Sharp (surname)
Sharp is a surname. It is cognate to the German scharf. It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin scrobis 'ditch', Russian skresti 'to scrape'.
People bearing the surname Sharp
A
- Abraham Sharp (1651–1742), English schoolmaster, mathematician and astronomer
- Alan Sharp (1934-2013), Scottish author
- Anne Sharp (1916-2011), Scottish soprano
- Anthony Sharp (Quaker) (1643–1707), Dublin Quaker
- Anthony Sharp (1915–1984), English actor
B
- Bartholomew Sharp (c. 1650–1702), English buccaneer
- Billy Sharp (born 1986), English professional footballer
- Bree Sharp (born 1975), American singer and songwriter
C
- Cecil Sharp (1859–1924), English music teacher and traditional English dance expert
- Clifford Sharp, British journalist
D
- Dallas Lore Sharp (1870–1929), American nature author and university professor
- Dave Sharp (born 1959), English guitarist
- David Sharp (entomologist) (1840–1922), English physician and entomologist
- David Sharp (mountaineer) (1972–2006), Everest mountain climber
- Dee Dee Sharp (born 1945), American rhythm and blues singer
- Dennis Sharp (born 1933), British architect
- Derrick Sharp (born 1971), American-Israeli professional basketball player
- Don Sharp (1922-2011), British film director
- Dudley C. Sharp (1905–1987), former Secretary of the United States Air Force
E
- Elliott Sharp (born 1951), American avant-garde musician
F
G
- Gene Sharp (born 1928), political scientist
- Graeme Sharp (born 1960), Scottish footballer
- Granville Sharp (1735–1813), English abolitionist
H
- Hap Sharp (1928–1993), American Formula One driver
- Harry Sharp (1917–1995), American race car driver
I
- Isaac Sharp (1681–1735), early New Jersey settler, judge, politician, and colonel
- Isadore Sharp (born 1931), Canadian businessman
J
- Jack Sharp (1878–1938), English international footballer and test cricketer
- James E. Sharp (born 1940), American lawyer
- James Lyall Sharp (born 1960), British diplomat
- James Sharp (bishop) (1613–1679), Scottish clergyman
- James Sharp (footballer) (born 1976), English professional football player
- James Sharp (footballer born 1869), Scottish footballer
- John Sharp (actor) (1920–1992), British television actor
- John Sharp (Archbishop of York) (1643–1714), Archbishop of York
- John Sharp (Australian politician) (born 1954), Australian politician
- John Sharp (Texas politician) (born 1950), a former Texas politician
- Jon Sharp, former head coach of Huddersfield Giants
- Joseph Henry Sharp (1859–1953), artist (Taos Art Colony)
- Joseph Sharp (c. 1709–1776), early settler of New Jersey
K
- K. B. Sharp (born 1981), professional women's basketball player
- Kevin Sharp (country singer) (born 1970), American country music artist
- Kevin Sharp (footballer) (born 1974), Canadian-born footballer
- Kevin Sharp (heavy metal), American heavy metal singer for Venomous Concept and Brutal Truth
L
- Leonard Sharp (1890–1958), British actor
- Lesley Sharp (born 1964), English actress
- Lester W. Sharp (1887–1961), American botanist
- Liam Sharp (born 1968), British comic book artist
- Linda K. Sharp, women's basketball coach
- Lindsay Sharp, museum director
M
- Maia Sharp, country music singer and songwriter
- Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford (born 1938), member of the British House of Lords
- Margery Sharp (1905–1991), English writer
- Martha Sharp (1905–1999), American philanthropist
- Martin Sharp (journalist) (1847–1910), English historian
- Martin Sharp (born 1944), Australian cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker
- Matt Sharp (born 1969), American rock bassist
- Minnie Bell Sharp (1865–1937), pianist and singer
- Mitchell Sharp (1911–2004), Canadian politician
N
- Norma Sharp (born 1943), American operatic soprano
P
- Pat Sharp (born 1961), British television presenter
- Patrick Sharp (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey centre
- Peter Sharp, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- Philip Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people
- Phillip Allen Sharp (born 1944), American geneticist and molecular biologist
R
- Randy Sharp, songwriter
- Ray Sharp (born 1969), Scottish footballer
- Ray Sharp (badminton), Badminton player and medallist in 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Rhod Sharp (born 1953), Scottish-born broadcaster
- Richard Sharp (politician) known as Conversation Sharp, English wit
- Richard Sharp (born 1938), English rugby player
- Rodney Sharp a director of the DuPont corporation
- Ronald Sharp (born 1929), Australian organ builder
- Ryan Sharp (born 1979), British race car driver
S
- Sammy Sharp, footballer of the 1920s who played for Manchester City
- Scott Sharp (born 1968), an American race car driver
- Solomon P. Sharp (1787–1825), American politician
- Steve Sharp (disambiguation)
- Susie Sharp (1907–1996), American jurist
- Sylver Logan Sharp, vocalist
T
- Terri Sharp (born 1950), American singer
- Thomas Sharp (priest) (1693–1758), English churchman (Archdeacon of Northumberland), biographer and theological writer
- Thomas C. Sharp (1818-1894), opponent of Joseph Smith, Jr. and the Latter Day Saints
- Thomas Wilfred Sharp (1901–1978), English town planner and author
- Timm Sharp (born 1978), American actor
- Tom Sharp (cricketer), English first-class cricketer for Cornwall CCC and Unicorns
V
- Verity Sharp (born 1970), BBC Radio Three presenter
W
- Waitstill Sharp (1902–1984), American Unitarian minister and humanitarian
- Walter Benona Sharp (1870–1912), American oil drilling pioneer, innovator and philanthropist
- William Sharp (engraver) (1749–1824), English engraver
- William Sharp (writer) (1855–1905), Scottish author and poet, pseudonym Fiona MacLeod
- Willoughby Sharp (1936–2008), artist
Z
- Zerna Sharp (1889–1981), American teacher
Fictional Sharps
- Becky Sharp, the main character in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair'
- Phineas Sharp, Disney character
- Gavin Sharp, character in soap opera EastEnders
- Deryn Sharp, character in Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan
See also
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