Shorter may refer to:

As a place name

Shorter, Alabama Shorter is a town in Macon County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 385, down from 474 at the 2010 census. According to the 1990 U.S. Census records, it was incorporated in 1984.https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph ...

, a town located in Macon County, Alabama, United States

As a surname

Alan Shorter Alan Shorter (May 29, 1932 – April 5, 1988) was a free jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, and the older brother of composer and saxophone player Wayne Shorter. Biography Shorter was born in the Ironbound District in Newark, New Jersey. He sta ...

(1932–1988), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player *

Brian Shorter Brian William Shorter (born November 28, 1968) is an American-Italian former professional basketball player. He spent two decades playing in European leagues. High school career Shorter, a Philadelphia native, grew up in a low-income neighborh ...

(born 1968), American former basketball player *

Clement Shorter Clement King Shorter (19 July 1857 – 19 November 1926) was a British journalist and literary critic. After editing the ''Illustrated London News'', Shorter founded and edited ''Sketch'', ''The Sphere'', and ''Tatler''. Biography Clement Sho ...

(1857–1926), English journalist *

Clinton Shorter Clinton Shorter (born March 18, 1971) is a Canadian film and television composer. He is particularly known for his score for Neill Blomkamp's film ''District 9''. He has also composed the music for over 300 television episodes. Early life and ed ...

(born 1971), Canadian film and television composer *

Dora Sigerson Shorter Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter (16 August 1866 – 6 January 1918) was an Irish poet and sculptor, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter. Life She was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of George Sigerson, ...

(1866–1918), Irish poet and sculptor *

Edward Shorter Edward Shorter (1767-1836) was an English engineer and inventor of several useful inventions including an early screw propeller. Early life Edward was born in London on 3 December 1767 in the parish of St Sepulchre, Newgate to Robert and Ann ...

(1767–1836), British inventor *

Eli Sims Shorter Eli Sims Shorter (March 15, 1823 – April 29, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Monticello, Georgia, Shorter attended the common schools and was graduated in law from Yale College in 1844. He was admitted to the bar and ...

(1823–1879), American politician *

Frank Shorter Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic success, along with the a ...

(born 1947), American athlete *

Jim Shorter James Shorter (June 8, 1938 – June 1, 2000) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of D ...

(1938–2000), American football player *

John Gill Shorter John Gill Shorter (April 23, 1818 – May 29, 1872) was an American politician who served as the 17th Governor of Alabama from 1861 to 1863. Prior to assuming the governorship, Shorter was a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of th ...

(1818–1872), American politician *

Justin Shorter Justin D. Shorter (born April 17, 2000) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State and Florida. Early life and high school Shorter grew up in the ...

(born 2000), American football player *

Ken Shorter Ken Shorter (born -1947), also credited as Kenneth Shorter. is an Australian actor best known for playing the title role in the biker film ''Stone'' (1974), and '' You Can't See 'round Corners'' (1969).> Television appearances include ''Skippy ...

(born 1945), Australian actor *

Laurence Shorter Laurence Shorter (born 1970) is an author and comedian who lives in London. He is the author of ''The Optimist: One Man’s Search For The Brighter Side Of Life'', which was published in January 2009 by Canongate Books, and author and photographer ...

(born 1970), American author and comedian *

Richard Shorter Richard Nicholas Shorter (26 July 1906 – 20 January 1984) was an English cricketer. Shorter was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Loughton, Essex, and was educated at Repton School. Shorter made his fi ...

(1906–1984), English cricketer *

Rick Shorter Rick Shorter (May 1, 1934 - September 1, 2017) was a songwriter, music producer, and author. During the 1960s when he was most active, he produced and arranged for a multitude of artists. They include Ciska Peters, Big Dee Irwin, and Galt Mac ...

(1934–2017), American musician and record producer *

Shannon Shorter Shannon Jerod Shorter (born August 1, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Split of the Adriatic League and the Croatian League. The 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Texan has played for teams in eleven countries including China, Argentina, ...

(born 1989), American basketball player *

Stuart Shorter ''Stuart: A Life Backwards'' is a biography by Alexander Masters of his friend Stuart Clive Shorter, formerly, at various times, a prisoner and a career criminal. It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstab ...

, disabled homeless man from Cambridge, England, about whom the biography "Stuart: A Life Backwards" was written *

Susie Lankford Shorter Susie Isabel Lankford Shorter (January 4, 1859 – February 23, 1912) was an American educator, philanthropist, and writer. Early life Susan Isabel (or Isabella) Lankford was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, the daughter of Whitten Strange Lankfo ...

(1859–1912), American educator *

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Dav ...

(1933–2023), American jazz saxophonist and composer

Other uses

* The comparative form of

short Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as ...

Shorter University Shorter University is a private Baptist university in Rome, Georgia. It was founded in 1873 and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through six colleges and schools. In addition Shorter operates the Robert H. Ledbetter College of Busin ...

, an American four year, co-educational college located in Rome, Georgia, United States *

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary The ''Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'' (''SOED'') is an English language dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. The SOED is a two-volume abridgement of the twenty-volume ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED''). Print editions ...

, a two-volume, scaled-down version of the Oxford English Dictionary *

Westminster Shorter Catechism The Westminster Shorter Catechism is a catechism written in 1646 and 1647 by the Westminster Assembly, a synod of English and Scottish theologians and laymen intended to bring the Church of England into greater conformity with the Church of S ...

or "Shorter Catechism", a set of three Christian religious texts dating from the 1640s {{disambig, geo, surname