Sharkey
Sharkey is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bill Sharkey, Australian rules footballer
- Brendan Sharkey, American politician
- Catherine Sharkey, law professor
- Caroline N. Sharkey, social work professor
- Ed Sharkey, American former National Football League player
- Eddie Sharkey, American professional wrestling trainer and former wrestler
- Emma Augusta Sharkey, American writer
- Feargal Sharkey, lead singer of the pop punk band The Undertones
- Heather J. Sharkey, American historian
- Jack Sharkey, American heavyweight boxing champion
- Jack Sharkey (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Jack Sharkey (writer), American author and playwright
- Jackie Sharkey, Italian-born American boxer
- James A. Sharkey, Irish historian and diplomat
- Jerry Sharkey, American historic preservationist and historian
- Jim Sharkey, Scottish footballer
- Joe Sharkey, true crime author and columnist for The New York Times
- John Sharkey, Baron Sharkey, British politician
- Jonathon Sharkey, American professional wrestler and perennial candidate
- Kathleen Sharkey, American field hockey player
- Kevin Sharkey, Irish artist
- Kristen Sharkey, American basketball player and coach
- Lance Sharkey, Australian trade union activist, radical journalist and communist politician
- Michael Sharkey, Australian poet, biographer, reviewer and academic
- Nick Sharkey, Scottish footballer
- Noel Sharkey, British computer scientist
- Pat Sharkey, former footballer from Northern Ireland
- Patrick Sharkey (boxer), Irish boxer
- Patrick Sharkey, American sociologist
- Paul Sharkey, former Australian rules footballer
- Ray Sharkey, American actor
- Sarah Sharkey, officer in the Royal Australian Navy
- Seymour Sharkey, British physician
- Tina Sharkey, American entrepreneur
- Tom Sharkey, American boxer
- William J. Sharkey (US Navy officer)
- William J. Sharkey (murderer), convicted murderer and minor New York City politician
- William L. Sharkey, American judge and politician
- Sharkey, the antagonist of "The Scouring of the Shire" in The Lord of the Rings
- Finn Sharkey, in the UK TV series Waterloo Road
- Francis Ethelbert Sharkey, a character in the TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Captain John Sharkey, the main character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1925 novel The Dealings of Captain Sharkey
- Otto Sharkey, title character of C.P.O. Sharkey, a 1976–1978 American television series, played by Don Rickles
- Tom Sharky, protagonist of the 1981 film Sharky's Machine, played by Burt Reynolds