Shanks

Shanks is a surname, and may refer to:

• Alison Shanks - New Zealand professional racing cyclist
• Bill Shanks - American sports broadcaster and writer
• Bruce Shanks, (1908 – 1980) - former editorial cartoonist for the Buffalo Evening News
• Charles G. Shanks (1841 – 1895) - 19th century journalist and associate editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal
• Daniel Shanks - a mathematician from Maryland
• Don Shanks (footballer) - British footballer
• Don Shanks (stuntman) - American actor and stuntman
• Donald Shanks (bass-baritone) - Australian operatic bass-baritone
• Edward Shanks - English writer
• Emily Shanks - British painter, born in Russia
• George Shanks - first translator of the Protocols of Zion into the English language
• Hershel Shanks - founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society
• Howard "Howie" Shanks (1890 – 1941) - former professional baseball player
• John Shanks - American rock musician and song writer
• John Shanks - actor in English Renaissance theatre
• John Peter Cleaver Shanks (1826 – 1901) - U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Juanita Jewel Shanks - American civil rights pioneer who was the first black woman in Dallas County to vote in 1944
• Katrina Shanks - New Zealand politician
• Michael Shanks - actor best known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1
• Michael Shanks (archaeologist)
• Nancy Shanks - American singer associated with Tori Amos
• Niall Shanks - Canadian history professor at the University of Alberta
• Norman Shanks - a Church of Scotland minister
• Oliver Shanks - a boxer
• Rosalind "Rosalie" Shanks - British actress
• Simon Shanks - (1977 – 2006), former linebacker for the NFL team Arizona Cardinals
• Tommy Shanks - former Irish soccer player
• William Shanks (1812 – 1882) - an English amateur mathematician, famous for his calculation of over 500 of digits of π, by hand

Shanks is a placename, and may refer to:

• Camp Shanks - a United States Army installation in the town of Orangetown, New York
• Shanks, West Virginia - in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States
• Shanks Islands (Tasmania) - Australia

Other uses:

• Armitage Shanks - a UK toilet manufacturer
• "Red-Haired" Shanks - a character in the One Piece manga and anime series
• Shanks birds - a group of wading bird species
• Shanks & Bigfoot - a British songwriting/production duo
• Shanks Group plc - a UK waste mangamement company
• Shanks Restaurant - former Michelin starred restaurant in Northern Ireland
• Shanks (film) - a 1974 movie directed by William Castle and starring Marcel Marceau
• Shank (disambiguation)