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 760 people. Geography Shaw Road runs through from south to north, and North Townsville Road runs along the northern boundary. History S ...

Canada

Shaw Street Shaw may refer to: Places Australia *Shaw, Queensland 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, a List of United Kingdom ...

, a street in Toronto

England

Shaw, Berkshire Shaw is a village in Berkshire, England. It is located to the north of Newbury, near the village of Donnington. It is in the parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington. Shaw House Shaw House, an Elizabethan country house, was one of the Royalist headqua ...

, a village *

Shaw, Greater Manchester Shaw and Crompton is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located north of Oldham, south-east ...

, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton * Shaw, Swindon, a suburb of Swindon **

Shaw (ward) Shaw is an electoral ward in the Borough of Swindon, England. Since 2012, the ward has elected three councillors to Swindon Borough Council. History The ward was created in 2012. Geography The ward covers the area of Shaw Forest. The ward ...

Shaw, Wiltshire Shaw is a village in the civil parish of Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England. It is about northwest of Melksham on the A365 Melksham to Box road, where the B3353 diverges to Corsham. History The manor of Shaw was recorded in the 13th ce ...

, a village near Melksham

Philippines

Shaw Boulevard Shaw Boulevard (formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard and Pasig Boulevard; commonly known as Crossing) is a 4-8 lane highway connecting the cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig in the Philippines. The boulevard is named after William James Shaw, fou ...

, a major thoroughfare in

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila ( ), commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region (NCR; ), is the capital region and largest List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines, metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located ...

Shaw Boulevard station Shaw Boulevard station is an elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit System, Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station located on the MRT Line 3 (Metro Manila), MRT Line 3 (MRT-3) system in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center. The station is named after ...

, a station of the

MRT-3 The Metro Rail Transit Line 3, also known as the MRT Line 3, MRT-3, or Metrostar Express, is a rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The line runs in an orbital north to south route following the alignment of Epifanio de los S ...

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 Shaw is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, Bolivar and Sunflower County, Mississippi, Sunflower counties, Mississippi, United States, located in the Mississippi Delta region. The name was derived from an old Indian tribe northeast of this regi ...

, a city *

Mount Shaw Mount Shaw is a mountain located in the towns of Moultonborough and Tuftonboro in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is part of the remains of an ancient volcanic ring dike. With a summit elevation of , it is the highest of the O ...

, 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. Shaw Creek flows into Whetstone Creek which is located adjacent to Cardington, Ohio. See ...

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

Burwood, Tennessee Burwood, Tennessee, is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in southwestern Williamson County, Tennessee. History The hamlet was "originally named Williamsburg, later Shaw and ultimately Burwood." In the middle decades ...

Shaw, West Virginia Shaw is a former town in Mineral County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.T ...

, a ghost town *

Shaw, Washington, D.C. Shaw is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in the Northwest quadrant. Shaw is a major entertainment and retail hub, and much of the neighborhood is designated as a historic district, including the smaller Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Hi ...

, a neighborhood *

Shaw, St. Louis Shaw is a List of neighborhoods of St. Louis, neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. It is bordered on the north by Interstate 44, the east by South Grand Boulevard, the west by Tower Grove Avenue and the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and the south ...

, 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 jurisdict ...

, US Air Force base in South Carolina

People

Shaw (name) ''Shaw'' is primarily a surname of English people, English or Chinese people, Chinese origin, rarely used as a given name. In English, it derives from Old English roots meaning "woodland" or "thicket". In Chinese contexts, ''Shaw'' is a romanizati ...

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

Shao Shao (; HKG 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 Chinese/Shanghaines ...

, Chinese surname, also spelled "Shaw" *

Clan Shaw Clan Shaw is a Highland Scottish clan and is a member of the Chattan Confederation. History Origins The progenitor of the Clan Shaw is believed to be one Shaw MacDuff who was a younger son of Duncan, the Thane or Earl of Fife, who was a desc ...

of Tordarroch, a Scottish clan

Education

Shaw Academy Founded in 2013, Shaw Academy is a privately-owned online education organisation based in Dublin, Ireland. History Shaw Academy was founded by James Egan and Adrian Murphy in 2013. By January 2016, Shaw Academy taught about 55,000 new stude ...

, an Irish online training and higher education institution *

Shaw High School (disambiguation) Shaw High School can refer to: * Shaw High School (Alabama) in Mobile * Shaw High School (Georgia) in Columbus * Shaw High School (Mississippi) (previously McEvans Warriors K-12 School) in Shaw, Mississippi * Shaw High School (Ohio) in East Clevel ...

Shaw Junior High School Shaw Junior High School, now known as Asbury Dwellings, is a historic structure located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and on the National Register of Hist ...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. *

Shaw College (disambiguation) Shaw College may refer to: *Shaw College (Hong Kong), a part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in New Territories, Hong Kong * Shaw College at Detroit, a former college in Detroit, Michigan, United States *Shaw College, a former name of Rust ...

Shaw College (Hong Kong) Shaw College () is the fourth List of the constituent colleges of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, constituent college to be established at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a public university in New Territories, Hong Kong. History The ...

, a college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong **

Shaw College of Detroit Shaw College at Detroit was an institution of higher education in Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across fr ...

, a former college *

Shaw University Shaw University is a private historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States. The school had its origin in the fo ...

(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 ''Fast & Furious'' (also known as ''The Fast and the Furious'') is an American action film series centered on street racing, heists, spies, and family. The following is a list of characters from the film franchise. Cast Feature films Sh ...

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

(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 d ...

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

Shaw Festival The Shaw Festival is a Charitable organization, Charitable theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest repertory theatre company in North America, second only to Canada's Strat ...

(est. 1962), a Canadian theatre festival *

Astro Shaw Astro Shaw Sdn Bhd (stylised as astro SHAW) is a Malaysian film studio that has produced films for the local and regional markets and is pursuing expansion into international film investments. It also provides a marketing and distribution servic ...

(est. 2005), the largest film production, distribution and marketing in Malaysia

Organizations

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

Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. was a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian telecommunication, telecommunications company which provided telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. The company was founded in 1966 as Capital Cable Televisio ...

(est. 1966), Canadian telecommunications company, based in Calgary *

ShawCor Mattr Corp., formerly known as Shawcor Ltd., is a Canadian materials technology company, based in Toronto, Ontario, and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It specializes in providing services to the pipeline sector of the oil and gas market. It ...

(est. 1930s), a global energy services firm based in Houston, Texas *

The Shaw Group The Shaw Group is a pipe and steel fabrication firm specializing in induction bending. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Shaw employs approximately 1,400 people across its offices and operations in North America and the Middle East. History ...

(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) Shaw Family Holdings, Inc., doing business as Shaw Media, is a newspaper publisher based in Crystal Lake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and wholly owned by the Mabel S. Shaw Family Trust. Its portfolio includes about 80 newspapers and news webs ...

, an American newspaper publisher *

Shaw's and Star Market Shaw's and Star Market are two American supermarket chains under united management based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, employing about 30,000 associates in 150 total stores; 129 stores are operated under the Shaw's banner in Maine, Massac ...

, an American grocery group

Other uses

Shaw (woodland) A shaw is a strip of woodland usually between 5 and 15 metres (15 and 50 feet) wide. Shaws commonly form boundaries between fields or line a road. They are usually composed of natural woodland (rather than being a planted avenue) and often have d ...

, 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