Shelby (name)

Shelby is both a surname and a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:

People with the name

Epithet

  • Uncle Shelby, the pen name used by Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) when writing children's books

Given name

Surname

  • Carroll Shelby (1923–2012), automobile racer, designer and entrepreneur
  • Charlotte Shelby (1877–1957), Broadway actress
  • Don Shelby (born 1947), news anchor who popularized the Pratt-Shelby knot, a method for tying a necktie
  • Isaac Shelby (1750–1826), first and fifth Governor of Kentucky
  • Jane Shelby Richardson (born 1941), American biophysicist who developed protein ribbon diagrams
  • Joseph O. Shelby (1830–1897), Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War
  • John Shelby (born 1958), former Major League Baseball player
  • Margaret Shelby (1900–1939), American stage and motion picture actress
  • Michael T. Shelby (1958–2006), Houston lawyer
  • Lon R. Shelby (born 1935), American academic
  • Richard Shelby (born 1934), United States Senator from Alabama, formerly a United States Representative and an Alabama state senator
  • Thomas Shelby (disambiguation)
  • Tommy Shelby (disambiguation)

Fictional entities

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