Shannon

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American football player Irish surname actor artistic gymnast astronaut boxer electrical engineer family name information theorist mathematician singer singer-songwriter surname

Shannon is a common Irish surname that originates from the River Shannon and is borne by numerous notable individuals, including mathematician and information theorist Claude Shannon.

Aliases (8)

Claude Shannon ×10
Del Shannon ×3
Shannon Briggs ×3
Shannon Elizabeth ×3
Shannon Hoon ×3
Shannon Lucid ×3
Shannon Miller ×3
Shannon Sharpe ×3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football player → Irish surname → actor → artistic gymnast → astronaut → boxer → electrical engineer → family name → information theorist → mathematician → singer → singer-songwriter → surname →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America →
derivedFrom	River Shannon →
familyName	Shannon → Shannon → Shannon → Shannon → Shannon → Shannon → Shannon → Shannon →
fieldOfWork	cryptography → electrical engineering → information theory →
hasCountryOfOrigin	Ireland →
hasEtymologicalOrigin	River Shannon →
hasLanguageOfOrigin	English → Irish →
hasNotableBearer	Claude Shannon → Del Shannon → Shannon Briggs → Shannon Elizabeth → Shannon Hoon → Shannon Lucid → Shannon Miller → Shannon Sharpe →
isUsedAs	given name →
knownFor	founding information theory →
memberOf	Blind Melon →
notableWork	A Mathematical Theory of Communication →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Betty Shannon → Claude Shannon → Claude Shannon → Del Shannon → Shannon Briggs → Shannon Elizabeth → Shannon Hoon → Shannon Lucid → Shannon Miller → Shannon Sharpe →	familyName
Shannon Briggs → Shannon Elizabeth → Shannon Hoon → Shannon Lucid → Shannon Miller → Shannon Sharpe →	givenName
Claude Shannon →	hasFamilyName