Thorpe is a surname derived from the Middle English word ''

thorp ''Thorp'' is a Middle English word for a hamlet or small village. Etymology The name can either come from Old Norse ''þorp'' (also ''thorp''), or from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) ''þrop''. There are many place names in England with the suffi ...

'', meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe is found as the name of many places in England.

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Adam Thorpe Adam Thorpe (born 5 December 1956) is a British poet and novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, ...

(born 1956), British author * Adelbert Delos Thorp (1844–1919), American politician in Wisconsin * Aidey Thorpe (born 1963), English footballer *

Alma Thorpe Alma Beryl Thorpe (born 1935), also known as Aunty Alma Thorpe, is an Australian Aboriginal elder and activist. In 1973 she co-founded the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS), together with her mother, Edna Brown, and Bruce McGuinness. ...

(born 1935), Aboriginal Australian activist and elder * Ashley Thorpe (born 1975), Cricketer * Benjamin Thorpe (1782–1870), English scholar of Anglo-Saxon * Billy Thorpe (1946–2007), rock and roll musician *

Chris Thorpe Christopher Thorpe (born October 29, 1970 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American luger who competed from 1989 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1998 and a bronze in 2 ...

(born 1970), U.S. Olympic luge athlete * Clarence Thorpe (American football) (1909–1985), American Negro league pitcher *

David Thorpe (artist) David Thorpe (born 1972, London, UK) is an artist based in London. Thorpe received his BA degree in 1994 from Humberside University and his MA degree in 1998 from Goldsmiths, University of London. He has shown work in various exhibitions incl ...

(born 1972), English artist *

David Thorpe (footballer) David Thorpe (born 30 May 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Richmond in the VFL. A centreman, Thorpe played with Footscray from 1965 to 1973. He won the Charles Sutton Medal for the club's best and ...

(born 1948), winner of the 1968 Charles Sutton Medal *

David Thorpe (motorcyclist) David Thorpe (born 1962) is a British former amateur and professional motocross racer and racing team manager. He won the AMCA 250 title in 1978 at the age of 16 along with the superclass title the same year competing against the best of the ...

, 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1985, 1986 and 1989 *

D. R. Thorpe D. R. (Richard) Thorpe (born 1943) is a historian and biographer who has written biographies of three British Prime Ministers of the mid 20th century, Sir Anthony Eden, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Macmillan. Education and academic career Th ...

, British historian and biographer *

Ethel L. M. Thorpe Ethel Lily May Thorpe (1908 – December 4, 2001) was a British-Canadian nurse. Early life and education Thorpe was born and raised in Norwich, England. During World War II, she served as a nursing sister for the British army. Career After the ...

(1908–2001), British-Canadian nurse *

Frank Thorpe (public servant) Frank Gordon Thorpe, (15 February 1885 – 30 March 1967) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Public Service Commissioner between 1936 and 1947. Life and career Frank Thorpe was born on 15 February 1885 in Kooreh, Victoria. Thorpe ...

(1885–1967), Australian senior public servant * George Thorpe (disambiguation), several people * Graham Thorpe (born 1969), English cricketer * Heath Thorpe (born 2000), Australian artistic gymnast * Ian Thorpe (born 1982), Australian swimmer * Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014), former UK Liberal Party leader *

Jerry Thorpe Richard Jerome "Jerry" Thorpe was an American television-and-film director and producer. Actor and director Richard Thorpe was his father. Jerry served as the executive producer of 33 episodes of ''The Untouchables'' (starring Robert Stack) d ...

(1926–2018), American TV and film director *

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native ...

(1888–1953), U.S. athlete * Jim Thorpe (Canadian football) (1944–2020), Canadian footballer * Jim Thorpe (golfer) (born 1949), American professional golfer *

Jimmy Thorpe James Horatio Thorpe (16 September 1913 – 9 February 1936) was an English footballer born in Jarrow. He played 139 games as a goalkeeper for his only club, Sunderland. He signed when he was 17 after attending Jarrow Central School. He had a ...

(1913–1936), English professional footballer * Jimmy Thorpe (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1956), English professional footballer * Jocelyn Field Thorpe (1872–1939), British chemist *

John Thorpe John Thorpe or Thorp (c.1565–1655?; fl.1570–1618) was an English architect. Life Little is known of his life, and his work is dubiously inferred, rather than accurately known, from a folio of drawings in the Sir John Soane's Museum, to whic ...

(1565–1655), English architect * John Wells-Thorpe (1928–2019), English architect *

Kay Thorpe Kay Thorpe (born 1935) is a British author of more than 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1968. All her novels have also been published under Harlequin Enterprises Limited. Over a period of four decades, she has pr ...

(born 1935), romantic novelist *

Laura Thorpe Laura Thorpe (; born 24 May 1987) is a French former tennis player. On 6 June 2011, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 161. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 86 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won two singles ...

(born 1987), French tennis player * Lee Thorpe (born 1975), English footballer *

Lewis Thorpe Lewis Guy Melville Thorpe FRSA FRHistS (5 November 1913 – 10 October 1977)''UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-2018'' was a British philologist and translator. He was married to the Italian scholar and lexicographer Barbara Reynolds. After ...

, academic *

Lewis Thorpe (baseball) Lewis James Thorpe (born 23 November 1995) is an Australian professional baseball pitcher for the Dorados de Chihuahua of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins. Amateur career As a ...

(born 1995), Australian baseball player *

Lidia Thorpe Lidia Alma Thorpe (born 1973) is an Australian politician representing the Australian Greens. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2020, and is the first Aboriginal senator from that state. From June to October 2022, she served as the Gre ...

(born 1973), Australian politician *

Marjorie Thorpe Marjorie Ruth Thorpe is a Trinidadian academic, lecturer, former diplomat and the first woman to have chaired the Public Service Commission (PSC) in Trinidad and Tobago.Mathew Thorpe Sir Mathew Alexander Thorpe (born 30 July 1938) is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal, who served as one of the judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 1995 to 2013. Education Thorpe was educated at Stowe School and Balliol Colleg ...

(born 1938), a senior judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales *

Otis Thorpe Otis Henry Thorpe (born August 5, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an NBA All-Star in 1992 and won an NBA championship with the Houston ...

(born 1962), retired American professional basketball player * Percy Thorpe (1899–?), English footballer *

Richard Thorpe Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Biography Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, Richard Thorpe began his en ...

(1896–1991), American film director * Richard Thorpe (rugby union) (born 1984), English rugby union player * Robert Thorpe (disambiguation), several people *

Rose Hartwick Thorpe Rose Hartwick Thorpe (July 18, 1850 – July 19, 1939) was an American poet and writer, remembered largely for the narrative poem, '' Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight'' (1867), which gained national popularity. It was translated into nearly every lan ...

(1850–1939), American writer * Samuel Thorp or Thorpe (1765–1838), English clockmaker * Thomas Thorpe (c. 1569 or 1570 – 1635?), Elizabethan publisher of Shakespeare's sonnets *

Thomas Edward Thorpe Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe CB, FRS HFRSE LLD (8 December 1845 – 23 February 1925) was a British chemist. From 1894 to 1909 he was Chief Chemist to the British Government, as Director of the Government Laboratory. Early life and education Tho ...

(1845–1925), British chemist *

Tom Thorpe Thomas Joseph Thorpe (born 13 January 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Macclesfield. A product of the youth academy of Manchester United, Thorpe was loaned to Championship club Birmingham City in 2014 ...

(born 1993), English footballer * Tommy Thorpe (1881–1953), English footballer and cricketer (where he is known as Thomas Thorpe) *

Tony Thorpe Anthony Thorpe (born 10 April 1974) is an English former professional footballer and former manager of Melton Town As a player he was a striker. He notably played for Luton Town, Bristol City and Queens Park Rangers. He also played in the Fo ...

(born 1974), English footballer and manager *

William de Thorpe Sir William de Thorpe (died 27 May 1361) was an English lawyer who was Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 26 November 1346 to 26 October 1350. As a clerk of this court, he was assaulted on one occasion in 1318, when his enemies allegedly u ...

, 14th-century English Chief Justice * William Thorpe, putative author of 1407 Lollard text '' The Testimony of William Thorpe'' *

William Homan Thorpe William Homan Thorpe FRS (1 April 1902 – 7 April 1986) was Professor of Animal Ethology at the University of Cambridge, and a significant British zoologist, ethologist and ornithologist.Alan Costall, ‘Thorpe, William Homan (1902–1986)’ T ...

(1902–1986), British ethologist

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