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, political donor and philanthropist. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns ...

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

Shel Bachrach Sheldon Jay Bachrach (born April 7, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan), or Shel Bachrach for short, is an American insurance broker, investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is regarded as one of the world's greatest entertainment insurance brokers ...

(born 1944), American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist * Shelley Berman (1925–2017), American comedian, born Sheldon * Sheldon Blockburger (born 1964), American decathlete * Sheldon Brookbank (born 1980), Canadian hockey player * Sheldon Brooks (1811-1883), American businessman, physician, and politician *

Sheldon Brown (American football) Sheldon Dion Brown (born March 19, 1979) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft and also played for the Cleveland Brown ...

(born 1979), American football player * Sheldon Brown (artist) (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 mechanic, technical expert and author. He contributed to print and online sources related to bicycling and bicycle mechanics, in particular the web site ''Sheldon Brown's B ...

(1944–2008), American bicycle mechanic, writer, and webmaster *

Sheldon Burnside Sheldon John Burnside (born December 22, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Detroit Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds. Burnside was born in South Bend, Indiana but moved to the Greater Toronto Area at about five mont ...

(born 1954), American baseball player *

Sheldon Canley Sheldon Lavell Canley (born April 19, 1968) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets. Early life Canley was born in Santa B ...

(born 1968), American football player * Sheldon S. Cohen (1927–2018), American lawyer *

Sheldon Creed Sheldon M. 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. 2 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing. He is a member of Drivers Edge De ...

(born 1997), American racing driver * Sheldon Day (born 1994), American football player * Sheldon Drobny (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 Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Harvard U ...

(born 1932), American 1979 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics * Sheldon Lejeune (1885–1962), American baseball player *

Sheldon Jackson Sheldon Jackson (May 18, 1834 – May 2, 1909) was a Presbyterian minister, missionary, and political leader. During this career he travelled about one million miles (1.6 million km) and established more than one hundred missions and churches, ...

(1834–1909), American missionary *

Sheldon Jackson (American football) Sheldon Blair Jackson, Jr. (born July 24, 1976) is a former professional American football tight end The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a h ...

(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 (born 1932), 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-clas ...

(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 for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakl ...

(born 1994), American baseball player *

Sheldon Price Sheldon Andrew Price (born March 26, 1991) is a free agent American football cornerback. He played college football at UCLA, and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He has also played for the Baltimore Ravens ...

(born 1991), American football player * Sheldon Rankins (born 1994), American football player * Sheldon Richardson (born 1990), American football player * Sheldon Silver (1944-2022), United States politician *

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

(1930–1999), American poet, songwriter, cartoonist, and children's book author *

Sheldon Souray Sheldon Souray (born July 13, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars, and Anaheim Ducks. ...

(born 1976), Canadian hockey player *

Sheldon White Sheldon Darnell White (born March 1, 1965) is an American football executive and former National Football League cornerback. He played college football at Miami Ohio. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1988 NFL Dra ...

(born 1965), American football player and executive *

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

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

Surname

Alexander Sheldon Alexander Sheldon (October 23, 1766 in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut – September 10, 1836 in Montgomery County, New York) was an American physician and politician. Life He was the son of Phineas Sheldon (1717–1807) and Ruth Harmon ...

(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 Brooke E. Sheldon was an American librarian and educator who served as the president of the American Library Association from 1983 to 1984. Career Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Sheldon also grew up in Nova Scotia. She graduated from Cambridg ...

(1931–2013), American librarian * Charles Sheldon (1857–1946), American Congregationalist minister * Charles H. Sheldon (1840–1898), American politician *

Chris Sheldon Chris Sheldon (born 25 September 1962) is an English record producer, particularly of rock music based in London, England. He has produced or mixed records for the Foo Fighters, Garbage, Big Country, Feeder, Therapy?, Biffy Clyro, Oceansize, Pix ...

(born 1962), record producer * David Sheldon (disambiguation), various people * Dominic Sheldon, Anglo-Irish soldier *

Donald Sheldon __NOTOC__ Donald Edward Sheldon (November 21, 1921 – January 26, 1975) was a famous Alaskan bush pilot who pioneered the technique of glacier landings on Mount McKinley (now Denali) during the 1950s and 1960s. Sheldon was born in Mt. Morrison ...

(1921–1975), Alaskan bush pilot *

Edward Sheldon Edward Brewster Sheldon (Chicago, Illinois, February 4, 1886 – April 1, 1946, New York City) was an American dramatist. His plays include ''Salvation Nell'' (1908) and ''Romance'' (1913), which was made into a motion picture with Greta Garbo. ...

(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 George Lawson Sheldon (May 31, 1870 – April 4, 1960) was an American politician and 14th governor of Nebraska with service from 1907 until 1909. He was the first native of his state to become its governor. He was a Republican from the pr ...

(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 Sheldon Jr. (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019), known professionally as Jack Sheldon, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He performed on '' The Merv Griffin Show'' and participated in episodes of the educational musi ...

(1931–2019), American jazz trumpeter * James M. Sheldon, (1880–1965), American football player * Jane Sheldon, Australian soprano *

Jennie Maria Arms Sheldon Jennie Maria Arms Sheldon (July 29, 1852 – January 15, 1938) was an American entomologist, educator, historian, author, and museum curator. She worked closely with zoologist Alpheus Hyatt at the Boston Society of Natural History, and she was th ...

(1852–1938), American entomologist, educator, and museum curator *

Joseph Harold Sheldon Joseph Harold Sheldon (1893–1972) was a British physician, surgeon, and gerontologist. Education and career After education at Bancroft's, a Drapers’ Company School at Woodford, J. Harold Sheldon went to work at the secretarial department ...

(1893–1972), English physician and gerontologist *

Lee Sheldon (writer) Charles Lee Sheldon is an American academic, game writer and designer, book author, television producer and scriptwriter, often in the mystery genre, and is best known for creating game teaching projects. Education Sheldon has a bachelor of ...

, game developer and writer *

Lewis Sheldon Lewis Pendleton Sheldon (June 9, 1874 in Rutland, Vermont – February 20, 1960 in Biarritz) was an American track and field athlete who competed in jumping events in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Athleti ...

(1874–1960), American triple jumper * Lilian Sheldon (1862–1942), English zoologist *

Lionel Allen Sheldon Lionel Allen Sheldon (August 30, 1828 – January 17, 1917) was appointed a brigadier general in the Ohio militia in 1858 by Governor Salmon P Chase and served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A U.S. Representative ...

(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 Schoo ...

(1894–1951), British businessman *

Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon PC (born Isaac Ezra Shamash; 13 September 1923 – 2 February 2020) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton under Lyne from 1964 to 2001. Ea ...

(1923–2020), British politician * Roland Sheldon (born 1936), American baseball player * Sam Sheldon (born 1989), Australian footballer *

Scott Sheldon Scott Patrick Sheldon (born November 20, 1968) is an American former professional baseball third baseman/shortstop and right-handed batter who played for the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also played for ...

(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-Soxe ...

(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, (1899–1977), American psychologist *

William Wallace Barbour Sheldon William Wallace Barbour Sheldon (May 15, 1836 – March 17, 1915), commonly known as Wallace, was an architectural engineer and pioneer of California, a leading figure of the engineering history of the California coast. Wallace began his career ...

(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, Ph.D., Sc.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series ''The Big Bang Theory'' and its spinoff series ''Young Sheldon'', portrayed by actors Jim Parsons and Iain Armitage respectively (with Parsons as the latter ...

, fictional character from the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'' and the prequel series ''Young Sheldon'' * 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'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character ...

'' *Sheldon Mopes, protagonist of the 2002 film '' Death to Smoochy'' *

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

, a daily webcomic *Sheldon, a

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

in the '' Finding Nemo'' franchise *Sheldon Hawkes, detective/doctor in ''

CSI: NY ''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seaso ...

'' *Sheldon, a chick in the comic strip '' U.S. Acres'' *Sheldon, a magical genie in the television series ''

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters ''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'' is an American children's television series that ran from September 8, 1973 to October 18, 1975, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft and aired on Saturday mornings. It was syndicated by itself from December 1975 to ...

'' *Sheldon, a fictional character from the game ''

Splatoon is a third-person shooter video game franchise created by Hisashi Nogami, and developed and owned by Nintendo. Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth inhabited by anthropomorphic marine animals, the series centers around fictional cephalopods known ...

'' *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'' ( th, เชลล์ดอน, Chell̒ dxn) is a computer-animated children's television series directed by Dr. Jirayuth Chusanachoti. The series debuted on Channel 3 in Thailand in October 13, 2008 and debuted at Qubo in October 16 ...

, 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 godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant him ...

'' * Sheldon Wallace, a fictional character from ''

Private Practice Private practice may refer to: *Private sector practice **Practice of law In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice to clients, drafting legal documents for clients, and representing clients in legal negotiati ...

'' *Sheldon, Josh Nichols's pet turtle, who was mentioned by Josh in more than one episode, but never actually seen, in '' Drake & Josh''. *Sheldon, a fictional squirrel from the game ''

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhab ...

Animals

* Sheldon, a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries

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