# Wharton (name)

Notable people named Wharton include:

## Politicians and diplomats

* A C Wharton, Former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee
* Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899–1990), American diplomat
* Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. (1926–2024), United States Deputy Secretary of State
* James Wharton (born 1984), British politician, ex member of parliament and minister
* Jeff Wharton, Canadian provincial politician from Manitoba
* John Austin Wharton (1806–1838), soldier and statesman in the Republic of Texas
* John Wharton (fl. 1407–1420), MP for Guildford
* John Wharton (MP for Beverley) (1765–1843)
* John Lloyd Wharton (1837–1912), British Member of Parliament for Durham, 1871–1874, and Ripon, 1886–1906
* Robert Wharton (Philadelphia) (1757–1834), Mayor of Philadelphia
* Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735–1778), Governor of Pennsylvania
* Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton and Malmesbury (1648–1715), English Whig politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
* Trey Wharton, Texas politician
* William H. Wharton (1802–1839), Republic of Texas politician

## Sportspeople

* Adam Wharton (born 2004), English footballer
* Alan Wharton (1923–1993), English cricketer
* Albert Buckman Wharton, Jr. (a.k.a. Buster Wharton) (1909-1963), American rancher and polo player.
* Arthur Wharton, (1865–1930) Ghanaian-born footballer who played in England
* Ben Wharton, English footballer.
* Jackie Wharton, (1920–2007), English footballer
* Ken Wharton (1916–1957), Formula One racing driver
* Kenny Wharton (born 1960), English footballer
* Louis Wharton (1896–1957), West Indian-born English cricketer
* Shonica Wharton (born 1996), Barbadian netball player
* Tershawn Wharton (born 1998), American football player
* Wharton Davies (1874-1961), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

## Other people

* Albert Buckman Wharton III, American rancher.
* Anne Wharton (1659–1685), English poet and playwright
* Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American novelist, short story writer, and designer
* Gabriel C. Wharton (1824–1906), Confederate general in the American Civil War
* Gabriel Caldwell Wharton (1839–1887), Union lieutenant colonel in the American Civil War
* George Wharton, (1618–1681), English pamphleteer and astrologer
* Gordon Wharton, (1929–2011), English poet
* Henry Wharton (writer) (1664–1695), English writer
* Henry Wharton (soldier), (died 1689) English soldier who served in Ireland
* John A. Wharton (1828–1865), Confederate general during the American Civil War
* John F. Wharton (lawyer) (1894–1977), American entertainment lawyer
* John F. Wharton (general) (born c. 1959), United States Army general
* Joseph Wharton (1826–1909), prominent Philadelphia merchant, industrialist and philanthropist
* Joseph John Cheyne Wharton, (1859–1923), journalist in South Australia and New South Wales
* Michael Wharton (1913–2006), newspaper columnist who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Simple
* Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (1613–1696), English peer and Parliamentarian during the English Civil War
* Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton (1698–1731), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake
* Steve Wharton, British academic
* Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1495–1568), English nobleman
* Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton (1520–1572), English nobleman
* Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648–1715), English nobleman and politician, credited with being the lyricist of Lilliburlero
* Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735–1778), American politician and 1st President of Pennsylvania
* Thomas Wharton (anatomist) (1614–1673), English anatomist
* Thomas Wharton (author) (born 1963), Canadian novelist
* Tiny Wharton (1927–2005), Scottish soccer referee
* William Wharton (author) (1925–2008), American novelist
* William Wharton (hydrographer) (1843–1905), British admiral and hydrographer
* Baron Wharton, a title of English nobility
* Laolu Wharton (born 2006), Husband of Brietling Wharton