Shannon

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Shannon may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Artists 1.2 Journalists 1.3 Politicians 1.4 Scientists 1.5 Sportsmen 1.6 Other 2 Geography and places 2.1 In the United States 2.2 Other 3 Television 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] People

[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
• Molly Shannon (born 1964), American actor
• 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
• Shannon Leto (Born 1970), American drummer in 30 seconds to mars, brother to actor and fellow band member Jared Leto

[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 (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

• Bob Shannon (born c. 1940; fl. 1980s), American programmer
• Claude Shannon (1916–2001), American mathematician and electrical engineer - the originator of Information Theory
• Frederick A. Shannon (1921–1965), American biologist
• Shannon M. Richissin (born 1988), American student, Inventor of Toaster Strudel

[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
• Randy Shannon (born 1966), American football coach
• Shannon (born 1975), one of many ring names of female American wrestler Shannon Spruill

[edit] Other

• See Shannon (given name)

[edit] Geography and places

[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, County Clare, Ireland
• Shannon, New Zealand, a town
• Shannon, Quebec, Canada
• Shannon Airport, Ireland
• Shannon Falls, a waterfall in British Columbia
• Shannon Park, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Shannon Bay, now called Darrell Bay
• Shannon Lake, a community of Westbank, British Columbia, Canada
• River Shannon, Ireland
  • Shannon Cave, a subterranean section of the River Shannon
  • Shannon Pot, source of the River Shannon

[edit] Television

• Shannon (1961 TV series) starring George Nader (syndicated)
• Shannon (1981 TV series), starring Kevin Dobson (CBS)

[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 (Formula One), 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 is an application of the noisy channel coding theorem to the archetypal case of a continuous-time analog communications channel subject to Gaussian noise
• One shannon, a.k.a. one bit of information
• Tell Shannon Her Crafts Are Ready, a song by American band HeavyHeavyLowLow

[edit] See also

• Shannon's Way, a novel

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