Shipton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alyn Shipton Alyn Shipton (born 24 November 1953) is an English jazz author, presenter, critic, and jazz bassist. Early life Shipton became interested in jazz in his youth and formally studied cello, but also played double bass in a school jazz band. He pla ...

(born 1953), American jazz musician *

Cathy Shipton Catherine Ellen Shipton (born 27 March 1957) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Lisa "Duffy" Duffin in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty''. After leaving the series in 2020, she has since appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera ...

(born 1957), English actress *

Eric Shipton Eric Earle Shipton, CBE (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977), was an English Himalayan mountaineer. Early years Shipton was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1907 where his father, a tea planter, died before he was three years old. When he was eigh ...

(1907–1977), English mountaineer *

Geoff Shipton Geoffrey Lloyd Shipton (born 4 June 1941) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. The New South Welshman combined wi ...

(born 1941), Australian swimmer * George Shipton (1839–1911), British trade unionist * James Shipton (1798–1865), British merchant and politician *

James Ancil Shipton Brigadier General James Ancil Shipton (March 10, 1867 – February 15, 1926) was a senior United States Army officer. He served in the Philippine–American War and World War I, where he held various commands on the Western Front. Early life Jam ...

(1867–1926), American army officer *

Richard Shipton Richard Shipton (died 1726?; last name occasionally spelled Skipton) was a pirate active in the Caribbean, best known for sailing alongside Edward Low and Francis Spriggs. In 1723 Shipton was elected captain of ''Merry Christmas'', and he subseq ...

(died c.1726), pirate active in the Caribbean * Roger Shipton (1936–1998), Australian politician * Susan Shipton (born 1958), Canadian film editor * William Shipton (1861–1941), English cricketer *

Zoe Shipton Zoe Kai Shipton is a British geologist. She is a professor of Geological Engineering at Strathclyde University. In July 2014, Shipton's career in geology was featured on the BBC Radio 4 show ''The Life Scientific'' Early life Shipton’s aff ...

, British geologist

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