Notable People
Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Shapiro (disambiguation)
- Alan Shapiro, American poet
- Alan Shapiro, American education reformer
- Alex Shapiro, American composer
- Ari Shapiro, a reporter with National Public Radio
- Arthur K. Shapiro, psychiatrist and expert on the Tourette syndrome (1923–1995)
- Arthur Shapiro, entamologist and ecologist
- Ascher H. Shapiro, MIT professor and expert in fluid dynamics (1916–2004)
- Ben Shapiro, conservative American political columnist
- Bernard Shapiro, academic, civil servant
- Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist
- Carl Shapiro, (born 1955) UC Berkeley economist and mathematician
- Carl J. Shapiro (born 1913), Boston philanthropist
- Carol Harris-Shapiro, Reconstructionist rabbi
- Chaim Elazar Shapiro, rabbi
- Charles S. Shapiro, American diplomat
- David Shapiro, economist at Pennsylvania State University
- David Shapiro, American poet
- David Shapiro, birth name of Dr. Cat, video game developer
- David I. Shapiro, attorney
- Ehud Shapiro, Israeli computer scientist
- Elisha Shapiro, American neo-Dada artist & presidential candidate.
- Eric Shapiro, American writer
- Florence Shapiro, American politician
- Fred R. Shapiro, American legal librarian and editor
- George Shapiro, American Talent Producer
- Gerald Shapiro (disambiguation)
- Harold S. Shapiro, mathematics professor
- Harold T. Shapiro, American university president
- Harvey Shapiro, cellist
- Helen Shapiro, British singer
- Ian Shapiro, American political scientist
- Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, mathematician (1929–2009)
- Irwin I. Shapiro, astrophysicist
- Irving Shapiro (1904–1931), one of the Shapiro Brothers, New York City labor racketeers
- Irving S. Shapiro, attorney, former CEO of Dupont
- J. David Shapiro, American filmmaker and stand-up comedian
- Jacob Shapiro, mobster
- James Shapiro (disambiguation), several people, including:
- James A. Shapiro, American biologist
- James S. Shapiro (born 1955), professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and non-fiction author
- Jeremy J. Shapiro, professor at Fielding Graduate University.
- Jesse Shapiro, American economist
- Jim Shapiro, musician (Veruca Salt)
- Joel Shapiro, artist and sculptor
- Jonathan Shapiro, South African political cartoonist
- Judith Shapiro, former president of Barnard College
- Justine Shapiro, Documentary Filmmaker and Globe Trekker host
- Karl Jay Shapiro, United States poet
- Laurie Gwen Shapiro, American novelist and filmmaker
- Lee Shapiro, American film maker, killed by the Soviet military in Afghanistan
- Linda Hopkins Shapiro, better known as Tera Patrick, a former American pornographic actress
- Marc B. Shapiro, professor of Judaic Studies at University of Scranton
- Mark Shapiro, general manager of the Cleveland Indians baseball team
- Mark H. Shapiro, professor of Physics, Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton
- Marla Shapiro, Canadian medical doctor, author and health journalist (print, television)
- Meir Shapiro, Orthodox rabbi
- Mendel Shapiro, Modern Orthodox Rabbi
- Meyer Shapiro (1908–1931), one of the Shapiro Brothers, New York City labor racketeers
- Michael Shapiro, voice actor known for the Half-Life series of computer games
- Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, composer and music director of the Chappaqua Orchestra
- Michael J. Shapiro, professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Nat Mayer Shapiro, American visual artist
- Neal Shapiro, president of PBS station Thirteen/WNET New York City.
- Nevin Shapiro (born 1969), convicted American fraudster and central figure in the 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal
- Norma Levy Shapiro, United States federal judge
- Norman Shapiro, American mathematician and computer scientist
- Paul Shapiro (activist), American animal activist
- Paul Shapiro (director), American television director
- Paul Shapiro (musician), American Klezmer musician
- Peter Shapiro, British music journalist
- Peter Shapiro, New Jersey financial executive and former politician
- Rashi Shapiro, Orthodox rabbi, Jewish folk-rock musician, psychologist
- Refael Shapiro, Orthodox rabbi
- Rick Shapiro, comedian and actor
- Robert Shapiro, American chemist
- Robert Shapiro (born 1942), American lawyer most famous as a member of the defense team in the O. J. Simpson murder case
- Robert B. Shapiro, CEO Monsanto 1995-2000, CEO NutraSweet 1982-1990
- Robert J. Shapiro, economist
- Robert H. Shapiro (1935–2004), American chemist
- Samantha Harris Shapiro, American TV host (Dancing with the Stars, Entertainment Tonight)
- Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987), 34th Governor of Illinois
- Saul Shapiro, president of the Metropolitan Television Alliance, LLC (MTVA)
- Seymour Shapiro, an American chemist who pioneered development of pharmaceuticals for use against diabetes
- Sidney Shapiro, an American author and translator
- Stanley J. Shapiro, professor Emeritus of Marketing at Simon Fraser University
- Steve Shapiro, American music producer
- Stewart Shapiro, philosopher and logician
- Sumner Shapiro, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and former director of the Office of Naval Intelligence
- Ted Shapiro, U.S. popular music composer, pianist, and sheet music publisher
- Theodore Shapiro, composer
- Todd Shapiro, Canadian radio show host
- William "Willie" Shapiro (1911–1934), one of the Shapiro Brothers, New York City labor racketeers
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