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 th ...

(1933–2021), American billionaire businessman * Sheldon Bach (1925–2021), American psychologist * Shel Bachrach (born 1944), American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist *

Shelley Berman Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer. In his comedic career, he was awarded three gold records and he won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy reco ...

(1925–2017), American comedian, born Sheldon * Sheldon Blockburger (born 1964), American decathlete * Sheldon Brookbank (born 1980), Canadian hockey player *

Sheldon Brooks Sheldon Brooks (May 20, 1811 – May 19, 1883) was an American physician and politician. Brooks was born in Redfield, Oswego County, New York. He was a farmer and a physician. In 1856, Brooks moved to Minnesota and helped platted the community ...

(1811-1883), American businessman, physician, and politician * Sheldon Brown (American football) (born 1979), American football player *

Sheldon Brown (artist) Sheldon Brown (born July 13, 1962) is an American artist and former Professor of Computer Art at the University of California, San Diego where he held the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair of Digital Media and Learning. ...

(born 1962), American artist and professor of computer art * Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic) (1944–2008), American bicycle mechanic, writer, and webmaster * Sheldon Burnside (born 1954), American baseball player * Sheldon Canley (born 1968), American football player *

Sheldon S. Cohen Sheldon Stanley Cohen (June 28, 1927 – September 4, 2018) was an American attorney who served as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1965 to 1969. Background Cohen was born in Washington, D.C., the son of a Lithuanian immigrant. He wen ...

(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 D ...

(born 1997), American racing driver * Sheldon Day (born 1994), American football player * Sheldon Drobny (1945–2020), American investor *

Sheldon V. Ekman Sheldon Victor Ekman (March 12, 1920 – January 21, 1982) was an American attorney and tax law expert who served as a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1980 to 1982. Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Ekman received an A.B. from Harv ...

(1920–1982), United States Tax Court judge *

Sheldon Gaines Sheldon L. Gaines (born April 22, 1964) is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the Buffalo Bills in 1987. He also played in the CFL for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Can ...

(born 1964), American football player * Sheldon Glashow (born 1932), American 1979 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics *

Sheldon Lejeune Sheldon Adalbert "Larry" LeJeune (July 22, 1885–April 21, 1952) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played parts of two seasons in the major leagues for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an ...

(1885–1962), American baseball player * Sheldon Jackson (1834–1909), American missionary *

Sheldon Jackson (American football) Sheldon Blair Jackson, Jr. (born July 24, 1976) is a former professional American football tight end who played for the Buffalo Bills from 1999 to 2001. External linksPro-Football-Reference
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(born 1976), American football player *

Sheldon Jackson (cricketer) Sheldon Philip Jackson (born 27 September 1986) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League (IPL).He is a right-handed wicket-keeper-batter. After a good domestic seaso ...

(born 1986), Indian cricketer * Sheldon Jones (1922–1991), American baseball player * Sheldon Kennedy (born 1969), Canadian hockey player *

Sheldon Lavin Sheldon Lavin (born 1932) is an American billionaire businessman, and the owner, chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of OSI Group, a US meat processor and the main hamburger supplier to McDonald's. Early life Sheldon Lavin was born in 1932 ...

(born 1932), American billionaire and owner, CEO and chairman of OSI Group * Sheldon Leonard (1907–1997), American actor *

Sheldon Mallory Sheldon Mallory (born July 16, 1953) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played one season in the major leagues in for the Oakland Athletics. Mallory was originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Kansas City Royals ...

(born 1953), American baseball player * Sheldon Neuse (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 Bruins football, UCLA, and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He has also played for ...

(born 1991), American football player * Sheldon Rankins (born 1994), American football player * Sheldon Richardson (born 1990), American football player *

Sheldon Silver Sheldon Silver (February 13, 1944 – January 24, 2022) was an American Democratic Party politician, attorney, and convicted felon from New York City who served as speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1994 to 2015. A native of Manhattan's ...

(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 (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 D ...

(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 (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 Brady Sheldon (born February 23, 1993) is an American professional gridiron football linebacker who is a free agent. He was most recently a member of the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Ferris S ...

(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 Cambridge ...

(1931–2013), American librarian *

Charles Sheldon Charles Monroe Sheldon (February 26, 1857 – February 24, 1946) was an American Congregationalist minister and a leader of the Social Gospel movement. His novel ''In His Steps'' introduced the principle "What would Jesus do?", which articu ...

(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 ...

(born 1962), record producer *

David Sheldon (disambiguation) David Sheldon may refer to: *David Sheldon (wrestler) (1953–2007), American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Angel of Death *David Newton Sheldon (1807–1889), president of Colby College, Maine, United States *David Sheldon, ...

, various people * Dominic Sheldon, Anglo-Irish soldier * Donald Sheldon (1921–1975), Alaskan bush pilot * Edward Sheldon (1886–1946), American dramatist *

Fred Sheldon (English footballer) Fredrick Sheldon (born 1871) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke. Career Sheldon was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Stoke St.Peter's and then joined Stoke in the Football League. He was made bac ...

(1871–?), English footballer for Stoke * Fred Sheldon (Welsh footballer), Welsh footballer for Aberdare Athletic *

Frederick H. Sheldon Frederick Halsey "Fred" Sheldon (born 14 December 1951) is an American ornithologist. Early years Sheldon was born a US citizen at Hörsching in Upper Austria. He was educated at Yale University where he obtained a BS degree in Geology & Geophys ...

(born 1951), American ornithologist * Gene Sheldon (Eugene Hume) (1908–1982), American pantomime actor *

George Sheldon (preservationist) George Sheldon (1818–1916) led one of the first historic preservation societies in the United States. Biography He was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts on November 30, 1818. He was educated at Deerfield Academy, and worked as a farmer. In ...

(1818–1916), American historian, judge, and politician * George L. Sheldon (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 ...

(1598–1677), Archbishop of Canterbury and builder of the Sheldonian Theatre *

Grace Carew Sheldon Grace Carew Sheldon (March 25, 1855 – August 20, 1921) was an American journalist, author, and editor, as well as a businesswoman. She was the founder of Woman's Exchange of Buffalo, New York. Sheldon gave drawing-room talks in cities around th ...

(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 (1893–1972), English physician and gerontologist * Lee Sheldon (writer), game developer and writer * Lewis Sheldon (1874–1960), American triple jumper *

Lilian Sheldon Lilian Sheldon (May 1862 – 6 May 1942) was an English zoologist. Life Sheldon was born in Handsworth in 1862 where her father was the vicar (one source says 1860). She had two brothers who survived and four sisters. Her parents Ann (born ...

(1862–1942), English zoologist * Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828–1917), American Civil War general, politician, lawyer *

Louis P. Sheldon Louis P. Sheldon (June 11, 1934 – May 29, 2020) was an American Presbyterian pastor, and then Anglican priest, and chairman of the social conservative organization, the Traditional Values Coalition. He principally spoke and wrote about contro ...

(1934–2020), American Presbyterian pastor and activist * Lurana W. Sheldon (1862–1945), American writer, editor, suffragist *

Matthew Sheldon Matthew Sheldon (born August 23, 1992) is an American professional association football, soccer player who currently plays for USL Championship side Hartford Athletic. Early life Sheldon was born on 23 August 1992 in Bellevue, Washington, Unit ...

(born 1992), American soccer player *

Mike Sheldon Michael Joseph Sheldon (born June 8, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL), the World League of American Football (WLAF), and the XFL. He played for the Mi ...

(born 1973), American football player * Oliver Sheldon (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. E ...

(1923–2020), British politician *

Roland Sheldon Roland Frank Sheldon (born December 17, 1936) is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 160 Major League games from to and to . Born in Putnam, Connecticut, he attended the University of Con ...

(born 1936), American baseball player * Sam Sheldon (born 1989), Australian footballer * Scott Sheldon (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-Sox ...

(1917–2007), American screenwriter and novelist * Stagger Lee Sheldon (1865–1912), American murderer *

Steve Sheldon Steve Sheldon is an American politician from Kentucky. He is a member of the Republican party and represented District 17 in the Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General ...

, 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 caree ...

(1836–1915), American architect *

Wilmon Henry Sheldon Wilmon Henry Sheldon (1875–1981) was a twentieth-century American philosopher. Life and career Sheldon was educated at Harvard University and taught at Yale University, Yale.Nicholas Rescher, ''Process Metaphysics: An Introduction to Pro ...

(1875–1981), American philosopher

Fictional characters

Paul Sheldon ''Misery'' is an American psychological horror thriller novel written by Stephen King and first published by Viking Press on June 8, 1987. The novel's narrative is based on the relationship of its two main characters – the romance novelist Pa ...

, fictional character from the novel ''Misery'' * Sheldon Cooper, 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 series, animated Television comedy, comedy Television show, television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It ...

'' *Sheldon Mopes, protagonist of the 2002 film '' Death to Smoochy'' * Sheldon (webcomic), 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 ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was w ...

'' franchise *Sheldon Hawkes, detective/doctor in '' CSI: NY'' *Sheldon, a chick in the comic strip '' U.S. Acres'' *Sheldon, a magical genie in the television series '' Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'' *Sheldon, a fictional character from the game '' Splatoon'' *Sheldon, butler at Stourton, Charles Rainier's country house in '' Random Harvest'' by James Hilton * Shelldon, 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 h ...

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

Private Practice Private practice may refer to: * Private sector practice ** Practice of law * ''Private Practice'' (TV series), an American medical drama * ''Private Practice'' (album), released in 1978 by Dr. Feelgood {{disambig pt:Private Practice ...

'' *Sheldon, Josh Nichols's pet turtle, who was mentioned by Josh in more than one episode, but never actually seen, in ''

Drake & Josh ''Drake & Josh'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows two teenage stepbrothers Drake Parker ( Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols ( Josh Peck) as they live together despite opposite personalities. Th ...

''. *Sheldon, a fictional squirrel from the game '' Animal Crossing''

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* Sheldon, a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries

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