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. Geography Shorter is located in west ...

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

As a surname

Alan Shorter Alan Shorter (May 29, 1932 – April 5, 1988) was an American 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 Jers ...

(1932–1988), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player * Brian Shorter (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 Cleme ...

(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 (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 (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 ac ...

(born 1947), American athlete * Jim Shorter (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. Before assuming the governorship, Shorter was a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the ...

(1818–1872), American politician *

Justin Shorter Justin D. Shorter (born April 17, 2000) is an American professional football tight end for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and Florida Gators. Early life Sh ...

(born 2000), American football player *

Ken Shorter Kenneth Shorter (1945 – November 2024) was an Australian actor. Shorter's career spanned theatre, television and film, but he was best known for starring opposite Mick Jagger in a film adaptation of ''Ned Kelly'' (1970), as the title chara ...

(1945/46–2024), 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 f ...

(1906–1984), English cricketer *

Rick Shorter Rick Shorter (May 1, 1934 – September 1, 2017) was an American 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 ...

(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. College career Shorter played four years of college basketball between 2007 and 2011. After spend ...

(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 unsta ...

, 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 Lankfor ...

(1859–1912), American educator *

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became the primary comp ...

(1933–2023), American jazz saxophonist and composer

Other uses

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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 Busines ...

, 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 Scot ...

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