Sharp (surname)

People bearing the surname Sharp

A

• Abraham Sharp, English schoolmaster, mathematician and astronomer
• Alan Sharp, Scottish author
• Alex Sharp (disambiguation), several people
• Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano
• Anthony Sharp (Quaker), Dublin Quaker
• Anthony Sharp, English actor
• Archie Sharp, British boxer
• Arthur Sharp, English footballer

B

• Bartholomew Sharp, English buccaneer
• Bauer Sharp, American football player
• Billy Sharp, English professional footballer
• Bree Sharp, American singer and songwriter

C

• Cecil Sharp, English music teacher and traditional English dance expert
• Chris Sharp, American singer
• Christopher Sharp (cricketer), former English cricketer
• Christopher Sharp (barrister), British barrister and Deputy High Court Judge
• Clifford Sharp, British journalist

D

• Dallas Lore Sharp, American nature author and university professor
• Dave Sharp, English guitarist
• David Sharp (entomologist), English physician and entomologist
• David Sharp (mountaineer), Everest mountain climber
• Dee Dee Sharp, American rhythm and blues singer
• Dennis Sharp, British architect
• Derrick Sharp, American-Israeli professional basketball player
• Don Sharp, British film director
• Dorothea Sharp, British artist
• Dudley C. Sharp, former Secretary of the United States Air Force

E

• Elliott Sharp, American avant-garde musician
• Emily Sharp, birth name of professional wrestler Daizee Haze
• Emma Sharp, English race walker

F

• Frank Sharp (disambiguation)

G

• Gene Sharp, political scientist
• George Sharp (footballer)
• Graeme Sharp, Scottish footballer
• Granville Sharp, English abolitionist

H

• Hap Sharp, American Formula One driver
• Harry Sharp (disambiguation)

I

• Isaac Sharp, early New Jersey settler, judge, politician, and colonel
• Isadore Sharp, Canadian businessman

J

• Jack Sharp, English international footballer and test cricketer
• Jamarion Sharp, American basketball player
• James E. Sharp, American lawyer
• James Sharp (bishop), Scottish clergyman
• James Sharp (footballer, born 1870), Scottish footballer
• James Sharp (footballer, born 1894), Scottish footballer
• James Sharp (footballer, born 1976), English footballer
• John Sharp (actor), British television actor
• John Sharp (Archbishop of York), Archbishop of York
• John Sharp (Australian politician), Australian politician
• John Sharp (Texas politician), a former Texas politician
• Jon Sharp, former head coach of Huddersfield Giants
• Jonathan Sharp, English record producer
• Joseph Sharp, early settler of New Jersey
• Joseph Henry Sharp, artist
• Julia Sharp, American statistician
• J. W. Sharp, English comic entertainer

K

• K. B. Sharp, professional women's basketball player
• Katharine Dooris Sharp, American botanist and poet
• Kevin Sharp, American country music artist
• Kevin Sharp (footballer), Canadian-born footballer
• Kevin Sharp (heavy metal), American heavy metal singer for Venomous Concept and Brutal Truth

L

• Leonard Sharp, British actor
• Lesley Sharp, English actress
• Lester W. Sharp, American botanist
• Liam Sharp, British comic book artist
• Linda K. Sharp, women's basketball coach
• Lindsay Sharp, museum director
• Louis Sharp, New Zealand racing driver

M

• Maia Sharp, country music singer and songwriter
• Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford, member of the British House of Lords
• Margery Sharp, English writer
• Martha Sharp, American philanthropist
• Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker
• Martin Sharp (historian), English historian
• Matt Sharp, American rock bassist
• Minnie Bell Sharp, pianist and singer
• Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician

N

• Norm Sharp, AFL 1952 premiership player
• Norma Sharp, American operatic soprano

P

• Pat Sharp, British television presenter
• Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey centre
• Peter Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people
• Philip Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people
• Phillip Allen Sharp, American geneticist and molecular biologist

R

• Randy Sharp, songwriter
• Ray Sharp, Scottish footballer
• Ray Sharp (badminton), English badminton player and medallist in 1970 British Commonwealth Games
• Rhod Sharp, Scottish-born broadcaster
• Richard Sharp (politician) known as Conversation Sharp, English wit
• Richard Sharp (rugby union), English rugby player
• Rodney Sharp a director of the DuPont corporation
• Ronald Sharp, Australian organ builder
• Ryan Sharp, British race car driver

S

• Sage Sharp, American software engineer
• Samuel Sharp
• Scott Sharp, an American race car driver
• Solomon P. Sharp, American politician
• Steve Sharp
• Susie Sharp, American jurist
• Sylver Logan Sharp, vocalist

T

• Terri Sharp, American singer
• Thomas Sharp (priest), English churchman, biographer and theological writer
• Thomas C. Sharp, opponent of Joseph Smith Jr. and the Latter Day Saints
• Thomas Wilfred Sharp, English town planner and author
• Tia Sharp, English murder victim
• Timm Sharp, American actor
• Tom Sharp (cricketer), English first-class cricketer for Cornwall CCC and Unicorns

V

• Verity Sharp, BBC Radio Three presenter

W

• Waitstill Sharp, American Unitarian minister and humanitarian
• Walter Benona Sharp, American oil drilling pioneer, innovator and philanthropist
• Wanda Sharp, American politician
• Wilf Sharp, English footballer with Airdrieonians and Sheffield Wednesday
• William Sharp (engraver), English engraver
• William Sharp (writer), Scottish author and poet, pseudonym Fiona MacLeod
• William Graves Sharp, American lawyer, Congressman and diplomat
• Willie Sharp, Scottish footballer
• Willoughby Sharp, artist

Z

• Zerna Sharp, American teacher

Fictional characters

• Becky Sharp, protagonist of Vanity Fair (novel), William Makepeace Thackeray's novel
• Deryn Sharp, in Leviathan, a Scott Westerfeld novel
• Gavin Sharp, in the soap opera EastEnders
• John Sharp, the player character in the 2011 video game Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012
• Phineas Sharp, a villain in the Disney animated series Darkwing Duck
• Aesop Sharp, a professor in the Harry Potter series in the 2023 video game called Hogwarts Legacy