Sharpe (surname)

Sharpe is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Government

 * Alfred Sharpe (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 (1828–1900), American lawyer, soldier, secret service officer, diplomat and politician
 * Henry A. Sharpe (1848–1919), Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
 * Horatio Sharpe (1718–1790), British Royal Governor of Maryland
 * James Sharpe (Australian politician)
 * Larry Sharpe (politician) (born 1968), American business consultant and political activist
 * Merrell Q. Sharpe, American politician
 * Montagu Sharpe (1857–1942), English lawyer and antiquarian
 * Nelson Sharpe (1858–1935), Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
 * Penny Sharpe, Australian politician
 * Peter Sharpe (1777–1842), American politician, Representative from New York
 * Robert Sharpe (born 1945), Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
 * Roger Sharpe, 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) (1877–1966), American athlete and coach
 * Bud Sharpe, American baseball player
 * David Sharpe (born 1967), British runner
 * David Sharpe (American football) (born 1995), American football player
 * Dougie Sharpe (1926–1974), Scottish footballer
 * Duncan Sharpe (born 1937), Pakistani cricketer
 * Gerry Sharpe (1946–2019), English footballer
 * Harry Sharpe (cricketer) (1901–1950), English cricketer
 * Harry Sharpe (footballer), English footballer
 * Jimmy Sharpe, American college football coach
 * John Sharpe (cricketer), (1866–1936), English cricketer
 * Lee Sharpe, (born 1971), English footballer
 * Luis Sharpe, American NFL football player
 * Mike Sharpe, American wrestler
 * Nathan Sharpe, Australian rugby union player
 * Phil Sharpe (cricketer) (1936–2014), English cricketer
 * Phil Sharpe (footballer) (born 1968), English footballer
 * Ricky Sharpe (American football), American football player
 * Shaedon Sharpe (born 2003), Canadian basketball player
 * Shannon Sharpe (born 1968), U.S. American football player
 * Sterling Sharpe (born 1965), U.S. American football player
 * Tony Sharpe, Canadian sprinter
 * Wendy Sharpe (footballer) (born 1963), New Zealand football player

Academics

 * Alexander Sharpe (1814–1890), English philologist
 * Daniel Sharpe (1806–1856), English geologist
 * Eric J. Sharpe, Australian scholar of religious studies
 * Kevin Sharpe (historian) (1949–2011)
 * Richard Sharpe (historian)
 * Richard Bowdler Sharpe, (1847–1909), English zoologist
 * Robert Sharpe, Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and judge
 * Samuel Sharpe (scholar) (1799–1881), Egyptologist and translator of the Bible
 * William F. Sharpe, (born 1934), U.S. economist and inventor of the Sharpe ratio

Arts

 * Allan Sharpe (1949–2004), Scottish actor, theatre director and playwright
 * Albert Sharpe, Irish stage and film actor
 * Avery Sharpe, American jazz musician
 * Bill Sharpe, British musician
 * Craig Sharpe, contestant on Canadian Idol 4
 * Don Sharpe (died in 2004), sound editor
 * Gerry Sharpe (1929–1968), American photographer
 * Lennox Sharpe (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
 * Wendy Sharpe, (born 1960), Australian artist
 * Will Sharpe, Japanese-English actor, writer, and director

Others

 * Charles Richard Sharpe, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Edmund Sharpe, (1809–1877), English architect and engineer
 * Henry Granville Sharpe (1858–1947), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army
 * John Sharpe (Australian murderer)
 * Karen Sharpe (born 1934), American former actress
 * Mal Sharpe (1936–2020), U.S. radio and TV personality
 * Samuel Sharpe, 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
 * Macy Alexander Sharpe
 * Miriam Sharpe, in the Marvel Comics universe
 * Richard Sharpe (fictional character), 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 Crimson Peak