Shadrach Explained

Shadrach or Shadrack is the name of a man in the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. It may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Sgt. Shadrach Bickerstaff, a secondary antagonist in the British TV film Sharpe's Challenge
Shadrach Dingle, on the British soap Emmerdale
Shadrach Jones, the titular character in the short story "The King of the Elves" by Philip K. Dick
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

"Shadrack" (Robert MacGimsey song), a 1962 popular song written in the 1930s by Robert MacGimsey
"Shadrach" (Beastie Boys song), a 1989 single by the Beastie Boys
Shadrach (novel), a 1953 children's book by Meindert De Jong
"Shadrach," a 1978 short story by William Styron
Shadrach (film), a 1998 movie based on the Styron short story

Shadrach Bond (1773–1832), first governor of the US state of Illinois
Shadrach A. Hall (1835–1915), American politician
Shadrack Ireland (died 1778), cult leader
Shadrach Kabango, Canadian hip hop musician
S. M. Lockridge (1913–2000), Baptist pastor in 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
Shadrach Ogie (born 2001), Irish footballer
Shadrach Roundy (1789–1872), early Latter Day Saint leader
Shadrach Walton (1658–1741), British colonial administrator and soldier in the Province of New Hampshire
Shadrach Woods (1923–1973), American architect, urban planner and theorist
Azariah Shadrach (1774–1844), Welsh evangelical writer and pastor
Gracia Shadrack, 21st century Vanuatuan politician
Philip G. Shadrach (1840–1862), Civil War Union Army soldier who participated in the Great Locomotive Chase, awarded the Medal of Honor in 2024