Shaw may refer to:

Places

Australia

Shaw, Queensland Shaw is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Shaw had a population of 550 people. History Shaw is situated in the traditional Manbarra, Wulgurukaba Indigenous Australian, Abo ...

Canada

* Shaw Street, a street in Toronto

England

Shaw, Berkshire Shaw is a suburban village in Berkshire, England. It is located to the north of Newbury, near the village of Donnington. It is in the parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington. Shaw House The Elizabethan country house, called Shaw House, is located here. ...

, a village * Shaw, Greater Manchester, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton *

Shaw, Swindon The Borough of Swindon is a local government authority in South West England, centred on the urban area and town of Swindon and forming part of the ceremonial county of Wiltshire. History In 1974 the Thamesdown district of Wiltshire was creat ...

, a suburb of Swindon *

Shaw, Wiltshire Shaw is a village in the civil parish of Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England. It is about northwest of Melksham on the A365 Melksham to Box road, where the B3353 diverges to Corsham. History The manor of Shaw was recorded in the 13th centu ...

, a village near Melksham

Philippines

* Shaw Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...

Shaw Boulevard station Shaw Boulevard station (also called Shaw for short) is an elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after Shaw Boulevard, since the stati ...

, a station of the

MRT-3 , locale = Metro Manila, Philippines , start = , end = , type = Light rapid transit , system = Manila Metro ...

United States

Shaw, Kansas Shaw is an unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. History Shaw was founded in 1885. Throughout the twentieth century the town was served by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad The Atchison, Topeka and Santa ...

, an unincorporated community *

Shaw, Mississippi Shaw is a city in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, Mississippi, United States, located in the Mississippi Delta region. The name was derived from an old Indian tribe northeast of this region. The population was 1,952 at the 2010 census. History O ...

, a city *

Mount Shaw Mount Shaw is a mountain located in the towns of Moultonborough and Tuftonboro in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is part of the remains of an ancient volcanic ring dike. With a summit elevation of , it is the highest of the O ...

, a summit in the Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire *

Shaw Creek (Ohio) Shaw Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. Shaw Creek was named for Jonathan Shaw, Sr., a pioneer settler who built a mill on Shaw Creek in 1814. See also *List of rivers of Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of th ...

, a stream in Ohio *Shaw, Tennessee, now known as

Burwood, Tennessee Burwood, Tennessee is an unincorporated community in southwestern Williamson County, Tennessee. History The hamlet was "originally named Williamsburg, later Shaw and ultimately Burwood." In the middle decades of the 20th century, Burwood was a r ...

Shaw, West Virginia Shaw is a former town in Mineral County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. History A post office called Shaw was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1973. The community was named after Major Alexander Shaw, a railroad official ...

, a ghost town *

Shaw, Washington, D.C. Shaw is a central neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Shaw and the U Street Corridor historically have been the city's black social, cultural, and economic hub, witness to Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and numerous ri ...

, a neighborhood *

Shaw, St. Louis Shaw is a List of neighborhoods of St. Louis, neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. It is bordered on the North by Interstate 44, the east by S. Grand Blvd, the west by Tower Grove Ave and the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and the south by Tower Gro ...

, Missouri, a neighborhood * Shaw Air Force Base, US Air Force base in South Carolina

People

Shaw (name) Shaw is most commonly a surname and rarely a given name. British name The name is of English and Scottish origin. In some cases, the surname is an Americanization of a similar-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname. In England and Scotland, the nam ...

, people with "Shaw" as given name or surname *

Shao Shao (; Cantonese Romanisation: Shiu; Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw) is a common Chinese family name. It is the 86th most populous family name in China. It corresponds to last name So in Korean; "Thiệu" or "Thiều" in Vietnamese; “Zau” in Wu Chines ...

, Chinese surname, also spelled "Shaw" *

Clan Shaw Clan Shaw is a Highland Scottish clan and is a member of the Chattan Confederation.Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Cou ...

of Tordarroch, a Scottish clan

Education

Shaw Academy Shaw Academy is a privately owned online education organisation based in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 2013, it provides pre-recorded online courses. History Shaw Academy was founded by James Egan and Adrian Murphy in 2013. By January 2016, S ...

, an Irish online training and higher education institution *

Shaw High School (disambiguation) Shaw High School can refer to: * Shaw High School (Alabama) in Mobile * Shaw High School (Georgia) in Columbus *Shaw High School (Ohio) in East Cleveland *Shaw High School (now McEvans Warriors K-12 School) in Shaw, Mississippi *Archbishop Shaw Hig ...

Shaw Junior High School Shaw Junior High School, now known as Asbury Dwellings, is an historic structure located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and on the National Register of Histor ...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. *

Shaw College (disambiguation) Shaw College may refer to: *Shaw College (Hong Kong), a part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong *Shaw College of Detroit, a former college in Detroit *Shaw College, a former name of Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi See also *Shaw Unive ...

Shaw College (Hong Kong) Shaw College () is the fourth constituent college to be established at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It is located in the northwest area of the CUHK campus, facing Tolo Harbour. History The college is named after its patron, Sir Run Run ...

, a college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong **

Shaw College of Detroit Shaw College at Detroit was an institution of higher education in Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of governme ...

, a former college *

Shaw University Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in ...

(est. 1865), an American historically black college in Raleigh, North Carolina

Entertainment

* ''Shaw Family'', a fictional crime/spy family from ''Fast&Furious'', see

List of The Fast and the Furious characters ''Fast & Furious (also known as The Fast and the Furious)'' is an American action film series centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with street racing, heists, spies, and family. The following is a list of characters ...

* Shaw Brothers Studio (1958–2011), formerly the largest film production company in Hong Kong *

Shaw Organisation Shaw Organisation is a film distribution company and cinema chain founded by brothers Runme Shaw and Run Run Shaw who went to Singapore in the 1920s to expand their family business founded by Runje Shaw. The company originally operated as a dis ...

(est. 1924), a Singapore film distributor and chain of movie theatres * Shaw Festival (est. 1962), a Canadian theatre festival

Organizations

* D. E. Shaw & Co. (est. 1988), an American hedge fund, private equity and technology development firm *

Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications company which provides telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw provides home telecommunications services primarily in Alberta and Br ...

(est. 1966), Canadian telecommunications company, based in Calgary * ShawCor (est. 1930s), a global energy services firm based in Houston, Texas *

The Shaw Group The Shaw Group is a pipe and module fabrication firm specializing in induction bending. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Shaw employs approximately 700 people across its offices and operations in North America and the Middle East. History Sha ...

(est. 1987), a diversified American Fortune 500 corporation (now acquired by CB&I) *

Shaw Industries Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is one of the world's largest carpet manufacturers with more tha$6 billion in annual revenueand approximately 22,000 employees worldwide.Prem C. Jain, ''Buffett Beyond Value: Why Warren Buffett Looks to Growth and Mana ...

(est. 1946), an American flooring manufacturer * Shaw Media (United States), an American newspaper publisher * Shaw's and Star Market, an American grocery group

Other uses

Shaw (woodland) A shaw is a strip of woodland usually between 5 and 15 metres (15 and 50 feet) wide. Shaws commonly form boundaries between fields or line a road. They are usually composed of natural woodland (rather than being a planted avenue) and often have ...

, a strip of woodland, usually separating fields or lining a road *

Shaw alphabet The Shavian alphabet (; also known as the Shaw alphabet) is an alphabet conceived as a way to provide simple, phonemic orthography for the English language to replace the difficulties of conventional spelling using the Latin alphabet. It wa ...

, another name for the Shavian alphabet, an alternative for the Latin alphabet for the English language