Kershaw
Kershaw as a surname derives from a topographical identifier in the northern dialect of Middle English: kirk "church" and shaw "grove". Places named Kirkshaw include Kirkshaw in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire, and two hamlets in West Yorkshire.
People
- Abbey Lee Kershaw (born 1987), Australian fashion model
- Andy Kershaw (born 1959), British radio DJ
- Betty Kershaw (born 1943), British professor of nursing
- Bob Kershaw, South African fighter pilot in World War II
- Clayton Kershaw (born 1988), US baseball player
- Devon Kershaw (born 1982), Canadian cross country skier
- Doug Kershaw (born 1936), American fiddle player
- Herbert Kershaw, English rugby league footballer
- H. V. Kershaw (1918–1992), British dramatist
- Ian Kershaw (born 1943), British historian
- Jack Kershaw (1913-2010), American attorney
- Joseph B. Kershaw (1822–1894), US general
- L.R. Kershaw (1880-1969), pioneer Oklahoma settler, developer, banker and cattleman
- Les Kershaw, chief scout and academy director for Manchester United
- Liz Kershaw (born 1960), UK music broadcaster
- Nellie Kershaw (1891-1924), UK textile worker and the first asbestos victim
- Nik Kershaw (born 1958), UK singer-songwriter
- Richard Kershaw (born 1934), UK television reporter
- Sammy Kershaw (born 1958), singer and songwriter, a relative of the Cajun fiddler, Doug Kershaw
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