Shep is most commonly a nickname or

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

, short for Shepherd, Shephard or Shepard. It may refer to:

People

Given name

Shep Gordon Shep E. Gordon (born October 18, 1945) is an American talent manager, Hollywood film agent, and producer. Gordon is featured in a 2013 documentary, '' Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon'', which was directed by Mike Myers. Life and educatio ...

(born 1945), American talent manager, Hollywood film agent and producer * Shep Messing (born 1949), American Olympic soccer goalkeeper and current broadcaster

Nickname

* Shep Goodman, 21st century American music producer and songwriter * Shep Mayer (1923–2005), Canadian ice hockey player * Shep Meyers (1936–2009), American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor *

Shep Pettibone Robert "Shep" Pettibone (born 10 July 1959) is an American record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. Career Shep Pettibone surfaced after his work with Arthur Baker on Afrika Bambaataa & the Jazz ...

(born 1959), American music producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ *

Shepard Smith David Shepard Smith Jr. (born January 14, 1964) is an American former broadcast journalist. He served as chief general news anchor and host of '' The News with Shepard Smith'' on CNBC, a daily evening newscast launched in late September 2020; b ...

(born 1964), American former broadcast journalist *

David Shepherd (umpire) David Robert Shepherd (27 December 1940 – 27 October 2009) was a first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Gloucestershire, and later became one of the cricket world's best-known umpires. He stood in 92 Test matches, the last ...

(1940–2009), English cricketer and cricket umpire *

Jean Shepherd Jean Parker "Shep" Shepherd Jr. (July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999) was an American storytelling, storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film ''A Christm ...

(1921–1999), American raconteur, radio and TV personality, writer and actor

Stage name

Shep Fields Shep Fields (born Saul Feldman, September 12, 1910 – February 23, 1981) was an American bandleader who led the Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm orchestra during the 1930s. His distinctive Rippling Rhythm sound was featured on big band remo ...

, American band leader born Saul Feldman (1910–1981) *James Sheppard (1935–1970), lead singer of the Heartbeats and later

Shep and the Limelites Shep and the Limelites was an American doo-wop trio of the early 1960s, composed of James "Shep" Sheppard (September 24, 1935 – January 24, 1970), Clarence Bassett (March 13, 1936 – January 25, 2005) and Charles Baskerville (July 6, 1936 – ...

Shep Shepherd Berisford Shepherd, professionally known as Shep Shepherd (January 19, 1917 – November 25, 2018), was an American multi-instrumental jazz musician, composer and singer. Beginnings Shepherd's father Charlie Shepherd was an engineer from the Wes ...

, American jazz musician Berisford Shepherd (1917–2018)

Dogs

Shep (American dog) Shep is most commonly a nickname or hypocorism, short for Shepherd, Shephard or Shepard. It may refer to: People Given name *Shep Gordon (born 1945), American talent manager, Hollywood film agent and producer * Shep Messing (born 1949), American ...

, a dog that lived in the Great Northern train station in Fort Benton, Montana, in the late 1930s *

Shep (British dog) Shep (1 May 1971 – 17 January 1987) was a ''Blue Peter'' dog, a Border Collie. He was bought by the BBC to replace Patch, one of Petra's puppies, born in 1965. Shep became the main ''Blue Peter'' dog when Petra died in 1977. Shep debuted on B ...

, a Blue Peter dog, a border collie, remembered by British TV viewers as inseparable from John Noakes *

Shep (dog actor) Shep, or The Thanhouser Dog or Shep the Dog (died November 1914), was a male collie dog who starred in a number of silent films made by the Thanhouser Company. Life Shep was a collie owned by Jack Harvey, a film director. When Harvey was working ...

, a dog which became known for appearances in Thanhouser films of the silent period

Fictional characters

*Shep,

George of the Jungle ''George of the Jungle'' is an American animated television series produced and created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who also created '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends''. The character George was inspired by the story of ...

's elephant companion *Shep, from the animated movie '' Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem'' *Shep, from the animated series ''