Elisha Shapiro, American neo-Dada artist & presidential candidate.
- Ephraim Shapiro,Orthodox rabbi
- Eric Shapiro, American writer
- Florence Shapiro, American politician
- Fred Shapiro, American lawyer and fraudster
- Fred R. Shapiro, American legal librarian and editor
- George Shapiro, American Talent Producer
- Greg Shapiro, Broadcast Engineer and Real Estate Investor
- Harold S. Shapiro, mathematics professor
- Harold T. Shapiro, American university president
- Helen Shapiro, British singer
- Ian Shapiro, American political scientist
- Ilya Pyatetskii-Shapiro, mathematician
- Irwin I. Shapiro, astrophysicist
- Israel Shapiro, convicted sex offender
- Jacob Shapiro, Jewish Mobster
- James Shapiro, director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program at the University of Alberta
- James S. Shapiro, professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and non-fiction author
- Jamian Shapiro, American musician and filmmaker
- Jeffrey Shapiro
- Jeremy Shapiro
- Jeremy J. Shapiro
- Jim Shapiro, musician (Veruca Salt)
- Joel Shapiro
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Justine Shapiro
- Karl Jay Shapiro, United States poet
- Laurie Gwen Shapiro, American novelist and filmmaker
- Lee Shapiro, American film maker, killed by the Soviet military in Afghanistan
- Linda Hopkins Shapiro
- Mark Shapiro, general manager of the Cleveland Indians baseball team
- Marvin Shapiro, Petroleum Geologist and World Traveler
- Meir Shapiro, Orthodox rabbi
- Mendel Shapiro
- Meyer Shapiro
- Michael Shapiro
- Michael G. Shapiro
- Michael J. Shapiro
- Neal Shapiro
- Nelson Shapiro, American musician
- Paul Shapiro
- Rashi Shapiro, Orthodox rabbi, Jewish folk-rock musician, psychologist
- Refael Shapiro, Orthodox rabbi
- Robert Shapiro, celebrity defense lawyer
- Robert J. Shapiro, economist
- Robert H. Shapiro, (1935-2004) American chemist
- Sam Shapiro
- Saul Shapiro
- Shapiro (band), American pop-rock band
- Shel Shapiro, British singer
- Sidney Shapiro
- Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, Cambodian classical dance choreographer
- Stanley J. Shapiro
- Steve Shapiro, American Photographer
- Steve Shapiro,American music producer
- Stewart Shapiro, philosopher and logician
- Ted Shapiro
- Theodore Shapiro
- William Shapiro, noted government attorney
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