Sharpe (surname)

Sharpe is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Government

• Alfred Sharpe (1853–1935), British colonial administrator
• Edward M. Sharpe (1887–1975), Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
• George Sharpe (politician) (c. 1907 – 1985), Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg
• George H. Sharpe (1828–1900), American lawyer, soldier, secret service officer, diplomat and politician
• Henry A. Sharpe (1848–1919), Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
• Horatio Sharpe (1718–1790), British Royal Governor of Maryland
• James Sharpe (Australian politician)
• Larry Sharpe (politician) (born 1968), American business consultant and political activist
• Merrell Q. Sharpe, American politician
• Montagu Sharpe (1857–1942), English lawyer and antiquarian
• Nelson Sharpe (1858–1935), Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
• Penny Sharpe, Australian politician
• Peter Sharpe (1777–1842), American politician, Representative from New York
• Robert Sharpe (judge) (born 1945), Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
• Roger Sharpe, American author and politician, former member of the North Carolina Senate
• Thomas Sharpe (politician) (1866–1919), Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg
• William Sharpe (North Carolina politician) (1742–1818), U.S. lawyer and politician
• William R. Sharpe Jr. (1928–2009), American member of the West Virginia Senate

Sports

• Albert Sharpe (American football) (1877–1966), American athlete and coach
• Bud Sharpe, American baseball player
• David Sharpe (born 1967), British runner
• David Sharpe (American football) (born 1995), American football player
• Dougie Sharpe (1926–1974), Scottish footballer
• Duncan Sharpe (born 1937), Pakistani cricketer
• Gerry Sharpe (1946–2019), English footballer
• Harry Sharpe (cricketer) (1901–1950), English cricketer
• Harry Sharpe (footballer), English footballer
• Jimmy Sharpe, American college football coach
• John Sharpe (cricketer), (1866–1936), English cricketer
• Lee Sharpe, (born 1971), English footballer
• Luis Sharpe (1960–2025), Cuban player of American football
• Mike Sharpe, American wrestler
• Nathan Sharpe, Australian rugby union player
• Phil Sharpe (cricketer) (1936–2014), English cricketer
• Phil Sharpe (footballer) (born 1968), English footballer
• Ricky Sharpe (American football), American football player
• Shaedon Sharpe (born 2003), Canadian basketball player
• Shannon Sharpe (born 1968), U.S. American football player
• Sterling Sharpe (born 1965), U.S. American football player
• Tony Sharpe, Canadian sprinter
• Wendy Sharpe (footballer) (born 1963), New Zealand football player

Academics

• Alexander Sharpe (1814–1890), English philologist
• Daniel Sharpe (1806–1856), English geologist
• Eric J. Sharpe, Australian scholar of religious studies
• Kevin Sharpe (historian) (1949–2011)
• Richard Sharpe (historian)
• Richard Bowdler Sharpe, (1847–1909), English zoologist
• Robert Sharpe (judge), Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and judge
• Samuel Sharpe (scholar) (1799–1881), Egyptologist and translator of the Bible
• William F. Sharpe, (born 1934), U.S. economist and inventor of the Sharpe ratio

Arts

• Allan Sharpe (1949–2004), Scottish actor, theatre director and playwright
• Albert Sharpe, Irish stage and film actor
• Avery Sharpe, American jazz musician
• Bill Sharpe, British musician
• Craig Sharpe, contestant on Canadian Idol 4
• Don Sharpe (died in 2004), sound editor
• Gerry Sharpe (1929–1968), American photographer
• Lennox Sharpe (born 1963), Trinidad and Tobago steelband composer
• Matthew Sharpe (born 1962), U.S. novelist
• Tom Sharpe, (1928–2013), English satirical author of the novel Wilt
• Tyler-Justin Sharpe (born 2002), American rapper and singer known professionally as Lil Tecca
• Wendy Sharpe, (born 1960), Australian artist
• Will Sharpe, Japanese-English actor, writer, and director

Others

• Charles Richard Sharpe, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edmund Sharpe, (1809–1877), English architect and engineer
• Henry Granville Sharpe (1858–1947), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army
• John Sharpe (Australian murderer)
• Karen Sharpe (born 1934), American former actress
• Mal Sharpe (1936–2020), U.S. radio and TV personality
• Samuel Sharpe, 19th-century Jamaican missionary and revolutionary
• Thomas Sharpe (RAF officer) (1887–?), British flying ace

Fictional characters

• Chris Sharpe, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
  • Deacon Sharpe
  • Macy Alexander Sharpe
• Miriam Sharpe, in the Marvel Comics universe
• Richard Sharpe (fictional character), central character in the novel and television series Sharpe
• Steven Sharpe III, alias The Gambler, a member of the Golden Age Green Lantern's rogues' gallery.
• Thomas and Lucille Sharpe, principal characters in Crimson Peak

See also

• Sharp (surname)
• Shairp
• Scharping
• Scharf, Scharff