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- Mary Shelley (1797-1851), British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822), a major English Romantic poet
- Adrienne Shelly (1966 – 2006), American actress, director, and screenwriter
- Mick Shelly (1960-), Irish soccer player
- Pat Shelly, American breastfeeding activist
- Rubel Shelly, author, minister, and the current president of Rochester College
- Tony Shelly (1937–1998), racing driver from New Zealand
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