How many Shepards have you created?

In ME1 I have 2 Shepards:

Michael Shepard: Mostly Paragon, Infiltrator, Spacer, War Hero, Romanced Ashley
Frank Shepard: Paragade, Vanguard, Earthborn, War Hero, Romance Liara

In ME2 I continued on with their stories and added 4 more:

Michael Shepard: Dumped Ashley, Romanced Tali, Full Survival
Frank Shepard: Dumped Liara, Romanced Tali, Full Survival
Plus:
Michael Shepard 2: Infiltrator, Renagon, Dumped Ashley, Romanced Tali, Full Survival
Frank Shepard 2: Sentinel, Renegade, Stayed loyal to Liara, Full Survival
Allan Shepard: Vanguard, Paragade, Dumped Ashley, Romanced Tali (See a pattern here?), Full Survival
Steve Shepard: Infiltrator, Renegade, Dumped Liara, Romanced no one (was saving to explore ME3, likely end up with Jack), Full Survival

ME3 only Michael Shepard has completed the game...

ME1 -- One Two Shepards (as of last night!)

Elise Shepard: Full Paragon, Vanguard, Spacer, Sole Survivor, Romanced Kaidan
Elianah Shepard: Paragade, Infiltrator, Spacer, Sole Survivor, Romanced no one (I plan on saving Ashley and saving myself for Garrus)

ME2 -- Continued with Elise, then imported her back into ME2 to level cap her; also added another Shepard

Elise Shepard: Full Paragon, Vanguard, Spacer, Sole Survivor, Romanced no one (stayed faithful to Kaidan), Full Survival
Elise Shepard: Mostly Paragon, Vanguard, Spacer, Sole Survivor, Romanced Garrus, Full Survival, Level-capped
Elise Shepard: Mostly Renegade, Vanguard, Spacer, Sole Survivor, Romanced Garrus... Still being played!

ME3 -- Continued with Elise (Kaidan), and with Elise (Garrus)

Elise Shepard: Full Paragon, Vanguard, Spacer, Sole Survivor, Faithful to Kaidan in all three games, Synthesis ending
Elise Shepard: Mostly Paragon, Infiltrator, Spacer, Sole Survivor, Romanced Garrus, Destroy ending, Shepard lives, Level-capped

9.

Why didn't you just correct his/her looks at the start of ME2, or was it one that you intentionally made ugly?

6 Sheps. Usually Paragon, various backgrounds, 2 Femsheps, with a different LI and a different class each time. I've done multiple playthroughs in ME1 and ME2 with my main Shep (Paragon/Vanguard/Talimancer/Sole Survivor/Earthborn) trying to get the "perfect" file (turns out this didn't matter much, but at least I still had fun playing). So far, this has been the only Shepard I've imported to ME3.

5. 4 Paragon-ish, 1 Renegade. I only finished the Trilogy with my main Shep. I can't bear to play the other ones knowing what it leads to.

1. Justin Shepard (Canon-Shep) - Paragon; Spacer/War Hero

2. Laura Shepard - Paragade; Colonist/Sole Survivor

3. Jet Brody Shepard - Renegade; Earthborn/Ruthless

I forgot about the other two. I tried to start them about a few days before Mass Effect 3 came out, but after the ending I just didn't see a point anymore.

Hm...

1 Paragon (my "canon" Sheploo) Spacer/War Hero/Soldier (LI with Ash)

1 Paragade (Onishiro! Labled much like Sheploo, but with some Renegade Interrupts) Earthborn/Ruthless (regretfully sacrificed Kaidan) Soldier with some biotic talent (Slam, taught by LI Liara)

1 Renegon (Hektus, the badass with a heart of gold hates the council but tolerates them, loyal to friends, would execute enemies) (sacrificed Ash because of biotic brotherhood with Alenko) Colonist/Ruthless (hates batarians, respects them after hearing of Kar'Shan, LI Jack because of biotic background/childhood trauma)

1 Renegade (Mashiro, Evil bastard, would help others to help himself or to keep things going smoothly/Javik's philosophical equal/Molded Garrus into a complete vigilante) Earthborn/Ruthless (Sacrificed Kaidan, but only to see how Ash would grow, LI Miranda)

1 Neutral (Isaac, inspired by "fuck your marker!" scene, Spacer/Sole Survivor, hates Cerberus, was distrustful of them all, but grew to respect Jacob quickly and got Miranda to wake up, sentinal, sacrificed Kaidan, felt Ash was too young at time, Kaiden was at peace, greatly respects quarians and has grown to love Tali, sentinel)

I have created 8 characters that have gone from ME1 to ME2:

Calahn - Infiltrator - Earthborn - War Hero - (lost count!)
Kelly - Soldier - Earthborn - War Hero - (>2 playthroughs)
Sarah - Adept - Spacer - Ruthless - (>2 playthroughs)
Luke - Engineer - Colonist - Sole Survivor (1 playthrough) - LV 57
Laura - Vanguard - Colonist - Sole Survivor - (1 playthrough) - lvl 54
Michael - Sentinel - Spacer - Ruthless - (1 playthrough) - lvl 56
Alice - Adept - Earthborn - War Hero - (2 playthroughs)
Alexis - Infiltrator - Spacer - War Hero - (1 playthrough) - lvl 58

By the time Mass Effect 2 was around the corner, I think I had only played on Calahn. I felt so stupid that it never occurred to me to start up a new character, which is why I lost track of the number of playthroughs I've made with Cal. If I had to guess, I would say...at least 6.

Though that list isn't necessarily the order in which they were created, it's probably pretty close. You'll notice that, despite my impatience, I had no problem making a second playthrough with my second Adept character, but not so with some of the classes that I only had one character in...heh heh. It's fair to say that I've grow rather fond of Adept. Hell, that's even the class I chose for the one I created today...lol

Only Calahn and Alice have gone far enough to shoot the God-Bastard. Two others finished Cronos Station, and that's probably where they'll stay.

After doing a little bit of research into maximizing War Assets, I decided to start up a new ME1 character today.

I created so many characters simply so I could cover all of the variables, but I did a poor job of tracking which ones had which. As a result, not one of them has all of the ideal choices made.

Oh yeah! I forgot about that! WTF were they thinking? That an improvement to graphics couldn't possibly FUBAR one's Shepard? Jeez...

My first Shepard actually ended up looking like an absolute derpelganger of its Mass Effect 1 incarnation, but I couldn't not import him, because he was my first Shepard. So, I remade him from scratch, and I got him pretty damned close. When I imported him into Mass Effect 3, his derpage went into overdrive. For the most part, taking the Facial Structure from 1 to 5 made all the difference in the world. After that and some minor detailing, I ended up with the face I have as my avatar.

In hindsight, he always looked a little goofy, like that guy on the bus you'd rather sit in a seat far behind, rather than in front of or next to.

Ultimately, being forced to overhaul his entire facial structure (not just the "Facial Structure") was for the best.

By far, the best-looking ManShep I've made.

Yeah yeah, I'm braggin' about customizing a character's looks in a f***in' video game. I'm still working on a "Nathan Fillion" and a "Randolph Scott." Easier said than done, on both counts. Mass Effect's facial customization isn't nearly as malleable as that of Dragon Age: Origins.

Working on my 10th ME1 right now. I've done eight ME2 playthroughs. Five ME3 playthroughs. Or was it four?
Usually, my Sheps are:
Earthborn/Sole Survivor.
I play how I would act in real life, so I am typically more paragon with a few renegade exceptions. Sometimes I just really get pissed off at someone/something or just feel like doing something badass or something that will save me some time and get rid of someone I didn't like. Most of my Shepards were with Liara in ME1 (this playthrough I'm not doing anyone in ME1 but Tali in 2 and 3). Every time in ME2 though, I have gone with Tali and stuck with her in 3. Except for a playthrough where I went with no one across the whole trilogy (that was also my only Control ending for 3). Otherwise I always Destroy.
ME1 class of choice-Infiltrator w/ Shotgun specialization (Sometimes Soldier)
ME2-Soldier w/ Geth shield boost (sometimes Vanguard)
ME3-Vanguard w/ Carnage