# 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
* Amy Elizabeth Thorpe (1910–1963), American BSC, MI6, and OSS agent during WWII
* Alma Thorpe (born 1935), Aboriginal Australian activist and elder
* Ashley Thorpe (born 1975), Australian 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 (1943–2023), 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 (1969–2024), 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 (1913–1977), British academic
* Lewis Thorpe (baseball) (born 1995), Australian baseball player
* Lidia Thorpe (born 1973), Australian politician
* Marjorie Thorpe, Trinidadian academic, lecturer and former diplomat
* Marjorie Thorpe (Aboriginal Australian), daughter of Alma Thorpe and mother of Lidia Thorpe
* 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