Shelby (name)
Shelby is both a surname and a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:People with the name
Epithet
- Uncle Shelby, the pen name used by Shel Silverstein when writing children's books
Given name
- Shelby Lee Adams, American photographer
- Shelby Babcock, American softball player
- Shelby Bach, American children's writer
- Shelby Blackstock, American racing driver
- Shelby Brewer, American nuclear engineer
- Shelby Bryan, American technology executive
- Shelby Moore Cullom, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and 17th Governor of Illinois
- Shelby Cullom Davis, American investment banker, philanthropist and United States Ambassador to Switzerland
- Shelby Davis, American money manager; son of Shelby Cullom Davis
- Shelby Dressel, American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Earl, American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Fero, American comedian and screenwriter
- Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Foote, American historian and novelist
- Shelby Gaines, American musician and visual artist
- Shelby Grant, American actress born Brenda Thompson
- Shelby Harris, American football player
- Shelby Millard Harrison, American social scientist
- Shelby Hearon, American writer
- Shelby Highsmith, American federal judge
- Shelby Holliday, American television journalist
- Shelby Houlihan, American runner
- Shelby Howard, American racing driver
- Shelby D. Hunt, American business theorist
- Shelby M. Jackson, American educator and politician
- Shelby James, American sport cyclist
- Shelby Jordan, American football player
- Shelby Keierleber, American painter and visual artist
- Shelby Kisiel, American rhythmic gymnast
- Shelby Kutty, Indian-born American cardiologist
- Shelby A. Laxson, American politician
- Shelby Lindley, American voice actress
- Shelby Linville, American basketball player
- Shelby Lynne, American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Lyons, American retired figure skater
- Shelby Metcalf, American basketball coach
- Shelby Miller, American baseball pitcher
- Shelby Pierson, American intelligence official
- Shelby E. L. Pruett, American businessman
- Shelby Rabara, American actress and dancer
- Shelby Ringdahl, American beauty pageant winner
- Shelby Robertson, American comics artist
- Shelby Rogers, American tennis player
- Shelby Singleton, American record producer and record label owner
- Shelby Starner, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Shelby Steele, American author, columnist, documentary film maker and academic
- Shelby Tucker, American lawyer and journalist
- Shelby Walker, American boxer
- Shelby Westbrook, American aviator and Tuskegee Airman
- Shelby Whitfield, American sportscaster
- Shelby Wilson, American wrestler and 1960 Olympic gold medalist
- Shelby Young, American actress
Surname
- Carroll Shelby, automobile racer, designer and entrepreneur
- Charlotte Shelby, Broadway actress
- Don Shelby, news anchor who popularized the Pratt-Shelby knot, a method for tying a necktie
- Isaac Shelby, first and fifth Governor of Kentucky
- Jane Shelby Richardson, American biophysicist who developed protein ribbon diagrams
- Joseph O. Shelby, Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War
- John Shelby, former Major League Baseball player
- Margaret Shelby, American stage and motion picture actress
- Michael T. Shelby, Houston lawyer
- Lon R. Shelby, American academic
- Richard Shelby, United States Senator from Alabama, formerly a United States Representative and an Alabama state senator
- Thomas Shelby
- Tommy Shelby
Fictional entities
- Shelby, Clark Kent's dog in the TV series Smallville
- Shelby, the family name of the principal gangsters featured in the BBC TV series Peaky Blinders and the name of their family business
- Shelby Corcoran, in the TV series Glee
- Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie, in the play Steel Magnolias and its film adaptation
- Shelby Merrick, in the TV series Higher Ground
- Shelby Watkins, in the TV series Power Rangers Dino Charge
- Shelby Wyatt, in the TV series Quantico
- Shelby Woo, in the TV series The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
