Shaughnessy is a family surname of Irish origin that is sometimes used as a first name.
It may also refer to:
- O'Shaughnessy, a traditional Irish surname
- Shaughnessy, Vancouver, a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Shaughnessy Village, a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Shaughnessy, Alberta, a village in Canada
- Charles Shaughnessy (born 1955), English television, theatre and film actor
- Clark Shaughnessy (1892 – 1970), American Football coach
- Edward L. Shaughnessy, expert on early Chinese history
- Francis Shaughnessy (1911 – 1982), American ice hockey player
- Frank Shaughnessy (1884 – 1969), minor league baseball official who invented a playoff system
- Shaughnessy playoff system, postseason tournament format invented by Frank Shaughnessy and adopted by American professional sports leagues
- Meghann Shaughnessy (born 1979), American professional tennis player
- Mina P. Shaughnessy (1924 – 1978), a pioneering academic in the field of Basic Writing
- Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall, Canadian journalist
- Shaughnessy Cohen (1948 - 1998), Canadian politician
- Shaughnessy Cohen Award, writing award established in her memory
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