Shea is an Irish surname that is also used in some countries as a gender neutral given name.
Shea may refer to:
People
Surname
A–H
* Brek Shea (born 1990), American soccer player
* Charles W. Shea (1921–1994), United States Army officer
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Cornelius Shea
Cornelius P. Shea (September 7, 1872 – January 12, 1929) was an American trade union, labor leader and organized crime figure. He was the founding president of the Teamsters, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, holding the position from ...
Dorothy Shea
Dorothy Camille Shea is an American career diplomat. In January 2025, she was appointed United States ambassador to the United Nations after serving as the deputy ambassador in 2024. Shea was the List of ambassadors of the United States to Leban ...
James Shea
James William Shea (born 16 June 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Luton Town.
Career Arsenal
Born in Islington, Greater London, Shea joined Arsenal's youth team in August 2007. In 2009, he won bo ...
(born 1991), English footballer
* Jamie Shea (born 1953), NATO official
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Jerry Shea
Jeremiah Shea (12 August 1892 – 30 June 1947) was a Welsh international dual-code rugby football, rugby centre who played club rugby for Newport RFC, Newport and Pill Harriers RFC, Pill Harriers under the rugby union code and later represen ...
(1892–1947), Welsh int'l rugby player
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Joe Shea
Joe Shea (February 7, 1947 – October 19, 2016) was editor-in-chief of ''The American Reporter'', the first daily Internet newspaper, started on April 10, 1995. Shea was the named plaintiff in the landmark First Amendment case, ''Shea v Reno' ...
(1947–2016), American activist/journalist & ''Shea v. Reno'' party
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John Shea (disambiguation) John Shea (born 1949) is an American actor, film producer and stage director.
John Shea may also refer to:
* John Shea (mobster) (born 1965), Irish-American former mobster
* John Gilmary Shea (1824–1892), American historian
* John Joseph Shea ...
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Joseph Shea (disambiguation) Joseph Shea may refer to:
* Joseph Francis Shea (1925–1999), NASA manager and aerospace engineer
* Joe Shea (1947–2016), editor-in-chief of ''The American Reporter''
* Joseph Shea (FBI agent) (1919–2005), FBI agent
* Joseph Hooker Shea (1 ...
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Judith Shea
Judith Shea is an American sculptor and artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1948. She was awarded a degree in fashion design from the Parsons School of Design in 1969 and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree there in 1975. This dual ...
(born 1948), American sculptor
K–Z
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Kevin Shea (disambiguation) Kevin Shea may refer to:
* Kevin Shea (administrator), who served as the acting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in 2021
* Kevin Shea (jockey) (born 1963), former South African horse racing jockey
* Kevin Shea (musician) (born 1973), American j ...
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Michael Shea (disambiguation) Michael Shea or Mike Shea may refer to:
* Michael Shea (actor) (born 1952), American child/teen actor
* Michael Shea (American author) (1946–2014), American fantasy/horror/sci-fi writer
*Michael Shea (diplomat) (1938–2009), Scottish press secret ...
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Nap Shea
John Edward "Nap" Shea (May 23, 1874 – July 8, 1968), nicknamed "Napoleon", was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1902. He stood at 5' 5", weighed 155 lbs., and batted and threw right-handed.
(1874–1968), American baseball player
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Patrick Shea (disambiguation) Patrick Shea may refer to:
* Patrick Shea (civil servant) (1908–1986), Northern Irish civil servant
* Patrick Shea (Utah lawyer) (born 1948), American lawyer known for freedom of the press cases
* Patrick Shea (California lawyer), American lawyer ...
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Red Shea
Patrick Henry "Red" Shea (November 29, 1898 – November 17, 1981) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics, and and with the New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American foot ...
(1898–1981), American baseball pitcher
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Red Shea (guitarist)
Red Shea (born Laurice Milton Pouliot; May 9, 1938 – June 10, 2008) was a renowned Canadian folk guitarist. Over his career, he helped define the sounds of artists such as Gordon Lightfoot and Ian and Sylvia Tyson, and was a regular on the TV s ...
(1938–2008), Canadian folk guitarist
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Robert Shea
Robert Joseph Shea (February 14, 1933 – March 10, 1994) was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy '' Illuminatus!'' It became a cult success and was later turn ...
(1933–1994), American magazine editor and novelist
* Spec Shea, Francis Joseph "Spec" Shea (1920–2002) (eponym of Shea Stadium)
* Stephen Shea (born 1961), American former child actor
* Thomas Shea (1931-1982), American ragtime composer
* Tom J. Shea (born 1950), American businessman and politician
* William Shea (disambiguation)
Given name
* Shea Adam, American auto racing reporter
* Shea Backus (born 1975), American politician
* Shea Coulee, American drag performer, actor, recording artist, Winner RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
* Shea Diamond (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
* Shea Fahy (born 1962), Irish former sportsperson who played Gaelic football
* Shea Hillenbrand (born 1975), American baseball player
* Shea Moyer (born 1998), American soccer player
* Shea Patterson (born 1997), American football player
* Shea Ralph (born 1978), American women's basketball player and coach
* Shea Showers (born 1974), American football player
* Shea Weber (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
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Shea Whigham
Shea Whigham (born January 5, 1969) is an American actor best known for portraying Elias "Eli" Thompson in the drama series ''Boardwalk Empire''. He also appeared in the first season of ''True Detective'' and the third season of '' Fargo'' a ...
(born 1969), American actor
Fictional people
* Harold Shea, protagonist of ''The Incomplete Enchanter'' and sequels
* Shea Ohmsford, character in Terry Brooks's ''The Sword of Shannara''
Other uses
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Shea Stadium
William A. Shea Municipal Stadium ( ), typically shortened to Shea Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.USS ''Shea'' (DM-30), named for John Joseph Shea
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Shea butter
Shea butter ( , , or ; ) is a fat (triglyceride; mainly oleic acid and stearic acid) extracted from the nut of the African shea tree ('' Vitellaria paradoxa''). It is ivory in color when raw and commonly dyed yellow with borututu root or ...
, product of the
shea tree
''Vitellaria paradoxa'' (formerly ''Butyrospermum parkii''), commonly known as shea tree, shi tree (, also ), or vitellaria, is a tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is the only species in the genus ''Vitellaria'',Chaise
A chaise ( ), sometimes called shay, is a light two-wheeled carriage for one or two people. It may also have a folding hood. The coachmaker William Felton (1796) considered ''chaises'' a family of vehicles which included all two-wheel one-hor ...
* Schea Cotton (born 1978), American basketball player
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Shae (given name) Shae is a unisex given name of recent origin, and may refer to:
* John Shae Perring (1813–1869), British engineer
* Shae Anderson (born 1999), American athlete
* Shae Audley (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
* Shae Bolton (born 1989), ...
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Shai (disambiguation) Shai was the deification of the concept of fate in Egyptian mythology.
Shai may also refer to:
People and characters
Persons
*Shai (given name), includes list of people with the name
Persons with the surname
*Hezi Shai (, born 1954), Israeli so ...