Shapiro
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Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro and Chapiro (in French
), is a Yiddish
surname
.
name of Speyer
, Germany
. The Jewish community of Speyer
was an important centre in the development of Ashkenazi culture. Other name variants are Sapiro, Spira
, Spira
, Spire
, Spiro
, Spero
, Chapiro, Sprai, Szpir, Szpiro, Saphir and Spear. The name "Speyer" has also become a well-known surname that was spread by Jews from Frankfurt to England, the United States and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century.
According to another theory, the word Shapiro is Aramaic (probably derived from the Hebrew word sapir (ספיר), usually translated as "sapphire", which refers not to the sapphire
gemstone but to the lapis lazuli
, and is reputed to be the stone which represented the tribe of Issachar
on the breastplate of the high priest of Israel and thus identifies the Shapiro family with that tribe) and appears, for example, in the 11th Century Aramaic-language Jewish religious poem Akdamus a.k.a. Akdamuth (line 45) and in Onkelos
's commentary on Genesis 29:17. Onkelos's commentary, believed to have been written around 110 CE, long predated the naming of Speyer (as Spira) in approximately 500 CE, and therefore has given rise to a family tradition that the city was renamed for the family and not vice versa.
In Aramaic, "Shapeer" means "fine".
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
), is a Yiddish
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
.
Etymology
One theory suggests that it derives from Shpira, the Hebrew/Yiddish name for Spira , the medievalMiddle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
name of Speyer
Speyer
Speyer is a city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located beside the river Rhine, Speyer is 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The Jewish community of Speyer
Jewish community of Speyer
The history of the Jews in Speyer, Germany, reaches back over 1,000 years.In the Middle Ages the city of Speyer, Germany, was home to one of the most significant Jewish communities in the Holy Roman Empire. After many ups and downs throughout history the community was totally wiped out 1940 in the...
was an important centre in the development of Ashkenazi culture. Other name variants are Sapiro, Spira
Spira
Spira may refer to:People:* Chaim Elazar Spira, Munkacs Rebbe* Elijah Spira* Fred Spira , Innovator and Executive in the Photographic Industry* Harry Spira* Jonathan Spira* Nathan Nata Spira...
, Spira
Spira
Spira may refer to:People:* Chaim Elazar Spira, Munkacs Rebbe* Elijah Spira* Fred Spira , Innovator and Executive in the Photographic Industry* Harry Spira* Jonathan Spira* Nathan Nata Spira...
, Spire
Spire
A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass....
, Spiro
Spiro
Spiro or Spyro may refer to:* ARA Spiro , the corvette of the Argentine Navy named after Samuel Spiro, a Greek tanker in service 1974-75* Spiro Agnew, thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States* Spiro curves, i.e...
, Spero
Spero
Spero is an Italian surname, originating in the Campania region of Italy. It means "I Hope" in Italian and is part of the following Latin proverb: Dum Spiro Spero ....
, Chapiro, Sprai, Szpir, Szpiro, Saphir and Spear. The name "Speyer" has also become a well-known surname that was spread by Jews from Frankfurt to England, the United States and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century.
According to another theory, the word Shapiro is Aramaic (probably derived from the Hebrew word sapir (ספיר), usually translated as "sapphire", which refers not to the sapphire
Sapphire
Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide , when it is a color other than red or dark pink; in which case the gem would instead be called a ruby, considered to be a different gemstone. Trace amounts of other elements such as iron, titanium, or chromium can give...
gemstone but to the lapis lazuli
Lapis lazuli
Lapis lazuli is a relatively rare semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense blue color....
, and is reputed to be the stone which represented the tribe of Issachar
Issachar
Issachar/Yissachar was, according to the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob and Leah , and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...
on the breastplate of the high priest of Israel and thus identifies the Shapiro family with that tribe) and appears, for example, in the 11th Century Aramaic-language Jewish religious poem Akdamus a.k.a. Akdamuth (line 45) and in Onkelos
Onkelos
Onkelos is the name of a famous convert to Judaism in Tannaic times . He is considered to be the author of the famous Targum Onkelos .-Onkelos in the Talmud:...
's commentary on Genesis 29:17. Onkelos's commentary, believed to have been written around 110 CE, long predated the naming of Speyer (as Spira) in approximately 500 CE, and therefore has given rise to a family tradition that the city was renamed for the family and not vice versa.
In Aramaic, "Shapeer" means "fine".
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:- Adam ShapiroAdam ShapiroAdam Shapiro is an American co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement , a pro-Palestinian organization, the stated mission of which is to bring civilians from around the world to resist nonviolently the Israeli occupation of West Bank and previously the Gaza Strip...
, American activist - Alan ShapiroAlan ShapiroAlan Shapiro is an American poet and professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of nine poetry books, including Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and The Dead Alive and Busy. He received the Kingsley Tufts Award and the Los Angeles...
, American poet - Alan ShapiroAlan Shapiro (education reformer)Alan Shapiro was an American educator and educational reformer who became a leading contributor to Teachable Moment, a New York City-based teacher education project of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility which is an important proponent of effective, universal education...
, American education reformer - Alex ShapiroAlex ShapiroAlex Shapiro composes acoustic and electroacoustic music favoring combinations of modal harmonies with chromatic ones, and often emphasizing strong pulse and rhythm...
, American composer - Ari ShapiroAri ShapiroAri Shapiro is an American radio journalist who grew up in Portland, Oregon. He currently is White House correspondent for National Public Radio . He is also a frequent guest host of Morning Edition and other NPR programs.- Family and education :Ari Shapiro is the son of database researcher Dr....
, a reporter with National Public Radio - Arthur K. ShapiroArthur K. ShapiroArthur K. Shapiro was a psychiatrist and expert on Tourette syndrome. His "contributions to the understanding of Tourette syndrome completely changed the prevailing view of this disorder"; he has been described as "the father of modern tic disorder research" and is "revered by his colleagues as...
, psychiatrist and expert on the Tourette syndrome (1923–1995) - Arthur ShapiroArthur ShapiroArthur Shapiro is a professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis. He graduated with an AB in biology from University of Pennsylvania and completed his PhD in Entomology at Cornell in 1970. He is known as an interesting character to see around campus as he refuses to...
, entamologist and ecologist - Ascher H. ShapiroAscher H. ShapiroAscher H. Shapiro was a professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He grew up in New York City. He earned his S.B. in 1938 and an Sc.D. in 1946 in the field of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
, MIT professor and expert in fluid dynamics (1916–2004) - Ben ShapiroBen ShapiroBenjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator, radio talk show host, attorney, and media consultant. A native of Los Angeles, Shapiro graduated from high school at age 16 and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard Law School...
, conservative American political columnist - Bernard ShapiroBernard ShapiroBernard Jack Shapiro, is a Canadian academic, civil servant, former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University from 1994 to 2004, and the first Ethics Commissioner of Canada between May 17, 2004 and March 29, 2007.-Biography:...
, academic, civil servant - Beth ShapiroBeth ShapiroBeth A. Shapiro is an American evolutionary molecular biologist. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the Pennsylvania State University since 2007. Shapiro's work has centered on the analysis of ancient DNA...
, evolutionary biologist - Carl ShapiroCarl ShapiroCarl Shapiro is the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the co-author, along with Hal Varian, of Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, published by the Harvard Business School Press...
, (born 1955) UC Berkeley economist and mathematician - Carl J. ShapiroCarl J. ShapiroCarl J. Shapiro is a Boston philanthropist and entrepreneur. He and his wife, Ruth live in Boston and Palm Beach. In 1939, he founded Kay Windsor, Inc., in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and built it into one of the largest women's apparel companies in the country...
(born 1913), Boston philanthropist - Carol Harris-ShapiroCarol Harris-ShapiroCarol Harris-Shapiro is a lecturer at Temple University in the Intellectual Heritage Department. She has written a controversial book on Messianic Judaism, a belief system considered by most Christians and Jews to be a form of Christianity, adhered to by groups that seek to combine Christianity...
, Reconstructionist rabbi - Chaim Elazar Shapiro, rabbi
- Charles S. ShapiroCharles S. ShapiroCharles Samuel Shapiro is an American diplomat and a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela. He went on to become Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the State Department from 2007 to 2009, and now heads its free trade agreement task force.Some supporters of president Hugo Chávez accuse Shapiro...
, American diplomat - David ShapiroDavid Shapiro (economist)This page refers to David Shapiro, the economist. For others with this name, please see David Shapiro.David Shapiro is an American economist at the Pennsylvania State University. He joined the Penn State faculty in 1980. He is a leading academic in the field of Economic Demography. In addition to...
, economist at Pennsylvania State University - David ShapiroDavid Shapiro (poet)David Shapiro is an American poet, literary critic, and art historian. He has written some twenty volumes of poetry, literary, and art criticism...
, American poet - David Shapiro, birth name of Dr. CatDr. CatDr. Cat is president, co-founder, executive producer and creative director of Dragon's Eye Productions. He is best known for creating the 2003 Independent Games Festival finalist MMORPG Furcadia with game artist Talzhemir...
, video game developer - David I. ShapiroDavid I. ShapiroDavid Israel Shapiro was an American 1st Amendment attorney and civil liberties activist, known best in the United States for his key roles defending people against accusations by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, his representation of the American Nazi Party in a free speech case,...
, attorney - Ehud ShapiroEhud ShapiroEhud Shapiro is an Israeli computer scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He received his Ph.D from Yale for his dissertation entitled "Algorithmic Program Debugging" which was an ACM distinguished dissertation for 1982. He has been an exponent of the Prolog computer language and logic...
, Israeli computer scientist - Elisha ShapiroElisha ShapiroElisha Shapiro is an American nihilist known for his creation of public spectacles promoting a philosophical rejection of objective value and truth. In 2006, Shapiro ran as an independent in the Governor of California election. His platform included free college education, secession from the United...
, American neo-Dada artist & presidential candidate. - Eric ShapiroEric ShapiroEric Shapiro is an American author of novels, short stories, and essays, as well as a feature filmmaker.-Biography:Eric Shapiro was born in Freehold Borough, New Jersey...
, American writer - Florence ShapiroFlorence ShapiroFlorence Donald Shapiro is an American politician from Texas. Shapiro is a Republican member of the Texas Senate, from 1993 to 1995 representing the 2nd Senatorial District and since 1995 representing the 8th Senatorial District which includes several cities, towns, and other outlying areas of the...
, American politician - Fred R. ShapiroFred R. ShapiroFred R. Shapiro is the editor of The Yale Book of Quotations, The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations, and several other books...
, American legal librarian and editor - George ShapiroGeorge ShapiroGeorge Shapiro is an American talent manager and multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winning television producer. He represented the late Andy Kaufman and is among the most successful managers in show business. He currently represents Jerry Seinfeld....
, American Talent Producer - Harold S. ShapiroHarold S. ShapiroHarold Seymour Shapiro is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, best...
, mathematics professor - Harold T. ShapiroHarold T. ShapiroHarold Tafler Shapiro, Ph.D is a former president of Princeton University and of the University of Michigan.-Biography:Born in Montreal, Quebec Harold Shapiro attended Lower Canada College, a prestigious independent school in Montreal, then trained as an economist, earning his B.Comm from McGill...
, American university president - Helen ShapiroHelen ShapiroHelen Kate Shapiro is an English singer and actress. She is best known for her 1960s UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness".-Early life:...
, British singer - Ian ShapiroIan ShapiroIan Shapiro, Ph.D., Yale University, 1983, J.D., Yale Law School, 1987, is Sterling professor of political science and Henry R. Luce director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, now called the MacMillan Center. His research interests center on sociological aspects of economics...
, American political scientist - Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, mathematician (1929–2009)
- Irwin I. ShapiroIrwin I. ShapiroIrwin I. Shapiro is an American astrophysicist. Since 1982, he has been a professor at Harvard University. Shapiro was director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics from 1982 to 2004.- Biography :Irwin Shapiro was born in New York City in 1929...
, astrophysicist - J. David ShapiroJ. David ShapiroJ. David Shapiro, also known as J.D. Shapiro, is a filmmaker and stand-up comedian. Shapiro is best known as the original screenwriter of the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights and for writing the screenplay adaption of an L...
, American filmmaker and stand-up comedian - Jacob ShapiroJacob ShapiroJacob "Gurrah" Shapiro was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization.-Early years:...
, mobster - James ShapiroJames ShapiroJames Shapiro, MD was born in Leeds, England and obtained his medical degree at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is currently a Canadian Research Chair in transplantation and the Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.Shapiro is...
, director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program at the University of Alberta - James A. ShapiroJames A. ShapiroJames A. Shapiro is an American biologist, an expert in bacterial genetics and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago.-Academic biography:...
, American biologist - James S. ShapiroJames S. ShapiroJames S. Shapiro is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University who specialises in Shakespeare and the Early Modern period...
(born 1955), professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and non-fiction author - Jeremy ShapiroJeremy ShapiroJeremy Shapiro was named special advisor to the assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Department of State in November 2009. Prior to his appointment he was director of research at the "Center on the United States and Europe" at the Brookings Institution...
- Jeremy J. ShapiroJeremy J. ShapiroDr. Jeremy J. Shapiro , is an American academic, a professor at Fielding Graduate University who works in the area of critical social theory with emphasis on the social and cultural effects of information technology and systems, social change, and the aesthetics of music...
- Jesse ShapiroJesse ShapiroJesse M. Shapiro is an American economist, He is currently a professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.Shapiro has published a number of working papers in the area of industrial organization, political economy and behavioral economics...
- Jim ShapiroJim Shapiro (drummer)James Gordon Shapiro, also called Jim Shapiro is an American rock musician.Shapiro is the brother of singer/guitarist Nina Gordon and the son of Robert Shapiro, former chairman of the board of Monsanto Company. He graduated from Yale University in 1987...
, musician (Veruca Salt) - Joel ShapiroJoel ShapiroJoel Shapiro is an American sculptor renowned for his dynamic work composed of simple rectangular shapes. Shapiro is represented by The Pace Gallery in New York. He lives and works in New York City, with a summer house on the shore of Lake Champlain, in Westport, New York...
, artist and sculptor - Jonathan ShapiroZapiroJonathan Shapiro, born 1958 in Cape Town, is a South African cartoonist, famous as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions...
, South African political cartoonist - Justine ShapiroJustine ShapiroJustine Shapiro is one of several main hosts of the Pilot Productions travel/adventure series Globe Trekker . Shapiro is known for her commentary and critique of countries visited...
, Documentary Filmmaker and Globe Trekker host - Karl Jay Shapiro, United States poet
- Laurie Gwen ShapiroLaurie Gwen ShapiroLaurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker. She resides in New York City, where she was born and raised, and is a graduate of that city's renowned Stuyvesant High School...
, American novelist and filmmaker - Lee ShapiroLee ShapiroLee Shapiro was an American documentary filmmaker. His one feature-length film, Nicaragua Was Our Home, was released in 1986. It was filmed in Nicaragua among the Miskito Indians who were then fighting against Nicaraguan government forces...
, American film maker, killed by the Soviet military in Afghanistan - Linda Hopkins Shapiro
- Marc B. ShapiroMarc B. ShapiroDr. Marc B. Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton and is the author of various books and articles on Jewish history, philosophy, and theology. His writings often challenge the bounds of the conventional Orthodox understanding of Judaism using academic...
, Professor of Judaic Studies at University of Scranton - Mark ShapiroMark Shapiro-Biography:Shapiro has been in the Cleveland Indians organization since 1991, when he was recommended by former Tribe GM Hank Peters. He officially became the general manager in 2001 when John Hart left....
, general manager of the Cleveland Indians baseball team - Meir ShapiroMeir ShapiroYehuda Meir Shapiro , , was a prominent Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, also known as the Lubliner Rav...
, Orthodox rabbi - Mendel ShapiroMendel ShapiroMendel Shapiro, a Jerusalem lawyer and Modern Orthodox Rabbi, is the author of a halakhic analysis in which he argued that women could be called to read from the Torah in prayer services with men on Shabbat under certain conditions. He and his viewpoint became the subject of extensive dispute...
- Meyer ShapiroMeyer ShapiroMeyer Shapiro may refer to:*Meir Shapiro, dean of Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, and founder of the Daf Yomi Talmud folio cycle*Meyer Shapiro, one of the Shapiro Brothers, New York City labor racketeer*Meyer Schapiro, art historian...
- Michael ShapiroMichael Shapiro (actor)Michael Shapiro is an American voice actor, most famous for the voices of Barney Calhoun and the G-Man in the computer games Half-Life, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Decay, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, and Half-Life 2: Episode Two...
, voice actor known for the Half-LifeHalf-Life (series)The Half-Life series of video games share a science fiction alternate history. Nearly all of the games are first-person shooters on the GoldSource or Source engines, and most are linear, narrative, single-player titles....
series of computer games - Michael Jeffrey ShapiroMichael Jeffrey ShapiroMichael Jeffrey Shapiro is a noted American composer and conductor.The son of a klezmer band clarinetist, Michael Shapiro was born in Brooklyn, New York, and spent most of his high school years in Baldwin, a Long Island suburb. The winner of several piano competitions during his youth, he earned...
, composer and music director of the Chappaqua Orchestra - Michael J. ShapiroMichael J. ShapiroMichael Joseph Shapiro is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. His work is often described as 'postdisciplinary', drawing on such diverse traditions as political philosophy, critical theory, cultural studies, film theory, international relations theory, literary...
, Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa - Nat Mayer ShapiroNat Mayer ShapiroNat Mayer Shapiro was a prolific American visual artist.-Art:Nat Mayer Shapiro’s art is best known for his complex paintings on paper and canvas that may incorporate structural and whimsical imagery among areas of pure or constructed abstraction...
, American visual artist - Neal ShapiroNeal ShapiroNeal B. Shapiro is the president of PBS station Thirteen/WNET New York City, installed in February 2007. He is the chief executive of the station's license holder, the Educational Broadcasting Corporation , which also operates the Long Island, New York, PBS outlet WLIW.- Life and Career :Shapiro...
- Nevin ShapiroNevin ShapiroNevin Shapiro is a former University of Miami football booster who is currently imprisoned for orchestrating a $930 million Ponzi scheme. According to interviews, he engaged in rampant violations of NCAA rules over eight years as a booster for University of Miami athletes...
(born 1969), convicted American fraudster and central figure in the 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal2011 University of Miami athletics scandalIn 2011, the University of Miami Hurricanes football and men's basketball programs were investigated for NCAA rules violations alleged to have taken place from 2002 to 2010, centering around improper benefits given by booster Nevin Shapiro, and reported by investigative reporters at Yahoo!... - Norman ShapiroNorman ShapiroNorman Z. Shapiro is an American mathematician,who is the co-author of the Rice–Shapiro theorem.Shapiro spent the summer of 1954 at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jerseywhere, in collaboration withKarel de Leeuw,Ed Moore, and...
, American mathematician and computer scientist - Paul ShapiroPaul ShapiroPaul Shapiro is the Humane Society of the United States' senior director of its .He directs an effort to convince retailers, food service providers, and universities to end their use of eggs from caged birds and expand their vegan options...
- Peter Shapiro, British music journalist
- Peter Shapiro, New Jersey financial executive and former politician
- Rashi ShapiroRashi ShapiroDr. Rashi Shapiro is a prominent leader in the Orthodox Jewish world of psychology. He was born in 1953 in Washington, D.C.and was named after the great rabbinical sage and biblical commentary, Rashi. His father was Rabbi Aharon Shapiro was rabbi in Linden, NJ and Queens, NY. and a professor of...
, Orthodox rabbi, Jewish folk-rock musician, psychologist - Refael ShapiroRefael ShapiroRabbi Refael Shapiro was the famed Rosh Yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva and a son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin . After the Volozhin yeshiva was closed down in 1892 by order of the Russian government, he reopened it, albeit on a smaller scale in 1899...
, Orthodox rabbi - Rick ShapiroRick ShapiroRick Shapiro is a Los Angeles-based comedian. He first gained attention in the stand-up scene based around the Lower East Side in New York. He was a mainstay in the underground comedy scene for years, performing a regular Wednesday night set at the Sidewalk Cafe in New York until his role on...
, comedian and actor - Robert Shapiro (born 1942), American lawyer best known for representing numerous celebrities
- Robert ShapiroRobert Shapiro (chemist)Robert Shapiro was professor emeritus of chemistry at New York University. He is best known for his work on the origin of life, having written two books on the topic: Origins, a Skeptic’s Guide to the Creation of Life on Earth and Planetary Dreams...
, American chemist - Robert B. ShapiroRobert B. ShapiroRobert B. Shapiro is a businessman and attorney who has worked extensively with the biochemical corporations G.D. Searle and Monsanto Company. Before working in this sector he was Vice-President and legal counsel at General Instrument from 1972 to 1979...
, CEO Monsanto 1995-2000, CEO NutraSweet 1982-1990 - Robert J. ShapiroRobert J. ShapiroRobert J. Shapiro is co-founder and chairman of , a United States private finance consultancy that has built a reputation on a range of economic policy issues, including climate change, intellectual property, and finance. He is known for warning of the dangers of naked short selling...
, economist - Robert H. ShapiroRobert H. ShapiroRobert H. Shapiro was an American chemist. Shapiro was educated at the Stanford University where he received his MS and Ph. D in 1923. In 1965 he became professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and from 1980 until his retirement in 1989 he worked at the James Madison University...
(1935–2004), American chemist - Samantha Harris Shapiro, American TV host (Dancing with the Stars, Entertainment Tonight)
- Samuel H. ShapiroSamuel H. ShapiroSamuel Harvey Shapiro was the 34th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1968 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party....
(1907–1987), 34th Governor of Illinois - Saul ShapiroSaul ShapiroSaul Taylor Shapiro is President of the Metropolitan Television Alliance, LLC . The MTVA was formed by the New York area television broadcast stations shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001...
- Sidney ShapiroSidney ShapiroSidney Shapiro is an American-born author and translator who has lived in China since 1947. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is of Jewish ethnicity. He resides in Beijing, and is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Council...
- Stanley J. ShapiroStanley J. ShapiroStanley J. Shapiro is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. He has served as dean of McGill University's School of Management and dean of Business Administration for Simon Fraser University...
- Steve ShapiroSteve ShapiroSteve Shapiro is an American music producer, session musician, and jazz vibraphonist.-Biography:Shapiro grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Yale University in 1985 after studying with artists Steve Swallow, Dave Samuels and Anthony Davis. He was an early proponent of midi synthesizers, and...
, American music producer - Stewart ShapiroStewart ShapiroStewart Shapiro is O'Donnell Professor of Philosophy at the Ohio State University and a regular visiting professor at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is an important contemporary figure in the philosophy of mathematics where he defends a version of structuralism. He studied...
, philosopher and logician - Ted ShapiroTed ShapiroTed Shapiro was a United States popular music composer, pianist, and sheet music publisher.Shapiro was born in New York City. He became a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and accompanied notable star vaudeville singers of the day, including Nora Bayes and Eva Tanguay. In 1921 he was hired as accompanist...
- Theodore ShapiroTheodore ShapiroDr. Theodore Shapiro, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in New York, where he is a professor emeritus in psychiatry and pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic...
- William Shapiro, government attorney