Shepherd (name)

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

Surname

 * 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

Given name

 * 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

Fictional Shepherds

 * 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

Surname

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

Given name

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

Other uses

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

Surname

 * 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

Other uses

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

Fictional Shephards

 * 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

Surname

 * 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
 * Jason Sheppard (born 1978), American politician
 * Jeff Sheppard (born 1974), American professional and collegiate basketball player
 * 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
 * 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

Given name

 * 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

Fictional Sheppards

 * 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

Surname

 * 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

Given name

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

Fictional Shepards

 * 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