Sheldon is an English masculine given name, as well as a surname, combining the Old English ''scelf'' (rock ledge shelf) and the place name ''haddon'', which in turn comes from the words ''hǣth'' (heath) and ''dūn'' (hill; but also, valley).https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=sheldon Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Sheldon Adelson Sheldon Gary Adelson (August 4, 1933 – January 11, 2021) was an American businessman, investor, and political donor. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which founded the Marina Bay Sa ...

(1933–2021), American billionaire businessman * Sheldon Bach (1925–2021), American psychologist *

Shel Bachrach Sheldon Jay Bachrach (April 7, 1944 – July 8, 2024) was an American insurance broker, investor, businessman, and philanthropist. Bachrach held positions as President of Entertainment and High Net Worth divisions for USI (acquired by Goldman Sa ...

(1944–2024), American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist *

Shelley Berman Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer. He was awarded three gold records for his comedy albums and he won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy recor ...

(1925–2017), American comedian, born Sheldon * Sheldon Blockburger (born 1964), American decathlete *

Sheldon Brookbank Sheldon W. Brookbank (born October 3, 1980) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Defenceman (ice hockey), defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the assistant coach of the Chicago Blackhawks of the Nat ...

(born 1980), Canadian hockey player * Sheldon Brooks (1811–1883), American businessman, physician, and politician * Sheldon Brown (American football) (born 1979), American football player *

Sheldon Brown (artist) Sheldon Brown (born July 13, 1962) is an American artist and former Professor of Computer Art at the University of California, San Diego where he held the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair of Digital Media and Learning. ...

(born 1962), American artist and professor of computer art *

Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic) Sheldon Brown (July 14, 1944 – February 4, 2008) was an American bicycle bicycle mechanic, mechanic, technical expert and author. He contributed to print and online sources related to bicycling and bicycle mechanics, in particular the web site ...

(1944–2008), American bicycle mechanic, writer, and webmaster * Sheldon Burnside (born 1954), American baseball player * Sheldon Canley (born 1968), American football player * Sheldon Clare, Canadian politician * Sheldon S. Cohen (1927–2018), American lawyer *

Sheldon Creed Sheldon Michael Creed (born September 30, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 00 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory ...

(born 1997), American racing driver * Sheldon Day (born 1994), American football player *

Sheldon Drobny Sheldon Drobny (1945 – January 24, 2020) was an American accountant and investor, best known for forming the company that later became Air America Radio. Career Drobny was Chairman Emeritus of Paradigm Group II, LLC, an investment firm that s ...

(1945–2020), American investor * Sheldon V. Ekman (1920–1982), United States Tax Court judge * Sheldon Gaines (born 1964), American football player *

Sheldon Glashow Sheldon Lee Glashow (, ; born December 5, 1932) is a Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist. He is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University, and a Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Harv ...

(born 1932), American 1979 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics *

Sheldon Harnick Sheldon Mayer Harnick (April 30, 1924 – June 23, 2023) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as '' Fiorello!'', '' She Loves Me'', and ''Fiddler on the Roof''. Ear ...

(1924–2023), American lyricist * Sheldon Lejeune (1885–1962), American baseball player * Sheldon Jackson (1834–1909), American missionary * Sheldon Jackson (American football) (born 1976), American football player * Sheldon Jackson (cricketer) (born 1986), Indian cricketer * Sheldon Jones (1922–1991), American baseball player * Sheldon Kennedy (born 1969), Canadian hockey player * Sheldon Lavin (1932–2023), American billionaire and owner, CEO and chairman of OSI Group *

Sheldon Leonard Sheldon Leonard Bershad (February 22, 1907 – January 11, 1997) was an American film and television actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. Early life Sheldon Leonard Bershad was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of middle-class ...

(1907–1997), American actor * Sheldon Mallory (born 1953), American baseball player *

Sheldon Neuse Sheldon Lynn Neuse ( ; born December 10, 1994) is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics, and in Nippon Profession ...

(born 1994), American baseball player * Sheldon Price (born 1991), American football player * Sheldon Rankins (born 1994), American football player * Sheldon Richardson (born 1990), American football player *

Sheldon Silver Sheldon Silver (February 13, 1944 – January 24, 2022) was an American Democratic Party politician, attorney, and convicted felon from New York City who served as Speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1994 to 2015. A native of Manhattan' ...

(1944–2022), United States politician *

Shel Silverstein Sheldon Allan Silverstein (; September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into ...

(1930–1999), American poet, songwriter, cartoonist, and children's book author * Sheldon Souray (born 1976), Canadian hockey player *

Sheldon van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde (born 13 May 1999) is a South African motor racing driver. He has been competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, 2019, winning his maiden title in 2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Maste ...

(born 1999), South African racing driver * Sheldon White (born 1965), American football player and executive *

Sheldon Whitehouse Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2007 as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1993 to 1998 as the United States Att ...

(born 1955), Democratic United States Senator from Rhode Island

Surname

* Alexander Sheldon (1766–1832), Speaker of the New York State Assembly * A J Sheldon (1874–1931), music critic * Benjamin R. Sheldon (1811–1897), American jurist * Bob Sheldon (born 1950), American baseball player * Brady Sheldon (born 1993), American football player * Brooke E. Sheldon (1931–2013), American librarian * C. Hunter Sheldon (1907–2003), American physician and advocate of the

seat belt A seat belt, also known as a safety belt or spelled seatbelt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. A seat belt reduce ...

Charles Sheldon Charles Monroe Sheldon (February 26, 1857 – February 24, 1946) was an American Congregationalist minister and a leader of the Social Gospel movement. His 1896 novel '' In His Steps'' introduced the principle " What would Jesus do?", whic ...

(1857–1946), American Congregationalist minister * Charles H. Sheldon (1840–1898), American politician * Chris Sheldon (born 1962), record producer * David Sheldon (disambiguation), various people * Dominic Sheldon, Anglo-Irish soldier * Donald Sheldon (1921–1975), Alaskan bush pilot * Edward Sheldon (1886–1946), American dramatist * Fred Sheldon (English footballer) (1871–?), English footballer for Stoke * Fred Sheldon (Welsh footballer), Welsh footballer for Aberdare Athletic * Frederick H. Sheldon (born 1951), American ornithologist * Gene Sheldon (Eugene Hume) (1908–1982), American pantomime actor * George Sheldon (preservationist) (1818–1916), American historian, judge, and politician * George L. Sheldon (1870–1960), American politician *

Gilbert Sheldon Gilbert Sheldon (19 June 1598 – 9 November 1677) was an English religious leader who served as the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1663 until his death. Early life Sheldon was born in Stanton, Staffordshire in the parish of Ellastone, on 19 J ...

(1598–1677), Archbishop of Canterbury and builder of the Sheldonian Theatre * Grace Carew Sheldon (1855–1921), American journalist, author, editor, businesswoman * Henry D. Sheldon (1874–1948), American educator * Ingrid Sheldon (born 1945), American politician *

Jack Sheldon Beryl Cyril "Jack" Sheldon Jr. (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor. He performed on ''The Merv Griffin Show'' and participated in episodes of the educational music television series ''Scho ...

(1931–2019), American jazz trumpeter * James M. Sheldon, (1880–1965), American football player * Jane Sheldon, Australian soprano * Jennie Maria Arms Sheldon (1852–1938), American entomologist, educator, and museum curator * Joseph Harold Sheldon (1893–1972), English physician and gerontologist * Lee Sheldon (writer), game developer and writer * Lewis Sheldon (1874–1960), American triple jumper * Lilian Sheldon (1862–1942), English zoologist * Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828–1917), American Civil War general, politician, lawyer * Louis P. Sheldon (1934–2020), American Presbyterian pastor and activist * Lurana W. Sheldon (1862–1945), American writer, editor, suffragist * Matthew Sheldon (born 1992), American soccer player * Mike Sheldon (born 1973), American football player *

Oliver Sheldon Oliver Sheldon (1894–1951) was a director of the Rowntree's in York, England. He wrote on principles of public and business administration in the 1920s. Life Oliver Sheldon was born on 13 July 1894. He was educated at King's College Scho ...

(1894–1951), British businessman * Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon (1923–2020), British politician * Roland Sheldon (born 1936), American baseball player * Sam Sheldon (born 1989), Australian footballer * Scott Sheldon (born 1968), American baseball player *

Sidney Sheldon Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy '' The Bachelor and the Bobby-Sox ...

(1917–2007), American screenwriter and novelist * Stagger Lee Sheldon (1865–1912), American murderer * Steve Sheldon, American politician * Wilfrid Percy Henry Sheldon, (1901–1983), English consulting physician *

William Herbert Sheldon William Herbert Sheldon, Jr. (November 19, 1898 – September 17, 1977) was an American psychologist, numismatist, and eugenicist. He created the field of somatotype and constitutional psychology that correlate body types with temperament, illus ...

, (1899–1977), American psychologist * William Wallace Barbour Sheldon (1836–1915), American architect * Wilmon Henry Sheldon (1875–1981), American philosopher

Fictional characters

* Paul Sheldon, fictional character from the novel '' Misery'' *

Sheldon Cooper Sheldon Lee Cooper, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D., is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in the 2007–2019 CBS television series ''The Big Bang Theory'' and its 2017–2024 spinoff series ''Young Sheldon'', portrayed by act ...

, fictional character from the television series ''

The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. It aired from September 24, 2007, to May 16, 2019, running for 12 seasons and 279 episodes. The show originally centered on five charact ...

'' and the prequel series ''

Young Sheldon ''Young Sheldon'' is an American sitcom television series created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro which aired on CBS from September 25, 2017, to May 16, 2024. The series is a Spin-off (media), spin-off prequel to ''The Big Bang Theory'' that ...

'' * Sheldon Lee, a fictional character in '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'' * Sheldon J. Plankton, a character in the animated television series ''

SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...

'' *Sheldon Mopes, protagonist of the 2002 film ''

Death to Smoochy ''Death to Smoochy'' is a 2002 satirical black comedy crime film directed by Danny DeVito and written by Adam Resnick. Starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, DeVito, and Jon Stewart, the film centers on "Rainbow" Randolp ...

'' *

Sheldon (webcomic) ''Sheldon'' is a comedy webcomic created by Dave Kellett. It centers on the odd family unit of 10-year-old Sheldon, his grandfather guardian and his talking duck, Arthur. Much humour is character-based, often joking at traits such as Sheldon's g ...

, a daily webcomic *Sheldon, a

seahorse A seahorse (also written ''sea-horse'' and ''sea horse'') is any of 46 species of small marine Osteichthyes, bony fish in the genus ''Hippocampus''. The genus name comes from the Ancient Greek (), itself from () meaning "horse" and () meanin ...

in the ''

Finding Nemo ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton, co-directed by Lee Unkrich, and produced by Graham Walters, from ...

'' franchise *Sheldon Hawkes, detective/doctor in '' CSI: NY'' *Sheldon, a chick in the comic strip '' U.S. Acres'' *Sheldon, a magical genie in the television series '' Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'' *Sheldon, a fictional character from the game ''

Splatoon is a third-person shooter video game franchise created by Hisashi Nogami and Shintaro Sato and developed and owned by Nintendo. Set in the far future on a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic Earth that has been repopulat ...

'' *Sheldon, butler at Stourton, Charles Rainier's country house in ''

Random Harvest ''Random Harvest'' is a novel written by James Hilton, first published in 1941. Like previous Hilton works, including '' Lost Horizon'' and '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'', the novel was immensely popular, placing second on ''Publishers Weekly'' li ...

'' by James Hilton *

Shelldon ''Shelldon'' (; ) is an animated children's television series directed by Jirayuth Chusanachoti. The series debuted on Channel 3 in Thailand on October 13, 2008, and on Qubo on October 16, 2009, later being removed from its line-up on September 3 ...

, snail in the animated series of the same title *Sheldon Dinkleberg, a fictional character from ''

The Fairly OddParents ''The Fairly OddParents'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two Fairy godmother, fairy godparents named List of The Fai ...

'' * Sheldon Wallace, a fictional character from '' Private Practice'' *Sheldon, a fictional squirrel from the game ''

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. It was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. The player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals and can ...

'' *Sheldon, a character in the animated series '' Carl the Collector''

Animals

* Sheldon, a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries

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