Shanks (disambiguation)
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Shanks is a surname, and may refer to:
Shanks is a placename, and may refer to:
Other uses:
- Alison ShanksAlison ShanksAlison Shanks is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, specialising in individual pursuit in track cycling and individual time trial in road bicycle racing.- Biography :Born in Dunedin, New Zealand...
- New Zealand professional racing cyclist - Bill ShanksBill ShanksBill Shanks is a sports broadcaster and writer.Shanks hosts "The Bill Shanks Show" on WPLA Fox Sports 1670 in Macon. He is also a columnist for The Macon Telegraph and hosts a weekly high school football show called The End Zone on WMGT-TV 41 NBC. Shanks is a writer and the publisher of The Atlanta...
- American sports broadcaster and writer - Bruce ShanksBruce ShanksBruce McKinley Shanks was the Buffalo Evening News editorial cartoonist, and won the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning with his cartoon "The Thinker," published on August 10, 1957...
, (1908 – 1980) - former editorial cartoonist for the Buffalo Evening News - Charles G. ShanksCharles G. ShanksCharles G. Shanks was a 19th century journalist who was an associate editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. In New York he worked for the New York Star and the Albany Times. His older brother, William F. G. Shanks, was a war correspondent who later editedThe Bond Buyer of New York City. His...
(1841 – 1895) - 19th century journalist and associate editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal - Daniel ShanksDaniel ShanksDaniel Shanks was an American mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He is best known as the first to compute π to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory.-Life and education:Dan Shanks was born on January 17,...
- a mathematician from Maryland - Don Shanks (footballer)Don Shanks (footballer)Don Shanks is an English former professional footballer born in Hammersmith, London, who played in the Football League as a full back for Luton Town, Queens Park Rangers, Brighton & Hove Albion and Wimbledon, before moving into non-league football with Wealdstone.Shanks began his football career...
- British footballer - Don Shanks (stuntman) - American actor and stuntman
- Donald Shanks (bass-baritone)Donald Shanks (bass-baritone)Donald Robert Shanks AO OBE was an Australian bass-baritone singer who sang over 65 principal roles with Opera Australia and other companies in Australia and overseas....
- Australian operatic bass-baritone - Edward ShanksEdward ShanksEdward Richard Buxton Shanks was an English writer, known as a war poet of World War I, then as an academic and journalist, and literary critic and biographer. He also wrote some science fiction....
- English writer - Emily ShanksEmily ShanksEmily Shanks, also known as Emiliya Yakovlevna Shanks , was an Anglo-Russian artist.Her father, James Stewart Shanks, was a Moscow businessman, and her siblings include Mary Shanks, also an artist, and Louise Maude, translator of Tolstoy's fiction...
- British painter, born in Russia - George ShanksGeorge ShanksGeorge Shanks was an expatriate British man, who is most famous as the first translator of Protocols of Zion into the English language. His version was produced for The Britons, an early anti-immigration and anti-Semitic organization....
- first translator of the Protocols of Zion into the English language - Hershel ShanksHershel ShanksHershel Shanks is the founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society and the editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review and has written and edited numerous works on Biblical archaeology including the Dead Sea Scrolls....
- founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society - Howard "Howie" ShanksHowie ShanksHoward Samuel Shanks , was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played fourteen seasons in the majors, from 1912–1925, for the Washington Senators, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox.-See also:*List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases*List of Major League Baseball triples...
(1890 – 1941) - former professional baseball player - John ShanksJohn ShanksJohn Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy Award–winning producer.Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17....
- American rock musician and song writer - John ShanksJohn ShanksJohn Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy Award–winning producer.Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17....
- actor in English Renaissance theatre - John Peter Cleaver Shanks (1826 – 1901) - U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Juanita Jewel ShanksJuanita CraftJuanita Craft was an American civil rights pioneer and member of the Dallas City Council in Texas....
- American civil rights pioneer who was the first black woman in Dallas County to vote in 1944 - Katrina ShanksKatrina ShanksThe New Zealand politician Katrina Shanks serves as a list member of Parliament for the New Zealand National Party Party. Shanks became a Member of Parliament on 7 February 2007, following the formal resignation of Don Brash from Parliament....
- New Zealand politician - Michael ShanksMichael ShanksMichael Garrett Shanks is a Canadian actor who achieved fame for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.-Early life:...
- actor best known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1 - Michael Shanks (archaeologist)Michael Shanks (archaeologist)Michael Shanks is a British archaeologist who has specialized in Classical archaeology and archaeological theory. He received his BA and PhD from Cambridge University, and was a lecturer at the University of Wales, Lampeter before moving to the United States of America in 1999 to take up a Chair...
- Nancy ShanksNancy ShanksNancy Shanks is an American singer who is almost exclusively associated with singer Tori Amos. Nancy recorded her first solo album in 1973 on United Artist Records. She recorded her second album in 1988 in England on EMI Records with Rhett Davis and upon her return to America met Tori Amos as Tori...
- American singer associated with Tori Amos - Niall ShanksNiall ShanksNiall Shanks , was a native of Cheshire, England, was educated at Rossall School, and later at the University of Leeds and the University of Liverpool. Shanks left England for Canada in 1981 and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta, Canada in 1987. Shanks moved to the United States in 1987...
- Canadian history professor at the University of Alberta - Norman ShanksNorman ShanksNorman Shanks is an ordained Church of Scotland minister, who prior to his retirement in June 2007 was minister of Govan Old Parish Church, Glasgow...
- a Church of Scotland minister - Oliver ShanksOliver ShanksOliver Shanks was a Canadian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Edmonton.In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the light heavyweight class after losing his fight to Hannes Koivunen....
- a boxer - Rosalind "Rosalie" ShanksRosalind ShanksRosalind "Rosalie" Shanks is a British actress. Shanks starred as Margaret Hale in North and South, in 1975, with Patrick Stewart as John Thornton. In 1964, she won the Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award for radio drama.-Select filmography:...
- British actress - Simon ShanksSimon ShanksSimon Shanks was a National Football League player for the Arizona Cardinals in 1995. An alumnus of Tennessee State University, he played linebacker in his sole professional season, leading the Cardinals defense with 27 tackles. Shanks was killed in a robbery at his home in Phoenix on January 5,...
- (1977 – 2006), former linebacker for the NFL team Arizona Cardinals - Tommy ShanksTommy ShanksThomas "Tommy" Shanks was an Irish footballer.Shanks was born in Wexford and started his playing career with local club Wexford FC before moving to England to play for Derby West End and then Derby County in 1898. He spent three seasons at the Baseball Ground, playing 28 times and scoring five...
- former Irish soccer player - William ShanksWilliam ShanksWilliam Shanks was a British amateur mathematician.Shanks is famous for his calculation of π to 707 places, accomplished in 1873, which, however, was only correct up to the first 527 places. This error was highlighted in 1944 by D. F...
(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 ShanksCamp ShanksCamp Shanks, named after Major General David Carey Shanks was a United States Army installation in and around Orangeburg in the Town of Orangetown, New York. Situated near the juncture of the Erie Railroad and the Hudson River, it served as a point of embarkation for troops departing overseas...
- a United States Army installation in the town of Orangetown, New York - Shanks, West VirginiaShanks, West VirginiaShanks is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Shanks community has a population of 806....
- in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States - Shanks Islands (Tasmania) - Australia
Other uses:
- Armitage ShanksArmitage ShanksArmitage Shanks is a British manufacturer of bathroom fixtures and plumbing supplies.In 2004 Armitage Shanks had eight factories in the UK, the largest in Armitage, Staffordshire. Armitage Shanks is one of the sponsors of the Loo of the Year Awards....
- a UK toilet manufacturer - "Red-Haired" Shanks - a character in the One Piece manga and anime series
- Shanks birdsTringaTringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the Green Sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern...
- a group of wading bird species - Shanks & BigfootShanks & BigfootShanks & Bigfoot were a British duo of dance music/UK garage producers Steven Meade and Danny Langsman, best known for their hit single "Sweet Like Chocolate". They were originally known as Doolally, recording the pirate anthem "Straight from the Heart" under this name in 1998. It was the first...
- a British songwriting/production duo - Shanks Group plc - a UK waste mangamement company
- Shanks RestaurantShanks RestaurantShanks Restaurant is a former restaurant located in Bangor, Northern Ireland. This quality restaurant was awarded one Michelin star in de period 1996-2005....
- former Michelin starred restaurant in Northern Ireland - Shanks (film)Shanks (film)Shanks is a 1974 American horror film about a puppeteer able to manipulate dead bodies like puppets. Mime Marcel Marceau, in his first major film role, plays the titular Malcolm Shanks. It was the last film directed by producer-director William Castle....
- a 1974 movie directed by William CastleWilliam CastleWilliam Castle was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Castle was known for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies....
and starring Marcel MarceauMarcel MarceauMarcel Marceau was an internationally acclaimed French actor and mime most famous for his persona as Bip the Clown.-Early years:... - Shank (disambiguation)