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Shatuo hydroelectric plant

The Shatuo hydroelectric plant is a 1,120 MW run-of-river station on the Wujiang River in Yanhe County, Guizhou, China, completed in 2013 as the last of nine cascade projects.

Shatuo Turks

The Shatuo Turks (沙陀) were a Turkic tribal confederation, an offshoot of the Western Turks, that served Tang China as frontier cavalry from the early ninth century.

Shatura GRES power station

Shatura GRES (Шатурская ГРЭС) is a 1,500 MW thermal power station in Shatura, Moscow Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest plants under the 1920 GOELRO plan.

Shau Zhang

Shau Zhang is a Certified Public Accountant and Ernst & Young partner who leads its Americas China Overseas Investment practice from Boston, advising Chinese investors.

Shaukat Ali

Shaukat Ali (1897–1960) was an Indian field hockey forward who won gold with British India at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, India's first Olympic hockey title.

Shaukat Aziz (شوکت عزیز)

Shaukat Aziz (شوکت عزیز), Pakistani banker and politician, Citibank executive turned finance minister (1999) and 23rd prime minister (2004-2007) under Musharraf; led a growth boom later criticized for external imbalances.

Shaul G. Massry

Shaul G. Massry (1930–2023) was an Iraqi-born American nephrologist who led nephrology at USC and built the evidence that excess parathyroid hormone is a uremic toxin.

Shaul Guerrero

Shaul Marie Guerrero (born 1990), also Raquel Diaz, is a Mexican American wrestler, valet, and ring announcer; eldest daughter of Eddie and Vickie Guerrero, ex-WWE developmental (FCW/NXT), later WOW and AEW announcer.

Shaul Hestrin

Shaul Hestrin is a neuroscientist and Professor of Comparative Medicine at Stanford University known for Nature papers on NMDA receptor currents, electrical synapses among fast-spiking cells, and neocortical wiring.

Shaul Mofaz (שאול מופז)

Shaul Mofaz (שאול מופז), Iranian-born Israeli general and politician, born 1948 in Tehran; 16th IDF Chief of Staff 1998-2002, defense minister 2002-2006 who implemented the Gaza disengagement, and Kadima party leader 2012-2015.

Shaul Mukamel

Shaul Mukamel, born 1948, is a theoretical chemist and physicist, Distinguished Professor at UC Irvine, known for pioneering coherent multidimensional spectroscopy and elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Shaul Shani

Shaul Shani is an Israeli technology entrepreneur and investor who founded the Brazilian telecom GVT, sold to Vivendi for $4.5 billion in 2009, and cofounded XM Cyber.

Shaul Tchernichovsky

Shaul Tchernichovsky (שאול טשרניחובסקי) was a Russian-born Hebrew poet and physician who, with Hayim Nahman Bialik, stood among modern Hebrew poetry's founders, translating Homer into Hebrew.

Shaun Alexander

Shaun Alexander, former Seattle Seahawks running back (2000–2007) and 2005 NFL MVP, rushed for 9,453 yards and 100 touchdowns, set a then-record 28 TDs in 2005, and remains an unresolved Hall of Fame candidate.

Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award

Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, also called the Shaun Alexander Award: Maxwell Football Club honor for college football's top freshman (true or redshirt), awarded since 2018; winners include Trevor Lawrence, Caleb Downs, and Julian Sayin.

Shaun Attwood

Shaun Attwood, aka English Shaun, is a British ex-Ecstasy trafficker from Widnes who became an Arizona stockbroker-millionaire, served almost six years after a 2002 arrest, wrote Jon's Jail Journal and Hard Time, and is now a true-crime YouTuber banned from the US.

Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Cassidy (born 1958) is an American singer, actor, and TV writer-producer, a late-1970s teen idol behind Da Doo Ron Ron and The Hardy Boys, and creator of American Gothic and Invasion.

Shaun Cole

Shaun Cole is a British cosmologist and professor at Durham University, known for the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, baryon acoustic oscillations, and the 2014 Shaw Prize in Astronomy.

Shaun di Gregorio

Shaun di Gregorio is an Australian technology executive, co-founder and CEO of Frontier Digital Ventures until 2025, and previously chief executive of iProperty Group, sold to REA Group in 2016.

Shaun Dolac

Shaun Dolac, Los Angeles Rams linebacker No. 56 from West Seneca, NY; Buffalo walk-on turned 2024 consensus All-American and MAC Defensive Player of the Year who led the nation with 168 tackles, then signed as a 2025 undrafted free agent.

Shaun Dooley

Shaun Dooley (born 1974, Barnsley) is an English actor and narrator known for Misfits, Broadchurch, It's a Sin, The Witcher's King Foltest, RTS North Best Actor for The Mark of Cain, and narrating SAS: Who Dares Wins.

Shaun Dougherty

Shaun M. Dougherty is an American education policy scientist and professor at Boston College who received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2025.

Shaun Edwards

Shaun Edwards, born 1966 in Wigan, England, is a rugby coach and former Wigan and Great Britain rugby league player, a defense specialist who won Six Nations titles with Wales and France.

Shaun Evans

Shaun Francis Evans (born 1980, Liverpool) is an English actor, director, and producer, not the Hot Ones host Sean Evans. Known for DS Endeavour Morse in ITV's Endeavour (2012-2023), Until I Kill You, Vigil, and leading/executive-producing ITV's 2026 spy thriller Betrayal.

Shaun Finnie

Shaun Finnie is an American politician and oil and gas investment banker from The Woodlands, Texas, and the 2026 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Texas's 2nd district.

Shaun Frank

Shaun Frank is a Canadian DJ, record producer, and songwriter from Toronto known for the 2016 single "La La Land" with DVBBS and for co-writing The Chainsmokers' "Closer".

Shaun Gayle

Shaun Gayle (born 1962) is a former NFL safety, Ohio State product drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1984; a 1985 Super Bowl XX champion, 1991 Pro Bowler, and 12-year veteran with 16 interceptions.

Shaun Goater

Shaun Goater (Leonard Shaun Goater, born 1970, Hamilton, Bermuda) is a Bermudian former striker and Manchester City cult hero, 1998-2003, scoring 103 goals in 212 games, famed for the Feed the Goat chant, his brace in the final Maine Road derby, and 32 goals in 36 Bermuda appearances.

Shaun Johnston

Shaun Johnston is a Canadian actor born in 1958. He is best known for his role as Jack Bartlett on the CBC drama Heartland, and for his work on The X-Files.

Shaun Jordan

Shaun M. Jordan (born 1968, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American swimmer who won Olympic gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992, starred for the University of Texas, and later worked at Abraham Trading.