Shepherd (surname)
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Shepherd, Shepard, Sheppard, Shephard and Shepperd are surname
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s, and alternative spellings and cognate
s of the English word "Shepherd".
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People named Shepherd:
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People with the surname Shepperd:
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People named Shephard:
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Sheppards in fiction:
Claude Frederick Sheppard, Methodist minister who preached within Louisiana parishes
Benjamin Hardy Sheppard Methodist minister who rode circuit in Louisiana parishes
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People with the surname Shepard:
People with the given name Shepard:
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Surname
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s and given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
s, and alternative spellings and cognate
Cognate
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s of the English word "Shepherd".
Shepherd
Shepherd is a surnameSurname
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"...
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People named Shepherd:
- Alan ShepherdAlan ShepherdAlan Shepherd was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best seasons were in 1962 and 1963, when he rode a Matchless to finish in second place in the 500cc world championship, both times to Mike Hailwood...
, motorcycle Grand Prix road racer - Briana Shepherd, New York City Ballet dancer
- Cybill ShepherdCybill ShepherdCybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her best known roles include starring as Jacy in The Last Picture Show, as Betsy in Taxi Driver, as Madeleine Spencer in Psych, as Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting, as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, and as Phyllis Kroll on The L...
, American actress - David ShepherdDavid ShepherdDavid Shepherd may refer to:* David H. Shepard , American inventor* David Shepard, Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives* David Shepard , American film preservationist...
disambiguation - Dolly ShepherdDolly ShepherdDolly Shepherd , was born in Potters Bar as Elizabeth Shepherd. She was a pre-eminent parachutist and fairground entertainer in the Edwardian and Georgian eras, renowned for her exceptional courage...
, hot-air balloon trapeze artist - Freddy ShepherdFreddy ShepherdFreddy Shepherd , is an English businessman and the former chairman of Newcastle United football club.During his time at Newcastle, both as an active assistant to and later replacement of Sir John Hall as chairman for ten years, Shepherd proved an often outspoken and controversial figure, at times...
, businessman and chairman of Newcastle United - Jean ShepherdJean ShepherdJean Parker Shepherd was an American raconteur, radio and TV personality, writer and actor who was often referred to by the nickname Shep....
, American radio personality and writer - Jenny ShepherdJenny ShepherdJenny Ellen Shepherd is a retired female field hockey player from New Zealand. She was a member of the Women's National Team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, that won the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-References:*...
, New Zealand field hockey player - Joel ShepherdJoel ShepherdJoel Shepherd is an Australian science fiction author. He moved to Perth, Western Australia with his family when he was seven, where he later studied film and television arts at Curtin University....
, writer - Keith ShepherdKeith ShepherdKeith Wayne Shepherd is a former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Phillies , Colorado Rockies , Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles . Listed at 6' 2", 205 lb., Shepherd batted and threw right-handed...
, major league baseball player - Kenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician.-Biography:Shepherd graduated Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana...
(born Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr), an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter - Kirk ShepherdKirk ShepherdKirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
, English darts player - George ShepherdGeorge Shepherd (artist)George "Sidney" Shepherd was a British draughtsman and watercolour painter. At one time, George Shepherd and George Sidney Shepherd were thought to be two different people; it is now believed that they are one and the same person.- Biography :...
, English draughtsmanDraughtsmanA draughtsman or draftsman , is a person skilled in drawing, either:*drawing for artistic purposes, or*technical drawing for practical purposes such as architecture or engineering...
and watercolourist - Mark Shepherd (American Businessman), chairman and CEO of Texas Instruments
- Mark Shepherd (Novelist)Mark Shepherd (novelist)- Life and career :A native of Tampa, Florida, during the 1990s Shepherd was a writing protégé and live-in personal secretary of author Mercedes Lackey and artist Larry Dixon at Highflight, their Tulsa, Oklahoma residence....
, author of several fantasy novels - Mark Allen ShepherdMark Allen ShepherdMark Allen Shepherd is an actor, best known for his role as Morn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager, even though his name is never in the credits.Shepherd received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from...
, actor - Robert ShepherdRobert ShepherdRobert E. Shepherd, Jr. was professor of law at the University of Richmond School of Law, joining the faculty in 1978 and retiring from his professorship in 2001. Even after retirement, he served as professor emeritus and continued teaching until his death. Shepherd taught classes on "Children and...
, professor - Thomas H. ShepherdThomas H. ShepherdThomas Hosmer Shepherd was a watercolor artist well known for his architectural works. Brother of topographical artist George "Sidney" Shepherd, Thomas was employed to illustrate architecture in London, and later Edinburgh, Bath and Bristol...
, seventeenth century British architectural artist
Shepherds in fiction:
- Derrial BookDerrial BookDerrial Book is a fictional character played by Ron Glass in the science-fiction/Western television series Firefly and its sequel movie, Serenity...
(a.k.a. Shepherd Book), character in the television series, FireflyFirefly (TV series)Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear.... - Alex Shepherd, character from the Silent HillSilent Hillis a survival horror video game series consisting of seven installments published by Konami and its subsidiary Konami Digital Entertainment. The first four games in the series, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4, have been developed by an internal factor, Team Silent...
series - Derek ShepherdDerek ShepherdDerek Christopher Shepherd, also referred to as McDreamy, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actor Patrick Dempsey, who was nominated in 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama for...
, character on the ABC television series Grey's AnatomyGrey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in... - General ShepherdCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles and the Microsoft Windows operating system. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game was released worldwide on...
, a character and antagonist from video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles and the Microsoft Windows operating system. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game was released worldwide on...
Shepperd
Shepperd is a surnameSurname
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"...
and a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
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People with the surname Shepperd:
- Augustine Henry ShepperdAugustine Henry ShepperdAugustine Henry Shepperd was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rockford, North Carolina, February 24, 1792; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Surry County, North Carolina; member of the State house of...
, Congressional Representative from North Carolina - Robin ShepperdRobin ShepperdRobin Sheppard is a British television director who has directed Lucky Jim, Octavia, Cherished, The Bad Mother's Handbook, and episodes of Kingdom, Casualty, Playing the Field and At Home with the Braithwaites...
, British television director
People with the given name Shepperd:
- Shepperd StrudwickShepperd StrudwickShepperd Strudwick was an American actor of film, television, and stage....
, American actor of film, television and stage - William Shepperd AsheWilliam Shepperd AsheWilliam Shepperd Ashe was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1849 and 1855.-Biography:...
, Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1849 and 1855
Other uses:
- Shepperd's DellShepperd's DellShepperd's Dell is a small canyon in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, located at which is less than one-third mile southeast of Rooster Rock State Park....
, a small canyon in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon
Shephard
Shephard is a surname and may refer to:- Shephard's lemmaShephard's lemmaShephard's lemma is a major result in microeconomics having applications in the theory of the firm and in consumer choice. The lemma states that if indifference curves of the expenditure or cost function are convex, then the cost minimizing point of a given good with price p_i is unique...
- Shephard's problemShephard's problemIn mathematics, Shephard's problem, is the following geometrical question asked by : if K and L are centrally symmetric convex bodies in n-dimensional Euclidean space such that whenever K and L are projected onto a hyperplane, the volume of the projection of K is smaller than the volume of the...
- Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theoremChevalley–Shephard–Todd theoremIn mathematics, the Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theorem in invariant theory of finite groups states that the ring of invariants of a finite group acting on a complex vector space is a polynomial ring if and only if the group is generated by pseudoreflections. In the case of subgroups of the complex...
People named Shephard:
- Ben ShephardBen ShephardBenjamin Peter "Ben" Shephard, also known as "Sheps" is an English television presenter who currently works for Sky Sports, as well as ITV.-Personal life:...
, English television presenter - Ben Shephard (English historian)Ben Shephard (English historian)Ben Shephard is an English historian, author and television producer.He was educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town and Westminster School...
- Gary ShephardGary ShephardGary Shephard is a former Welsh professional footballer. Shephard, a striker, was a prolific goalscorer and fans' favourite for Newport County and Merthyr. He now is the manager of Merthyr....
, former Welsh professional footballer - Geoffrey Colin ShephardGeoffrey Colin ShephardGeoffrey Colin Shephard is a mathematician who works on convex geometry and reflection groups. He asked Shephard's problem and proved the Shephard–Todd theorem and classified the complex reflection groups....
, Mathematician - Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold
- Isaac F. ShephardIsaac F. ShephardIsaac F. Shephard was a Union Civil War officer who was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on October 27, 1863. As a colonel he led the African Brigade during the Siege of Vicksburg.-See also:*List of American Civil War generals-References:...
, American Civil War officer - Michelle ShephardMichelle ShephardMichelle Shephard is an investigative reporter with the Toronto Star newspaper in Canada. She has been awarded the Michener Award for public service journalism and twice won Canada's top newspaper prize, the National Newspaper Award. In 2011, she was an associate producer on an Oscar-nominated...
, Canadian journalist - Neil ShephardNeil ShephardNeil Shephard , FBA, is a British economist, currently Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. He is also a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and member of the Oxford-Man Institute....
, British economist - Richard ShephardRichard ShephardRichard Shephard is a composer, former educator, and Director of Development and Chamberlain of York Minster. He is acclaimed as one of the most significant composers of church music today.-Education and musical career:...
, British choral music composer - Sidney ShephardSidney ShephardSydney Shephard was a British Conservative Party politician.Sydney Shephard was born at Nottingham on the 29th March 1894, one of five children of Charles and Mary Shephard...
, British politician
Shephards in fiction:
- Adrian Shephard, character in the computer game Half-Life: Opposing Force'
- Christian ShephardChristian ShephardDr. Christian Shephard is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by John Terry. He is the father of lead characters Jack Shephard , who becomes the de facto leader of the survivors of Oceanic 815 after it crashes on an island, and Claire Littleton , another of the survivors...
, character on the television series Lost, father of Jack Shephard - Jack ShephardJack ShephardDr. Jack Shephard is a fictional character and protagonist of the ABC television series Lost played by Matthew Fox. Lost follows the journey of the survivors of Oceanic Airlines flight 815 on a mysterious island and their attempts to survive and escape, slowly uncovering more of the much broader...
, character on the television series Lost
Sheppard
People named Sheppard:- Alison SheppardAlison SheppardAlison Sheppard MBE is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1988.-Personal bests and records held:-External links:*...
(born 1972), Scottish Olympic swimmer - Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of DidgemereAllen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of DidgemereAllen John George Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere KCVO is an industrialist.He was educated at Ilford County High School and the London School of Economics....
(born 1932), industrialist - Andy SheppardAndy SheppardAndy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow.-Biography:Sheppard was born in Warminster,...
(born 1957), British jazz saxophonist and composer - Bob SheppardBob SheppardRobert Leo "Bob" Sheppard was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the MLB New York Yankees , and the NFL New York Giants .Sheppard announced more than 4,500 Yankees baseball games over a period of 56 years,...
, baseball announcer - Bob SheppardBob Sheppard (musician)Bob Sheppard is an American jazz saxophone player.Sheppard has been a studio musician on a wide range of studio, film and television projects, and has also recorded his own albums...
(born 1945), musician - Charles Bradford SheppardCharles Bradford SheppardC. Bradford Sheppard was an American working as a radio engineer for Hazeltine Electronics during World War II. Sheppard, who worked on radar in the design office, wished to fight Nazi Germany in the armed forces but was turned down by the US Army due to blindness in one eye...
, American radio and electrical engineer - Chris SheppardChris SheppardChris Sheppard is an Australian rugby league player. He has previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the St. George Illawarra Dragons...
(born 1981), Australian rugby player - Chris Sheppard (DJ)Chris Sheppard (DJ)Chris Sheppard is a Canadian, as well as a former radio DJ and musician. He was one of the leading figures in the Canadian dance music scene in the 1980s and 1990s....
, Canadian DJ - Curtis SheppardCurtis SheppardCurtis Sheppard is a former American boxer who was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sheppard was a popular fighter during the 1940s, especially when television technology arrived in his homeland during the late years of that decade...
(born c. 1919), American boxer - Dave Sheppard, America weightlifter and Olympic medalist
- David SheppardDavid SheppardDavid Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool was the high-profile Bishop of Liverpool in the Church of England who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth...
(1929-2005), English cricketer and bishop - Dick SheppardDick Sheppard (footballer)Richard James 'Dick' Sheppard was a professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in The Football League for West Bromwich Albion, Bristol Rovers, and Torquay United....
(1945–1998), English football goalkeeper - Fleetwood SheppardFleetwood SheppardFleetwood Sheppard was a British courtier and literary wit who was instrumental in the courts of Charles II of England and William of Orange...
(1634-1698), British poet - Howard SheppardHoward SheppardHoward Nicholas Sheppard is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....
, Canadian politician - Jack SheppardJack SheppardJack Sheppard was a notorious English robber, burglar and thief of early 18th-century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723, with little more than a year of his training to complete...
(1702-1724), English criminal - Jack SheppardJack Sheppard (cave diver)Jack Sheppard , born John Arthur Sheppard in Lewisham, Kent , was a pioneer of cave diving in the United Kingdom and a founder of the Cave Diving Group together with Graham Balcombe....
(1909 - 2001), cave diver - James SheppardJames SheppardJames Sheppard is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks in the NHL.- Junior career :...
, Canadian hockey player - Jeff SheppardJeff SheppardJeffrey Kyle Sheppard is a retired American professional and collegiate basketball player.Sheppard was Player of the Year in Georgia in 1993 at McIntosh High School in Peachtree City....
(born 1974), American professional and collegiate basketball player. - John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/1560), English composer and organist
- John Sheppard (VC)John Sheppard (VC)John Sheppard VC, CGM was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1817 - 1884), recipient of Victoria Cross - John Tresidder SheppardJohn Tresidder SheppardSir John Tresidder Sheppard was an eminent classicist and the first non-Etonian to become the Provost of King's College, Cambridge.-Early life:John Sheppard was educated at Dulwich College. He went up to King's College, Cambridge where he studied Classics....
, classicist - John Levi SheppardJohn Levi SheppardJohn Levi Sheppard was an American lawyer, judge, and legislator. Sheppard was elected to two terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for the Fourth Congressional District of Texas...
, American lawyer, judge, and legislator. - Joseph SheppardJoseph SheppardJoseph Sheppard is an American Actor. His first public appearance was in 1968 as a child guest on the Art Linkletter House Party television program.Sheppard was graduated Verdugo Hills High School Joseph Sheppard is an American Actor. His first public appearance was in 1968 as a child guest on...
, American actor - Kate SheppardKate SheppardKatherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...
, New Zealand suffragette - Kenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician.-Biography:Shepherd graduated Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana...
, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. - Kiki ShepardKiki ShepardChiquita Renee "Kiki" Shepard is an American television host, best known as the longtime co-host of It's Showtime at the Apollo. Ms. Shepard religiously guards the date of her birth, but she is a native of Tyler, Texas...
, television host - Lito SheppardLito SheppardLito Decorian Sheppard is an American football cornerback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Florida.Sheppard has also played for the New York...
(born 1981), American football cornerback - Matthew Sheppard, American professional and collegiate basketball player.
- Mel SheppardMel SheppardMelvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club and winner of four gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics...
(1883-1942), American athlete - Morris SheppardMorris SheppardJohn Morris Sheppard was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment and introduced it in the Senate, so that he is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition."-Biography:John Morris Sheppard was born in Morris County...
, American Congressman and Senator - Moses SheppardMoses SheppardMoses Sheppard was a Baltimore businessman, a Friend , a philanthropist, and founder of the now Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital....
(1771-1857), American businessman and Quaker - Peter Skaervard-SheppardPeter Skaervard-SheppardViolinist Peter Skaervard-Sheppard is the dedicatee of over 150 new works. He has collaborated with Nigel Clarke, David Matthews, Michael Finnissy, Hans Werner Henze, George Rochberg, William Bolcom, Dmitri Smirnov, Jorg Widman and John Wall....
, violinist - Philip Sheppard (1921-1976), British geneticist
- Principal Sheppard, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- R. Sheppard Marble and Stone WorksR. Sheppard Marble and Stone WorksR. Sheppard Marble and Stone Works was Canadian monumental masonry firm active in nineteenth-century Ontario, located at 171 Queen Street, Toronto, Ontario. Then, “carvers of gravestone were known as marble manufacturers or marble cutters. They ran marble factories or marble works...
of Toronto, Ontario was a monumental masonryMonumental masonryMonumental masonry is a kind of stonemasonry focussed on the creation, installation and repairs of headstones and other memorials.- Cultural significance :...
firm active in nineteenth-century OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... - Ray SheppardRay SheppardRaymond Sheppard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played in the NHL from 1987 to 2000.Sheppard was selected 60th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. He played 817 career NHL games, scoring 357 goals and 300 assists for 657 points...
(born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player - Samuel Sheppard
- Scott S. SheppardScott S. SheppardScott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and...
, astronomer - Simon SheppardSimon Sheppard (writer)Simon Sheppard is a writer of gay erotica and a sex-advice columnist from San Francisco. He is the author of many highly acclaimed works of gay erotica/pornography, including the books Sodomy!, Kinkorama: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Perversion, In Deep, and Sex Parties 101...
, American writer - Simon Sheppard, British neo-Nazi activist
- Stephen Lea SheppardStephen Lea SheppardStephen Lea Sheppard is a Canadian television and film actor. He played Dudley Heinsbergen in the 2001 Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums and geek guru Harris Trinsky on NBC dramedy Freaks and Geeks...
, Canadian television and film actor. - T. G. SheppardT. G. SheppardT. G. Sheppard is an American country music singer, who had 14 number one hits during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:...
(born 1944), American country music singer - Tan Sri Mubin Sheppard, historian of Malaysian culture
- William Fleetwood SheppardWilliam Fleetwood SheppardWilliam Fleetwood Sheppard Australian-British civil servant, mathematician and statistician remembered for his work in finite differences, interpolation and statistical theory, known in particular for the eponymous Sheppard’s corrections.William Fleetwood Sheppard was born near Sydney, Australia...
(1863-1936), mathematician - William Henry SheppardWilliam Henry SheppardReverend William Henry Sheppard was one of the earliest African Americans to become a missionary for the Presbyterian Church. He spent 20 years in Africa, primarily in and around the Congo Free State, and is best known for his efforts to publicize the atrocities committed against the Kuba and...
(1865-1927), missionary
Sheppards in fiction:
- John Sheppard (Stargate)John Sheppard (Stargate)John Sheppard is a fictional character in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, a science fiction show about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices...
, Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air ForceUnited States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
played by Joe FlaniganJoe FlaniganJoe Flanigan is an American television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.-Early life:Flanigan was born Joseph Dunnigan III in Los Angeles, California...
in the television series Stargate AtlantisStargate AtlantisStargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself... - James Sheppard, the narratorNarratorA narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...
in The Murder of Roger AckroydThe Murder of Roger AckroydThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons in June 1926 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company on the 19th of the same month. It features Hercule Poirot as the lead detective...
by Agatha ChristieAgatha ChristieDame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
Claude Frederick Sheppard, Methodist minister who preached within Louisiana parishes
Benjamin Hardy Sheppard Methodist minister who rode circuit in Louisiana parishes
Shepard
Shepard is a surnameSurname
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"...
and a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
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People with the surname Shepard:
- Alan ShepardAlan ShepardAlan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and NASA astronaut who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, in space. This Mercury flight was designed to enter space, but not to achieve orbit...
, U.S. astronaut - Bert ShepardBert ShepardRobert Earl "Bert" Shepard was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who pitched in one game for the Washington Senators in 1945 after having had his right leg amputated after his fighter plane was shot down in Germany during World War II while he was serving as a pilot in the...
, American WWII pilot & baseball player - Cecelia Shepard, victim of the Zodiac Killer
- David Shepard (film preservationist)
- David H. ShepardDavid H. ShepardDavid Hammond Shepard was a prolific American inventor, who invented among other things, the first optical character recognition device, first voice recognition system and the Farrington B numeric font used on credit cards.-Life:Shepard was born September 30, 1923 in Milwaukee. His father died...
, American inventor - E. H. ShepardE. H. ShepardErnest Howard Shepard was an English artist and book illustrator. He was known especially for his human-like animals in illustrations for The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne....
, British artist and illustrator - Edward M. ShepardEdward M. ShepardEdward Morse Shepard was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(1850-1911), lawyer and political reformer in New York - Lorenzo B. ShepardLorenzo B. ShepardLorenzo Brigham Shepard was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:Lorenzo B. Shepard was the son of David Brewster Shepard , a New York City lawyer....
(1821-1856), New York lawyer and politician - Louis C. ShepardLouis C. ShepardLewis Capet Shepard was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio and was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher...
, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient - Lucius ShepardLucius ShepardLucius Shepard is an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leans into other genres, such as magical realism. His work is infused with a political and historical sensibility and an awareness of literary antecedents...
, science fiction and fantasy writer - Matthew ShepardMatthew ShepardMatthew Wayne Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998...
, American victim of a hate crime - Roger ShepardRoger ShepardRoger Newland Shepard is a cognitive scientist and author of Toward a Universal Law of Generalization for Psychological Science. He is seen as a father of research on spatial relations....
, cognitive scientist - Sam ShepardSam ShepardSam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
, American playwright and actor - Thomas Shepard, Puritan minister in colonial America
- Thomas Z. ShepardThomas Z. ShepardThomas Z. Shepard is a prolific record producer who is best known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, including the works of Stephen Sondheim...
, recording producer - Vonda ShepardVonda ShepardVonda Shepard is an American pop/rock singer. She appeared as a regular in the television show Ally McBeal from seasons 1-5 in which she played a resident performer at the bar where the show's characters drank after work. She plays piano, guitar, and bass.-Biography:Vonda Shepard was born in New...
, American singer - Warren J. ShepherdWarren J. ShepherdWarren Julius Shepherd was a corporal serving in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:...
, American Medal of Honor recipient - William ShepardWilliam ShepardWilliam Lyman Shepard was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Westfield, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and served in the French and Indian wars for six years. He was a member of the committee of correspondence for Westfield in 1774, and...
, former US Representative from Massachusetts
People with the given name Shepard:
- Shepard BroadShepard BroadShepard Broad was a Belarusian-American banker, lawyer, and philanthropist.-Early life and immigration to America:...
, American banker and lawyer - Shepard CaryShepard CaryShepard Cary was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in New Salem, Massachusetts, Cary attended the common schools.He moved with his parents to Houlton, Maine, in 1822....
, U.S. Representative from Maine - Shepard FaireyShepard FaireyFrank Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His...
, artist - Shepard SmithShepard SmithDavid Shepard Smith, Jr. , known better as Shepard Smith, is an American television news anchor. He is host of Fox Report with Shepard Smith and Studio B weekdays on Fox News Channel. In addition, he anchors the 5:00 p.m...
, American TV anchor
Shepards in fiction:
- Commander Shepard is the main character of Mass EffectMass EffectMass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios...
and Mass Effect 2Mass Effect 2Mass Effect 2 is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on January 26, 2010 and for PlayStation 3 on January 18, 2011...
, the top selling PC and XBox360 Sci-fi RPGRole-playing gameA role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
games. - Tim ShepardShepard FamilyThe Shepard Family is a fictitious family in several of the novels of S.E. Hinton The family consists of a mother and stepfather , sons Tim and Curly and daughter Angela...
, character from S.E. Hinton's book, The OutsidersThe Outsiders (novel)The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel based in 1965 by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. Hinton was 18 when the book was published...
He has siblings Curly Shepard and Angela Shepard, featuring in Hinton's novel That Was Then, This Is NowThat Was Then, This Is NowThat Was Then, This Is Now is a coming-of-age young adult novel by S. E. Hinton. It follows the relationship between two brothers who find their relationship rapidly changing. It was later made into a film starring Emilio Estevez.- Plot :... - Shepard (comics)Shepard (comics)Shepard is a mutant villain in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Mystique #5.-Biography:...
, character in the Marvel Comics Universe - Tim ShepardShepard FamilyThe Shepard Family is a fictitious family in several of the novels of S.E. Hinton The family consists of a mother and stepfather , sons Tim and Curly and daughter Angela...
, character in S.E. Hinton's books The OutsidersThe Outsiders (novel)The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel based in 1965 by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. Hinton was 18 when the book was published...
and That Was Then, This Is NowThat Was Then, This Is NowThat Was Then, This Is Now is a coming-of-age young adult novel by S. E. Hinton. It follows the relationship between two brothers who find their relationship rapidly changing. It was later made into a film starring Emilio Estevez.- Plot :... - Director Jenny Shepard, character on the TV show NCISNCIS (TV series)NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
, played by Lauren HollyLauren HollyLauren Michael Holly is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the TV series Picket Fences, as Mary Swanson in the 1994 film Dumb & Dumber, and as Jenny Shepard on the TV series NCIS. She was married to comic actor Jim Carrey from 1996 to...