Shepherd (name)

Shepherd is a surname, cognate of the English word "Shepherd". Several common spelling variations exist, including Shepperd, Shephard, Shepard, and Sheppard.

• Adaline Shepherd, American composer
• Alan Shepherd, British motorcycle Grand Prix road racer
• Alfred Shepherd (1893–1917), Australian fighter ace
• Amba Shepherd, Australian singer
• Ann Shepherd, American actress born Shaindel Kalish
• Briana Shepherd, Western Australian journalist, reporter and news presenter, former New York City Ballet dancer
• Chandler Shepherd, American professional baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
• Cybill Shepherd, American actress
• Darrius Shepherd (born 1995), American football player
• David Shepherd (disambiguation)
• Dolly Shepherd, hot-air balloon trapeze artist
• F. H. S. Shepherd, English painter
• Frances Alice Shepherd, Canadian academic
• Freddy Shepherd, businessman and chairman of Newcastle United
• George Shepherd (artist), English draughtsman and watercolourist
• George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd, British Labour politician
• Haven Shepherd, American swimmer
• J. Marshall Shepherd, American meteorologist
• Jack Shepherd (disambiguation), multiple people
• JaCorey Shepherd, American football player
• Jean Shepherd, American radio personality and writer
• Jenny Shepherd, New Zealand field hockey player
• Joel Shepherd, Australian science fiction author
• John Shepherd (disambiguation), several people
• Jonathan Shepherd, Welsh surgeon
• Keith Shepherd, major league baseball player
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr), an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Kirk Shepherd, English darts player
• Leo Shepherd, US jazz trumpeter
• Liam 'Lewy' Shepherd, SEO Consultant
• Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, British Labour politician
• Mark Shepherd (businessman), chairman and CEO of Texas Instruments
• Mark Shepherd (novelist), author of several fantasy novels
• Mark Allen Shepherd (born 1961), actor
• Lady Mary Shepherd (1777–1847), British philosopher
• Mary Patricia Shepherd (1933–2003), British thoracic surgeon
• Michael Shepherd (psychiatrist), British psychiatrist and author
• Morgan Shepherd, NASCAR driver
• Nathan Shepherd (born 1993), Canadian-American football player
• Noma Shepherd (1935–2023), New Zealand community leader
• Robbie Shepherd (1936–2023), Scottish broadcaster and author
• Robert Shepherd (1937–2008), law professor
• Robert Shepherd (footballer) (born 1956), Australian rules footballer
• Romario Shepherd, (born 1994) Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
• Roy Shepherd (born 1931), British ice hockey player
• Roy Shepherd (pianist) (1907–1986), Australian pianist and teacher
• Russell B. Shepherd (1829–1901), American politician
• Sanger Shepherd, British inventor of an early colour photography process
• Sherri Shepherd (born 1967), media personality, actress and comedian
• Thomas D. Shepherd (1889–1954), American college football player and coach
• Thomas H. Shepherd (1792–1864), British architectural artist
• William Robert Shepherd (1871–1934), American cartographer and historian

• Shepherd Brooks, member of a prominent Medford family who developed the 19th-century Shepherd Brooks Estate
• Shepherd Gundu Chengeta (1966–2023), Zimbabwean politician
• Shepherd Clark, American competitive figure skater
• Shepherd Dawson (1880–1935), British psychologist
• Shepherd Heyward (died 1859), free black man who was killed during the raid on Harpers Ferry
• Shepherd Leffler (1811–1879), U.S. Representative from Iowa
• Shepherd Mead (1914–1994), born Edward Mead, American writer
• Shepherd Murape, Zimbabwean former football player and manager
• Shepherd Skanes, American football coach

• Derrial Book (a.k.a. Shepherd Book), character in the television series, Firefly
• Alex Shepherd, character from the Silent Hill series
• Derek Shepherd, character on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
• Amelia Shepherd, character on the ABC television series Private Practice and Grey's Anatomy
• Erma Shepherd, is the captain of the Rescue Corps in Pikmin 4
• General Shepherd, a fictional character and the main antagonist from video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Jason Shepherd, the main protagonist of the film Big Fat Liar
• Tommy Shepherd, a superhero from Marvel Comics

Adrian shepherd(the main player character in half life: opposing force)

• Augustine Henry Shepperd, Congressional Representative from North Carolina
• Robin Shepperd, British television director

• Shepperd Strudwick, American actor of film, television and stage
• William Shepperd Ashe, Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1849 and 1855

• Shepperd's Dell, a small canyon in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon

• Ben Shephard, English television presenter
• Ben Shephard (English historian)
• Esther Shephard, American writer
• Gary Shephard, former Welsh professional footballer
• Geoffrey Colin Shephard, Mathematician
• Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold
• Gordon Strachey Shephard Brigadier-General killed in action in 1918
• Hale Horatio Shephard (1842–1921), British judge in India
• Isaac F. Shephard, American Civil War officer
• Michelle Shephard, Canadian journalist
• Neil Shephard, British economist
• Richard Shephard (1949–2021), British choral music composer
• Ronald Shephard, American economist
• Rupert Shephard, English artist
• Sidney Shephard, British politician

• Shephard's lemma
• Shephard's problem
• Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theorem

• Adrian Shephard, character in the computer game Half-Life: Opposing Force
• Mitchell Shephard, character in the computer game Hunt Down The Freeman
• Christian Shephard, character on the television series Lost, father of Jack Shephard
• Jack Shephard, character on the television series Lost

• Alison Sheppard (born 1972), Scottish Olympic swimmer
• Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere (1932–2015), British industrialist
• Andy Sheppard (born 1957), British jazz saxophonist and composer
• Ashley Sheppard (born 1969), American football player
• Austin Oke Sheppard (1844-1927), British colony of Newfoundland, 3rd generation lighthouse keeper, posts at Dodding Head, Fort Amherst and Cape Spear, grandfather of Robert Carl Sheppard
• Bob Sheppard (1910–2010), American sports announcer
• Bob Sheppard (musician) (born 1952), American jazz saxophonist
• Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard (born 1950), American politician
• Charles Bradford Sheppard, American radio and electrical engineer
• Chris Sheppard (rugby league) (born 1981), Australian rugby player
• Chris Sheppard (DJ), Jamaican-Canadian disc jockey and musician
• Colin Sheppard, British engineering professor
• Curtis Sheppard (born c. 1919), American boxer
• Dave Sheppard (1931–2000), American weightlifter and Olympic medalist
• David Sheppard (1929–2005), English cricketer and bishop
• David Sheppard (broadcaster) (born 1981), British radio presenter
• Dick Sheppard (priest) (1880–1937), English clergyman and pacifist
• Dick Sheppard (footballer) (1945–1998), English football goalkeeper
• Eleanor P. Sheppard (1907–1991), American politician
• Elizabeth Sheppard (1830–1862), British novelist
• Emma Sheppard (1813-1871), English writer and workhouse reformer
• Fleetwood Sheppard (1634–1698), British poet
• Francis M. Sheppard (1868-1948) American politician
• Gerrard Sheppard (born 1990), American football player
• Harriet Sheppard (1786–1858), Canadian botanist
• Howard Sheppard (1933–2013), Canadian politician
• Jack Sheppard (1702–1724), English criminal
• Jack Sheppard (cave diver) (1909–2001), British cave diver
• Jack Sheppard (cricketer) (born 1992), English cricketer
• James Sheppard (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ja'Quan Sheppard (born 2000), American football player
• Jason Sheppard (born 1978), American politician
• Jeff Sheppard (born 1974), American professional and collegiate basketball player; father of Reed Sheppard
• John Sheppard (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Sheppard (born 1958), American actor
• Kate Sheppard (1848–1934), New Zealand suffragette and civil rights campaigner
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1977), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
• Kiki Shepard (born 1951), American television host
• Lianne Sheppard, American statistician
• Lito Sheppard (born 1981), American football cornerback
• Mark Sheppard (born 1964), English actor
• Mel Sheppard (1883–1942), American athlete
• Mike Sheppard (baseball) (1936–2019), American college baseball coach
• Mike Sheppard (American football) (born 1951), American football player and coach
• Morris Sheppard (1875–1941), American Congressman and Senator
• Moses Sheppard (1771–1857), American businessman and Quaker
• Mubin Sheppard (1905–1994), Irish-born historian of Malaysian culture
• Peter Sheppard Skærved (born 1966), British violinist
• Philip Sheppard (1921–1976), British geneticist
• R. Sheppard Marble and Stone Works of Toronto, Ontario was a monumental masonry firm active in nineteenth-century Ontario
• Ray Sheppard (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
• Reed Sheppard (born 2004), American basketball player; son of Jeff Sheppard
• Revett Sheppard (1778-1830), British naturalist
• Richard Sheppard (architect) (1910–1982), English architect
• Rob Sheppard, American college baseball coach
• Robert Carl Sheppard, MBE (1897-1954), from the British colony of Newfoundland, WW1 veteran of the Battle of the Somme (Beaumont-Hamel, France), lighthouse keeper at Fort Amherst, NL and master mariner of two ships chartered for the British Antarctic expedition, Operation Tabarin.
• Ronald G. Sheppard (born 1939), American politician
• Sam Sheppard (1923–1970), American neurosurgeon
• Samara Sheppard (born 1990), New Zealand mountain biker
• Scott S. Sheppard (born 1976), American astronomer
• Sheppard family (clothiers), family in Frome, Somerset since 1614
• Sherri D. Sheppard (born 1956), American professor of mechanical engineering
• Simon Sheppard (writer), American writer
• Simon Sheppard (activist) (born 1957), British far-right activist
• Simon Sheppard (footballer) (born 1973), English former goalkeeper
• Stephen Lea Sheppard (born 1983), Canadian television and film actor
• Thomas Sheppard (disambiguation), several people
• T. G. Sheppard (born 1944), American country music singer
• William Sheppard (disambiguation), several people

• Sheppard Frere (1916–2015), British historian and archaeologist
• Sheppard Homans Jr. (1871–1952), All-American football player and insurance executive
• Sheppard J. Shreaves (1885–1968), dockmaster, shipwright and diver
• Sheppard Solomon, American songwriter

• John Sheppard (Stargate), lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force played by Joe Flanigan in the television series Stargate Atlantis
• James Sheppard, the narrator in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
• Bruno Sheppard, an antagonist in M.A.S.K. (TV series)
• Principal Sheppard, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation

• Alan Shepard, American astronaut
• Alexandra Shepard, Historian
• Anna O. Shepard, American archaeologist
• Bert Shepard, American WWII pilot & baseball player
• Lil Gnar (born Caleb Shepard; 1996), American singer and rapper
• Cecelia Shepard, victim of the Zodiac Killer
• David Shepard (film preservationist)
• David H. Shepard, American inventor
• Dax Shepard, American actor, comedian, writer, and director
• Elliott Fitch Shepard, American lawyer, banker, and newspaper editor
• E. H. Shepard, British artist and illustrator
• Edward M. Shepard, American lawyer and political reformer
• Irene Shepard, American educator and politician
• Jean Shepard (1933–2016), American honky tonk singer and songwriter
• Jessica Shepard (born 1996), American basketball player
• Lorenzo B. Shepard, American lawyer and politician
• Louis C. Shepard, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Lucius Shepard, American science fiction and fantasy writer
• Marshall L. Shepard, American politician
• Mary Shepard, British illustrator
• Matt Shepard (sportscaster), Detroit, Michigan TV sports commentator
• Matthew Shepard, American victim of a hate crime
• Norman Shepard, American college sports coach
• Roger Shepard, American cognitive scientist
• Sam Shepard (1943-2017), American playwright and actor
• Sara Shepard, American author
• Thomas Shepard (minister), Puritan minister in colonial America
• Thomas Z. Shepard, American recording producer, composer, and conductor
• Vonda Shepard, American singer
• William Shepard, former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

• Shepard Broad, American banker and lawyer
• Shepard Cary, U.S. Representative from Maine
• Shepard Fairey, American artist
• Shepard Smith, American TV anchor

• Commander Shepard, main character of the Mass Effect video games.
• Tim Shepard, character from S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders. He has siblings Curly Shepard and Angela Shepard, featuring in Hinton's novel That Was Then, This Is Now
• Shepard (comics), character in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Director Jenny Shepard, character on the TV series NCIS

• General Shepherd (disambiguation)
• Shepherd (disambiguation)
• Shepard (disambiguation)
• Sheppard (disambiguation)
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