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Shawn M Bediako
Shawn Moyo Bediako is an American community and health psychologist known for research on stigma, discrimination, and sickle cell disease, and a professor at UMBC.
Shawn Marie McLaughlin
Shawn Marie McLaughlin is a marine parasitologist with NOAA's National Ocean Service known for describing the clam parasite Perkinsus chesapeaki and for detecting influenza A virus in bivalves.
Shawn Marion
Shawn Marion, "The Matrix," American NBA forward (1999-2015), Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks; 4x All-Star, 2011 champion, only player with 150+ steals and 100+ blocks in four straight seasons.
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes (Shawn Peter Raul Mendes, born 1998) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter from Pickering, Ontario, discovered via Vine covers; four consecutive Billboard 200 No. 1 albums, three Grammy nominations, and the Shawn Mendes Foundation.
Shawn Mendes (album)
Shawn Mendes, the eponymous 2018 third album by Shawn Mendes (not the 2024 album Shawn), released on Island Records May 25, 2018; Metacritic 73, Grammy-nominated for "In My Blood" and Best Pop Vocal Album, UK chart peak No. 3.
Shawn Mendes discography
Shawn Mendes discography: five studio albums (Handwritten, Illuminate, Shawn Mendes, Wonder, Shawn), a 2014 EP, two live albums, and singles like Stitches, Señorita, and Treat You Better, all on Island Records.
Shawn Merriman (fraudster)
Shawn Richard Merriman, the "Mormon Madoff," ran a $20 million Ponzi scheme through Market Street Advisors in Aurora, Colorado, from 1994 to 2009, defrauding 67 investors; he received 151 months in prison.
Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom), "The Heartbreak Kid" and "Mr. WrestleMania," WWE wrestler 1988-2010; four-time world champion, two-time Royal Rumble winner, Hall of Famer 2011 and 2019, retired by The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXVI.
Shawn Newsam
Shawn Newsam is an American computer scientist and founding faculty member at the University of California, Merced, working in image processing, computer vision, and geoinformatics.
Shawn Oakman
Shawn Michael Oakman (born 1992) is an American defensive lineman from Philadelphia who played at Penn State and Baylor, was a hyped 2016 NFL prospect derailed by an arrest, and became a 2021 All-CFL player with Toronto, Edmonton, and Montreal.
Shawn Porter
Shawn "Showtime" Porter (Shawn Christian Porter, born 1987) is an American former boxer, two-time welterweight world champion (IBF 2013, WBC 2018), retired 2021 at 31-4-1 (17 KOs), now a commentator.
Shawn Pyfrom
Shawn Pyfrom (Shawn Caminiti Pyfrom), American actor and singer born 1986 in Tampa, Florida; best known as Andrew Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives (2004-2012) and as the voice of Lionel Griff in Stanley.
Shawn Rhoden
Shawn Rhoden, "Flexatron" (1975–2021), Jamaican-American IFBB pro bodybuilder; won the 2018 Mr. Olympia at 43, dethroning seven-time champion Phil Heath; banned after 2019 Utah rape charges; died of a heart attack in 2021.
Shawn Ryan
Shawn Ryan (born 1966, Rockford, Illinois) is the American TV writer and showrunner who created The Shield, The Chicago Code, and The Night Agent, and co-created S.W.A.T., Timeless, and Last Resort; distinct from the Navy SEAL podcaster and Yukon prospector of the same name.
Shawn Ryan (podcaster)
Shawn Ryan, born Sean Ryan Palmisano, is a former Navy SEAL and CIA contractor who founded Vigilance Elite and hosts The Shawn Ryan Show, a top-ranked long-form interview podcast centered on veterans, expanded into politics and conspiracy topics, with disclosed investments in Shield AI and Anduril.
Shawn Spears
Shawn Spears (Ronnie William Arneill, b. 1981), also known as Tye Dillinger and Gavin Spears, is a Canadian wrestler signed to WWE NXT, a former NXT North American Champion leading The Culling, after runs in AEW and two WWE tenures.
Shawn Stasiak
Shawn Stasiak (Shawn Emile Stipich, born 1970), second-generation wrestler, son of WWF Champion Stan Stasiak; competed as Meat, PerfectShawn, and Planet Stasiak in WWF/WWE and WCW, 15-time Hardcore Champion, now a Dallas chiropractor.
Shawn Still
Shawn Still is an American politician, a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate from the 48th district who has served since 2023 and chairs the Senate Majority Caucus.
Shawn Stockman
Shawn Stockman (Shawn Patrick Stockman, born 1972) is an American R&B singer of Boyz II Men, the best-selling R&B group; solo hit "Visions of Sunset" (1996), album Shawn (2018), Sing-Off judge, On That Note podcast host.
Shawn Weatherly
Shawn Nichols Weatherly (born 1959) is an American actress and beauty queen, Miss USA and Miss Universe 1980 from South Carolina, later Jill Riley on Baywatch and Cadet Adams in Police Academy 3.
Shawna Gordon
Shawna Gordon (Shawna Palmer), born 1990, Rancho Cucamonga, California, is a former NWSL midfielder for Sky Blue FC (2015-2016) who also played in Australia's W-League and Sweden's Umea IKFF, and founded Football For Her. Not Sh'Nia Gordon or Sarah Gorden.
Shawne Merriman
Shawne Merriman, "Lights Out," NFL linebacker born 1984; Maryland star drafted 12th overall 2005 by Chargers; 2005 AP/PFWA Defensive Rookie of the Year, 45.5 career sacks, 3 Pro Bowls; later founded Lights Out Xtreme Fighting MMA promotion.
Shawnee
The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking Eastern Woodlands people of the Ohio Valley, led historically by Tecumseh, removed to Kansas and Oklahoma, and today organized as three federally recognized tribes headquartered in Oklahoma.
Shawnee Fossil Plant
Shawnee Fossil Plant is a coal-fired power station owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority near Paducah, Kentucky, supplying the region since 1953 with 1,206 megawatts.
Shawnee oral literature
Shawnee oral literature is the body of stories, myths, speeches, and songs passed down by speech among the Shawnee, an Algonquian-speaking people originally from the Ohio country now living mainly in Oklahoma and Ohio.
Shawnee Smith
Shawnee Smith (born 1969) is an American actress from Orangeburg, South Carolina, known for Amanda Young in the Saw films, Linda on Becker, The Blob, and bands Fydolla Ho and Smith & Pyle.
Shawnee State University
Shawnee State University, in Portsmouth, Ohio, is a regional public university founded in 1986 as Ohio's 13th public university, an open-access Carnegie Opportunity College serving Appalachian Ohio, with about 3,500 students and NCAA Division II athletics.
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Shawnee, Oklahoma: county seat of Pottawatomie County, about 35 miles east of Oklahoma City on I-40. Founded in the September 22, 1891 land run; population 31,377 (2020); home to four tribal governments, five casinos, and the International Finals Youth Rodeo.
Shawnna Bolick
Shawnna Bolick is an American Republican politician in the Arizona Senate from District 2, appointed in July 2023 after representing Legislative District 20 in the Arizona House since 2018.
Shawty (slang)
Shawty: Southern, non-rhotic AAVE respelling of "shorty"; informal term for a young woman, girlfriend, child, or friend. Recorded on Lil Jon's 1997 debut, mainstreamed by 50 Cent's 2003 "In Da Club," peaked in 2000s Billboard songs.