shanks

Shanks may refer to:

• Alison Shanks (born 1982), New Zealand professional racing cyclist
• Bill Shankly, British football manager nicknamed "Shanks"
• Bill Shanks, American sports broadcaster and writer
• Bruce Shanks (1908–1980), American editorial cartoonist
• Charles G. Shanks (1841–1895), American journalist and editor
• Daniel Shanks (1917–1996), American mathematician
• Don Shanks (footballer) (born 1952), British footballer
• Don Shanks (stuntman) (born 1950), American actor and stuntman
• Donald Shanks (bass-baritone) (1940–2011), Australian operatic bass-baritone
• Edward Shanks (1892–1953), English writer
• Emily Shanks (1857–1936), British painter, born in Russia
• George Shanks (born 1895), first translator of the Protocols of Zion into the English language
• Hershel Shanks (born 1930), founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society
• Howie Shanks (1890–1941), former professional baseball player
• John Shanks (born 1964), American rock musician and song writer
• John Peter Cleaver Shanks (1826–1901), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Juanita Craft (1902–1985), born Juanita Jewel Shanks, American civil rights pioneer
• Katrina Shanks (born 1969), New Zealand politician
• Michael Shanks (born 1970), Canadian actor best known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1
• Michael Shanks (archaeologist) (born 1959), British archaeologist
• Nancy Shanks, American singer associated with Tori Amos
• Nelson Shanks (1937–2015), American painter
• Niall Shanks (1959–2011), British-American professor of history and philosophy
• Norman Shanks, Church of Scotland minister
• Oliver Shanks (1915–1970), Canadian boxer
• Robert Shanks, English professional footballer
• Rosalind Shanks, British actress
• Simon Shanks (1977–2006), American football player
• Tommy Shanks (born 1880), Irish soccer player
• William Shanks (1812–1882), English amateur mathematician, famous for his calculation of over 500 of digits of p, by hand

Shanks ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

• Alexandra Shanks, Künstlername Lexa Doig (* 1973), kanadische Schauspielerin
• Alison Shanks (* 1982), neuseeländische Radrennfahrerin
• Daniel Shanks (1917–1996), US-amerikanischer Mathematiker
• Don Shanks (* 1950), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Stuntman indianischer Abstammung

• Edward Shanks (1892–1953), britischer Schriftsteller
• Emily Shanks (1857–1936), in Russland geborene, britische Malerin
• John Shanks, US-amerikanischer Musikproduzent, Songwriter und Gitarrist
• John P. C. Shanks (1826–1901), US-amerikanischer Politiker

• Nelson Shanks († 2015), US-amerikanischer Maler
• William Shanks (1812–1882), englischer Mathematiker

es un personaje ficticio del anime y manga One Piece, escrita y dibujada por Eiichirō Oda. "El Puño" Garp, abuelo de Luffy, piensa que fue Shanks quien inspiró a Luffy a ser pirata. Es también uno de los Yonkou. Asimismo intervino para detener de una vez por todas la guerra donde mataron a Barbablanca y que se había salido de control, volviéndose una matanza sin razón.

Een shank of shiv is een geïmproviseerd zelf-vervaardigd steekwapen. Shanks worden meestal vervaardigd uit alledaagse objecten op plaatsen waar streng gecontroleerd wordt op wapenbezit, zoals de gevangenis. Het is een publiek geheim dat zich in gevangenissen wereldwijd shanks bevinden die door gevangenen als wapen (of eventueel als zelfmoordmiddel) worden gebruikt.

Le genre Tringa regroupent des oiseaux limicoles (vivant dans la vase des marais) de la famille des Scolopacidae, nommés communément chevaliers. Les plus fréquemment rencontrés sont le Chevalier gambette (Tringa totanus) et le Chevalier cul-blanc (Tringa ochropus).