Shannon
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Shannon may refer to:
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[edit] Geography and places
[edit] In Ireland
- River Shannon - Ireland
- Shannon Cave - a subterranean section of the River Shannon
- Shannon Pot - source of the River Shannon
- Shannon, County Clare - Ireland, a town near Shannon Airport
- Shannon Airport - Ireland
- Shannon Region - unofficial region in Ireland
[edit] In the United States
- Shannon, Alabama
- Shannon, Georgia
- Shannon, Kentucky
- Shannon, Texas
- Shannon County, Missouri
- Shannon County, South Dakota
- Shannon Hills, Arkansas
- Lake Shannon - a reservoir in Whatcom County, Washington
- Shannon Creek - a stream near North Cascades National Park, Washington
[edit] Other
- Shannon, New Brunswick, a community in Canada
- Shannon, New Zealand - a town
- Shannon, Quebec - Canada
- Shannon Falls - a waterfall in British Columbia
- Shannon Island - Greenland
- Shannon Park, Nova Scotia - Canada
- Shannon Bay, now called Darrell Bay, British Columbia, Canada
- Shannon Lake, a community of Westbank, British Columbia, Canada
[edit] As a surname
For Shannon as a given name see Shannon (given name)
[edit] Artists
- David Shannon (born 1960), American author
- Del Shannon (1934–1990), American rock and roll musician
- James Jebusa Shannon (1862–1923), Anglo-American painter
- Johnny Shannon (born 1932), English actor
- Molly Shannon (born 1964), American actress
- Richard Shannon (born 1954), American writer
- Shannon (born 1939), one-off stage name of English singer and songwriter Marty Wilde
- Shannon (singer) (born 1958), stage name of singer Shannon Brenda Greene
- Sharon Shannon (born 1968), Irish musician
- T. Sean Shannon (fl. 2000s), American performer and writer
- Terry Shannon (1952–2005), American engineer and writer
- Tommy Shannon (born 1946), American bassist best known for backing Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray Vaughan
[edit] Journalists
- Bob Shannon (Radio) (born 1942) - Canadian journalist
- Bob Shannon (WCBS-FM) (born 1948) - American journalist
- George W. Shannon (1914–1998) - American journalist
- Mark Shannon (born c. 1950) - American journalist
- Paul Shannon (1909–1990) - American journalist
- Scott Shannon (fl. c. late 20th century) - American journalist
- William V. Shannon (1927–1988) - American journalist
[edit] Politicians
- George Shannon (explorer) (1785–1836) - explorer and U.S. Senator
- James Shannon (born 1952) - American politician
- Peter Shannon (born 1949) - Australian diplomat
- Richard C. Shannon (1839–1920) - US Representative from New York
- Steve Shannon (born 1971) - American politician
- Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. (born c. 1960) - American diplomat
[edit] Scientists
- Claude Shannon (1916–2001) - American mathematician and electrical engineer - the originator of Information Theory
- Frederick A. Shannon (1921–1965) - American biologist
[edit] Sportsmen
- Darryl Shannon (born 1968) - Canadian hockey player
- Les Shannon (1926–2007) - English football player and manager
- Mike Shannon (born 1939) - American baseball player and journalist
- Rab Shannon, Scottish footballer
- Randy Shannon (born 1966) - American football coach
- Shannon (born 1975) - one of many ring names of female American wrestler Shannon Spruill
[edit] Television
- Shannon (1961 TV series) - starring George Nader (syndicated)
- Shannon (1981 TV series) - starring Kevin Dobson (Columbia Broadcasting System)
[edit] Other
- Shannon - a servant from the house of Ushiromiya in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
- Shannon (horse) (1941–1955) - was an outstanding Australian Hall-of-Fame thoroughbred racehorse.
- Earl of Shannon - Peerage of Irish
- "Shannon", a song by Henry Gross
- HMS Shannon - several naval ships
- Shannon Development - a development company in Ireland
- Shannon Racing Cars - a defunct Formula One constructor
- Shannon Racing - a defunct motor racing team
- Shannon RFC - a rugby club in Limerick
- Shannon index - of biodiversity
- Shannon–Hartley theorem - an application of the noisy channel coding theorem to the archetypal case of a continuous-time analog communications channel subject to Gaussian noise
- "Tell Shannon Her Crafts Are Ready", a song by American band HeavyHeavyLowLow
- Shannon (locomotive) - an 0-4-0WT steam locomotive, built by George England & Co in 1857, formerly loco No5 of the Wantage Tramway Co, now at the Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire, UK
- Shannon's Way - a novel
[edit] See also
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