# Short (surname)

Short is a surname of English origin. Notable people with this surname include:
* Alan Short (1920–2004), California legislator
* C. Alan Short (born 1955), British architect and academic
* Arthur Short (cricketer) (born 1947), South African cricketer
* Arthur Short (politician) (1850–1933), politician in the British colony of South Australia
* Arthur Ernest William Short (1890–1949), South Australian businessman and city councillor
* Arthur Rendle Short (1880–1953), professor of surgery at Bristol University
* Augustus Short (1802–1883), "Bishop Short", British-born Australian religious leader
* Bob Short (1917–1982), American sports team owner
* Bobby Short (1924–2005), American musician
* Brandon Short (born 1977), American football player
* Chris Short (1937–1991), American baseball player
* Clare Short (born 1946), British politician
* Clyde Short, (1883–1936), Kansas politician
* Columbus Short (born 1982), American dance choreographer and actor
* Craig Short (born 1968), British football player
* Ebony Short, American sewing manager
* E L Short (1925–2015), member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature
* Edward Short (judge) (1806–1871), Canadian jurist and politician
* Edward Short, Baron Glenamara (1912–2014), British politician
* Elizabeth Short (1924–1947), American murder victim known as the "Black Dahlia"
* Emily Short, writer of interactive fiction
* Eustace Short (1875–1932), co-founder of Short Brothers
* Gene Short (1953–2016), American basketball player
* Gertrude Short (1902–1968), American film actress
* Gregory Short (1938–1999), American classical music composer
* Harry Short (1864–1937), Canadian politician
* Harry Short (baseball) (1878–1954), American baseball player and manager
* Horace Short (1872–1917), co-founder of Short Brothers
* Hassard Short (1877–1956), Broadway musical director
* Jack Short (betrayer of William Wallace) (fl. 1300s), Scottish servant and betrayer of Sir William Wallace
* Jake Short (born 1998), US Television Actor
* James Short (mathematician) (1710–1768), British mathematician, optician, and telescope builder
* Florence Jane Short (aka Rachel Peace) (1881–after 1932), British feminist and suffragette, who was imprisoned and force-fed
* Jason Short (born 1978), American football player
* Jay Short (born 1939), American biochemist and biotech entrepreneur
* J. D. Short (1902–1962), American Delta blues musician
* Joseph Short (1904–1952), American journalist
* Kayle Short (born 1973), Canadian hockey player
* Keith Short (1941–2020), British sculptor
* Leonie Short (born 1956), Australian politician
* Lester L. Short (born 1933), American ornithologist
* Luke Short (1854–1893), American gunfighter
* Luke Short (writer) (1908–1975), American writer
* Martin Short (born 1950), Canadian actor and comedian
* Mary Short (1802 - 1849), royal queen consort of Awadh
* Nathaniel Short (born 1985), English footballer
* Nigel Short (born 1965), British chess player
* Obadiah Short (1803–1886), British artist
* Oswald Short (1883–1969), co-founder of Short Brothers
* Patrick Short (fl. c. 1830), British-born religious leader
* Patrick Short (1859–1941), Queensland police commissioner
* Peter Short (clergyman) (born 1948), Canadian minister, Moderator of the United Church of Canada
* Peter Short (field hockey) (born 1976), Canadian field hockey player
* Peter Short (printer) (died 1603), English printer
* Peter Short (rugby union) (born 1979), English rugby union player
* Phil Short (born 1947), U.S. Army officer and Louisiana politician
* Philip Short (born 1945), British journalist and author
* Philip Short (chess player) (1960–2018), Irish chess player
* Rick Short (born 1972), American baseball player and coach
* Rob Short (born 1972), British-born hockey player
* Robert L. Short (1932–2009), American religious writer and minister
* Roger Short (1944–2003), British diplomat
* Shawn Short (born 1978), American dance choreographer
* Sidney Howe Short (1858–1902), American inventor, professor, businessman
* Thomas Vowler Short (1790–1872), English clergyman and academic
* Tom Short (born 1957), American Christian traveling evangelist
* Walter Short (1880–1949), American soldier
* Wilfrid Short (1870–1947), British civil servant
* William Henry Short (1884–1916), British soldier
* William J. Short (fl. 1920s), Canadian politician from Manitoba
* William Short (Alberta politician) (1866–1926), mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
* William Short (American ambassador) (1759–1849), Thomas Jefferson's private secretary
* Zack Short (born 1995), American baseball player