Shaw (name)

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."

Notable people sharing the given name 'Shaw'

*Shaw Clifton, 18th General of The Salvation Army

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|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 [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789931/]
*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|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)
*Tony Shaw former Australian rules footballer & media personality
*Watkins Shaw (1911-1996), British musicologist

ee also

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