Shadrach
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Shadrach or Shadrack is a name from the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and may refer to:
Media[edit]
- "Shadrack" (Robert MacGimsey song), a 1962 popular song written in the 1930s by Robert MacGimsey
- Shadrach (novel), a 1953 children's book by Meindert De Jong
- Shadrach in the Furnace, a 1976 novel by Robert Silverberg
- "Shadrach," a 1978 short story by William Styron
- "Shadrach" (Beastie Boys song), a 1989 single by the Beastie Boys
- An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, a 1989 EP by the Beastie Boys
- Shadrach (film), a 1998 movie based on the William Styron short story
People[edit]
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three associated Biblical figures
- Shadrach Bond (a.k.a. Shadrack Bond, 1773–1832), first governor of the US State of Illinois
- Shadrack Ireland (died 1778), cult leader
- Shadrach Kabango, Canadian hip hop musician
- S. M. Lockridge (Dr. Shadrach Meshach Lockridge, 1913–2000), late pastor from California
- Shadrach Minkins (1814–1875), African American fugitive slave who in 1850 was captured in Boston, held by federal marshals and freed by a group of black men who broke into the courtroom
- Shadrach Roundy (1789–1872), early Latter Day Saint leader
- Shadrach Woods (1923–1973), American architect, urban planner and theorist
- Gracia Shadrack, Vanuatuan politician
Characters[edit]
- Shadrach Dingle, a fictional character on the British soap Emmerdale
- Shadrach, a mercenary in the novel Perdido Street Station
- Shadrack, a mentally-ill World War I veteran in the novel Sula by Toni Morrison
- Shadrack, an undertaker and employer of the title character in the novel Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
- Dr. Gregory Herd, a Marvel Comics character also known as Shadrac
- Shadrack the Great, a headless lion tamer's ghost in 13 Ghosts
- Shadrach Jones, the titular character in the short story The King of the Elves by Philip K. Dick