Shanks may refer to:
People with the surname
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Alison Shanks
Alison Shanks (born 13 December 1982) is a retired New Zealand professional racing cyclist, specialising in the individual pursuit and team pursuit in track cycling and individual time trial in road bicycle racing. Prior to that she was an Ota ...
(born 1982), New Zealand professional racing cyclist
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Bill Shanks, 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 (1841–1895), American journalist and editor
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Daniel Shanks
Daniel Charles 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
Shan ...
(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
Edward Richard Buxton Shanks (11 June 1892 – 4 May 1953) was an English writer, known as a war poet of World War I, then as an academic and journalist, and literary critic and biographer. He also wrote some science fiction. E. F. Bleiler and R ...
(1892–1953), English writer
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Emily Shanks
Emily Shanks, also known as Emiliya Yakovlevna Shanks (; 1 August 1857, in Moscow – 13 January 1936, in London), was a British painter living in Moscow. She was the first woman to be elected to the Russian Society for Travelling Art Exhibitio ...
(1857–1936), British painter, born in Russia
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George Shanks
George Shanks (1896–1957) was an expatriate British people, Briton born in Moscow and was the first translator of ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Protocols of Zion'' from Russian into English. He was also a founding member of Radio Norma ...
(1896–1957), British writer, first translator of the Protocols of Zion into the English language
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Hershel Shanks
Hershel Shanks (March 8, 1930 – February 5, 2021) was an American lawyer and amateur biblical archaeologist who was the founder and long-time editor of the ''Biblical Archaeology Review''.
For more than forty years, he communicated the world o ...
(1930–2021), American founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society
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Howie Shanks (1890–1941), American baseball player
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James Steuart Shanks (1826–1911), British merchant in Moscow
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John Shanks
John Matthew Shanks (born December 18, 1964) is an American songwriter, record producer and guitarist. He has been a longtime session and touring member of the rock band Bon Jovi.
Early life and education
Shanks was born in New York City and m ...
(born 1964), American rock musician and songwriter
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John Peter Cleaver Shanks (1826–1901), U.S. Representative from Indiana
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Juanita Craft
Juanita Craft (born Juanita Jewel Shanks; February 9, 1902 – August 6, 1985) was an American activist and politician. Craft was an activist in the civil rights movement and also served as a member of the Dallas City Council in Texas.
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(1902–1985), born Juanita Jewel Shanks, American civil rights pioneer
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Katrina Shanks (born 1969), New Zealand politician
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Michael Shanks
Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and as Dr Charles Harris in the Canadian medi ...
(born 1970), Canadian actor best known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1
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Michael Shanks (archaeologist)
Michael Shanks (born 1959, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British archaeologist specialising in classical archaeology and archaeological theory. He received his BA, MA and PhD from Cambridge University, and was a lecturer at the University of Wal ...
(born 1959), British archaeologist
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Michael Shanks (journalist) (1927–1984), British journalist
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Michael Shanks (politician)
Michael Graeme Shanks (born 4 March 1988) is a Scottish Labour Party politician and former teacher who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen, previously Rutherglen and Hamilton West, since 2023. He has served as Parliamen ...
(born 1988), Scottish politician
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Nancy Shanks (c. 1956–2019), American singer associated with Tori Amos
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Nelson Shanks (1937–2015), American painter
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Niall Shanks
Niall Shanks (18 January 1959 13 July 2011) was an English philosopher and critic of intelligent design.
Career
Shanks was born in Cheshire, England, was educated at Rossall School, and later at the University of Leeds and the University of L ...
(1959–2011), British-American professor of history and philosophy
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Norman Shanks (born 1942), Church of Scotland minister
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Oliver Shanks (1915–1970), Canadian boxer
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Robert Shanks (footballer), English professional footballer
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Robert Shanks (pharmacologist) (born 1934), British pharmacologist
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Rosalind Shanks, British actress
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Simon Shanks (1977–2006), American football player
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Tiger Shanks (born 2002), Canadian football player
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Tommy Shanks
Thomas Shanks (30 March 1880 – 1 March 1919) was an Irish footballer.
Career
Shanks was born in Wexford and started his playing career with local club Wexford before moving to England to play for Derby West End and then Derby County in 1898. ...
(1880–1919), Irish soccer player
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William Shanks (1812–1882), English amateur mathematician, famous for his calculation of over 500 of digits of π, by hand
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William Somerville Shanks (1864–1951), Scottish artist
* Jordan Shanks-Markinova, Australian YouTube personality known as
Friendlyjordies
Jordan Shanks-Markovina (born 18 August 1989), also known online as friendlyjordies, is an Australian political commentator, journalist, stand-up comedian and YouTuber. His content often discusses contemporary Australian cultural and politica ...
Nicknames
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Edward I
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Latin: Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 125 ...
(1239–1307), English king known as "Longshanks"
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Nathan G. Evans (1824–1868), Confederate Army general nicknamed "Shanks"
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Bill Shankly
William Shankly (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish association football, football player and Manager (association football), manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool F.C., Liverpool. Shankly brought su ...
(1913–1981), British football manager nicknamed "Shanks"
Places
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Camp Shanks
Camp Shanks was a United States Army installation in the Orangeburg, New York area. Named after Major General David C. Shanks, it was situated near the juncture of the Erie Railroad and the Hudson River. The camp was the largest U.S. Army embark ...
, a United States Army installation in the town of Orangetown, New York
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Mount Shanks, a mountain in British Columbia, Canada
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Shanks, West Virginia in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States
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Shanks Islands (Tasmania), Australia
Fictional characters
* Dacre Shanks, a character parodying undead serial killer Freddy Krueger in the novel ''
Demon Road''
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Professor Shonku (nicknames include Shanks), a character created by Satyajit Ray
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Shanks (''One Piece''), a character in the manga series ''One Piece''
Other uses
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''Shanks'' (film), a 1974 movie directed by William Castle and starring Marcel Marceau
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Tringa
''Tringa'' is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1599. They are mainly freshwater birds, often w ...
'', a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers
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Armitage Shanks
Armitage Shanks is a British manufacturer of bathroom fixtures and plumbing supplies, now part of the group Ideal Standard.
In 2004, Armitage Shanks had eight factories in the United Kingdom, the largest in Armitage, Staffordshire. Armitage ...
, a UK toilet manufacturer
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F & R Shanks, British coachbuilders*
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Shanks & Bigfoot, a British songwriting/production duo
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Shanks Group plc, a UK waste mangamement company
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Shanks Restaurant, a former Michelin starred restaurant in Northern Ireland
See also
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Shank (disambiguation)
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