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Shannon Richardson
Shannon Guess Richardson, born 1977, is an American former actress with bit roles in The Walking Dead, The Vampire Diaries, and The Blind Side, sentenced in 2014 to 18 years for mailing ricin-laced letters to Obama and Bloomberg and framing her husband.
Shannon Rutherford
Shannon Rutherford, played by Maggie Grace, is a fictional Lost character, spoiled stepsister of Boone Carlyle, an Oceanic 815 survivor who translates Rousseau's French signal, romances Sayid, and is shot by Ana Lucia in 'Abandoned' (2005).
Shannon S. Stahl
Shannon S. Stahl is an American chemist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison known for catalytic oxidation chemistry using molecular oxygen, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2023.
Shannon Sharpe
Shannon Sharpe (born 1968) is a Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end (class of 2011), three-time Super Bowl champion with Denver and Baltimore, retired NFL record holder among tight ends (815 catches, 10,060 yards, 62 TDs), and later a broadcaster on CBS, FS1's Undisputed, and ESPN's First Take.
Shannon Smith
Shannon Smith, Canadian swimmer born 1961 in Vancouver, won 400 m freestyle bronze and placed sixth in the 800 m at the 1976 Montreal Olympics; BC Sports Hall of Fame 1983.
Shannon Szabados
Shannon Szabados (Shannon Lynn Szabados, born 1986, Edmonton) is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender, two-time Olympic gold medalist (2010, 2014) and 2018 silver medalist, and the first woman to play in the WHL and the SPHL.
Shannon Taylor (Virginia politician)
Shannon Taylor is an American Democratic politician, the Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney since 2011 and the Democratic nominee for Virginia's 1st District U.S. House seat in the 2026 election.
Shannon Tweed
Shannon Tweed (Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons), Canadian actress and model, Playboy Miss November 1981 and 1982 Playmate of the Year; erotic-thriller film star, wife of KISS's Gene Simmons since 2011, and star of Gene Simmons Family Jewels (2006-2012).
Shannon Vreeland
Shannon Vreeland (born 1991, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American freestyle swimmer from Overland Park, Kansas, who won Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at London 2012 in an Olympic record 7:42.92.
Shannon Watson
Shannon Watson (Shannon Ashleigh Watson), British actress from the Isle of Wight and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate; 2023 Spotlight Screen Prize winner; played Miranda in The Jetty and Unity Mitford in Outrageous.
Shannon Watts
Shannon Watts, American gun violence prevention activist, founder of Moms Demand Action (originally One Million Moms for Gun Control), started after Sandy Hook 2012, later part of Everytown for Gun Safety.
Shannon Whirry
Shannon Whirry (Shannon Meta Whirry, born 1964, Green Lake, Wisconsin) is an American actress, star of 1990s direct-to-video erotic thrillers like Animal Instincts, later a TV guest actress and Phoenix stage performer.
Shannon Wilcox
Shannon Wilcox, born Mary Kay Wilcox (1943 – September 2, 2023), American character actress of Ohio birth; starred as Jenny James on Buck James (1987–88), played Ali Mills's mother in The Karate Kid (1984), recurred on Dallas, and appeared in seven Garry Marshall films.
Shannon Woodward
Shannon Woodward (Shannon Marie Woodward, born 1984) is an American actress known for Sabrina in Raising Hope, Elsie Hughes in Westworld, and voicing Dina in The Last of Us Part II, earning a BAFTA Games nomination.
Shannon–Hartley theorem
The Shannon–Hartley theorem, or Shannon–Hartley law, gives the maximum error-free data rate of a noisy channel, C = W log2(1 + S/N), stated by Claude Shannon in 1948.
Shannon–Weaver model
Shannon–Weaver model, or mathematical theory of communication: a linear sender–encoder–channel–noise–decoder–receiver model from Shannon's 1948 Bell System Technical Journal papers and the 1949 Shannon and Weaver book, foundational to communication studies.
Shannyn Sossamon
Shannyn Sossamon (Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon, b. October 3, 1978, Honolulu) is an American actress, discovered while DJing at Gwyneth Paltrow's party; she played Lady Jocelyn in A Knight's Tale (2001) and later moved into independent film, TV, and the band WarPaint.
Shanola Hampton
Shanola Hampton (born 1977) is an American actress known as Veronica Fisher on Shameless (2011–2021, 134 episodes) and as Gabi Mosely, also producer, on NBC's Found (2023–2025); Winthrop University and University of Illinois MFA graduate.
Shanqing
Shanqing (善清) was a Chan Buddhist monk of the Huanglong line of the Linji school in the Northern Song dynasty, a dharma-heir of Huanglong Zuxin.
Shanqing Zhang
Shanqing Zhang (张山青), also published as Eddie Shanqing Zhang, is an electrochemist known for natural-polymer binders for lithium–sulfur batteries, who moved from Griffith University to Guangdong University of Technology in 2023.
Shans
Shans (Georgian: შანსი) is a casino in Gonio village, Gonio-Kvariati district, Batumi, Ajara, Georgia, run as Shans Slot Casino & Hotel Batumi, founded 2017; rated 3.4/5 from 23 Madloba reviews. Distinct from the unrelated Russian online Casino Shans and Bulgarian KAZINO SHANS EOOD.
Shanshan Group
Shanshan Group (杉杉集团) is a Chinese conglomerate founded by Zheng Yonggang in Ningbo, now a leading maker of lithium battery anode materials and LCD polarizers.
Shanta
Shanta (शान्ता), also Shanta Devi, is the wife of sage Rishyasringa in the Ramayana tradition; her parentage is disputed between recensions, as daughter of Dasharatha of Ayodhya given in adoption to Romapada of Anga, or Romapada's own daughter.
Shanta Gokhale
Shanta Gokhale (शांता गोखले), born 1939 in Dahanu, Maharashtra, is an Indian writer, translator, and theater critic known for carrying modern Marathi literature into English.
Shanta Shelke
Shanta Shelke (शांता शेळके; 1922–2002) was a Marathi poet, novelist, and professor who wrote over 100 books and hundreds of film and bhavgeet lyrics, receiving the Padma Shri.
Shantae
Shantae is WayForward's 2D platformer series starring a hair-whipping, belly-dancing half-genie who guards Scuttle Town from Risky Boots. Debuted on Game Boy Color in 2002 via Capcom; six games through Risky Revolution (2025).
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Shantae and the Seven Sirens (Shantae 5) is WayForward's Metroidvania, Apple Arcade September 2019 in two parts, full release May 28, 2020 on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC; Fusion Magic instant transformations, 50 Monster Cards, Metascore 79 Switch.
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is WayForward's fourth Shantae game, a Kickstarter-funded (2013, $776,084) 2D HD platformer released December 20, 2016 on PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, PC, and Switch, with belly-dance transformations and DLC modes.
Shantala Devi
Shantala Devi (ಶಾಂತಲಾ ದೇವಿ) was the chief queen of the Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana in twelfth-century Karnataka, a devout Jain who built temples at Shravanabelagola and Belur and died in 1131.
Shantananda Saraswati
Shantananda Saraswati was the Shankaracharya of the Sharada Peeth Math at Dwarka, appointed by the Baroda State in 1917 to succeed Madhav Tirtha; his claim was contested in litigation until his death in 1926.