Kershaw

Kershaw as a surname derives from a topographical identifier in the northern dialect of Middle English: kirk "church" and shaw "grove". Places named Kirkshaw include Kirkshaw in the parish of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and two hamlets in West Yorkshire.

People

• Alex Kershaw (born 1966), American Historian
• Abbey Lee Kershaw (born 1987), Australian fashion model
• Fraser Kershaw Activist, and Actor
• Andy Kershaw (born 1959), British radio DJ
• Anthony Kershaw (1915–2008), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament 1955 to 1987
• Betty Kershaw (born 1943), British professor of nursing
• Billy Kershaw, rugby league footballer of the 2000s
• Bob Kershaw, South African fighter pilot in World War II
• Cecil Kershaw (1895–1972), British fencer and rugby union footballer during the 1920s
• Clayton Kershaw (born 1988), US baseball player
• Devon Kershaw (born 1982), Canadian cross country skier
• Doug Kershaw (born 1936), American fiddle player
• Harry Kershaw, rugby league footballer of the 1890s and 1900s
• Herbert Kershaw, English rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s
• H. V. Kershaw (1918–1992), British dramatist
• Ian Kershaw (born 1943), British historian
• Jack Kershaw (1913–2010), American attorney
• Joseph B. Kershaw (1822–1894), Confederate general
• Kim Kershaw (born 1959), Australian rules footballer, father of Abbey Lee Kershaw
• L.R. Kershaw (1880–1969), pioneer Oklahoma settler, developer, banker and cattleman
• Les Kershaw, chief scout and academy director for Manchester United
• Liz Kershaw (born 1960), UK music broadcaster
• Nellie Kershaw (1891–1924), UK textile worker and the first asbestos victim
• Nik Kershaw (born 1958), UK singer-songwriter
• Richard Kershaw (1934–2014), UK television reporter
• Sammy Kershaw (born 1958), singer and songwriter, a relative of the Cajun fiddler, Doug Kershaw

Things

• Baron Kershaw, UK title
• Kershaw Knives, corporation

Places

• Kershaw, South Carolina
• Kershaw County, South Carolina