Shanks may refer to:
People with the surname
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Alison Shanks (born 1982), New Zealand professional racing cyclist
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Bill Shankly, British football manager nicknamed "Shanks"
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Bill Shanks
Bill Shanks is an American sports broadcaster and writer.
Personal life
Shanks lives in Macon, Georgia. Shanks, originally from Waycross, Georgia, is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Shanks was a television sports anchor at WBSG in Bruns ...
, American sports broadcaster and writer
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Bruce Shanks
Bruce McKinley Shanks (January 29, 1908 – April 12, 1980)''Florida Death Index, 1877-1998'' was an American editorial cartoonist who worked for the ''Buffalo Evening News'' during the middle of the 20th century. There he won the annual Pulitz ...
(1908–1980), American editorial cartoonist
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Charles G. Shanks
Charles Gove Shanks (1841 – July 24, 1895) was an associate editor of the ''Louisville Journal''. In New York (state), New York he worked for the ''New York Star (1800s newspaper), New York Star'' and the ''Times Union (Albany), Albany Tim ...
(1841–1895), American journalist and editor
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Daniel Shanks
Daniel Shanks (January 17, 1917 – September 6, 1996) was an American mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He was the first person to compute π to 100,000 decimal places.
Life and education
Shanks was b ...
(1917–1996), American mathematician
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Don Shanks (footballer) (born 1952), British footballer
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Don Shanks (stuntman) (born 1950), American actor and stuntman
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Donald Shanks (bass-baritone)
Donald Robert Shanks AO OBE (5 July 19408 April 2011) was an Australian bass-baritone singer who sang over 65 principal roles with Opera Australia and other companies in Australia and overseas. Moffatt Oxenbould said that he had "an immensely im ...
(1940–2011), Australian operatic bass-baritone
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Edward Shanks (1892–1953), English writer
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Emily Shanks
Emily Shanks, also known as Emiliya Yakovlevna Shanks (russian: Эми́лия Я́ковлевна Шанкс; 1 August 1857, in Moscow – 13 January 1936, in London), was a British painter living in Moscow. She was the first woman to be elec ...
(1857–1936), British painter, born in Russia
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George Shanks
George Shanks (1896–1957) was an expatriate Briton born in Moscow and was the first translator of ''Protocols of Zion'' from Russian into English. He was also a founding member of Radio Normandy.
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George Shanks was the son of Henry Sha ...
(1896–1957), British writer, first translator of the Protocols of Zion into the English language
* Hershel Shanks (1930–2021), American founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society
* Howie Shanks (1890–1941), American baseball player
* James Steuart Shanks (1826-1911), British merchant in Moscow
* John Shanks (born 1964), American rock musician and songwriter
* John Peter Cleaver Shanks (1826–1901), U.S. Representative from Indiana
* Juanita Craft (1902–1985), born Juanita Jewel Shanks, American civil rights pioneer
* Katrina Shanks (born 1969), New Zealand politician
* Michael Shanks (born 1970), Canadian actor best known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1
* Michael Shanks (archaeologist) (born 1959), British archaeologist
* Michael Shanks (journalist) (1927–1984), British journalist
* Michael Shanks (politician) (born 1987/1988), Scottish politician
* Nancy Shanks, American singer associated with Tori Amos
* Nelson Shanks (1937–2015), American painter
* Niall Shanks (1959–2011), British-American professor of history and philosophy
* Norman Shanks, Church of Scotland minister
* Oliver Shanks (1915–1970), Canadian boxer
* Robert Shanks, English professional footballer
* Rosalind Shanks, British actress
* Simon Shanks (1977–2006), American football player
* Tommy Shanks (1880–1919), Irish soccer player
* William Shanks (1812–1882), English amateur mathematician, famous for his calculation of over 500 of digits of π, by hand
* William Somerville Shanks (1864–1951), Scottish artist
* Jordan Shanks-Markinova, Australian YouTube personality known as Friendlyjordies
Nicknames
* Edward I (1239–1307), English king known as "Longshanks"
* Nathan G. Evans (1824–1868), Confederate Army general nicknamed "Shanks"
Places
* Camp Shanks, a United States Army installation in the town of Orangetown, New York
* Mount Shanks, a mountain in British Columbia, Canada
* Shanks, West Virginia in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States
* Shanks Islands (Tasmania), Australia
Other uses
* Shanks (film), ''Shanks'' (film), a 1974 movie directed by William Castle and starring Marcel Marceau
* Shanks (One Piece), Shanks (''One Piece''), a character in the manga series ''One Piece''
* ''Tringa'', a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers
* Armitage Shanks, a UK toilet manufacturer
* F & R Shanks, British coachbuilders*
* Shanks & Bigfoot, a British songwriting/production duo
* Shanks Group plc, a UK waste mangamement company
* Shanks Restaurant, a former Michelin starred restaurant in Northern Ireland
See also
* Shank (disambiguation)
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