Shaker Explained

Shaker or Shakers may refer to:

Religious groups

• Shakers, a historically significant Christian sect
• Indian Shakers, a smaller Christian denomination

Objects and instruments

• Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone
• Cocktail shaker, a device used to mix beverages (usually alcoholic) by shaking
• Shaker (salt and pepper), condiment dispensers designed to allow diners to distribute grains of edible salt and ground peppercorns
• Shaker (laboratory), a device used to stir liquids in chemistry and biology
• Shaker (testing device), a vibration device used in endurance testing or modal testing
• Shaker scoop, an auto component
• Shale shakers, a type of solids control equipment

Music

• Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone
• Shaker (Lil Shaker), a Ghanaian recording artist, songwriter, producer and performer
• The Shakers (band) a pseudonym for the band Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes
• Los Shakers, a Uruguayan band
• Shaker (David Johansen album), 2002
• Shaker (Akina Nakamori album)
• "Shaker", a song by Nebula from the 2001 album Charged

People with the name

• Shaker Aamer (born 1966), Saudi citizen held in Guantanamo Bay
• Shaker Ahmed (born 1992), a Bangladeshi cricket player
• Shaker Al-Nabulsi (1940–2014), an American author
• Shaker Asad (born 1979), a Palestinian former soccer midfielder
• Shaker Elsayed (born 1951), the Imam of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque
• Shaker Ismail (born 1927), an Iraqi former international football player
• Shaker Mahmoud (born 1963), an Iraqi football midfielder
• Shaker Zahra, professor of strategy and entrepreneurship, Carlson School of Management
• Hakeem Shaker (born 1963), a former Iraqi football player and manager
• Hany Shaker (born 1952), an Egyptian singer, actor and composer
• Huda Sajjad Mahmoud Shaker (born 1978), an Iraqi politician
• Jalal Shaker, a former Iraqi football defender
• Mahmoud Shaker (1926–1980), a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force
• Masihuddin Shaker, Bangladeshi film director and writer
• Mohamed Shaker (1933–2018), an Egyptian diplomat and political scientist
• Mohammed Ali Shaker (born 1997), an Emirati footballer
• Mohammad-Hossein Shaker, an Iranian retired military officer
• Nadhim Shaker (1958–2020), Iraqi football player and coach
• Noor Shaker, a Syrian entrepreneur and computer scientist
• Salam Shaker (born 1986), a former Iraqi professional footballer
• Samir Shaker (born 1958), Iraqi former professional footballer
• Tarek Shaker, an Egyptian politician
• Thamer Shaker (born 1975), a Saudi businessman, management consultant, and writer
• Zaid ibn Shaker (1934–2002), former commander-in-chief of the Jordanian military
• Lisa Sthalekar "Shaker" (born 1979), Indian-Australian cricketer

Other uses

• Shaker, one of the players executing the shake and bake strategy in the sport pickleball
• Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, US
• Shaker (gene), an animal gene
• The Shakers (film), a 1974 documentary film
• Bury F.C. or the Shakers, an English football club
• Shaker (Diagnosis: Murder episode)

See also

• Shaker furniture, distinctive furniture developed by the Shakers
• Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland in the USA
• Shakir (name)
• Chaker (disambiguation)