Shapira is a surname, and may refer to:Amitzur Shapira, Israeli runner and track and field coach killed in the 1972 Munich massacre Amos Shapira, Israeli former President of El Al Airlines, Cellcom, and the University of Haifa Anita Shapira, Israeli historian Avraham Shapira, rabbi Benjamin Shapira, Israeli biochemist Berechiah Berak ben Isaac Eisik Shapira, 17th-century rabbi Dan Shapira, American physicist David Shapira, American businessman Haim-Moshe Shapira, Israeli politician Isaiah Meïr Kahana Shapira (1828–1887), Polish-German rabbi and author Moshe Shmuel Shapira, rabbi Moses Wilhelm Shapira (1830–1884), Jerusalem-based antiquities dealer Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or, Israeli swimmer Omer Shapira, Israeli racing cyclist Rachel Shapira, Israeli songwriter and poet Yitzhak Shapira, author of The King's Torah Yosef Shapira, Israeli judge and State Comptroller of Israel Shapira