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

Shepherd

Surname

• Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950), American composer
• Alan Shepherd (1935–2007), British motorcycle Grand Prix road racer
• Alfred Shepherd (1893–1917), Australian fighter ace
• Amba Shepherd (born 1991), Australian singer
• Ann Shepherd (1910–2002), American actress born Shaindel Kalish
• Briana Shepherd (born c. 1987), Western Australian journalist, reporter and news presenter, former New York City Ballet dancer
• Chandler Shepherd (born 1992), American professional baseball player (Boston Americans)
• Cybill Shepherd (born 1950), American actress
• Darrius Shepherd (born 1995), American football player
• David Shepherd (disambiguation)
• Dolly Shepherd (1886–1983), English hot-air balloon trapeze artist
• F. H. S. Shepherd (1877–1948), English painter
• Frances Alice Shepherd (fl. 1970s–2020s), Canadian academic
• Freddy Shepherd (1941–2017), businessman and chairman of Newcastle United
• George Shepherd (artist) (1784–1862), English draughtsman and watercolourist
• George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (1881–1954), British Labour politician
• Gordon Shepherd (disambiguation), several people
• Haven Shepherd (born 2003), American swimmer
• Henry John Shepherd (1784–1855), English politician
• J. Marshall Shepherd (fl. 1990s–2020s), American meteorologist
• Jack Shepherd (disambiguation), multiple people
• JaCorey Shepherd (born 1993), American football player
• Jean Shepherd (1921–1999), American radio personality and writer
• Jenny Shepherd (born 1972), New Zealand field hockey player
• Joel Shepherd (born 1974), Australian science fiction author
• John Shepherd (disambiguation), several people
• Jonathan Shepherd (fl. 1970s–2020s), Welsh surgeon
• Karen Shepherd (born 1940), U.S. Representative from Utah
• Keith Shepherd (born 1968), major league baseball player
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenneth Wayne Brobst; 1977), an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Kirk Shepherd (born 1986), English darts player
• Lisa Shepherd, American politician
• Leo Shepherd (fl. 1940s–1950s), US jazz trumpeter
• Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (1918–2001), British Labour politician
• Mark Shepherd (businessman) (1923–2009), chairman and CEO of Texas Instruments
• Mark Shepherd (novelist) (1961–2011), 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) (1923–1995), British psychiatrist and author
• Morgan Shepherd (born 1941), NASCAR driver
• Nancy Shepherd (born 1954), American politician
• 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 (TV producer) (born 1949), British documentary maker and author
• 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 (fl. 1900s–1920s), 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 (born 1971), 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 (born 1949), Zimbabwean former football player and manager
• Shepherd Skanes (fl. 2000s–2020s), 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 Herschel Shepherd, the main antagonist from video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Lieutenant General Shepherd, one-off mission-exclusive character in the DLC missions of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
• Jason Shepherd, the main protagonist of the film Big Fat Liar
• Tommy Shepherd, a superhero from Marvel Comics
• Terry Musa (codenamed Shepherd), an operator in Delta Force (2025 video game)

Shepperd

Surname

• Augustine Henry Shepperd (1792–1864), 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

Sheperd

Surname

• Howard C. Sheperd (1894–1980), American businessman
• Karen Sheperd (born 1961), American actress and martial artist

Given name

• Sheperd S. Doeleman (born 1967), American astrophysicist
• Sheperd Paine (1946–2015), American military historian

Shephard

Surname

• Ben Shephard (born 1974), English television presenter
• Ben Shephard (historian) (1948–2017), English historian
• Esther Shephard (1891–1975), American writer
• Garry Shephard (born 1976), former Welsh professional footballer
• Geoffrey Colin Shephard (1927–2016), British mathematician
• Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold (born 1940), British Conservative politician
• Gordon Strachey Shephard (1885–1918), Brigadier-General killed in action
• Hale Horatio Shephard (1842–1921), British judge in India
• Michelle Shephard (born 1972), Canadian journalist
• Neil Shephard (born 1964), British economist
• Richard Shephard (1949–2021), British choral music composer
• Ronald Shephard (1912–1982), American economist
• Rupert Shephard (1909–1992), English artist
• Sidney Shephard (1894–1953), British politician

Given name

• Shephard Mayer (1923–2005), Canadian ice hockey player

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

Sheppard

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 (fl. 1940s), American radio and electrical engineer
• Chris Sheppard (born 1963), Jamaican-Canadian disc jockey and musician
• Chris Sheppard (rugby league) (born 1981), Australian rugby player
• 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
• Ella Sheppard (1851–1914), American singer and composer of spirituals
• Emma Sheppard (1813–1871), English writer and workhouse reformer
• Fleetwood Sheppard (1634–1698), British poet
• Francis Sheppard (1921–2018), British historian
• 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
• Ja'Quan Sheppard (born 2000), American football player
• Jason Sheppard (born 1978), American politician
• Jeff Sheppard (born 1974), American professional and collegiate basketball player; father of Reed Sheppard
• John Sheppard (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph Sheppard (born 1958), American actor
• Kate Sheppard (1848–1934), New Zealand suffragette and civil rights campaigner
• Lianne Sheppard, American statistician
• Lito Sheppard (born 1981), American football cornerback
• Loulia Sheppard (1944–2025), English hair designer
• 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
• Nate Sheppard (born 2006), American football player
• 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; son of Jeff Sheppard
• Revett Sheppard (1778–1830), British naturalist
• Richard Sheppard (architect) (1910–1982), English architect
• Rob Sheppard (fl. 1990s–2020s), 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 1977), American astronomer
• Sheppard family (clothiers), family in Frome, Somerset since 1614
• Sherri D. Sheppard (born 1956), American professor of mechanical engineering
• Simon Sheppard (writer) (1948–2021), 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), multiple people
• T. G. Sheppard (born 1944), American country music singer
• Will Sheppard (born 2002), American football player
• William Sheppard (disambiguation), multiple 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 (born 1969), 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

Shepard

Surname

• Alan Shepard (1923–1998), American astronaut
• Alexandra Shepard (fl. 2000s–2020s), Scottish historian
• Anna O. Shepard (1903–1971), American archaeologist
• Annie Bartlett Shepard (1861–1944), American conservative activist
• Bert Shepard (1920–2008), American WWII pilot & baseball player
• Cheryl Shepard (born 1966), American actress
• Lil Gnar (born Caleb Shepard; 1996), American singer and rapper
• Cecelia Shepard (c. 1947–1969), victim of the Zodiac Killer
• David Shepard (film preservationist) (1940–2017), American film preservationist
• David H. Shepard (1923–2007), American inventor
• Dax Shepard (born 1975), American actor, comedian, writer, and director
• Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833–1893), American lawyer, banker, and newspaper editor
• E. H. Shepard (1879–1976), British artist and illustrator
• Edward M. Shepard (1850–1911), American lawyer and political reformer
• Irene Shepard (1922–2014), American educator and politician
• Isaac F. Shepard (1816–1899), American Civil War officer
• Jan Shepard (1928–2025), American actress
• Jean Shepard (1933–2016), American honky tonk singer and songwriter
• Jessica Shepard (born 1996), American basketball player
• Kiki Shepard (1951–2026), American television host
• Lorenzo B. Shepard (1821–1856), American lawyer and politician
• Louis C. Shepard (1841–1919), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Lucius Shepard (1943–2014), American science fiction and fantasy writer
• Marshall L. Shepard (1899–1967), American politician
• Mary Shepard (1909–2000), British illustrator
• Matt Shepard (sportscaster) (born c. 1965), Detroit, Michigan TV sports commentator
• Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), American victim of a hate crime
• Norman Shepard (1897–1977), American college sports coach
• Roger Shepard (1929–2020), American cognitive scientist
• Sam Shepard (1943–2017), American playwright and actor
• Sara Shepard (born 1977), American author
• Thomas Shepard (minister) (1605–1649), Puritan minister in colonial America
• Thomas Z. Shepard (born 1936), American recording producer, composer, and conductor
• Vonda Shepard (born 1963), American singer
• William Shepard (1737–1817), former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

Given name

• Shepard Barclay (1847–1925), justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
• Shepard Broad (1906–2001), American banker and lawyer
• Shepard Cary (1805–1866), U.S. Representative from Maine
• Shepard Fairey (born 1970), American artist
• Shepard Smith (born 1964), American TV anchor

Fictional Shepards

• Adrian Shepard, main character of Half-Life: Opposing Force, an expansion pack for the first-person shooter game Half-Life.
• 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

See also

• General Shepherd (disambiguation)
• Shepherd (disambiguation)
• Shepard (disambiguation)
• Sheppard (disambiguation)