Shaw (name)

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Shaw is most commonly a surname and rarely a given name.

• Clan Shaw an ancient Scottish clan, part of the Chattan Confederation and formerly a sept of Clan MacKintosh

The Clan Shaw motto is: "Fide et fortitude." meaning "For fidelity and fortitude."

[edit] Notable people sharing the given name 'Shaw'

• Shaw Clifton, 18th General of The Salvation Army

[edit] Notable people sharing the surname 'Shaw'

• Artie Shaw (1910–2004), American bandleader
• Bernard Shaw (CNN)
• Bill Shaw, British army captain, explorer
• Billy Shaw (born 1938), American football player
• For people with the name Bob or Robert Shaw, see Robert Shaw.
• Brian Shaw, former NBA basketball player
• Clay Shaw, charged by Jim Garrison with conspiracy to murder John F. Kennedy
• Cliff Shaw, computer programmer
• David Shaw (CEO), hedge fund manager
• Eugene Clay Shaw Jr., former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida
• Fiona Shaw (born 1958), Irish actress who plays Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films
• Frank L. Shaw (1887–1958), former mayor of Los Angeles, California
• Frederick H. Shaw (1864–1924), British Citizen who had a prominent role in the creation of the Spanish Institute of Provission 1908
• Sir Frederick Shaw 3rd Baronet from 1869, (1799–1876), Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament.
• George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright
• George Shaw (1751–1813), English botanist and zoologist
• George C. Shaw, US soldier decorated for gallantry in the Philippine-American War in 1903
• Graham Shaw (1934–1998), a former Sheffield United footballer
• Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screen writer and author
• J. R. Shaw (born 1934), Canadian businessman
• Joe Shaw (Sheffield United) (born 1928), a former Sheffield United footballer
• John Shaw (disambiguation), various people
• Jonathan Shaw, British politician
• Lindsey Shaw, co-star of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
• Henry Shaw (botanist) (1800–1889), St. Louis botanist and philanthropist
• Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818–1895), "Josh Billings," American humorist
• Martin Shaw (born 1945), English actor
• Marlena Shaw (born 1943), American singer
• Quentin Shaw, renaissance courtier and makar in the court of James IV of Scotland
• Reta Shaw (born 1912), American actress [1]
• Richard G. Shaw (born 1943), first African American insurance commissioner for West Virginia
• Richard Norman Shaw (1831–1912), British architect
• For people with the name Robert or Bob Shaw, see Robert Shaw.
• Ronald Shaw (1920–1945), Royal Air Force Corporal during World War II
• Sandie Shaw (born 1947), British singer
• Sebastian Shaw (actor) (1905–1994), British actor
• T.E. Shaw, pseudonym of T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")
• Tom Shaw
• Tommy Shaw American musician (Styx) (1953)
• Watkins Shaw (1911-1996), British musicologist

[edit] See also

• shaw (Scots) small wood or thicket of trees.
• Shao, a Chinese family name
• Shah (surname)