Shepherd (name)
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, American composer
- Alan Shepherd, British motorcycle Grand Prix road racer
- Alfred Shepherd, 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
- Cybill Shepherd, American actress
- Darrius Shepherd, American football player
- David Shepherd (disambiguation)
- Dolly Shepherd, English 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
- Gordon Shepherd (disambiguation), several people
- 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
- Karen Shepherd, U.S. Representative from Utah
- Keith Shepherd, major league baseball player
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd, an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Kirk Shepherd, English darts player
- Lisa Shepherd, American politician
- Leo Shepherd, US jazz trumpeter
- 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, actor
- Lady Mary Shepherd, British philosopher
- Mary Patricia Shepherd, British thoracic surgeon
- Michael Shepherd (psychiatrist), British psychiatrist and author
- Morgan Shepherd, NASCAR driver
- Nathan Shepherd, Canadian-American football player
- Noma Shepherd, New Zealand community leader
- Robbie Shepherd, Scottish broadcaster and author
- Robert Shepherd, law professor
- Robert Shepherd (TV producer), British documentary maker and author
- Robert Shepherd (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Romario Shepherd, Guyanese and West Indian cricketer
- Roy Shepherd, British ice hockey player
- Roy Shepherd (pianist), Australian pianist and teacher
- Russell B. Shepherd, American politician
- Sanger Shepherd, British inventor of an early colour photography process
- Sherri Shepherd, media personality, actress and comedian
- Thomas D. Shepherd, American college football player and coach
- Thomas H. Shepherd, British architectural artist
- William Robert Shepherd, 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, Zimbabwean politician
- Shepherd Clark, American competitive figure skater
- Shepherd Dawson, British psychologist
- Shepherd Heyward, free black man who was killed during the raid on Harpers Ferry
- Shepherd Leffler, U.S. Representative from Iowa
- Shepherd Mead, born Edward Mead, American writer
- Shepherd Murape, Zimbabwean former football player and manager
- Shepherd Skanes, American football coach
Fictional Shepherds
- Derrial 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
- Terry Musa, an operator in Delta Force (2025 video game)
Shepperd
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
Sheperd
Surname
- Howard C. Sheperd, American businessman
- Karen Sheperd, American actress and martial artist
Given name
- Sheperd S. Doeleman, American astrophysicist
- Sheperd Paine, American military historian
Shephard
Surname
- Ben Shephard, English television presenter
- Ben Shephard (historian), English historian
- Esther Shephard, American writer
- Garry Shephard, former Welsh professional footballer
- Geoffrey Colin Shephard, British mathematician
- Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, British Conservative politician
- Gordon Strachey Shephard, Brigadier-General killed in action
- Hale Horatio Shephard, British judge in India
- Michelle Shephard, Canadian journalist
- Neil Shephard, British economist
- Richard Shephard, 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''
Sheppard
Surname
- Alison Sheppard, Scottish Olympic swimmer
- Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, British industrialist
- Andy Sheppard, British jazz saxophonist and composer
- Ashley Sheppard, American football player
- Austin Oke Sheppard, British colony of Newfoundland, 3rd generation lighthouse keeper, posts at Dodding Head, Fort Amherst and Cape Spear, grandfather of Robert Carl Sheppard
- Bob Sheppard, American sports announcer
- Bob Sheppard (musician), American jazz saxophonist
- Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard, American politician
- Charles Bradford Sheppard, American radio and electrical engineer
- Chris Sheppard, Jamaican-Canadian disc jockey and musician
- Chris Sheppard (rugby league), Australian rugby player
- Colin Sheppard, British engineering professor
- Curtis Sheppard, American boxer
- Dave Sheppard, American weightlifter and Olympic medalist
- David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop
- David Sheppard (broadcaster), British radio presenter
- Dick Sheppard (priest), English clergyman and pacifist
- Dick Sheppard (footballer), English football goalkeeper
- Eleanor P. Sheppard, American politician
- Elizabeth Sheppard, British novelist
- Ella Sheppard, American singer and composer of spirituals
- Emma Sheppard, English writer and workhouse reformer
- Fleetwood Sheppard, British poet
- Francis M. Sheppard American politician
- Gerrard Sheppard, American football player
- Harriet Sheppard, Canadian botanist
- Howard Sheppard, Canadian politician
- Jack Sheppard, English criminal
- Jack Sheppard (cave diver), British cave diver
- Jack Sheppard (cricketer), English cricketer
- James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
- Ja'Quan Sheppard, American football player
- Jason Sheppard, American politician
- Jeff Sheppard, American professional and collegiate basketball player; father of Reed Sheppard
- John Sheppard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph Sheppard, American actor
- Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragette and civil rights campaigner
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
- Lianne Sheppard, American statistician
- Lito Sheppard, American football cornerback
- Mark Sheppard, English actor
- Mel Sheppard, American athlete
- Mike Sheppard (baseball), American college baseball coach
- Mike Sheppard (American football), American football player and coach
- Morris Sheppard, American Congressman and Senator
- Moses Sheppard, American businessman and Quaker
- Mubin Sheppard, Irish-born historian of Malaysian culture
- Nate Sheppard, American football player
- Peter Sheppard Skærved, British violinist
- Philip Sheppard, British geneticist
- R. Sheppard Marble and Stone Works of Toronto, Ontario was a monumental masonry firm active in nineteenth-century Ontario
- Ray Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
- Reed Sheppard, American basketball player; son of Jeff Sheppard
- Revett Sheppard, British naturalist
- Richard Sheppard (architect), English architect
- Rob Sheppard, American college baseball coach
- Robert Carl Sheppard, MBE, from the British colony of Newfoundland, WW1 veteran of the Battle of the Somme, lighthouse keeper at Fort Amherst, NL and master mariner of two ships chartered for the British Antarctic expedition, Operation Tabarin.
- Ronald G. Sheppard, American politician
- Sam Sheppard, American neurosurgeon
- Samara Sheppard, New Zealand mountain biker
- Scott S. Sheppard, American astronomer
- Sheppard family (clothiers), family in Frome, Somerset since 1614
- Sherri D. Sheppard, American professor of mechanical engineering
- Simon Sheppard (writer), American writer
- Simon Sheppard (activist), British far-right activist
- Simon Sheppard (footballer), English former goalkeeper
- Stephen Lea Sheppard, Canadian television and film actor
- Thomas Sheppard (disambiguation), multiple people
- T. G. Sheppard, American country music singer
- Will Sheppard, American football player
- William Sheppard (disambiguation), multiple people
Given name
- Sheppard Frere, British historian and archaeologist
- Sheppard Homans Jr., All-American football player and insurance executive
- Sheppard J. Shreaves, 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''
Shepard
Surname
- Alan Shepard, American astronaut
- Alexandra Shepard, Scottish historian
- Anna O. Shepard, American archaeologist
- Annie Bartlett Shepard , American conservative activist
- Bert Shepard, American WWII pilot & baseball player
- Cheryl Shepard, American actress
- Lil Gnar, American singer and rapper
- Cecelia Shepard, victim of the Zodiac Killer
- David Shepard (film preservationist), American 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
- Isaac F. Shepard, American Civil War officer
- Jan Shepard, American actress
- Jean Shepard, American honky tonk singer and songwriter
- Jessica Shepard, American basketball player
- Kiki Shepard, American television host
- 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, 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 Barclay, justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
- Shepard Broad, American banker and lawyer
- Shepard Cary, U.S. Representative from Maine
- Shepard Fairey, American artist
- Shepard Smith, 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''