Sharpless

Sharpless is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Bevan Sharpless (1904–1950), American solar system astronomer
 * Christopher Sharpless (born 1945), American 1988 Winter Olympics bobsledder
 * Isaac Sharpless (1848–1920), American educator
 * Josh Sharpless (born 1988), American baseball player
 * Karl Barry Sharpless (born 1941), American chemist and Nobel prize winner
 * Mattie R. Sharpless (born 1942), American diplomat
 * Nathan J. Sharpless (1823–1893), American politician from Pennsylvania
 * Norman Sharpless (born 1966), American oncologist and director of the National Cancer Institute
 * Stewart Sharpless (1926–2013), American galactic astronomer
 * Sharpless catalog, a 20th-century astronomical catalog with 313 items
 * Disappearance of Toni Sharpless (born 1979), American nurse who disappeared in 2009

Fictional characters

 * A character in Madama Butterfly