George Bernard Shaw was an Irish writer of the 19th and 20th century.

Valerie Archer owned a copy of his collected work and attributed a complex mind to Shaw – for a Human.

While trying to convince Archer that it would be better if Species 8472 and the Federation trusted each other, Chakotay quoted Shaw by saying: "There are no secrets except the secrets that keep themselves." (VOY: "In the Flesh")