Sharpe is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the name include:

Government

Alfred Sharpe Sir Alfred Sharpe (19 May 1853 – 10 December 1935) was Commissioner and Consul-General for the British Central Africa Protectorate and first Governor of Nyasaland. He trained as a solicitor but was in turn a planter and a professional hunte ...

(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 George Henry Sharpe (February 26, 1828 – January 13, 1900) was an American lawyer, soldier, United States Secret Service, Secret Service officer, diplomat, politician, and Member of the Board of General Appraisers. Sharpe was born in 1828, in ...

(1828–1900), American lawyer, soldier, secret service officer, diplomat and politician * Henry A. Sharpe (1848–1919), Associate Justice of the

Alabama Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Each justice is elected in partisan elections for staggered six-year terms. The Supreme Court is house ...

Horatio Sharpe Horatio Sharpe (1718 – November 9, 1790) was the 22nd proprietary governor of Maryland from 1753 to 1768 under the restored proprietary government of Maryland. Early life Horatio Sharpe was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England in 1718 to ...

(1718–1790), British Royal Governor of Maryland * James Sharpe (Australian politician) *

Larry Sharpe (politician) Larry David Sharpe (born July 12, 1968) is an American business consultant, entrepreneur, political activist, and podcaster. He was a candidate for the Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party nomination for vice-president of the Uni ...

(born 1968), American business consultant and political activist *

Merrell Q. Sharpe Merrell Quentin Sharpe (January 11, 1888 – January 22, 1962) was an American politician from Kennebec, South Dakota. Affiliated with the Republican Party, Sharpe was the attorney general of South Dakota from 1929 through 1933, and governor of S ...

, American politician *

Montagu Sharpe Sir Montagu Sharpe KBE DL (28 October 1857 – 23 August 1942) was an English politician, lawyer, amateur archaeologist, antiquarian, and ornithologist. He came from an old Middlesex family that owned Hanwell Park. He was a member of the Midd ...

(1857–1942), English lawyer and antiquarian *

Nelson Sharpe Nelson Sharpe (August 25, 1858 – October 20, 1935) was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1919 to 1935, serving as chief justice in 1927 and 1934. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on September 25, 1919, by Governor Albert Sleep ...

(1858–1935), Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court * Penny Sharpe, Australian politician *

Peter Sharpe Peter Sharpe (December 10, 1777 in New York City – August 3, 1842 in Brooklyn, New York) was an American politician who served as a United States representative from New York. Life He "was a Maiden-lane whip-maker, of the average intellig ...

(1777–1842), American politician, Representative from New York *

Robert Sharpe Robert James Sharpe, OC, FRSC (born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and judge. He was dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law from 1990 to 1995 and a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario from 1999 to 202 ...

(born 1945), Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario *

Roger Sharpe Roger Dean Sharpe is a public servant, author and North Carolina politician. He was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from the state's Fifth congressional district in 2006, losing to incumbent Virginia Foxx. He wa ...

, 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) Albert Hayes Sharpe (October 7, 1877 – May 17, 1966) was an All-American football player, coach and athletic director and medical doctor. He played football for Yale University and was selected as a halfback for the 1899 College Football All-A ...

(1877–1966), American athlete and coach *

Bud Sharpe Bayard Heston "Bud" Sharpe (1881-1916) was a Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder. He played Major League baseball in parts of two seasons – 1905 and 1910. Sharpe was born on August 6, 1881, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He batte ...

, American baseball player * David Sharpe (born 1967), British runner *

David Sharpe (American football) David Sharpe (born October 21, 1995) is an American football offensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 2 ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Dougie Sharpe Dougie Sharpe (1926–1974) was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen of the South from the town of Dumfries. Early years Dougie Sharpe was a native of New Abbey. He played for St Michael's Primary School team in Dumfries and then Dumfrie ...

(1926–1974), Scottish footballer *

Duncan Sharpe Duncan Albert Sharpe (born 3 August 1937) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1959–60. Sharpe is of Anglo-Indian heritage, and was the third Christian to play Test cricket for Pakistan. Career in Pakistan Sharp ...

(born 1937), Pakistani cricketer * Gerry Sharpe (1946–2019), English footballer *

Harry Sharpe (cricketer) Harry Wetherherd Sharpe (14 August 1901 – 8 July 1950) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Born at Wolstanton, Staffordshire in August 1901, Sharpe served in the Royal Navy. He was commissioned shortly after the Firs ...

(1901–1950), English cricketer *

Harry Sharpe (footballer) Harry Sharpe was an English professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Football League for Glossop. Personal life Sharpe served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War World War I (28 ...

, English footballer *

Jimmy Sharpe Jimmy Sharpe (born October 31, 1939) is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1974 to 1977. He was also an assistant coach at the Un ...

, American college football coach *

John Sharpe (cricketer) John William Sharpe (9 December 1866 – 19 June 1936) was a bowler who was George Lohmann's partner in the formidable Surrey sides that dominated the first years of the ''official'' cricket County Championship. However, because softer and mo ...

, (1866–1936), English cricketer * Lee Sharpe, (born 1971), English footballer * Luis Sharpe, American NFL football player *

Mike Sharpe Michael Sharpe (October 28, 1951 – January 17, 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known as "Iron" Mike Sharpe. A second-generation wrestler whose father and uncle ( Mike and Ben Sharpe) also competed in the profession, Sharpe w ...

, American wrestler *

Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe (born 26 February 1978) is a retired professional Australian rugby union player. He began his rugby career at the Queensland Reds in 1999 before joining the newly created Western Force in 2006, where he captained the club until h ...

, Australian rugby union player *

Phil Sharpe (cricketer) Philip John Sharpe (27 December 1936 – 20 May 2014) was an English cricketer, who played in twelve Test cricket, Tests from 1963 to 1969, and was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1963. He played all of his county cricket for Yo ...

(1936–2014), English cricketer * Phil Sharpe (footballer) (born 1968), English footballer *

Ricky Sharpe (American football) Ricky Sharpe (born January 23, 1980) played in the Arena Football League as a defensive back/ wide receiver for the Los Angeles Avengers. High school years Sharpe attended Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, California, where he was a stando ...

, American football player *

Shaedon Sharpe Shaedon Sharpe (born May 30, 2003) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus five-star recruit and considered one of the top players in his class a ...

(born 2003), Canadian basketball player * Shannon Sharpe (born 1968), U.S. American football player *

Sterling Sharpe Sterling Sharpe (born April 6, 1965) is a former American football wide receiver and analyst for the NFL Network. He attended the University of South Carolina, and played from 1988 to 1994 with the Green Bay Packers in a career shortened by a ...

(born 1965), U.S. American football player *

Tony Sharpe Anthony "Tony" Sharpe (born 28 June 1961) is a Jamaican-born Canadian former sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay and was a finalist in the 100 metres in Los Angeles 1984. In 1982, he set a Canadian record in t ...

, Canadian sprinter * Wendy Sharpe (footballer) (born 1963), New Zealand football player

Academics

* Alexander Sharpe (1814–1890), English philologist *

Daniel Sharpe Daniel Sharpe FRS (6 April 180631 May 1856) was an English geologist. He was born at Nottingham Place, Marylebone, Middlesex. He studied a number of mountainous formations in Great Britain and Continental Europe and arrived at important conclus ...

(1806–1856), English geologist *

Eric J. Sharpe Eric John Sharpe (19 September 1933 – 19 October 2000) was the founding Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. He was a major scholar in the phenomenology of religion, the history of modern Christian mission, and ...

, Australian scholar of religious studies * Kevin Sharpe (historian) (1949–2011) *

Richard Sharpe (historian) Richard Sharpe, , Hon. (17 February 1954 – 22 March 2020) was a British historian and academic, who was Professor of Diplomatic at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. His broad interests were the history of medieval ...

Richard Bowdler Sharpe Richard Bowdler Sharpe (22 November 1847 – 25 December 1909) was an English zoologist and ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. In the course of his career he published several mono ...

, (1847–1909), English zoologist *

, Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and judge *

Samuel Sharpe (scholar) Samuel Sharpe (1799–1881) was an English Unitarian banker who, in his leisure hours, made substantial contributions to Egyptology and Biblical translation. Like his literary uncle Samuel Rogers, he was connected for much of his life with New ...

(1799–1881), Egyptologist and translator of the Bible *

William F. Sharpe William Forsyth Sharpe (born June 16, 1934) is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. ...

, (born 1934), U.S. economist and inventor of the Sharpe ratio

Arts

* Allan Sharpe (1949–2004), Scottish actor, theatre director and playwright *

Albert Sharpe Albert Sharpe (15 April 1885 – 13 February 1970) was a Northern Irish stage and film actor. Life and work Albert Edward Sharpe was born at 8 Goudy's Court in Belfast on 15 April 1885, one of six children born to fishmonger John Sharpe, a Pres ...

, Irish stage and film actor * Avery Sharpe, American jazz musician * Bill Sharpe, British musician *

Craig Sharpe Craig Sharpe (born 23 September 1989) is a Canadian pop singer who was the runner-up on Canadian Idol 4, having finished a close second behind winner Eva Avila. He came through seven rounds of auditions judged by Canadian Idol's four-member pan ...

, contestant on ''Canadian Idol 4'' *

Don Sharpe Don Sharpe (4 July 1929 – 13 November 2004) was a sound editor. He won for the film ''Aliens'' for Best Sound Editing at the 1986 Academy Awards. He had over 90 editing credits over his 50-year career. He also won the BAFTA award for s ...

(died in 2004), sound editor * Gerry Sharpe (1929–1968), American photographer *

Lennox Sharpe Lennox "Boogsie" Sharpe (born 28 October 1953 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is a successful and popular composer and arranger of steelpan music. Biography Sharpe began his career with Starlift steelband where he worked as a co-arrange ...

(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 Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe (born August 26, 2002), known professionally as Lil Tecca, is an American rapper and singer. He rose to mainstream fame with the release of his 2019 single "Ransom", which peaked at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot ...

Wendy Sharpe Wendy Sharpe (born 1960 in Sydney) is an Australian artist who lives and works in Sydney and Paris. She is the only child of British parents and has a Russian Jewish heritage. Her father is the writer and historian Alan Sharpe. She counts ...

, (born 1960), Australian artist * Will Sharpe, Japanese-English actor, writer, and director

Others

Charles Richard Sharpe Charles Richard Sharpe (2 April 1889 – 18 February 1963) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...

, English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Edmund Sharpe Edmund Sharpe (31 October 1809 – 8 May 1877) was an English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer. Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, he was educated first by his parents and then at schools locally and in ...

, (1809–1877), English architect and engineer *

Henry Granville Sharpe Major General Henry Granville Sharpe (April 30, 1858 – July 13, 1947) was a United States Army officer who served as the 24th Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army from 1916 to 1918, including during World War I. Early life Sharpe was born ...

(1858–1947), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army * John Sharpe (Australian murderer) * Karen Sharpe (born 1934), American former actress *

Mal Sharpe Malcolm Sharpe (April 2, 1936 – March 10, 2020) was an American television and radio personality with roots in San Francisco, California. In the early 1960s, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-born Sharpe collaborated with Jim Coyle to create a seri ...

(1936–2020), U.S. radio and TV personality *

Samuel Sharpe Samuel Sharpe, or Sharp (1801 – 23 May 1832), also known as Sam Sharpe, was an enslaved Jamaican who was the leader of the widespread 1831–32 Baptist War slave rebellion (also known as the Christmas Rebellion) in Jamaica. He was proclaim ...

, 19th-century Jamaican missionary and revolutionary

Fictional characters

* Chris Sharpe, a character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * in the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' **

Deacon Sharpe Deacon Sharpe is a fictional character, originally from the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', portrayed by Sean Kanan from October 1, 2000, to February 22, 2005. From June 23, 2009, to January 30, 2012, the character appeared on i ...

** Macy Alexander Sharpe *

Miriam Sharpe Sabra Sabreclaw Sabreclaw is a character in the MC2 universe who first appeared in '' J2'' #8 (May 1999). He is the half-brother of Wild Thing and the son of Wolverine. The character has claws (similar to Sabretooth), a healing factor, enh ...

, in the Marvel Comics universe *

Richard Sharpe (fictional character) Richard Sharpe may refer to: * Richard Sharpe (actor) (died 1632), English actor * Richard Sharpe (scientist) (born 1947), scientist and expert in fertility and reproduction * Richard Sharpe (historian) (1954-2020), history professor at the Univers ...

, 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 ''