'''Sheldon''' is an English surname, as well as a masculine given name, combining the Old English ''scelf'' (rock ledge shelf) and the place name ''haddon'', which in turn comes from the words ''hǣth'' (heath) and ''dūn'' (hill; but also, valley).<ref>https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=sheldon</ref> Popular family history groups and notable people with the name include:

==Given name== *Sheldon Adelson (1933–2021), American billionaire businessman *Sheldon Arnold (born 2002), American football player *Sheldon Bach (1925–2021), American psychologist *Shel Bachrach (1944–2024), American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist *Shelley Berman (1925–2017), American comedian, born Sheldon *Sheldon Blockburger (born 1964), American decathlete *Sheldon Brookbank (born 1980), Canadian hockey player *Sheldon Brooks (1811–1883), American businessman, physician, and politician *Sheldon Brown (American football) (born 1979), American football player *Sheldon Brown (artist) (born 1962), American artist and professor of computer art *Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic) (1944–2008), American bicycle mechanic, writer, and webmaster *Sheldon Burnside (born 1954), American baseball player *Sheldon Canley (born 1968), American football player *Sheldon Clare, Canadian politician *Sheldon S. Cohen (1927–2018), American lawyer *Sheldon Creed (born 1997), American racing driver *Sheldon Day (born 1994), American football player *Sheldon Drobny (1945–2020), American investor *Sheldon V. Ekman (1920–1982), United States Tax Court judge *Sheldon Gaines (born 1964), American football player *Sheldon Glashow (born 1932), American 1979 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics *Sheldon Harnick (1924–2023), American lyricist *Sheldon Lejeune (1885–1962), American baseball player *Sheldon Jackson (1834–1909), American missionary *Sheldon Jackson (American football) (born 1976), American football player *Sheldon Jackson (cricketer) (born 1986), Indian cricketer *Sheldon Jones (1922–1991), American baseball player *Sheldon Kennedy (born 1969), Canadian hockey player *Sheldon Lavin (1932–2023), American billionaire and owner, CEO and chairman of OSI Group *Sheldon Leonard (1907–1997), American actor *Sheldon Mallory (born 1953), American baseball player *Sheldon Neuse (born 1994), American baseball player *Sheldon Price (born 1991), American football player *Sheldon Rankins (born 1994), American football player *Sheldon Richardson (born 1990), American football player *Sheldon Silver (1944–2022), United States politician *Shel Silverstein (1930–1999), American poet, songwriter, cartoonist, and children's book author *Sheldon Souray (born 1976), Canadian hockey player *Sheldon van der Linde (born 1999), South African racing driver *Sheldon White (born 1965), American football player and executive *Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955), Democratic United States Senator from Rhode Island

==Surname== * Alice Sheldon (1915-1987), American Science Fiction author. * Alexander Sheldon (1766–1832), Speaker of the New York State Assembly * A J Sheldon (1874–1931), music critic * Benjamin R. Sheldon (1811–1897), American jurist * Bob Sheldon (born 1950), American baseball player * Brady Sheldon (born 1993), American football player * Brooke E. Sheldon (1931–2013), American librarian * Charles Sheldon (1857–1946), American Congregationalist minister * Charles H. Sheldon (1840–1898), American politician * Chris Sheldon (born 1962), English record producer * David Sheldon (disambiguation), various people * Dominic Sheldon, Anglo-Irish soldier * Donald Sheldon (1921–1975), Alaskan bush pilot * Edward Sheldon (1886–1946), American dramatist * Fred Sheldon (English footballer) (1871–?), English footballer for Stoke * Fred Sheldon (Welsh footballer), Welsh footballer for Aberdare Athletic * Frederick H. Sheldon (born 1951), American ornithologist * Gene Sheldon (Eugene Hume) (1908–1982), American pantomime actor * George Sheldon (preservationist) (1818–1916), American historian, judge, and politician * George L. Sheldon (1870–1960), American politician * Gilbert Sheldon (1598–1677), Archbishop of Canterbury and builder of the Sheldonian Theatre * Grace Carew Sheldon (1855–1921), American journalist, author, editor, businesswoman * Henry D. Sheldon (1874–1948), American educator * Ingrid Sheldon (born 1945), American politician * Jack Sheldon (1931–2019), American jazz trumpeter * Jacy Sheldon (born 2001), American basketball player * James M. Sheldon, (1880–1965), American football player * Jane Sheldon, Australian soprano * Jennie Maria Arms Sheldon (1852–1938), American entomologist, educator, and museum curator * Joseph Harold Sheldon (1893–1972), English physician and gerontologist * Lee Sheldon (writer), game developer and writer * Lewis Sheldon (1874–1960), American triple jumper * Lilian Sheldon (1862–1942), English zoologist * Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828–1917), American Civil War general, politician, lawyer * Louis P. Sheldon (1934–2020), American Presbyterian pastor and activist * Lurana W. Sheldon (1862–1945), American writer, editor, suffragist * Matthew Sheldon (born 1992), American soccer player * Mike Sheldon (born 1973), American football player * Oliver Sheldon (1894–1951), British businessman * Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon (1923–2020), British politician * Roland Sheldon (born 1936), American baseball player * Sam Sheldon (born 1989), Australian footballer * Scott Sheldon (born 1968), American baseball player * Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007), American screenwriter and novelist * Stagger Lee Sheldon (1865–1912), American murderer * Steve Sheldon, American politician * Wilfrid Percy Henry Sheldon, (1901–1983), English consulting physician * William Herbert Sheldon, (1899–1977), American psychologist * William Wallace Barbour Sheldon (1836–1915), American architect * Wilmon Henry Sheldon (1875–1981), American philosopher

==Fictional characters== *Paul Sheldon, character from the novel ''Misery'' *Sheldon Cooper, character from the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'' and the prequel series ''Young Sheldon'' *Sheldon Lee, a character in ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'' *Sheldon J. Plankton, a character in the animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' *Sheldon Mopes, protagonist of the 2002 film ''Death to Smoochy'' *Sheldon (webcomic), a daily webcomic *Sheldon, a seahorse in the ''Finding Nemo'' franchise *Tom Sheldon, a supporting character from the video game series ''Just Cause'' *Sheldon Hawkes, detective/doctor in ''CSI: NY'' *Sheldon, a chick in the comic strip ''U.S. Acres'' *Sheldon, a magical genie in the television series ''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'' *Sheldon, a character from the game ''Splatoon'' *Sheldon, butler at Stourton, Charles Rainier's country house in ''Random Harvest'' by James Hilton *Shelldon, snail in the animated series of the same title *Sheldon Dinkleberg, a character from ''The Fairly OddParents'' *Sheldon Wallace, a character from ''Private Practice'' *Sheldon, a squirrel from the game ''Animal Crossing'' *Sheldon, a character in the animated series ''Carl the Collector''

==Animals== *Sheldon, a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries

==See also== * Governor Sheldon (disambiguation) * Senator Sheldon (disambiguation) * Shel, a list of people with the given name, most actually named Sheldon

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