• Source: Shannon (surname)

Shannon, MacShannon, and O'Shannon are Anglicised Irish and Scottish surnames that derive from the Gaelic word seanachaidh, which means "skilled storyteller". Seanachaidh is descended from the Old Irish word senchaid.
Other forms of the name are O'Shawnessey or O'Shannahan.
Several old Gaelic names of Scottish and Irish people alike were Anglicised as Shannon, despite being unrelated.
The 1990 United States Census found that Shannon was a very common surname (No. 679 out of 88,799) in the United States.




People with the surname Shannon






= Academics

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Frederick A. Shannon (1921–1965), American herpetologist
Richard Shannon (historian), British historian




= Artists

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David Shannon (born 1960), American author
Del Shannon (1934–1990), American rock and roll musician (Real name is Charles Weedon Westover)
Frank Shannon (1874–1959), Irish-American actor and writer
James Jebusa Shannon (1862–1923), Anglo-American painter
Joe Shannon (born 1933), Puerto Rican artist, art critic, curator, and art professor
John Shannon (musician) (born 1980), American modern folk guitarist, vocalist, and composer
Johnny Shannon (born 1932), English actor
Julia Shannon, American daguerreotypist
Mem Shannon (born 1959), American blues singer-guitarist
Michael Shannon, American actor
Molly Shannon (born 1964), American actor
Preston Shannon (1947–2018), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
Richard Shannon (American writer) (born 1954), American writer
Robert T. Shannon (1895–1950), American screenwriter
Sharon Shannon (born 1968), Irish musician
T. Sean Shannon (fl. 2000s), American performer and writer
Terry Shannon (1952–2005), American engineer and writer
Tommy Shannon (born 1946), American bassist




= Journalists

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Bob Shannon (Radio) (born 1942), Canadian journalist
Bob Shannon (WCBS-FM) (born 1948), American journalist
Mark Shannon (born c. 1950), American journalist
Paul Shannon (1909–1990), American journalist
Scott Shannon (fl. c. late 20th century), American journalist
William V. Shannon (1927–1988), American journalist




= Military personnel

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Dave Shannon (1922–1993), Australian airman
John W. Shannon (1933–2017), United States Under Secretary of the Army




= Politicians

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David Shannon (1822–1875), South Australian politician
George Shannon (explorer) (1785–1836), also U.S. Senator
Harvey Alex Shannon (1831–1906), American Confederate States Army personnel, physician, and politician
Howard Shannon (1892–1976), Australian politician
James Shannon (1840–1891), South Australian politician
James Michael Shannon (born 1952), American politician
John Wallace Shannon (1862–1926), South Australian politician
Nate Shannon, American politician
Peter Shannon (born 1949), Australian diplomat
Richard C. Shannon (1839–1920), US Representative from New York
Steve Shannon (born 1971), American politician
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. (born c. 1960), American diplomat




= Scientists

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Claude Shannon (1916–2001), American mathematician, electrical engineer and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory"
Frederick A. Shannon (1921–1965), American biologist
Raymond Corbett Shannon (1894–1945), American entomologist
Robert D. Shannon (born 1935), American chemist




= Sportspeople

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Darrin Shannon (born 1969), Canadian hockey player
Darryl Shannon (born 1968), Canadian hockey player
Frank Shannon (baseball) (1873–1934), American baseball player
Les Shannon (1926–2007), English football player and manager
Mike Shannon (1939–2023), American baseball player and sportscaster
Noah Shannon (born 2000), American football player
Rab Shannon (born 1966), Scottish football player
Randy Shannon (born 1966), American football coach
Ryan Shannon (born 1983), American Hockey Player - Stanley Cup winner 2007
Terrence Shannon Jr. (born 2000), American basketball player




= Others

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Abe Shannon (1869–1945), South Australian pastoralist
Ricard Shannon (1920–1989), American film and television actor




Fictional characters


Bull Shannon, bailiff in the Night Court TV sitcom
Paul Shannon, a character in the 1993 American action thriller movie The Fugitive




See also


The Shannons
Shannon family
The Shannons of Broadway
Shannon (given name)




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