Famous People with Name Shannon

Shannon Kleibrink            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Kleibrink: a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. They won a bronze medal.Kleibrink made h

Shannon Rae Bex            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Rae Bex: is a singer, dancer, and a former member of the musical group Danity Kane.The group was founded by P. Diddy through the MTV reality television series Making the Band 3. Danity Kane's debut album debuted at #1 on August 22, 2006, as did their second album

Shannon Leigh Brown            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Leigh Brown: is an American country music singer from Spirit Lake, Iowa. Although she has recorded three albums on various labels, only one of these — 2006's Corn Fed — was released. In her career, she has charted four singles on the Billboard country charts, with her

Shannon Hurley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Hurley: is a singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Drawing from influences ranging from The Beatles to Duran Duran, her songs have the pop sensibility of Carole King, with the modern edge and production of Sheryl Crow, Chantel Kreviazuk and Keane. H

Shannon McNally            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon McNally: an American singer-songwriter.

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