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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''Shannon'''
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! Gender:
| Male & Female
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! Origin:
| Irish
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! Meaning:
| ''wise river''
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| colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;" | {{{footnotes|}}}
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The name '''Shannon''' originated in [[Ireland]] and is directly linked to the country's longest [[River Shannon|river]]. Shannon is now used as a first name for both males and females. The name of the river is a combination of [[Irish language|Irish]] ''sean'' "old, wise" and ''abhainn'' "river".
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'''Shannon''' can also be a short form of 'Shanahan', a variant of the [[Irish language|Irish]] masculine name [[Seanán]], which means "little wise person" or "small but wise".
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''Shannon'' can refer to the following:
== Shannon ==
==People==
===Surname===
* [[Bob Shannon]], wrote first bulletin board system (BBS) for the Commodore VIC-20
* [[Bob Shannon (WCBS-FM)]], radio personality
* [[Claude Shannon|Claude Elwood Shannon]], information theorist
* [[Darryl Shannon]], former NHL player
* [[David Shannon]], author
* [[Del Shannon]], rock singer/songwriter
* [[Frederick A. Shannon]], herpetologist
* [[James Shannon]], Democratic politician from Massachusetts
* [[James Jebusa Shannon]], Anglo-American painter
* [[Mike Shannon]], former American baseball player, sportscaster
* [[Molly Shannon]], actress on ''Saturday Night Live''
* [[Paul Shannon]], television presenter
* [[Peter Shannon]], christian singer, composer, musician
* [[Randy Shannon]], football coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes
* [[Scott Shannon]], radio personality
* [[Sharon Shannon]], Irish musician
* [[T. Sean Shannon]], comedy writer
* [[Terry Shannon]], computer technology journalist
* [[Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.]], Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
* [[William V. Shannon]], former editor of the ''New York Times''
===First name===
* [[Shannon (singer)]], real name Brenda Shannon Greene
* [[Marty Wilde]], pseudonym "Shannon", real name Reginald Leonard Smith
* [[Shannon Bramer]], Canadian poet
* [[Shannon Burke]], GSA Sotball MVP, world-famous innovative environmentalist, and golfer.
* [[Shannen Doherty]], American actress
* [[Shannon Elizabeth]], American actress
* [[Shannon Hale]], an author known for young-adult fiction
* [[Shannon Hoon]], lead singer of the band Blind Melon
* [[Shannon Larkin]], drummer of the American Godsmack
* [[Shannon Leto]], drummer of [[30 Seconds to Mars]]
* [[Shannon Lively]], teenage actor.
* [[Shannon Martinson]], Famous Skywarn storm spotter, North Dakota Choir and FBLA Member
* Shannon Matthews, the child concerned in the [[Disappearance of Shannon Matthews]]
* [[Shannon Miller]], American Olympic gymnast
* [[Shannon Moore]], professional wrestler
* [[Shannon Noll]], Australian rock singer
* [[Shannon Rempel]], Canadian speed skater
* [[Shannon Rutherford]], fictional character on the ABC drama television series Lost.
* [[Shannon Sharpe]], anAmerican football player
* [[Shannon Spruill]], a professional wrestler who has performed as "Shannon"
* [[Shannon Stewart (baseball player)]]
* [[Shannon Stewart (model)]], runner-up on ''America's Next Top Model'', Cycle 1
* [[Shannon Stewart (Playmate)]], ''Playboy'' model
* [[Shannon Lee Tweed]], actress
* [[Shannon Bex]], member of American girl group [[Danity Kane]]
==Entertainment==
* ''[[Shannon (1960s TV series)]]'', a short-lived 1960s American television series
* ''[[Shannon (1980s TV series)]]'', a short-lived 1980s American television series starring [[Kevin Dobson]]
* ''Shannon'', a song released in 1976 by [[Henry Gross]] about [[The Beach Boys|Beach Boy]] [[Carl Wilson]]'s deceased dog
* ''Shannon's Mob'', a 1970s Australian television series
==Other==
* [[HMS Shannon|HMS ''Shannon'']], several naval ships
* [[Shannon Development]], a development company in Ireland
* [[Shannon (Formula One)]], a defunct Formula One constructor
* [[Shannon RFC]], rugby club in Limerick
* [[Shannon index]] of biodiversity
* [[Shannon's Way]], a novel by Scottish author [[A. J. Cronin]]
* The [[bit]], a unit of information, is also known as a ''shannon'' after [[Claude Shannon|Claude E. Shannon]].
==References==
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[[Category:Given names]]
[[Category:English given names]]
[[Category:Irish surnames]]
[[de:Shannon (Name)]]
[[sk:Shannon]]
[[zh:香農]]