People
Shields is a surname of Gaelic-Irish origin. It has a similar meaning to the English surname Shepherd and originated as an occupational surname in the same sense.
- Brooke Shields, American actress
- Carol Shields, American author
- Carol Shields (ophthalmologist) (née Lally), American doctor
- Clayton Shields, American basketball player
- Eileen Shields, footwear designer
- Francis Alexander Shields, Brooke Shields' father
- Frank Shields, American tennis player and actor
- Jake Shields, Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- James Shields, Irish-born American general and politician
- James Shields (baseball), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jimi Shields, musician
- John Shields (explorer), member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- John Shields (chef), American chef, food writer, and TV host
- John K. Shields, U.S. senator from Tennessee
- Kevin Shields, musician
- Larry Shields, American dixieland jazz clarinetist
- Mark Shields, American political pundit
- Mark Shields (police commissioner), Jamaica's Deputy Police Commissioner from 2005 to 2009
- Michael Shields (disambiguation)
- Mick Shields, Australian rugby league footballer
- Paul Shields (disambiguation)
- Sam Shields, American National Football League cornerback
- Scot Shields, American baseball player
- Steve Shields (baseball), retired American baseball player
- Steve Shields (basketball coach), head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Steve Shields (ice hockey), National Hockey League goaltender
- Teri Shields (née Schmon), Brooke Shields' mother
- Thomas Todhunter Shields, leader of Canadian Fundamentalists
- Tyler Shields, American photographer
- Will Shields, American National Football League player
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“The little dog lay curled and did not rise
But slept the deeper as the ashes rose
And found the people incomplete,”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)
“The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)