# 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 (judge) (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 (judge), 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