# Shelby (name)

Shelby is a surname and may also be a given name. Notable people with the name include:

## People with the name
### Given name

* Shelby (given name)
* Shelby Lee Adams (born 1950), American photographer
* Shelby Babcock (born 1992), American softball player
* Shelby Bach (born 1986), American children's writer
* Shelby Blackstock (born 1990), American racing driver
* Shelby Brewer (1937–2015), American nuclear engineer
* Shelby Bryan (born 1946), American technology executive
* Shelby Chong (born 1948), American comedian, actress, and producer
* Shelby Ivey Christie, American fashion and costume historian
* Shelby Coffey III (born 1946/1947), American journalist and business executive
* Shelby Moore Cullom (1829–1914), member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and 17th Governor of Illinois
* Shelby Cullom Davis (1909–1994), American investment banker, philanthropist and United States Ambassador to Switzerland
* Shelby Davis (born 1937), American money manager; son of Shelby Cullom Davis
* Shelby Dressel (born 1990), American singer-songwriter
* Shelby Earl (born 1976), American singer-songwriter
* Shelby Fero (born 1993), American comedian and screenwriter
* Shelby Flint (born 1939), American singer-songwriter
* Shelby Foote (1916–2005), American historian and novelist
* Shelby Gaines (fl. mid-1990s), American musician and visual artist
* Shelby Grant (1936–2011), American actress born Brenda Thompson
* Shelby Harris (born 1991), American football player
* Shelby Millard Harrison (1881–1970), American social scientist
* Shelby Hearon (1931–2016), American writer
* Shelby Highsmith (1929–2015), American federal judge
* Shelby Hogan (born 1998), American soccer goalkeeper
* Shelby Holliday (fl. 2008), American television journalist
* Shelby Houlihan (born 1993), American runner
* Shelby Howard (born 1985), American racing driver
* Shelby Hughes (1981–2014), American artist and designer
* Shelby D. Hunt (1939–2022), American business theorist
* Shelby J. (born 1972), American singer-songwriter
* Shelby Jacobs (1935–2022), American engineer
* Shelby James (born 1973), American sport cyclist
* Shelby Jordan (1952–2022), American football player
* Shelby Kisiel (born 1994), American rhythmic gymnast
* Shelby Kutty (fl. 1990s), Indian-born American cardiologist
* Shelby A. Laxson (1913–1982), American politician
* Shelby F. Lewis, American political scientist and scholar
* Shelby Lindley (born 1986), American voice actress
* Shelby Linville (1929–2008), American basketball player
* Shelby Lynne (born 1968), American singer-songwriter
* Shelby Lyons (born 1981), American retired figure skater
* Shelby Metcalf (1930–2007), American basketball coach
* Shelby Miller (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
* Shelby Pierson (fl. mid-1990s), American intelligence official
* Shelby Rabara (born 1983), American actress and dancer
* Shelby Robertson (fl. 1993), American comics artist
* Shelby Rogers (born 1992), American tennis player
* Shelby Sherritt, Australian ceramicist
* Shelby Singleton (1931–2009), American record producer and record label owner
* Shelby Starner (1984–2003), American singer-songwriter and musician
* Shelby Steele (born 1946), American author, columnist, documentary film maker and academic
* Shelby G. Tilford (1937–2022), American scientist
* Shelby Tracy Tom (1963–2003), Canadian female murder victim
* Shelby Tucker (born 1935), American lawyer and journalist
* Shelby Walker (1937–2006), American boxer
* Shelby Westbrook (1922–2016), American aviator and Tuskegee Airman
* Shelby Whitfield (1935–2013), American sportscaster
* Shelby Wilson (born 1937), American wrestler and 1960 Olympic gold medalist
* Shelby Young (born 1992), American actress

### Surname

* Carroll Shelby (1923–2012), automobile racer, designer and entrepreneur
* Charlotte Shelby (1877–1957), Broadway actress
* Don Shelby (born 1947), news anchor who popularized the Pratt-Shelby knot, a method for tying a necktie
* Isaac Shelby (1750–1826), first and fifth Governor of Kentucky
* Jane S. Richardson (born 1941), née Shelby, American biophysicist who developed protein ribbon diagrams
* Joseph O. Shelby (1830–1897), Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War
* John Shelby (born 1958), former Major League Baseball player
* Margaret Shelby (1900–1939), American stage and motion picture actress
* Lon R. Shelby (1935–2018), American academic
* Richard Shelby (born 1934), United States Senator from Alabama, formerly a United States Representative and an Alabama state senator
* Thomas Shelby (disambiguation)

## Fictional characters

* Shelby, an earthworm character in the animated series Adventure Time
* Shelby (dog), Clark Kent's dog in the TV series Smallville
* Shelby, the family name of the principal gangsters featured in the BBC TV series Peaky Blinders and the name of their family business
* Tommy Shelby, main character and gangster-politician in Peaky Blinders (TV series)
* Shelby Corcoran, in the TV series Glee
* Shelby Cummings, in the film A Cinderella Story
* Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie, in the play Steel Magnolias and its film adaptation
* Shelby Marcus, from Best Friends Whenever
* Shelby Marx, in the episode iFight Shelby Marx from the Nickelodeon TV series iCarly played by Victoria Justice
* Shelby Merrick, in the TV series Higher Ground
* Shelby Watkins, in the TV series Power Rangers Dino Charge
* Shelby Wyatt, in the TV series Quantico
* Shelby Woo, in the TV series The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
* Shelby, from The Wolves of Mercy Falls Shelby Marie Thompson, ficcional character created in 2016, She is a Blond girl from Califórnia who wears braces and has low Intelligence and drives BMWs. She is also a lesbian.