Sharpe may refer to: * Sharpe (surname), people with the surname Sharpe * Sharpe, Kansas, a community in the United States * Sharpe, Kentucky, a community in the United States *

Sharpe James Sharpe James (born February 20, 1936) is an American Democratic politician from New Jersey, who served as State Senator for the 29th Legislative District and was 37th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. James was the second African American Mayor of ...

, American politician, New Jersey * ''Sharpe'' (novel series), series of historical novels written by Bernard Cornwell **

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 Unive ...

, the title character of the ''Sharpe'' series by Bernard Cornwell ** ''Sharpe'' (TV series), the television series based on Cornwell's books *

Sharpe ratio In finance, the Sharpe ratio (also known as the Sharpe index, the Sharpe measure, and the reward-to-variability ratio) measures the performance of an investment such as a security or portfolio compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its ...

, financial statistic describing portfolio returns * Lake Sharpe, created by the construction of

Big Bend Dam Big Bend Dam is a major embankment rolled-earth dam on the Missouri River in Central South Dakota, United States, creating Lake Sharpe. The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri w ...

in South Dakota * Sharpe Field, a private airport in Alabama, United States * ''

R. v. Sharpe ''R v Sharpe'', 2001 SCC 2 is a constitutional rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The court balanced the societal interest to regulate child pornography against the right to Freedom of speech in Canada, freedom of expression possessed ...

'', Canadian legal proceedings

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