Shaw may refer to:

Places

Australia

Shaw, Queensland Shaw is a locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Shaw had a population of 760 people. Geography Shaw Road runs through from south to north, and North Townsville Road runs along the northern boundary. History S ...

Canada

Shaw Street Shaw may refer to: Places Australia *Shaw, Queensland Canada *Shaw Street, a street in Toronto England *Shaw, Berkshire, a village *Shaw, Greater Manchester, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton *Shaw, Swindon, a List of United Kingdom ...

, a street in Toronto

England

* Shaw, Berkshire, a village * Shaw, Greater Manchester, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton * Shaw, Swindon, a suburb of Swindon ** Shaw (ward) * Shaw, Wiltshire, a village near Melksham

Philippines

Shaw Boulevard Shaw Boulevard (formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard and Pasig Boulevard; commonly known as Crossing) is a 4-8 lane highway connecting the cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig in the Philippines. The boulevard is named after William James Shaw, fou ...

, a major thoroughfare in

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila ( ), commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region (NCR; ), is the capital region and largest List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines, metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located ...

** Shaw Boulevard station, a station of the MRT-3

United States

* Shaw, Kansas, an unincorporated community *

Shaw, Mississippi Shaw is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, Bolivar and Sunflower County, Mississippi, Sunflower counties, Mississippi, United States, located in the Mississippi Delta region. The name was derived from an old Indian tribe northeast of this regi ...

, a city * Mount Shaw, a summit in the Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire * Shaw Creek (Ohio), a stream in Ohio *Shaw, Tennessee, now known as

Burwood, Tennessee Burwood, Tennessee, is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in southwestern Williamson County, Tennessee. History The hamlet was "originally named Williamsburg, later Shaw and ultimately Burwood." In the middle decades ...

Shaw, West Virginia Shaw is a former town in Mineral County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.T ...

, a ghost town *

Shaw, Washington, D.C. Shaw is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in the Northwest quadrant. Shaw is a major entertainment and retail hub, and much of the neighborhood is designated as a historic district, including the smaller Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Hi ...

, a neighborhood *

Shaw, St. Louis Shaw is a List of neighborhoods of St. Louis, neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. It is bordered on the north by Interstate 44, the east by South Grand Boulevard, the west by Tower Grove Avenue and the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and the south ...

, Missouri, a neighborhood *

Shaw Air Force Base Shaw Air Force Base (Shaw AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately west-northwest of downtown Sumter, South Carolina. It is one of the largest military bases operated by the United States, and is under the jurisdict ...

, US Air Force base in South Carolina

People

Shaw (name) ''Shaw'' is primarily a surname of English people, English or Chinese people, Chinese origin, rarely used as a given name. In English, it derives from Old English roots meaning "woodland" or "thicket". In Chinese contexts, ''Shaw'' is a romanizati ...

, people with "Shaw" as given name or surname *

Shao Shao (; HKG Romanisation: Shiu; Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw) is a common Chinese family name. It is the 86th most populous family name in China. It corresponds to last name So in Korean; Thiệu or Thiều in Vietnamese; Zau in Wu Chinese/Shanghaines ...

, Chinese surname, also spelled "Shaw" *

Clan Shaw Clan Shaw is a Highland Scottish clan and is a member of the Chattan Confederation. History Origins The progenitor of the Clan Shaw is believed to be one Shaw MacDuff who was a younger son of Duncan, the Thane or Earl of Fife, who was a desc ...

of Tordarroch, a Scottish clan

Education

Shaw Academy Founded in 2013, Shaw Academy is a privately-owned online education organisation based in Dublin, Ireland. History Shaw Academy was founded by James Egan and Adrian Murphy in 2013. By January 2016, Shaw Academy taught about 55,000 new stude ...

, an Irish online training and higher education institution *

Shaw High School (disambiguation) Shaw High School can refer to: * Shaw High School (Alabama) in Mobile * Shaw High School (Georgia) in Columbus * Shaw High School (Mississippi) (previously McEvans Warriors K-12 School) in Shaw, Mississippi * Shaw High School (Ohio) in East Clevel ...

Shaw Junior High School Shaw Junior High School, now known as Asbury Dwellings, is a historic structure located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and on the National Register of Hist ...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. *

Shaw College (disambiguation) Shaw College may refer to: *Shaw College (Hong Kong), a part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in New Territories, Hong Kong * Shaw College at Detroit, a former college in Detroit, Michigan, United States *Shaw College, a former name of Rust ...

Shaw College (Hong Kong) Shaw College () is the fourth List of the constituent colleges of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, constituent college to be established at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a public university in New Territories, Hong Kong. History The ...

, a college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong **

Shaw College of Detroit Shaw College at Detroit was an institution of higher education in Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across fr ...

, a former college *

Shaw University Shaw University is a private historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States. The school had its origin in the fo ...

(est. 1865), an American historically black college in Raleigh, North Carolina

Entertainment

* ''Shaw Family'', a fictional crime/spy family from ''Fast&Furious'', see List of The Fast and the Furious characters *

Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, operating from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shang ...

(1958–2011), formerly the largest film production company in Hong Kong *

Shaw Organisation Shaw Organisation is a film distribution company and cinema chain founded by brothers Runme Shaw and Run Run Shaw who went to Singapore in the 1920s to expand their family business founded by Runje Shaw. The company originally operated as a d ...

(est. 1924), a Singapore film distributor and chain of movie theatres *

Shaw Festival The Shaw Festival is a Charitable organization, Charitable theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest repertory theatre company in North America, second only to Canada's Strat ...

(est. 1962), a Canadian theatre festival * Astro Shaw (est. 2005), the largest film production, distribution and marketing in Malaysia

Organizations

* D. E. Shaw & Co. (est. 1988), an American hedge fund, private equity and technology development firm *

Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. was a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian telecommunication, telecommunications company which provided telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. The company was founded in 1966 as Capital Cable Televisio ...

(est. 1966), Canadian telecommunications company, based in Calgary * ShawCor (est. 1930s), a global energy services firm based in Houston, Texas *

The Shaw Group The Shaw Group is a pipe and steel fabrication firm specializing in induction bending. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Shaw employs approximately 1,400 people across its offices and operations in North America and the Middle East. History ...

(est. 1987), a diversified American Fortune 500 corporation (now acquired by CB&I) * Shaw Industries (est. 1946), an American flooring manufacturer *

Shaw Media (United States) Shaw Family Holdings, Inc., doing business as Shaw Media, is a newspaper publisher based in Crystal Lake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and wholly owned by the Mabel S. Shaw Family Trust. Its portfolio includes about 80 newspapers and news webs ...

, an American newspaper publisher * Shaw's and Star Market, an American grocery group

Other uses

* Shaw (woodland), a strip of woodland, usually separating fields or lining a road * Shaw alphabet, another name for the Shavian alphabet, an alternative for the Latin alphabet for the English language