Famous People with Name Shannon

Shannon Boxx            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Boxx: is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for Saint Louis Athletica of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Shannon Higgins-Cirovski            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Higgins-Cirovski: was a U.S. soccer midfielder who Higgins earned fifty-one caps with the United States between 1987 and 1991. She was a member of the U.S. team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Shannon MacMillan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon MacMillan: is a former American professional soccer player. She was a member of the U.S. Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 1999 Women's World Cup. In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for the UCLA women's soccer team.

Shannon Lee Miller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Lee Miller: is an American lawyer and artistic gymnast from Edmond, Oklahoma. She is the most decorated gymnast in U.S. History, and considered one of the greatest gymnasts the United States has ever produced.

Shannon Shorr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shannon Shorr: is a professional poker player from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Shorr grew up in Birmingham, where he was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School. Shorr is notable for his success in poker tournaments, much of which occurred before his 21st birthday. Because 21 is the minimum legal age for gambling in almost all jurisdictions in the United States, Shorr was forced to go abroad to compete, where he cashed in several tournaments. In the 2008 World Series of Poker, Shorr finished runner-up to Matt Keikoan at the $2000 No Limit Holdem tournament (event #7), earning $349,141. It is Shorr's best finish to date at the WSOP.

Stephen C. Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stephen C. Shannon: is an American politician. From 2004 to 2009, Shannon represented Virginia’s 35th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. He was the 2009 Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Virginia. He was defeated by his opponent, Republican Ken Cuccinelli.

Joseph Bernard Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Bernard Shannon: was a Democratic political boss in Kansas City, Missouri that was a rival to the more dominant Pendergast political machine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Shannon was chairman of the Democratic State in 1910; delegate to the Democratic Nationa

Thomas Bowles Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Bowles Shannon: served as member of the California State Assembly. He would later become elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for California. He returned to the state assembly and became the Speaker of the Assembly.

James C. Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James C. Shannon: was an American politician and the 77th Governor of Connecticut. Shannon became as Bridgeport's prosecuting attorney in 1923. He held that position for nine years. He was on the bench of the Bridgeport City and Juvenile Court from 1931 to 1935. He was the

Samuel Leonard Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Leonard Shannon: was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1859 to 1867. In 1858, he was named a Nova Scotia railway board commissioner. Shannon was named Queen's Counsel in 1864. He served as a minister without portfolio in the province's Executive Council from 1863 to 1867. He supported the development of an intercolonial railway, free common schools and Confederation. Shannon served on the board of governors for Dalhousie College and helped establish the Dalhousie Law School, serving as one of its first instructors.