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Shepherd A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. ''Shepherd'' derives from Old English ''sceaphierde (''sceap'' 'sheep' + ''hierde'' 'herder'). ''Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations, i ...
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Adaline Shepherd Adaline Shepherd (August 19, 1883 – March 12, 1950) was an American composer of piano pieces. Though she did not compose many pieces, the pieces she composed were popular. In her twenties, she composed three ragtime pieces: "Pickles and Peppers" ...
, American composer *
Alan Shepherd Alan Shepherd (28 September 1935 – 16 July 2007) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer. His best seasons were in 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1962 and 1963 Grand Prix motorcycle ...
, British motorcycle Grand Prix road racer *
Amba Shepherd Amber Louise Shepherd, better known by her stage name Amba Shepherd is an Australian singer and songwriter, best known for her collaborations with the Dutch music producer, Hardwell. Amba Shepherd was named "The most relevant guest vocalist in ED ...
, Australian singer * Ann Shepherd, American actress born
Shaindel Kalish Shaindel Kalish (January 15, 1910 – November 30, 2002) was an American actress on stage, on old-time radio, and in films. Her first name was sometimes spelled "Scheindel". She was also known at various times as Judith Blake, Ann Shepherd, Ann ...
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Briana Shepherd Briana Shepherd (born ) is a Western Australian journalist, reporter, and news presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She has also worked as a model, ballet dancer and ballet teacher. Shepard attended Perth Modern School. In 2005, ...
, Western Australian journalist, reporter and news presenter, former New York City Ballet dancer *
Chandler Shepherd James Chandler Shepherd (born August 25, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2019. College career Shepherd attended Lawrence County ...
, American professional baseball player (Boston Red Sox) * Cybill Shepherd, American actress * Darrius Shepherd (born 1995), American football player *
David Shepherd (disambiguation) David Shepherd, Shepard, or Sheppard may refer to: Sportsmen * David Sheppard (1929–2005), England cricket captain and later Bishop of Liverpool * Dave Sheppard (1931–2000), American Olympic weightlifter * David Shepherd (rugby union) (1936– ...
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Dolly Shepherd Elizabeth "Dolly" Shepherd (1886-1983) was a parachutist and fairground entertainer in the Edwardian era. Early life Shepherd was born in Potters Bar, Middlesex, England. Career At the age of 16, she got a job as a waitress at the Alexan ...
, hot-air balloon trapeze artist *
Frances Alice Shepherd Frances Alice Shepherd, is a Canadian oncologist recognized for her research on lung cancer and her contributions to the design, development, and conduct of clinical trials. She is currently a senior staff physician at Princess Margaret Cancer Cent ...
, Canadian academic * Freddy Shepherd, businessman and chairman of Newcastle United * George Shepherd (artist), English draughtsman and watercolourist *
George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd George Robert Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd PC (19 August 1881 – 4 December 1954), was a British Labour politician. Early life Shepherd was the son of George Robert Shepherd, a tailor of Spalding, Lincolnshire. Shepherd began working as an as ...
, British Labour politician * J. Marshall Shepherd, American meteorologist *
Jack Shepherd (disambiguation) Jack Shepherd or Shepard may refer to: People *Jack Shepherd (actor) (born 1940), British, in ''Wycliffe'' etc. * Jack P. Shepherd (born 1988), British actor, in ''Coronation Street'' *Jack Shepard (baseball) (1931–1994), American *Jack Shephard ...
, multiple people * JaCorey Shepherd, American football player * Jean Shepherd, American radio personality and writer *
Jenny Shepherd Jenny Ellen Shepherd (born 12 April 1972 in Whangarei, New Zealand) 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 ...
, New Zealand field hockey player *
Joel Shepherd Joel Shepherd (born 1974 in Adelaide, South Australia) 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. He now ...
, Australian science fiction author *
John Shepherd (disambiguation) John Shepherd may refer to: * John Shepherd (priest) (died 1713), Irish Anglican priest * John Shepherd (jockey) (1765–1848), English jockey * John Shepherd (governor and chairman) (1792–1859), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company and Chairm ...
, several people *
Jonathan Shepherd Jonathan P Shepherd CBE is a Welsh surgeon, criminologist and professor at Cardiff University's Crime and Security Research Institute which he co-founded in 2015. He also founded the University's Violence Research Group. He has initiated UK publ ...
, Welsh surgeon *
Keith Shepherd Keith Wayne Shepherd (born January 21, 1968) is an American former baseball middle relief pitcher. Shepherd played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from through for the Philadelphia Phillies (1992), Colorado Rockies (1993), Boston Red Sox (1995 ...
, major league baseball player * Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr), an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter * Kirk Shepherd, English darts player *
Leo Shepherd Leo "The Whistler" Shepherd was a jazz trumpet player in the big band era. He came to prominence playing in Lionel Hampton's big band in 1946. In his career Leo Shepherd pushed the commonly accepted range of the trumpet to new heights. He is ...
, US jazz trumpeter * Liam 'Lewy' Shepherd, SEO Consultant * Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, British Labour politician *
Mark Shepherd (businessman) Mark Shepherd Jr. (January 18, 1923 – February 4, 2009) was the chairman and chief executive officer of Texas Instruments. He was in attendance at the demonstration of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby on September 12, 1958. Biography Shephe ...
, chairman and CEO of Texas Instruments * Mark Shepherd (novelist), author of several fantasy novels * Mark Allen Shepherd (born 1961), actor * Mary Shepherd, British philosopher * Mary Patricia Shepherd (1933 – 2003), British thoracic surgeon * Michael Shepherd (psychiatrist), British psychiatrist and author * Morgan Shepherd, NASCAR driver * Nathan Shepherd (American football) (born 1993), Canadian-American football player * Robert Shepherd (1937–2008), law professor * Robert Shepherd (footballer) (born 1956), Australian rules footballer * Roy Shepherd (born 1931), British ice hockey player * Roy Shepherd (pianist) (1907–1986), Australian pianist and teacher * Sanger Shepherd, British inventor of an early colour photography process * Sherri Shepherd (born 1967), media personality, actress and comedian * Thomas D. Shepherd (1889–1954), American college football player and coach * Thomas H. Shepherd (1792–1864), British architectural artist * William Robert Shepherd (1871–1934), American cartographer and historian


Given name

* Shepherd Brooks, member of a prominent Medford family who developed the 19th-century Shepherd Brooks Estate * Shepherd Clark, American competitive figure skater * Shepherd Dawson (1880–1935), British psychologist * Shepherd Heyward (died 1859), free black man who was killed during the raid on Harpers Ferry * Shepherd Leffler (1811–1879), U.S. Representative from Iowa * Shepherd Mead (1914–1994), born Edward Mead, American writer * Shepherd Murape, Zimbabwean former football player and manager * Shepherd Skanes, American football coach


Fictional Shepherds

* Derrial Book (a.k.a. Shepherd Book), character in the television series, ''Firefly'' * Alex Shepherd, character from the Silent Hill series * Derek Shepherd, character on the ABC television series ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Private Practice'' * Amelia Shepherd, character on the ABC television series ''Private Practice'' and ''Grey's Anatomy'' * General Shepherd, a fictional character and the main antagonist from video game ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' * Jason Shepherd, the main protagonist of the film ''Big Fat Liar'' * Speed (Marvel Comics) , Tommy Shepherd, a superhero from Marvel Comics


Shepperd


Surname

*Augustine Henry Shepperd, Congressional Representative from North Carolina *Robin Shepperd, British television director


Given name

*Shepperd Strudwick, American actor of film, television and stage *William Shepperd Ashe, Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1849 and 1855


Other uses

* Shepperd's Dell, a small canyon in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon


Shephard


Surname

*Ben Shephard, English television presenter *Ben Shephard (English historian) *Gary Shephard, former Welsh professional footballer *Geoffrey Colin Shephard, Mathematician *Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold *Gordon Strachey Shephard Brigadier-General killed in action in 1918 *Hale Horatio Shephard (1842–1921), British judge in India *Isaac F. Shephard, American Civil War officer *Michelle Shephard, Canadian journalist *Neil Shephard, British economist *Richard Shephard (1949–2021), British choral music composer *Ronald Shephard, American economist *Rupert Shephard, English artist *Sidney Shephard, British politician


Other uses

*Shephard's lemma *Shephard's problem *Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theorem


Fictional Shephards

*Adrian Shephard, character in the computer game ''Half-Life: Opposing Force'' *Christian Shephard, character on the television series ''Lost'', father of Jack Shephard *Jack Shephard, character on the television series ''Lost''


Sheppard


Surname

* Alison Sheppard (born 1972), Scottish Olympic swimmer * Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere (born 1932), British industrialist * Andy Sheppard (born 1957), British jazz saxophonist and composer * Ashley Sheppard (born 1969), American football player * Austin Oke Sheppard (1844-1927), British colony of Newfoundland, 3rd generation lighthouse keeper, posts at Dodding Head, Fort Amherst, St. John's, Fort Amherst and Cape Spear, grandfather of Robert Carl Sheppard * Bob Sheppard (1910–2010), American sports announcer * Bob Sheppard (musician) (born 1952), American jazz saxophonist * Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard (born 1950), American politician * Charles Bradford Sheppard, American radio and electrical engineer * Chris Sheppard (born 1981), Australian rugby player * Chris Sheppard (DJ), Jamaican-Canadian disc jockey and musician * Colin Sheppard, British engineering professor * Curtis Sheppard (born ), American boxer * David Sheppard ** Dave Sheppard (1931–2000), American weightlifter and Olympic medalist ** David Sheppard (1929–2005), English cricketer and bishop ** David Sheppard (broadcaster) (born 1981), British radio presenter * Dick Sheppard (priest) (1880–1937), English clergyman and pacifist * Dick Sheppard (footballer) (1945–1998), English football goalkeeper * Eleanor P. Sheppard (1907–1991), American politician * Elizabeth Sheppard (1830–1862), British novelist * Emma Sheppard (1813-1871), English writer and workhouse reformer * Fleetwood Sheppard (1634–1698), British poet *Francis M. Sheppard (1868-1948) American politician * Gerrard Sheppard (born 1990), American football player * Harriet Sheppard (born circa 1783), Canadian botanist * Howard Sheppard (1933–2013), Canadian politician * Jack Sheppard (1702–1724), English criminal * Jack Sheppard (cave diver) (1909–2001), British cave diver * Jack Sheppard (cricketer) (born 1992), English cricketer * James Sheppard (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player * Jason Sheppard (born 1978), American politician * Jeff Sheppard (born 1974), American professional and collegiate basketball player * John Sheppard (disambiguation), several people * Joseph Sheppard (born 1958), American actor * Kate Sheppard (1848–1934), New Zealand suffragette and civil rights campaigner * Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1977), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter * Kiki Shepard (born 1951), American television host * Lianne Sheppard, American statistician *Caleb Sheppard, Lil Gnar, (born as Caleb Sheppard 1996), American designer, rapper, and skateboarder * Lito Sheppard (born 1981), American football cornerback * Mark Sheppard (born 1964), English actor * Mel Sheppard (1883–1942), American athlete * Mike Sheppard (baseball) (born 1936), American college baseball coach * Mike Sheppard (American football) (born 1951), American football player and coach * Morris Sheppard (1875–1941), American Congressman and Senator * Moses Sheppard (1771–1857), American businessman and Quaker * Mubin Sheppard (1905–1994), Irish-born historian of Malaysian culture * Peter Sheppard Skærved (born 1966), British violinist * Philip Sheppard (biologist), Philip Sheppard (1921–1976), British geneticist * R. Sheppard Marble and Stone Works of Toronto, Ontario was a monumental masonry firm active in nineteenth-century Ontario * Ray Sheppard (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player * Revett Sheppard (1778-1830), British naturalist * Richard Sheppard (architect) (1910–1982), English architect * Rob Sheppard, American college baseball coach *Robert Carl Sheppard, MBE (1897-954), from the British colony of Newfoundland, WW1 veteran of the Battle of the Somme (Beaumont-Hamel, France), lighthouse keeper at Fort Amherst, NL and master mariner of two ships chartered for the British Antarctic expedition, Operation Tabarin. * Ronald G. Sheppard (born 1939), American politician * Sam Sheppard (1923–1970), American neurosurgeon * Samara Sheppard (born 1990), New Zealand mountain biker * Scott S. Sheppard (born 1976), American astronomer * Sheppard family (clothiers), family in Frome, Somerset since 1614 * Sherri D. Sheppard (born 1956), American professor of mechanical engineering * Simon Sheppard (writer), American writer * Simon Sheppard (activist) (born 1957), British far-right activist * Simon Sheppard (footballer) (born 1973), English former goalkeeper * Stephen Lea Sheppard (born 1983), Canadian television and film actor * Thomas Sheppard (disambiguation), several people * T. G. Sheppard (born 1944), American country music singer * William Sheppard (disambiguation), several people


Given name

* Sheppard Frere (1916–2015), British historian and archaeologist * Sheppard Homans Jr. (1871–1952), All-American football player and insurance executive * Sheppard J. Shreaves (1885–1968), dockmaster, shipwright and diver * Sheppard Solomon, American songwriter


Fictional Sheppards

* John Sheppard (Stargate), lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force played by Joe Flanigan in the television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * James Sheppard, the narrator in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie * Bruno Sheppard, an antagonist in ''M.A.S.K. (TV series)'' * Principal Sheppard, a fictional character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''


Shepard


Surname

{{surname, section=yes, Shepard *Alan Shepard, American astronaut *Alexandra Shepard, Historian *Anna O. Shepard, American archaeologist *Bert Shepard, American WWII pilot & baseball player *Cecelia Shepard, victim of the Zodiac Killer *David Shepard (film preservationist) *David H. Shepard, American inventor *Dax Shepard, American actor, comedian, writer, and director *Elliott Fitch Shepard, American lawyer, banker, and newspaper editor *E. H. Shepard, British artist and illustrator *Edward M. Shepard, American lawyer and political reformer *Irene Shepard, American educator and politician *Jean Shepard (1933–2016), American honky tonk singer and songwriter *Jessica Shepard (born 1996), American basketball player * Joseph Shepard I (1765-1837), American born Canadian farmer and milita officer and namesake for Sheppard Avenue *Lorenzo B. Shepard, American lawyer and politician *Louis C. Shepard, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient *Lucius Shepard, American science fiction and fantasy writer *Marshall L. Shepard, American politician *Mary Shepard, British illustrator *Matt Shepard (sportscaster), Detroit, Michigan TV sports commentator *Matthew Shepard, American victim of a hate crime *Norman Shepard, American college sports coach *Roger Shepard, American cognitive scientist *Sam Shepard (1943-2017), American playwright and actor *Sara Shepard, American author *Thomas Shepard (minister), Puritan minister in colonial America *Thomas Z. Shepard, American recording producer, composer, and conductor *Vonda Shepard, American singer *William Shepard, former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts


Given name

*Shepard Broad, American banker and lawyer *Shepard Cary, U.S. Representative from Maine *Shepard Fairey, American artist *Shepard Smith, American TV anchor


Fictional Shepards

* Commander Shepard, main character of the ''Mass Effect'' video games. * Tim Shepard, character from S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders (novel), ''The Outsiders''. He has siblings Curly Shepard and Angela Shepard, featuring in Hinton's novel ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' *Shepard (comics), character in the Marvel Comics Universe * Director Jenny Shepard, character on the TV series ''NCIS''


See also

* General Shepherd (disambiguation) * Shepherd (disambiguation) * Shepard (disambiguation) * Sheppard (disambiguation) * Schappert * Schaefer English-language surnames Given names Occupational surnames English-language occupational surnames