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Sheji
Sheji (社稷) was the paired state cult of the soil and grain spirits in ancient China, worshipped at open-air altars; the word later became a standard term for the state.
Sheka Biosphere Reserve
Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve, a 238,750-hectare UNESCO Man and the Biosphere site designated in 2012 in Sheka Zone, southwest Ethiopia, protecting Afromontane rainforest, wild coffee, endemic species, and about 200,000 residents.
Shekasteh Nastaliq
Shekasteh Nastaliq (شکستهنستعلیق) is a cursive Persian calligraphic script derived from nasta'liq, emerging in the 17th century for faster writing and perfected by Darvish Abdolmajid Taleqani.
Shekel (שקל)
The shekel (שקל), also spelled sheqel, is an ancient Middle Eastern unit of weight and silver coinage, best known from the Babylonian standard and Tyrian coins, and the name of Israel's modern currency since 1985.
Shekelesh
The Shekelesh, also rendered Sikala, were one of the Sea Peoples, named in Egyptian records under Merneptah and Ramesses III in the late 13th and 12th centuries BC.
Shekhar Home
Shekhar Home: 2024 Hindi six-episode BBC Studios India detective series on JioCinema/JioHotstar, a Bengali reimagining of Sherlock Holmes with Kay Kay Menon as Shekhar and Ranvir Shorey as Jayvrat, set in 1990s fictional Lonpur, West Bengal.
Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur (शेखर कपूर), born 1945 in Lahore, is an Indian film director of Masoom, Mr. India, Bandit Queen, and the Oscar-nominated Elizabeth; Padma Shri 2000, Padma Bhushan 2025, and IFFI festival director.
Shekhar Kirani
Shekhar Kirani, full name Shekhar Kirani Hanumanthasetty, is a partner at Accel in India who joined in 2011 after leading VeriSign India and backed early-stage SaaS companies like Freshworks and Chargebee.
Shekhar Ravjiani
Shekhar Ravjiani (also spelled Sheykhar), born 1978, is an Indian singer-composer, one half of the Bollywood duo Vishal–Shekhar with Vishal Dadlani, known for Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express, and Pathaan, and founder of the independent label Garuudaa Musiic.
Shekhar Saxena
Shekhar Saxena is an Indian psychiatrist who directed the World Health Organization's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse from 2010 to 2018, then became a Harvard professor.
Shekhar Suman (शेखर सुमन)
Shekhar Suman (शेखर सुमन), Indian film and TV actor, singer, and host; debuted in Utsav (1985) opposite Rekha, pioneered Indian late-night satire with Movers & Shakers (1997), judged The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, and played Nawab Zulfiqar in Heeramandi (2024).
Shekhawat clan
The Shekhawat clan (शेखावत) is a Rajput clan named for Rao Shekha, a fifteenth-century chieftain of Amarsar who repelled Amber's forces and proclaimed sovereignty in 1471, ruling the region called Shekhawati.
Shekhawati frescoes
Shekhawati fresco painting is a tradition of wall painting from the 18th to early 20th centuries that covers havelis and temples in northern Rajasthan, India.
Shekhinah (שכינה)
Shekhinah, also spelled Shechinah (שכינה), is the Jewish name for the immanent presence of God in the world; in Kabbalah it is the feminine sefirah Malkhut.
Shekhupura
Sheikhupura (Shekhupura), industrial city and district headquarters in Punjab, Pakistan, 36 km from Lahore; founded under Emperor Jahangir, home to Hiran Minar and Sheikhupura Fort, 591,424 residents in 2023 census.
Shekhupura District
Sheikhupura District (also spelled Shekhupura), Punjab, Pakistan; named after Jahangir's nickname Sheikhu; district since 1919/1920; five tehsils; 4,049,418 people (2023 census); Hiran Minar and Sheikhupura Fort.
Shekinah Elmore
Shekinah Elmore was an American radiation oncologist and global oncology researcher at UNC Chapel Hill who, diagnosed with two cancers at 27, wrote publicly about living with Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, British cellist from Nottingham, 2016 BBC Young Musician winner (first Black musician to win) and 2018 royal wedding performer; Decca artist whose album Elgar made him the first cellist in the UK Top 10.
Shel Kaphan
Shel Kaphan (Sheldon J. Kaphan) is an American software engineer, hired by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as Amazon.com's first employee; he built the first Amazon website and later served as chief technology officer.
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein (Sheldon Allan Silverstein, 1930-1999), American poet, cartoonist, and songwriter; author of The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic; Playboy cartoonist and writer of A Boy Named Sue.
Shelah cardinal
A Shelah cardinal is a large cardinal in set theory, introduced by Saharon Shelah and Hugh Woodin in 1990, lying between Woodin and superstrong cardinals in consistency strength.
Shelbourne F.C.
Shelbourne F.C. (Shels), Dublin club founded 1895, playing at Tolka Park in the League of Ireland Premier Division; 14 league titles and 7 FAI Cups, 2024 champions under Damien Duff, head coach John Russell since July 2026.
Shelby American
Shelby American is an American performance-car company founded by racing driver Carroll Shelby in 1962 in Los Angeles, best known for the Shelby Cobra and the GT350 and GT500 Mustangs.
Shelby Blackstock
Shelby Blackstock (born 1990, Nashville) is an American racing driver, son of Reba McEntire and Narvel Blackstock; he raced the Mazda Road to Indy with Andretti Autosport through Indy Lights and won the 2020 GT World Challenge America Silver Cup class title.
Shelby Bryan
Shelby Bryan, full name John Shelby Bryan, is an American telecommunications entrepreneur and investment banker known for co-founding Millicom and leading ICG Communications in the late 1990s.
Shelby Chong
Shelby Chong, born Shelby Fiddis, is an American comedian, actress and producer, wife and stage partner of Tommy Chong; Cheech & Chong film actress and associate producer, opener on their reunion tours.
Shelby County Schools (Tennessee)
Shelby County Schools, also known as Memphis-Shelby County Schools, is the public school district serving most of Shelby County, Tennessee, including Memphis, with about 110,000 students.
Shelby County v. Holder
Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013): 5-4 Supreme Court decision striking down the Voting Rights Act's Section 4(b) coverage formula, ending Section 5 preclearance and leaving Section 2 litigation as the main enforcement path.
Shelby County, Alabama, United States
Shelby County, Alabama, a central Alabama county founded February 7, 1818 and named for Isaac Shelby; county seat Columbiana, largest city Alabaster. Population 238,552 (2025 estimate), Alabama's highest median household income at $97,961.
Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
Shelby County, Tennessee: the state's most populous county, seat Memphis, established 1819 and named for Isaac Shelby. Home rule charter since 1986, mayor-commission government, 910,226 residents (2025 estimate), declining population.