Famous People with Name Shannon

Shannon Shorr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Shorr: is a professional poker player from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Shorr grew up in Birmingham, where he was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School. Shorr is notable for his success in poker tournaments, much of which occurred before his 21st birthday. Because 21 is the minimum legal age for gambling in almost all jurisdictions in the United States, Shorr was forced to go abroad to compete, where he cashed in several tournaments. In the 2008 World Series of Poker, Shorr finished runner-up to Matt Keikoan at the $2000 No Limit Holdem tournament (event #7), earning $349,141. It is Shorr's best finish to date at the WSOP.

Shannon Elizabeth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Elizabeth: is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth came to prominence in the 1999 comedy film American Pie. is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth came to prominence in the 1999 comedy film American Pie.

Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs: is an American heavyweight boxer and actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, Briggs was homeless for a period in his childhood. At age 17, Briggs began training at Jimmy Farrow's Starrett City Gym. Briggs beca

Shannon Hall-Trujillo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Hall-Trujillo: is an American boxer, bodybuilder, professional wrestler, Toughwoman competitor. She was the first ever Toughwoman Champion and competed on American Gladiators as Dallas. She has also worked the IFBA Boxing League. Hall-Trujillo was signed by the World Wr

Shannon Denise Bobbitt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Denise Bobbitt: is an American professional basketball player, who is currently a free agent in the WNBA. One of eight children and a native of the Bronx, New York Bobbitt honed her basketball skills on the neighborhood project courts of Harlem. Following a stellar colle

Claude Elwood Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claude Elwood Shannon: an American electrical engineer and mathematician, was "the father of information theory".Shannon is famous for having founded information theory with one landmark paper published in 1948. But he is also credited with founding both digital computer and digital circuit design theory in 1937, when, as a 21-year-old master's student at MIT, he wrote a thesis demonstrating that electrical application of Boolean algebra could construct and resolve any logical, numerical relationship. It has been claimed that this was the most important master's thesis of all time.

Del Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Del Shannon: was an American rock and roller who launched into fame with the No. 1 hit "Runaway" in 1961.Del Shannon was born Charles Weedon Westover in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up in Coopersville, a small farming community near Grand Rapids. There he learned ukulele and later guitar, and listened to country and western music, including Hank Williams, Hank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell. In 1954, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, and while in Germany played guitar in a band called the Cool Flames

Robert Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Shannon: is an American former professional boxer. After beating up one kid, he was invited to his gym, where he began boxing at the age of 12. He would capture a national junior championship at 15, and a world junior championship at the age of 16. Shannon qualifi

A.J. Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

A.J. Shannon: is a Canadian lacrosse player for the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League, and the Boston Cannons of the Major League Lacrosse. Shannon was drafted by the Buffalo Bandits in the first round (6th overall) in the 2003 NLL entry draft. Followi

Patrick Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Patrick Shannon: was the Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1864–1865.He was elected to the city council in 1861. During the American Civil War he joined the Confederates and rose from private to major. He was elected to the council in 1864 and became mayor when Robert T