# Shamus

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**Shamus** may refer to:

- [*Shamus* (video game)](/source/Shamus_(computer_game)), a 1982 computer game from Synapse Software
- [*Shamus* (film)](/source/Shamus_(film)), a 1973 film starring Burt Reynolds
- Shamus Wong, a character from the children's book [Tracey McBean](/source/Tracey_McBean)
- Colloquial term for a [private detective](/source/Private_investigator)
- [Shamus Award](/source/Shamus_Award) for best detective fiction
- [Shamus Award](/source/Shamus_Award_(horse)) (horse)

## People

- [Shamus Culhane](/source/Shamus_Culhane) (1908–1996), American animator, film director and producer
- [Shamus Khan](/source/Shamus_Khan) (born 1978), American sociologist
- [Shamus O'Brien](/source/Shamus_O'Brien_(soccer)) (1907–1981), Scottish-American soccer player
- Gareb Shamus, CEO of [Wizard Entertainment](/source/Wizard_Entertainment)

## See also

- [Shamu](/source/Shamu), SeaWorld's first killer whale (died 1971)
- [Shamu (SeaWorld show)](/source/Shamu_(SeaWorld_show)), SeaWorld's contemporary killer whale shows
- [Seamus (disambiguation)](/source/Seamus_(disambiguation))
- [Sheamus](/source/Sheamus) (born 1978), Irish professional wrestler
- *Shammes* or [Gabbai](/source/Gabbai), a term for the sexton or caretaker of a synagogue

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