Famous People with Name Shelton

Shelton Jones            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shelton Jones: is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd round (27th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Shelton played only one year in the NBA during the 1988-89 season, spliting time with the Spurs, Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers. He played collegiately at St. John's University.

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee: Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Shelton, a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician, and composer. Lee moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York when he was a small child. The Fort Greene neighborhood is home of Lee's production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, and other Lee-owned or related businesses. As a child, his mother nicknamed him "Spike." In Brooklyn, he attended John Dewey High School. Lee enrolled in Morehouse College where he made his first student film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn

Shelton Benjamin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shelton Benjamin: an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) working on its SmackDown brand, where he is the reigning WWE United States Champion.Benjamin has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling in high school and at the University of Minnesota. After spending time in Ohio Valley Wrestling,[2] WWE moved him to the SmackDown! brand, where he is the current United States Champion. During his tenure with the company, he has also won the WWE Intercontinental Championship three times, and he has held the WWE Tag Team Championship and OVW Southern Tag Team Championship two and four times, respectively.

Shelton Glen ("Shelly") Berg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shelton Glen ("Shelly") Berg: is a jazz pianist from Cleveland, Ohio. His father was trumpet player Jay Berg. At the age of six Shelly Berg entered the Cleveland Institute of Music studying classical and jazz. Berg earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Universi

Shelton Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shelton Brooks: was a popular music and jazz composer who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century.Shelton Brooks sang, played piano, and performed on the vaudeville circuit (notably, as a Bert Williams imitator), as well as having a successf

General Henry Hugh Shelton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

General Henry Hugh Shelton: is a retired American career military officer. He served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001.Shelton served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the 5th Special Forces Group of the US Army Special Operations Command, followed by a series of command and staff assignments. Following the Gulf War, Shelton commanded the 82nd Airborne Division in his home state of North Carolina.

Bryan Shelton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bryan Shelton: is a former tennis player from the United States who played collegiately for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1985 to 1988 and professionally from 1989 to 1997. He subsequently returned to his alma mater to coach women's tennis. Shelton was inducted

Karen Christina Shelton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karen Christina Shelton: is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She also represented her country on the US Olympic team in 1980.

Herbert Macgolfin Shelton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herbert Macgolfin Shelton: was an American alternative medicine advocate, author, pacifist, vegetarian, and supporter of raw foodism and fasting cures. Shelton was nominated by the American Vegetarian Party to run as its candidate for President of the United States in 1956. He saw

Arthur Edwin Shelton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Edwin Shelton: was the third mayor of the town of Calgary, Alberta. He served as town councillor during the mayoral tenure of George Clift King from 1886 to 1888. Shelton served as mayor from January 16, 1888 to January 21, 1889. During his term, the Langevin Bridge was completed and the city begun construction of the waterworks system.