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 Shaw Boulevard (formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard and Pasig Boulevard or 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, ...

, 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, 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 Shaw is a city in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, Mississippi, United States, located in the Mississippi Delta region. The name was derived from an old Indian tribe northeast of this region. The population was 1,952 at the 2010 census. History ...

, a city * Mount Shaw, a summit in the Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire * Shaw Creek (Ohio), 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., 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), 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), 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 ''Fast & Furious (also known as The Fast and the Furious)'' is an American action film series centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with street racing, heists, spies, and family. The following is a list of characte ...

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 The Shaw Group is a pipe and module fabrication firm specializing in induction bending. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Shaw employs approximately 700 people across its offices and operations in North America and the Middle East. History Sha ...

(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 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, Massach ...

, an American grocery group

Other uses

* Shaw (woodland), a strip of woodland, usually separating fields or lining a road *

Shaw alphabet The Shavian alphabet (; also known as the Shaw alphabet) is an alphabet conceived as a way to provide simple, phonemic orthography for the English language to replace the difficulties of conventional spelling using the Latin alphabet. It wa ...

, another name for the Shavian alphabet, an alternative for the Latin alphabet for the English language