| Samuel Sanford Shapiro | |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1930 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Statistics |
| Workplaces: | Florida International University |
| Alma Mater: | Rutgers University Columbia University City College of New York |
| Doctoral Advisors: | )--> |
| Known For: | Shapiro–Wilk test Shapiro–Francia test |
Samuel Sanford Shapiro (July 13, 1930 – November 5, 2023) was an American statistician and engineer. He was a professor emeritus of statistics at Florida International University. He was known for his co-authorship of the Shapiro–Wilk test and the Shapiro–Francia test.
A native of New York City, Shapiro graduated from City College of New York with a degree in statistics in 1952, and took an MS in industrial engineering at Columbia University in 1954. He briefly served as a statistician in the US Army Chemical Corps, before earning a MS (1960) and PhD (1963) in statistics at Rutgers University. In 1972 he joined the faculty at Florida International University.
In 1987 he was elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[1]
Shapiro died on November 5, 2023, at the age of 93.[2]