Thorpe (surname)

Thorpe is a surname derived from the Middle English word thorp, meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe is found as the name of many places in England.

People with this name

 * Adam Thorpe (born 1956), British author
 * Adelbert Delos Thorp (1844–1919), American politician in Wisconsin
 * Aidey Thorpe (born 1963), English footballer
 * Alma Thorpe (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 (born 1970), U.S. Olympic luge athlete
 * Clarence Thorpe (baseball) (1909–1985), American Negro league pitcher
 * David Thorpe (artist) (born 1972), English artist
 * David Thorpe (footballer) (born 1948), winner of the 1968 Charles Sutton Medal
 * David Thorpe (motorcyclist), 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1985, 1986 and 1989
 * D. R. Thorpe, British historian and biographer
 * Drew Thorpe (born 2000), American baseball player
 * Ethel L. M. Thorpe (1908–2001), British-Canadian nurse
 * Frank Thorpe (public servant) (1885–1967), Australian senior public servant
 * George Thorpe (disambiguation), several people
 * Graham Thorpe (born 1969), English cricketer
 * Harriet Thorpe (born 1957), English actress
 * Heath Thorpe (born 2000), Australian artistic gymnast
 * Hugh Thorpe, English MP
 * Ian Thorpe (born 1982), Australian swimmer
 * Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014), former UK Liberal Party leader
 * Jerry Thorpe (1926–2018), American TV and film director
 * Jim Thorpe (1888–1953), U.S. athlete
 * Jim Thorpe (Canadian football) (1944–2020), Canadian football player
 * Jim Thorpe (golfer) (born 1949), American professional golfer
 * Jimmy Thorpe (1913–1936), English professional footballer
 * Jimmy Thorpe (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1956), English professional footballer
 * Jocelyn Field Thorpe (1872–1939), British chemist
 * John Thorpe (1565–1655), English architect
 * John Wells-Thorpe (1928–2019), English architect
 * Kay Thorpe (born 1935), romantic novelist
 * Laura Thorpe (born 1987), French tennis player
 * Lee Thorpe (born 1975), English footballer
 * Lewis Thorpe, academic
 * Lewis Thorpe (baseball) (born 1995), Australian baseball player
 * Lidia Thorpe (born 1973), Australian politician
 * Marjorie Thorpe, Trinidadian academic, lecturer and former diplomat
 * Mathew Thorpe (born 1938), a senior judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
 * Matilda Thorpe (born 1960), English actress
 * Otis Thorpe (born 1962), retired American professional basketball player
 * Percy Thorpe (1899–?), English footballer
 * Richard Thorpe (1896–1991), American film director
 * Richard Thorpe (rugby union) (born 1984), English rugby union player
 * Robert Thorpe (disambiguation), several people
 * Rose Hartwick Thorpe (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 (1845–1925), British chemist
 * Tom Thorpe (born 1993), English footballer
 * Tommy Thorpe (1881–1953), English footballer and cricketer (where he is known as Thomas Thorpe)
 * Tony Thorpe (born 1974), English footballer and manager
 * William de Thorpe, 14th-century English Chief Justice
 * William Thorpe, putative author of 1407 Lollard text The Testimony of William Thorpe
 * William Homan Thorpe (1902–1986), British ethologist