Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Sapiro,

Spiro (name) Spiro is a surname with a variety of origins, as well as a given name among Greek-speaking populations, Albanians, and the Christians of Lebanon. Origins As a Greek name, Spiro may also be spelled Spyro. It comes from the ''Greek'' Spiros/Spyros/ ...

/Spyro (in

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

Szapiro Szapiro is a Polish Jewish surname, a variant of Shapiro. Notable people with this surname include: *Anna Szapiro, mother of Georges Charpak *Deborah Szapiro, film producer *Jakub Szapiro, The King of Warsaw (TV series) main character * Gedali Sz ...

Szpiro Szpiro is a Polish Jewish surname, a variant of Shapiro. Notable people with this surname include: * Abram Szpiro (1912-1943), Polish chess master * George Szpiro George Geza Szpiro (born 18 February 1950 in Vienna) is an Israeli–Swiss author, j ...

(in

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

) and Chapiro (in French), is a Jewish

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

surname.

Etymology

The surname is derived from the

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

name of

Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

, compare Spire, the French name for that city. Other name variants attributed to Speyer include Sapiro, Spira, Spire,

Spiro Spiro(s) may refer to: * Spiro, Oklahoma, a town in the U.S. ** Spiro Mounds, an archaeological site * Spiro (band), a British music group * Spiro (name), including a list of people with the name * Špiro, South Slavic masculine given name * ARA ...

Spero Spero is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anthony Spero (1929-2008), American criminal *David Spero (born 1951), American DJ and music manager *Deborah Spero, American law enforcement official *Donald Spero (born 1939), American ...

Chapiro Chapiro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jacques Chapiro Jacques (Ya'akov) Chapiro (1887–1972), a Jewish painter of the School of Paris, was born in Dinaburg, Russian Empire (now Daugavpils, Latvia) and died in Paris in ...

, Sprai, Szpir, Szpiro, Sapir and Spear. The

Jewish community of Speyer The history of the Jews in Speyer reaches back over 1,000 years. In the Middle Ages, the city of Speyer (formerly Spira), Germany, was home to one of the most significant Jewish communities in the Holy Roman Empire. Its significance is attested to ...

was one of three leading cities central to the development of

culture, referred to as the , an acronym based on the names of the cities. The family name Speyer (based on the modern German name for the same city) has also become a well-known surname that was spread by Jews from Frankfurt to England, the United States and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some suggest that the surname derives from the Aramaic word () meaning "handsome".

Notable people surnamed Shapiro

Adam Shapiro (disambiguation) Adam Shapiro is the name of: * Adam Shapiro (activist) (born 1972), American co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) *Adam Shapiro (television reporter), American television reporter and investigative journalist *Adam Shapiro, Ame ...

, several people *

Alan Shapiro Alan Richard Shapiro (born February 18, 1952 in Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commo ...

(b. 1952), American poet *

Alan Shapiro (education reformer) Alan Shapiro (January 15, 1926 – January 28, 2011) was an American educator and educational reformer who became a leading contributor to Teachable Moment, a New York City-based teacher education project of the Morningside Center for Teaching Soci ...

, American education reformer *

Alan N. Shapiro Alan N. Shapiro (born 23 April 1956 in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York) is an American science fiction and Media theory, media theorist. He is a lecturer and essayist in the fields of science fiction studies, media theory, posthumanism, Fren ...

(born 1956), American science fiction and media theorist *

Alex Shapiro Alex Shapiro (born January 11, 1962) is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music favoring combinations of modal harmonies with chromatic ones, and often emphasizing strong pulse and rhythm. Shapiro was born in New York City. She was e ...

, American composer *

Allen Shapiro Allen Shapiro is a media executive and investor. He is the former executive chairman and CEO of Dick Clark Productions (DCP), a former chairman of TV Guide, and a former entertainment lawyer. Shapiro was the executive producer of DCP's flagship p ...

, American investor *

Andrew H. Schapiro Andrew H. Schapiro (born April 25, 1963) is an American attorney and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from September 30, 2014, to January 20, 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama March 6, 2014 and ...

, American diplomat *

Ari Shapiro Ari Michael Shapiro (born September 30, 1978) is an American radio journalist. In September 2015, Shapiro became one of four rotating hosts on National Public Radio's flagship drive-time program ''All Things Considered''. He previously ...

, American reporter with National Public Radio *

Arnold Shapiro Arnold Shapiro (born February 1, 1941) is an American television producer and writer. His best known work is the 1978 Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary, ''Scared Straight!'' His other productions include the CBS reality series, ''Rescue 911'' ...

(born 1941), American television producer and writer * Arnold S. Shapiro, American mathematician * Arthur Shapiro, entomologist and ecologist *

Arthur K. Shapiro Arthur K. Shapiro, M.D., (January 11, 1923 – June 3, 1995) was an American psychiatrist and expert on Tourette syndrome. His "contributions to the understanding of Tourette syndrome completely changed the prevailing view of this disorder"; Co ...

, psychiatrist and expert on the Tourette syndrome (1923–1995) *

Artie Shapiro Arthur Shapiro (January 15, 1916 – March 24, 2003) was an American jazz bassist. Early life Shapiro was born in Denver, Colorado, on January 15, 1916. He began on trumpet at age 13 and picked up bass at 18. Later life and career In the late 19 ...

(1916–2003), American jazz bassist *

Ascher H. Shapiro Ascher Herman Shapiro (May 20, 1916 – November 26, 2004) was a professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He grew up in New York City. Early life and education Shapiro was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish Lithuanian immigrant ...

, MIT professor and expert in fluid dynamics (1916–2004) *

Ben Shapiro Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (born January 15, 1984) is an American attorney, businessman, columnist, conservative political commentator, and media personality. At age 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States ...

, American conservative political commentator *

Bernard Shapiro Bernard Jack Shapiro, (born June 8, 1935) is a Canadian academic, civil servant, former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University from 1994 to 2004, and the first Ethics Commissioner of Canada between May 17, 2004 and March 29, 2007. Bio ...

, Canadian academic, civil servant *

Beth Shapiro Beth Alison Shapiro (born 1976) is an American evolutionary molecular biologist. She is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Shapiro's work has centered on the analysis of ...

, evolutionary biologist * Cal Shapiro, vocalist,

Timeflies Timeflies is an American pop-rap duo formed in October 2010 consisting of Cal Shapiro (b. October 3, 1988) and Rob Resnick (b. May 26, 1989). They are known for their popular original music and popular YouTube covers. They first performed togeth ...

Carl Shapiro Carl Shapiro (born 20 March 1955) is an American economist and academic who serves as the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He is the co-author, along with Hal Var ...

, (born 1955) UC Berkeley economist and mathematician *

Carl J. Shapiro Carl J. Shapiro (February 15, 1913 – March 7, 2021) was an American businessman and philanthropist. In 1939 he founded Kay Windsor, Inc. in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and built it into one of the largest women's clothing companies in the co ...

(born 1913), Boston philanthropist *

Carol Harris-Shapiro Carol Harris-Shapiro is a lecturer at Temple University in the Intellectual Heritage Department. She has written a controversial book on Messianic Judaism, a belief system considered by most Christians and Jews to be a form of Christianity, adher ...

, Reconstructionist rabbi * Charles S. Shapiro, American diplomat *

Daniel B. Shapiro Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Shapiro (born August 1, 1969) is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29, 2011, and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. ...

, U.S. ambassador to Israel *

David Shapiro (disambiguation) David or Dave Shapiro may refer to: *Dave Shapiro (drummer), performer of Cinematic Sunrise *David C. Shapiro (1925–1981), American dentist and politician *David I. Shapiro (1928–2009), attorney *David L. Shapiro (born 1943), American psycholog ...

, several people *

Dmitry Shapiro Dmitry Shapiro is an American entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of GoMeta, Inc., based in San Diego. GoMeta owns Koji an App Store of social mini-apps that are added to various Links In Bios. He also created the video sharing site Veoh in 20 ...

, entrepreneur, inventor, Googler *

Ehud Shapiro Ehud Shapiro ( he, אהוד שפירא; born 1955) is a multi-disciplinary scientist, artist, entrepreneur and Professor of Computer Science and Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science. With international reputation, he made fundamental cont ...

, Israeli computer scientist *

Florence Shapiro Florence Donald Shapiro (born May 2, 1948) is an American politician from Texas, a Republican former member of the Texas Senate. From 1993 to 1995, she represented the 2nd District and from 1995 to 2013, the 8th District, which includes sever ...

, American politician *

Francine Shapiro Francine Shapiro (February 18, 1948 – June 16, 2019) was an American psychologist and educator who originated and developed eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), a form of psychotherapy for resolving the symptoms of traumati ...

, American psychologist *

Fred R. Shapiro Fred Richard Shapiro is an American academic and writer working as the editor of ''The Yale Book of Quotations'', ''The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations'', and several other books. Education Shapiro earned a Bachelor of Science de ...

, American legal librarian and editor *

George Shapiro George Shapiro (May 18, 1931 – May 26, 2022) was an American talent manager and television producer. He was among the most successful managers in show business in the United States, best known for representing Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner and A ...

, American talent producer *

Gerald Shapiro (disambiguation) Gerald Shapiro may refer to: * Gerald Shapiro (writer) (1950–2011), American writer * Gerald Shapiro (composer) Gerald M. Shapiro (born 1942 in Philadelphia) is an American composer of acoustic and electronic music. Shapiro studied first at ...

, several people *

Harold S. Shapiro Harold Seymour Shapiro (2 April 1928 – 5 March 2021) was a professor of mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, best known for inventing the so-called Shapiro polynomials (also known as Golay–Shapiro polyno ...

(1928–2021), mathematics professor *

Harold T. Shapiro Harold Tafler Shapiro (born June 8, 1935) is an economist and university administrator. He is currently a professor of economics and public affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Shapiro serv ...

, president of Princeton University *

Harvey Shapiro (disambiguation) Harvey Shapiro may refer to: * Harvey Shapiro (cellist) (1911–2007), American cellist * Harvey Shapiro (poet) (1924–2013), American poet and editor of ''The New York Times'' * Harvey Shapiro (baseball) Harvey Shapiro is a college baseball ...

, several people *

Helen Shapiro Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers. With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the ...

, British singer *

Ian Shapiro Ian Shapiro (born September 29, 1956) is a Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He served as the Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center at Yale University from 2004 to 2019. He is known primarily for interventions i ...

, American political scientist *

Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro ( Hebrew: איליה פיאטצקי-שפירו; russian: Илья́ Ио́сифович Пяте́цкий-Шапи́ро; 30 March 1929 – 21 February 2009) was a Soviet-born Israeli mathematician. During a career that s ...

, mathematician (1929–2009) *

Irwin Shapiro Irwin Ira Shapiro is an American astrophysicist and Timken University Professor at Harvard University. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1982. He was the director of the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian from 1982 to 20 ...

(1911–1981), American writer and translator *

Irwin I. Shapiro Irwin Ira Shapiro is an American astrophysicist and Timken University Professor at Harvard University. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1982. He was the director of the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian from 1982 to 20 ...

, astrophysicist * Irving Shapiro (1904–1931), one of the

Shapiro Brothers Meyer (1908–1931), Irving (1904–1931) and William Shapiro (1911–1934), collectively known as the Shapiro Brothers were the leaders of a group of Jewish-American mobsters from New York City and based in Williamsburg. Well established in ...

, New York City labor racketeers *

Irving S. Shapiro Irving Saul Shapiro (July 15, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American lawyer and businessman, best known for being the first lawyer to become CEO of DuPont. Shapiro served as DuPont chairman from December 1973 to 1981. In 1987, he took over ...

, attorney, former CEO of Dupont *

J. David Shapiro Jake David Shapiro (born March 18, 1969) is an American filmmaker and stand-up comedian. Shapiro is best known as the original screenwriter of the film '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' and for writing the screenplay adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's no ...

, American filmmaker and stand-up comedian *

Jacob Shapiro Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (May 5, 1899 – June 9, 1947) was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization. Earl ...

, mobster *

James S. Shapiro James S. Shapiro (born 1955) is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University who specializes in Shakespeare and the Early Modern period. Shapiro has served on the faculty at Columbia University since 1985, teaching Shakes ...

(born 1955), American professor of English Literature *

Jeremy J. Shapiro Jeremy J. Shapiro (born 1940), is an American academic, a professor emeritus at Fielding Graduate University who works in the area of critical social theory with emphasis on the social and cultural effects of information technology and systems, ...

, professor at Fielding Graduate University. *

Jesse Shapiro Jesse M. Shapiro is an American economist and academic. He is the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard University, having previously held the George S. and Nancy B. Parker Professorship at Brown University. I ...

, American economist *

Jim Shapiro (attorney) Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro is an American attorney and author who was known in the Rochester and Florida areas (as well as some areas of Canada where the Rochester station WUHF is available on cable) for his aggressive television commercials, ...

, attorney *

Jim Shapiro (drummer) Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro and bassist Steve Lack. They are best known for their first single, " Seether", tha ...

, American musician, drummer of Veruca Salt *

Joel Shapiro Joel Shapiro (born September 27, 1941 New York City, New York) is an American sculptor renowned for his dynamic work composed of simple rectangular shapes. The artist is classified as a Minimalist as demonstrated in his works, which were mostly d ...

, artist and sculptor *

Jordan Shapiro Jordan Shapiro (born November 15, 1977) is an American author known for his work on parenting, education, gender, and technology. Early life and education Shapiro grew up in Philadelphia. He earned a B.A. from Bard College, an M.A. and a Ph.D. ...

, American author and educator *

Joseph N. Shapiro Joseph N. Shapiro (or ''Iosif Naumovich Shapiro.'' be, Іосіф Навумавіч Шапіра; russian: Иосиф Наумович Шапиро; 1887 in Minsk – 1961 in Leningrad) was a urologist, military doctor, lecturer and one of th ...

(1887—1961), urologist, one of the founders of the urologic oncology in Russia *

Josh Shapiro Joshua David Shapiro (born June 20, 1973) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the Pennsylvania Attorney General since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the governor-elect of Pennsylvania. Raised in Montgomery ...

, American politician and lawyer *

Jonathan Shapiro Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October 1958) is a South African cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions. He is the nephew of British magician ...

, South African political cartoonist *

Judith Shapiro Judith R. Shapiro (born January 24, 1942) is a former President of Barnard College, a liberal arts college for women at Columbia University; as President of Barnard, she was also an academic dean (education), dean within the university. She was ...

, former president of Barnard College *

Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born September 3, 1942) is a former long distance runner. Shapiro-Ikenberry won the 1967 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Las Vegas Marathon, and was the first USA Marathon Championships winner for women in 1974, at the AAU Nat ...

(born 1942), American long-distance runner *

Justine Shapiro Justine Shapiro (born March 20, 1963) is a South African-born American actress, filmmaker, writer, hostess and producer, who was one of several main hosts of the Pilot Productions travel/adventure series ''Globe Trekker'' (also called ''Pilot Gui ...

, Documentary Filmmaker and Globe Trekker host *

Karl Shapiro Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection ''V-Letter and Other Poems''. He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to th ...

, United States poet *

Laurie Gwen Shapiro Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker. She resides in New York City, where she was born and raised, and is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School. The 2001 documentary film '' Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale'', ...

, American novelist and filmmaker *

Lee Shapiro Lee Shapiro (1949–1987) was an American documentary filmmaker. His one feature-length film, ''Nicaragua Was Our Home'', was released in 1986. It was filmed in Nicaragua among the Miskito Indians who were then fighting against Nicaraguan governme ...

, American film maker, killed by the Soviet military in Afghanistan *

Les Shapiro Leslie Mark Shapiro (March 4, 1956 – January 29, 2022) was an American sports media figure, an anchor for CBS Sports, and a host of the ESPN radio talk program in Denver, Colorado. He was the play-by-play voice of the Bradley University ath ...

(1956–2022), American sports announcer *

Linda Hopkins Shapiro Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins; July 25, 1976) is an American former pornographic actress and model who was the ''Penthouse'' Pet of the Month for February 2000 and is an inductee of the NightMoves, AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. She is ...

, better known as Tera Patrick, former American pornographic actress *

Lisa Shapiro Lisa C. Shapiro (born 1967) is an American and Canadian philosopher, Professor and the Dean of Faculty of Arts at McGill University. She is known for her expertise on early modern philosophy Early modern philosophy (also classical modern philo ...

(born 1967), American and Canadian philosopher *

Louis Shapiro (communist) Louis Shapiro AKA Louis Bain (died 1921) was an American political activist who was a founding member of the Communist Party of America, the Executive Secretary of its Central Executive Committee, and a representative of the Jewish Federation. ...

, American Communist Party organizer * Louis Shapiro, Connecticut Supreme Court justice *

Marc B. Shapiro Marc B. Shapiro (Hebrew: מלך שפירא, born 1966) is a professor and the author of various books and articles on Jewish history, philosophy, theology, and rabbinic literature. Education and career Shapiro received his BA at Brandeis Unive ...

, professor of Judaic Studies at University of Scranton *

Mark Shapiro (disambiguation) Mark Shapiro may refer to: * Mark Shapiro (media executive), American media executive * Mark Shapiro (sports executive) (born 1967), American baseball executive * Mark H. Shapiro (born 1940), emeritus professor of physics at California State Univ ...

, several people * Marla Shapiro, Canadian medical doctor, author and health journalist (print, television) *

Meir Shapiro Yehuda Meir Shapiro ( pl, Majer Jehuda Szapira; March 3, 1887 – October 27, 1933), was a prominent Polish Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, also known as the Lubliner Rav. He is noted for his promotion of the Daf Yomi study program in 1923, ...

, Orthodox rabbi *

Mendel Shapiro Mendel Shapiro is a Jerusalem lawyer and Modern Orthodox Rabbi. He is the author of a halakhic analysis arguing that women could be called to read from the Torah in prayer services with men on Shabbat under certain conditions. His minority viewpo ...

, Modern Orthodox rabbi * Meyer Shapiro (1908–1931), one of the

, New York City labor racketeers *

Michael Shapiro (disambiguation) Michael Shapiro may refer to: * Michael Shapiro (actor), American actor, voice actor and theatre director * Mike Shapiro (programmer), American computer programmer * Michael J. Shapiro (born 1940), American political scientist at the University of ...

, several people *

Mordechai Shapiro Mordechai Shapiro (born 1989) is an American singer, songwriter and entertainer in the Orthodox pop industry. He has been described as having the "ability to do things with his voice no one else in this business can" by Jewish music producer Yitz ...

, American singer *

Nat Mayer Shapiro Nathan Mayer Shapiro (June 2, 1919 – December 2, 2005) was an American visual artist. Art Nat Mayer Shapiro’s art is best known for his complex paintings on paper and canvas that may incorporate structural and whimsical imagery among are ...

, American visual artist *

Neal Shapiro Neal B. Shapiro (born March 9, 1958) is the President and CEO of WNET. He worked previously as the President of NBC News and the executive producer for ''Dateline NBC''. Prior to this Shapiro spent 13 years as a news producer at ABC News. Early ...

, president of PBS station Thirteen/WNET New York City. *

Neal Shapiro (equestrian) Neal Shapiro (born July 22, 1945) is an American equestrianism, equestrian and was a silver medalist in team jumping and Bronze medalist in individual jumping in the 1972 Munich Olympics, where he became the first American Equestrian jumper to w ...

(born 1945), American equestrian and Olympic medalist *

Nevin Shapiro Nevin Karey Shapiro (born April 13, 1969) is a convicted felon who currently is imprisoned for orchestrating a $930 million Ponzi scheme. According to interviews, he engaged in rampant violations of NCAA rules over eight years as a booster for U ...

(born 1969), convicted American fraudster and central figure in the 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal * Nina Gordon Shapiro, American singer *

Norma Levy Shapiro Norma Sondra Levy Shapiro (July 27, 1928 – July 22, 2016) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born Norma Sondra Levy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvan ...

, United States federal judge *

Norman Shapiro Norman Zalmon Shapiro was an American mathematician, who was the co-author of the Rice–Shapiro theorem. Education Shapiro obtained a BS in Mathematics at University of Illinois in 1952. Shapiro spent the summer of 1954 at Bell Laboratories in ...

(1932–2021), American mathematician and computer scientist *

Paul Shapiro (disambiguation) Paul Shapiro is the name of: * Paul Shapiro (author) (born 1979), American animal activist * Paul Shapiro (artist) (born 1939), American Abstract Expressionist and landscape painter * Paul Shapiro (director) (born 1955), Canadian film and televisio ...

, several people *

Peter Shapiro (disambiguation) Peter Shapiro may refer to: * Peter Shapiro (journalist), American lawyer and music journalist * Peter Shapiro (financier) (1952–2024), New Jersey financial executive and former politician *Peter Shapiro (concert promoter) Peter Shapiro (born ...

, several people *

Ralph Shapiro Ralph Shapiro (November 27, 1908 – April 8, 1974) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life He was born on November 27, 1908, the son of Jacob Shapiro and Fanny (Rosenthal) Shapiro. He attended Syracuse University College ...

(1908–1974), New York politician * Rashi Shapiro, Orthodox rabbi at Loch Sheldrake Synagogue, Jewish folk-rock musician, psychologist *

Refael Shapiro Rabbi Refael Shapiro (1837–1921) was the famed Rosh Yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva located in the town of Volozhin, Russia, (now Valozhyn, Belarus), and a son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (the ''Netziv'').Yeshiva Eitz Chaim Volozh ...

, Orthodox rabbi *

Rick Shapiro Rick Shapiro (born April 13, 1959) is a Los Angeles-based comedian and actor. Life and career Shapiro was born in New Jersey. Spending his early years in New York City and New Jersey, Shapiro started his career in the early 1980s as a comedian ...

, comedian and actor *

Robert Shapiro (disambiguation) Robert Shapiro may refer to: People *Robert Shapiro (chemist) (1935–2011), American professor emeritus of chemistry at New York University * Robert Shapiro (filmmaker), American film producer * Robert Shapiro (lawyer) (born 1942), American civil ...

, several people *

Robert Schapire Robert Elias Schapire is an American computer scientist, former David M. Siegel '83 Professor in the computer science department at Princeton University, and has recently moved to Microsoft Research. His primary specialty is theoretical and app ...

, computer scientist who co-invented AdaBoost, a widely used machine learning meta-algorithm. *

Roy D. Shapiro Roy D. Shapiro is an American academic. He is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He has taught MBA students and corporate executives. He is the co-author or co-editor of five books. ...

, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School *

Samantha Shapiro Samantha "Sami" Shapiro (born May 18, 1993) is an American gymnast. She is a five-time member of the US Women's National Gymnastics Team. She was the 2007 U.S. junior uneven bars champion, 2008 U.S. junior uneven bars and balance beam champion, ...

(born 1993), American gymnast *

Samantha Harris Shapiro Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro; November 27, 1973) is an American television presenter, model, and entertainment reporter and actress, known as the co-host of seasons two through nine of ''Dancing with the Stars'' with Tom Berge ...

, American TV host (''Dancing with the Stars'', ''Entertainment Tonight'') *

Samuel Shapiro (disambiguation) Samuel Shapiro may refer to: * Samuel Shapiro (Illinois politician) (1907–1987), governor of Illinois * Samuel Shapiro (Maine politician) Samuel Shapiro (born August 26, 1927) is an American politician in the state of Maine. A Democrat, Shapi ...

, several people *

Saul Shapiro Saul Taylor Shapiro is the New York City franchisee of Fibrenew doing business as Fibrenew Manhattan Central. Early life and education Shapiro was born to Florence and Seymour Shapiro in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. A materials science engine ...

, president of the Metropolitan Television Alliance, LLC (MTVA) * Scott Shapiro, American political philosopher *

Seymour Shapiro Seymour Lester Shapiro (1916 - 1961) was an organic chemist best known for his pioneering work on a class of drugs used to treat symptoms of adult-onset diabetes. Phenformin was marketed under the name "DBI" until it was taken off the market afte ...

, American chemist who pioneered development of pharmaceuticals for use against diabetes *

Sharon Shapiro Sharon Shapiro is an American former gymnast. She won five gold medals at the 1977 Maccabiah Games. In 1978, she was the U.S. National Champion in the vault. She was a two-time National Collegiate All-Around Champion. In 1981, she won the Honda ...

, American gymnast *

Shmuel Shapiro Shmuel Shapiro ( he, שמואל שפירו, a French Jewish rabbi, hazzan, singer, composer, lecturer, and former Chief Rabbi of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Nancy, France, was born in Aix-les-Bains, France, on 26 January 1974. Biography His mot ...

(born 1974), French Chassidic-Jewish singer and Hazan. *

Sidney Shapiro Sidney Shapiro () (December 23, 1915 – October 18, 2014) was an American-born Chinese lawyer, translator, actor and writer who lived in China from 1947 to 2014. He lived in Beijing for more than 50 years and eventually became a member of the ...

, Chinese author and translator of American descent *

Stanley J. Shapiro Stanley Jack Shapiro (born 1934) is professor emeritus of Marketing at Simon Fraser University. He has served as dean of McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research univ ...

, professor Emeritus of Marketing at Simon Fraser University *

Steve Shapiro Steve Shapiro (born 1963) is an American music producer, session musician, and jazz vibraphonist. Biography Steve Shapiro is a veteran NYC studio vibraphonist, composer, and synth programmer. He has recorded or performed with artists such as ...

, American music producer *

Stewart Shapiro Stewart Shapiro (; born 1951) is O'Donnell Professor of Philosophy at the Ohio State University and distinguished visiting professor at the University of Connecticut. He is a leading figure in the philosophy of mathematics where he defends the a ...

, philosopher and logician * Stuart Loren Shapiro, better known as Todd Loren (1960–1992), American publisher *

Stuart S. Shapiro Stuart S. Shapiro is a producer, writer, director, and Internet entrepreneur. Shapiro began his career as an independent film distributor in 1974 by starting International Harmony which distributed cult classics ''TunnelVision'', Neil Young's ''R ...

, producer, writer, director, and Internet entrepreneur *

Sumner Shapiro Sumner Shapiro (January 13, 1926 – November 14, 2006) was a United States Navy rear admiral who served as Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence from 1978 to 1982. Early life and education Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Shapiro attended th ...

, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and former director of the Office of Naval Intelligence *

Ted Shapiro Ted Shapiro (October 31, 1899 – May 26, 1980) was a United States popular music composer, pianist, and sheet music publisher. Early life Shapiro was born on October 31, 1899 in New York City. He became a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and accomp ...

(1899–1980), U.S. popular music composer, pianist, and sheet music publisher * Theodore Shapiro (psychiatrist), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in New York *

Theodore Shapiro (composer) Theodore Michael Shapiro (born September 29, 1971) is an American composer best known for his film scores. He is a frequent collaborator of directors Ben Stiller, Paul Feig, Jay Roach, Karyn Kusama, and Rawson Marshall Thurber, and won the ...

, American composer *

Todd Shapiro Todd Michael Shapiro is the CEO of Red Light Holland, a publicly traded company ( ) that is engaged in the legal sale of a premium brand of Truffles in The Netherlands. As CEO, Shapiro, a former Canadian broadcaster, radio host, on SiriusXM Canada's ...

, Canadian radio show host *

Victor L. Shapiro Victor Lenard Shapiro (16 October 1924, Chicago – 1 March 2013, Riverside, California) was an American mathematician, specializing in trigonometric series and differential equations. He is known for his two theorems (published in 1957) on the uni ...

(1924–2013), American mathematician *

Walter Shapiro Walter Shapiro is an American journalist, writer and columnist. Early life and education Shapiro was born in New York City and was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut.

, American journalist and columnist * William "Willie" Shapiro (1911–1934), one of the

, New York City labor racketeers

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* "Miss Shapiro", a song by 801 from the album ''

801 Live ''801 Live'' is the first live album by 801. It was originally released by Island Records in the UK (cat. no. ILPS 9444) in November 1976. It was subsequently released by Polydor Records in North America (cat. no PD-1-6148) in March 1978. In ...

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Notable people surnamed Shapiro

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