Kershaw is an English-language surname deriving from a topographical identifier in the northern dialect of Middle English: kirk meaning "church" and shaw meaning "grove". Places named Kirkshaw include Kirkshaw in the parish of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and two hamlets in West Yorkshire. The Kershaw (anciently spelled "Kyrkeshagh") family resided at Town House, Rochdale from the Middle Ages until the early modern period.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
Alex Kershaw (born 1966), American historian
Abbey Lee Kershaw (born 1987), Australian fashion model
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 who played in the 2000s
Bob Kershaw (died 1998), 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), American baseball player
Devon Kershaw (born 1982), Canadian cross-country skier
Doug Kershaw (born 1936), American fiddle player
Elinor Kershaw (1884–1971), American actress
Fraser Kershaw, activist and actor
Harry Kershaw, rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s
Harry Clement Kershaw (1906–1985), British trade unionist
Herbert Kershaw, English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s
H. V. Kershaw (1918–1992), British dramatist
Ian Kershaw (born 1943), British historian
J.C. Kershaw (1871–1959), British entomologist
Jack Kershaw (1913–2010), American attorney
John Kershaw (disambiguation), several people
Joseph B. Kershaw (1822–1894), Confederate general
Joseph Franklin Kershaw (1884–1917), English artist
Kenneth A. Kershaw (1930–2019), British-Canadian botanist and lichenologist
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 1958), UK music broadcaster
Mary Kershaw, US museum director
May Kershaw, UK musician
Nellie Kershaw (1891–1924), UK textile worker and the first asbestos victim
Nik Kershaw (born 1958), UK singer-songwriter
Noreen Kershaw (born 1950), UK actor
Paul Dudley Kershaw (1926–2006), Cajun singer and musician, Cousin to Doug and Sammy Kershaw, Cajun Artists
Peter Kershaw (palynologist), Australian palynologist who did key work on dating Gunditjmara aquaculture
Peter Kershaw, British tennis player and chairman at Joseph Holt's Brewery
Richard Kershaw (1934–2014), UK television reporter
Sammy Kershaw (born 1958), singer and songwriter, a relative of the Cajun fiddler, Doug Kershaw
Thomas Kershaw (disambiguation), several people
Willette Kershaw (1882–1960), American actress
^Fishwick, Henry (1889). History of Rochdale(PDF). pp. 442–449.
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