Shannon may refer to:

People

* Shannon (given name) * Shannon (surname) * Shannon (American singer), stage name of singer Shannon Brenda Greene (born 1958) * Shannon (South Korean singer), British-South Korean singer and actress Shannon Arrum Williams (born 1998) * Shannon, intermittent stage name of English singer-songwriter Marty Wilde (born 1939) * Claude Shannon (1916-2001) was American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as a "father of information theory"

Places

Australia

* Shannon, Tasmania, a locality * Hundred of Shannon, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Shannon, a former name for the area named Calomba, South Australia since 1916 * Shannon River (Western Australia)

Canada

* Shannon, New Brunswick, a community * Shannon, Quebec, a city * Shannon Bay, former name of Darrell Bay, British Columbia * Shannon Falls, a waterfall in British Columbia

Ireland

* River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland ** Shannon Cave, a subterranean section of the River Shannon ** Shannon Pot, source of the River Shannon ** Shannon Estuary * Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, a town near Shannon Airport * Shannon Region, unofficial region in Ireland

United States

* Shannon, Alabama * Shannon, Georgia * Shannon, Illinois * Shannon, Kansas * Shannon, Kentucky * Shannon, Mississippi * Shannon, North Carolina * Shannon, Texas * Shannon County, Missouri * Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, formerly known as Shannon County * Shannon River (Minnesota) * Shannon Creek, a stream near North Cascades National Park, Washington * Lake Shannon, a reservoir in Whatcom County, Washington

Elsewhere

* Shannon, New Zealand * Shannon Island, Greenland

Arts and entertainment

* Shannon (1961 TV series), ''Shannon'' (1961 TV series), starring George Nader (syndicated) * Shannon (1981 TV series), ''Shannon'' (1981 TV series), starring Kevin Dobson (Columbia Broadcasting System) * Shannon (song), "Shannon" (song), a song by Henry Gross

Organisations

* Shannon Development, a development company in Ireland * Shannon Racing, a defunct motor racing team * Shannon Racing Cars, a defunct Formula One constructor * Shannon RFC, a rugby club in Limerick

Transportation

* Shannon Airport, Ireland * Shannon (locomotive), an 0-4-0WT steam locomotive built in 1857 * Shannon-class lifeboat, a British type of lifeboat

Other uses

* Earl of Shannon, a title in the Irish peerage * , several Royal Navy ships * Shannon (horse) (1941–1955), Australian Hall-of-Fame racehorse * Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, an Irish university * shannon (unit), the information content of one bit * Shannon, a satellite - see Lynk Global