- Robert Sheldon Baron Sheldon
Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon, PC (born 13 September, 1923), is a Labour politician. Sheldon was educated at technical college and the University of London. He was a Manchester City Councillor and a director of a textile firm. Sheldon was elected member of Parliament for Ashton under Lyne at the 1964 general election, serving until the 2001 general election, at which he was replaced by David Heyes and was created a life peer as Baron Sheldon, … - Huntington D. Sheldon
Huntington Denton "Ting" Sheldon (February 14, 1903 - May 19, 1987) served as the Director of the Office of Current Intelligence of the US Central Intelligence Agency from 1951 to 1961, serving under Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. Sheldon was the second Director of the OCI, and developed it into a major Office. Sheldon briefed all three Presidents; the President's Intelligence Check List, which became into the President's Daily Brief, … - Ingrid Sheldon
Ingrid Blom Sheldon (b. 1945) was mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1993 to 2000. A moderate Republican, she served four two-year terms in the post. Sheldon earned a bachelor's degree in education from Eastern Michigan University, and a master's in education from the University of Michigan, before working briefly as an elementary school teacher. Her husband, Cliff Sheldon, served as a member of the Ann Arbor city council from 1978 to 1982. - Edward Sheldon
Edward Brewster Sheldon (b. 1886, Chicago, Illinois; d. April 1 1946, New York City) was an American dramatist. His plays include "Salvation Nell" and "Romance", which was made into a motion picture with Greta Garbo. After becoming ill at age 29 with crippling rheumatoid arthritis, which eventually claimed his sight (around 1930), Sheldon became a source of emotional and creative support for his many friends, … - Scott Sheldon
Scott Patrick Sheldon (born November 20, 1968 in Hammond, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball third baseman/shortstop and right-handed batter who has played for the Oakland Athletics (1997) and Texas Rangers (1998-2001). On September 6, 2000 Sheldon became the third player in MLB history to play all 9 positions in a single game, joining Bert Campaneris (Kansas City Athletics, September 8, 1965), Cesar Tovar (Minnesota Twins, September 22, … - Gareth Sheldon
Gareth Richard Sheldon (born January 31, 1980 in Birmingham, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Conference North side Tamworth, where he plays as a striker. - Ken Sheldon
Kenneth "Ken" Sheldon (born 13 February 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. - Ransom Sheldon
Ransom Sheldon was the founder of Houghton, a city in the county of Houghton, Michigan. Around 1850, Sheldon bought land near Portage Lake and later opened a store on southern side. (Ten years later he would build Pewabic House, the oldest still-extant building in Hancock, Michigan.) An investor in several lumber yards, in 1871 he was elected as president of the town, a position he held for seven years until his death. - Mary Seney Sheldon
Mary R. Seney Sheldon (July 3, 1863-June 16, 1913) was the first female president of the New York Philharmonic. She is credited with reorganizing the orchestra into a modern institution in 1909. One of her major contributions was the hiring of Gustav Mahler. - George L. Sheldon
George Lawson Sheldon (May 31, 1870 - April 4, 1960) was the governor of Nebraska from 1907 until 1909. He was a Republican. - Lewis Sheldon
Lewis Pendleton Sheldon (June 9, 1874 - February 18, 1960) was an American athlete who competed in jumping events in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won bronze medals in triple jump and standing high jump. - Donald Sheldon
Donald "Don" Edward Sheldon (November 21, 1921 - January 26, 1975) was a famous Alaskan bush pilot who pioneered the technique of glacier landings in and around Mt. McKinley (Denali) throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Don was born in Mt. Morrison, Colorado and grew up in Wyoming. At age 17 he he journeyed to Alaska to seek work and adventure. Although he was already a pilot, Don served in World War II as a gunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress crew over Europe. - Sidney Sheldon
Sidney Sheldon was an American writer who won awards in three careers—a Broadway playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best-selling novelist. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965-70), "Hart to Hart" (1979-84), and "The Patty Duke Show" (1963-66), but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as "Master of the Game" (1982), … - Jack Sheldon
Jack Sheldon (born November 30, 1931) is an American bebop and West Coast jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor. Sheldon was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He originally became known through his participation in the West Coast jazz movement of the 1950s, performing and recording with such figures as Art Pepper, Gerry Mulligan, and Curtis Counce. In the 1960s Sheldon starred in his own TV series "Run Buddy Run", and played trumpet, … - Oliver Sheldon
Oliver Sheldon (1894-1951) was a director of the Rowntree Company in York, in the UK, in the 1920s. He was closely involved in restructuring the management and organisation of the growing confectionery company at a stage where its growth meant by necessity it had to move away from the personal, family-centred management of its founder, Joseph Rowntree, towards a more professional culture. - Charles Sheldon
Charles Sheldon (February 26, 1857 Wellsville, New York - February 24, 1946) was an American minister in the Congregational churches and leader of the Social Gospel movement. Sheldon is a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover (Class of 1879). He became an advocate of the late nineteenth century stream of thought known as Christian Socialism. His theological outlook focused on the practicalities of the moral life, … - Chris Sheldon
Chris Sheldon is a record producer, particularly of rock music, based in London, UK. He has produced or mixed records for the Foo Fighters, Feeder, Biffy Clyro and Reuben amongst others. - Gilbert Sheldon
Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury, was born at Stanton in the parish of Ellastone, Staffordshire, and educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1622 and was appointed chaplain to Lord Coventry (1578-1640). Four years later he was elected warden of All Souls College, Oxford. During the years 1632-1639 he received the livings of Hackney (1633); Oddington, Oxfordshire; Ickford, Buckinghamshire (1636); and Newington, … - William Herbert Sheldon
William Herbert Sheldon (November 19, 1898 - September 17, 1977) was an American psychologist and numismatist. Sheldon distinguished himself in both fields; in psychology, Sheldon pioneered the use of anthropometry in the development of his categories of somatotypes, and in numismatics, Sheldon authored "Penny Whimsy", the first work to extensively catalog the varieties of early American large cents. - George Sheldon
George Sheldon is a prolific American freelance writer, journalist and author. - Gene Sheldon
Gene Sheldon (1908-1982) was an American comic actor specializing in pantomime as his career and broadcasted on Toledo's radio in 1925. Born Eugene Hume in Columbus, Ohio, he is best remembered as the mute servant Bernardo on "Zorro". Gene learned to be quiet when his magician father Earl had him dressed up as a lass on stage. He appeared on various other Walt Disney programs in the 1950s and 1960s. - Charles H. Sheldon
Charles H. Sheldon (September 12, 1840 - October 20, 1898) was the second Governor of South Dakota. - Rollie Sheldon
Rollie Sheldon (born December 17, 1936 in Putnam, Connecticut), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1961-1962 and 1964-1966. In 1961, Sheldon had a sensational rookie season for the New York Yankees with 11 wins, but would never match that total ever again in his career. He was soon traded after four years in New York and his career quickly ended with the Boston Red Sox in 1966. - Lionel Allen Sheldon
Lionel Allen Sheldon (August 30, 1828 - January 17, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Born in Worcester, New York, Sheldon moved with his parents to Lagrange, Ohio. He attended the district school and Oberlin College, Ohio from 1848 to 1850 and was graduated from the Fowler Law School, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1853. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Elyria, Ohio. Probate judge of Lorain County, Ohio, in 1856 and 1857. - Jackie Sheldon
Jackie Sheldon (born January 1887) was an English footballer who played for Liverpool during the early part of the 20th Century. - Lee Sheldon
Lee Sheldon is a game designer, book author, and television producer and scriptwriter. He is the author of the mystery novel "Impossible Bliss", a non-fiction book "Character Development and Storytelling for Games" and the designer of the Agatha Christie video game series published by The Adventure Company ("And Then There Were None", "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Evil under the Sun"). - Flora Sheldon
Flora Sheldon (Ohio, March 17, 1872 - September 4, 1920) was the wife of Samuel Prescott Bush and the mother of Prescott Bush, the grandmother of George H. W. Bush, and the great-grandmother of George W. Bush. Her parents were Robert Emmet Sheldon and Mary Elizabeth Butler. Her sixth-generation ancestor Robert Livingston the Elder (b. 1654) was an ancestor of Hamilton Fish, Thomas Kean, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others. - Kate Sheldon
Kate Sheldon (born September 25 in Talkeetna, Alaska) is an American actress best known for her role as Nadira in "Power Rangers: Time Force". Prior to Power Rangers, she opened up an acting school for kids in Edwards, Colorado with her fellow Power Rangers castmates Jason Faunt and Vernon Wells as instructors. - Norman Sheldon
Norman Sheldon is a former soccer player and hall of famer who played on Team Canada in the early half of 1900s. Norman Sheldon immigrated to Canada, more specifically Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1907 after an outstanding junior soccer career in Scotland. It was the community of Prince Albert where Norman Sheldon continued to play the game he loved until 1929. Throughout that time period, Norman was chosen three times to represent Canada. - Tim Sheldon
Tim Sheldon has served two terms as a Democrat in the Washington State Senate, representing the 35th district, after serving four terms in the state House of Representatives. In November 2006 he was re-elected to a third, four-year term. Sheldon currently serves on the Senate Transportation and Higher Education Committees. - George Sheldon
George Sheldon (1818-1916) led one of the first historic preservation societies in the United States. He was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, educated at Deerfield Academy, and worked as a farmer. In 1844 he married Susan Stewart of Dummerston, Vermont, and from 1853 to 1857 lived in Chicopee, Massachusetts. In 1857 he was appointed Justice of the Peace at Deerfield and in 1867 was elected as a representative to the General Court, the state legislature of Massachusetts. - David Sheldon
David Sheldon was a professional wrestler who wrestled as Angel of Death in the Jim Crockett Promotions. David Sheldon also wrestled for WCCW, N.W.A Mid-South and Stu Hart's Stampede. He originally wrestled in California as part of a stable called Powerteam USA, which also featured a young Warrior and Sting. After the group's breakup, he followed Sting and Warrior to Bill Watts' UWF, based in Louisiana. - William Wallace Barbour Sheldon
William Wallace Barbour Sheldon, commonly known as Wallace, was an architectural engineer and pioneer of California. Being a leading figure of the Pacific Improvement Company, which was created for the express purpose of developing the California coast to increase tourism and make the railroads more profitable, he is an important figure in California history as well as the railroad industry, … - Dan Sheldon
Dan Sheldon (born May 23, 1982) is an American football player who was signed on September 19, 2006 to the Chicago Bears practice squad. On September 27, he was released from the practice squad. Sheldon is a punt and kick returner who excels in the open field. Although undrafted, Sheldon has been cut by several teams, including the Colts and the Cardinals, but never gave up in his dream of becoming a professional football player. - Richard Sheldon
Richard Sheldon was the winner of the gold medal in the men's shot put at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. Sheldon, an American, won with a throw of 14.10 m. He also won a bronze medal in the discus throw. - Porter Sheldon
Porter Sheldon (September 29, 1831 - August 15, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Victor, New York, Sheldon completed preparatory studies. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 at Batavia, New York, and commenced practice in Randolph, New York. He moved to Rockford, Illinois, in 1857 and continued the practice of law. He served as member of the Illinois constitutional convention in 1861. - Herb Sheldon
Herb Sheldon (January 1913 - July 21, 1964) was born Herbert Sussman in Brooklyn, New York. Sheldon was originally slated to train for a career in textiles, but a scholarship at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and some work in the theater sidetracked his plans. - Alex Sheldon
Alex Sheldon is a British teenage actor based in Blackpool. Since 2005 he has played the part of Ed Booth in the long-running BBC children's drama Grange Hill. - Trevor Sheldon
- Louis P. Sheldon
Rev. Louis P. "Lou" Sheldon (born 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is an American Presbyterian pastor and Chairman of the social conservative organization, the Traditional Values Coalition. He is an opponent of homosexuality in general and the gay rights movement which inspired him to write a book on the subject called "The Agenda: The homosexual plan to change America". He is also opposed to hate crime legislation. Sheldon was born and raised in Washington, D.C., …
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