In 1999, Shawn Fanning released Napster, the first of the massively popular peer-to-peer file sharing systems.

* Shawn Fanning – Creator and Owner of MP3 music downloading application, Napster.

* 1980 – Shawn Fanning, American Internet entrepreneur ( Napster )

In 2000, Shawn Fanning appeared as a presenter at the MTV VMAs.

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The realization of the market for downloadable music grew widespread around the time of Napster, a music and file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning that made a major impact on the Internet scene during the year 2000.

* November 22 – Shawn Fanning, American computer programmer.

* 2001: Shawn Fanning, Founder, Napster, Inc.

* 2001: Shawn Fanning, Founder, Napster, Inc.

* Shawn Fanning ( born 1980 ), a computer programmer and creator of the original Napster application.

Napster was started in 1999 by Shawn Fanning, then an 18-year-old freshman computer science student at Northeastern University.

In 1996, John Fanning, uncle of Napster founder Shawn Fanning, started Chess. net, a commercial Internet chess server to rival ICS.

When Parker was 15, he met 14 year-old Shawn Fanning over the internet, where the two bonded over topics like theoretical physics and hacking.

In 2011, Parker reunited with Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning to found Airtime. com.

Others such as department store magnate James Cash Penney, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, actor / martial artist Chuck Norris, wrestlers Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, AJ Styles, Ted DiBiase and wrestler Sting, and actors Jesse McCartney, Kirk Cameron, and Mr. T are also mentioned as being born again.

* Shawn Marion ( born 1978 ), aka The Matrix, American basketball player

Wallace Michael Shawn ( born November 12, 1943 ) is an American actor and playwright.

Shawn was born into a prominent Jewish family in New York City, where he continues to reside.

Hip Hop artists are known to use stage names but at times do advertise or bring out their real names such as rappers Jay-Z ( born Shawn Carter ), 50 Cent ( born Curtis Jackson ), Diddy ( born Sean Combs ), Ludacris ( born Chris Bridges ), and Lil ' Wayne ( born Dwayne Carter Jr .).

* Michael Cole ( born Michael Shawn Coulthard ), announcer on WWE Raw and former journalist with CBS Radio.

* Shawn Mayer ( born 1979 ), NFL who played safety for the Cleveland Browns.

The two raised one child, a daughter from Norma Ailes ' earlier relationship, Shawn C. Ailes Visco Ferrer ( born July 1968 ), now a television producer.

Shawn Corey Carter ( born December 4, 1969 ), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and occasional actor.

* Shawn Daivari ( born 1984 ), American wrestler who has performed as " Sheik Abdul Bashir "

Shawn Paul Bradley ( born March 22, 1972 ) is a retired American and German ( dual citizen ) basketball player who played center for the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Nets and the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association.

* Shawn Bradley ( born 1972 ), retired American basketball player

Shawn David Green ( born November 10, 1972 ) is a former Major League Baseball player.

Shawn Michael Graham, MLA ( born February 22, 1968 ) is a New Brunswick politician, who served as the 31st Premier of New Brunswick.

Shawn Graham was born the year after his father's first election as MLA for Kent County, New Brunswick.

Shawn Colvin ( born January 10, 1956 ) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

MC Shan ( born as Shawn Moltke September 9, 1965 ) is an American rapper from Queens, NYC.

Their marriage was annulled before her son, Shawn, was born.

Timothy Shawn " Tim " Abell ( born July 1, 1958 ) is an American film and television actor.

Shawn Mathis Wayans ( born January 19, 1971 ) is an American actor, DJ, producer, writer and comedian who starred in In Living Color and The Wayans Bros.