Shapley ya kasance masanin lissafi ne na Amurka kuma masanin tattalin arziki wanda ya lashe kyautar Nobel. Ya ba da gudummawa ga fannin ilimin lissafi da kuma musamman ka'idar wasanni. Shapley ana daukarsa daya daga cikin manyan masu ba da gudummawa ga ci gaban ka'idar wasanni tun daga aikin von Neumann da Morgenstern. Tare da Alvin E. Roth, Shapley ya lashe lambar yabo ta Nobel ta shekarar 2012 a fannin kimiyyar tattalin arziki "don ka'idar rarraba daidaito da aikin tsara kasuwar". Tambaya: Yaushe Shapley ya mutu?
Ranar 12 ga watan Maris, 2016