Shaw may refer to:

Places

Australia

Shaw, Queensland Shaw is a locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Shaw had a population of 550 people. History Shaw is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to: *Aborigin ...

Canada

* Shaw Street, a street in Toronto

England

* Shaw, Berkshire, a village * Shaw, Greater Manchester, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton *

Shaw, Swindon The Borough of Swindon is a local government authority in South West England, centred on the urban area and town of Swindon and forming part of the ceremonial county of Wiltshire. History In 1974 the Thamesdown district of Wiltshire was creat ...

, a suburb of Swindon * Shaw, Wiltshire, a village near Melksham

Philippines

* Shaw Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...

Shaw Boulevard station Shaw Boulevard station (also called Shaw for short) is an elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after Shaw Boulevard, since the stati ...

, a station of the MRT-3

United States

Shaw, Kansas Shaw is an unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. History Shaw was founded in 1885. Throughout the twentieth century the town was served by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad The Atchison, Topeka and Santa ...

, an unincorporated community * Shaw, Mississippi, a city * Mount Shaw, a summit in the Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire *

Shaw Creek (Ohio) Shaw Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. Shaw Creek was named for Jonathan Shaw, Sr., a pioneer settler who built a mill on Shaw Creek in 1814. See also *List of rivers of Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of th ...

, a stream in Ohio *Shaw, Tennessee, now known as

Burwood, Tennessee Burwood, Tennessee is an unincorporated community in southwestern Williamson County, Tennessee. History The hamlet was "originally named Williamsburg, later Shaw and ultimately Burwood." In the middle decades of the 20th century, Burwood was a r ...

Shaw, West Virginia Shaw is a former town in Mineral County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. History A post office called Shaw was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1973. The community was named after Major Alexander Shaw, a railroad official ...

, a ghost town *

Shaw, Washington, D.C. Shaw is a central neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Shaw and the U Street Corridor historically have been the city's black social, cultural, and economic hub, witness to Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and numerous ri ...

, a neighborhood * Shaw, St. Louis, Missouri, a neighborhood *

Shaw Air Force Base Shaw Air Force Base (Shaw AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately west-northwest of downtown Sumter, South Carolina. It is one of the largest military bases operated by the United States, and is under the jurisdic ...

, US Air Force base in South Carolina

People

Shaw (name) Shaw is most commonly a surname and rarely a given name. British name The name is of English and Scottish origin. In some cases, the surname is an Americanization of a similar-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname. In England and Scotland, the nam ...

, people with "Shaw" as given name or surname *

Shao Shao (; Cantonese Romanisation: Shiu; Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw) is a common Chinese family name. It is the 86th most populous family name in China. It corresponds to last name So in Korean; "Thiệu" or "Thiều" in Vietnamese; “Zau” in Wu Chin ...

, Chinese surname, also spelled "Shaw" * Clan Shaw of Tordarroch, a Scottish clan

Education

* Shaw Academy, an Irish online training and higher education institution * Shaw High School (disambiguation) ** Shaw Junior High School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. * Shaw College (disambiguation) **

Shaw College (Hong Kong) Shaw College () is the fourth constituent college to be established at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It is located in the northwest area of the CUHK campus, facing Tolo Harbour. History The college is named after its patron, Sir Run Run ...

, a college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong ** Shaw College of Detroit, a former college *

Shaw University Shaw University is a Private university, private Baptists, Baptist Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on Decembe ...

(est. 1865), an American historically black college in Raleigh, North Carolina

Entertainment

* ''Shaw Family'', a fictional crime/spy family from ''Fast&Furious'', see List of The Fast and the Furious characters *

Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...

(1958–2011), formerly the largest film production company in Hong Kong *

Shaw Organisation Shaw Organisation is a film distribution company and cinema chain founded by brothers Runme Shaw and Run Run Shaw who went to Singapore in the 1920s to expand their family business founded by Runje Shaw. The company originally operated as a dis ...

(est. 1924), a Singapore film distributor and chain of movie theatres *

Shaw Festival The Shaw Festival is a not-for-profit theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest repertory theatre company in North America. The Shaw Festival was founded in 1962. Originally, it only featured production ...

(est. 1962), a Canadian theatre festival

Organizations

* D. E. Shaw & Co. (est. 1988), an American hedge fund, private equity and technology development firm *

Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications company which provides telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw provides home telecommunications services primarily in Alberta and Br ...

(est. 1966), Canadian telecommunications company, based in Calgary * ShawCor (est. 1930s), a global energy services firm based in Houston, Texas * The Shaw Group (est. 1987), a diversified American Fortune 500 corporation (now acquired by CB&I) * Shaw Industries (est. 1946), an American flooring manufacturer * Shaw Media (United States), an American newspaper publisher * Shaw's and Star Market, an American grocery group

Other uses

* Shaw (woodland), a strip of woodland, usually separating fields or lining a road * Shaw alphabet, another name for the Shavian alphabet, an alternative for the Latin alphabet for the English language