Sharp (surname)

{{TOC right}} '''Sharp''' is an English language surname, cognate to the German ''{{lang|de|scharf}}''. It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin ''{{lang|la|scrobis}}'' 'ditch', Russian ''{{lang|ru|skresti}}'' 'to scrape'.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Recorded variations of the surname include Sharpe, Shairp, Sharpes, Sharps<ref name=oxford /> and the diminutives Sharpin, Sharplin and Sharpling.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} It originates from a medieval nickname, with the derivation from the Old English word "scearp", meaning sharp and used to describe a "sharp or smart" person.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Sharp |title=Surname Database: Sharp Last Name Origin}}</ref><ref name=oxford>{{cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |title=The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland |year=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-967776-4 |edition=First |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-36710?rskey=xY0bYF&result=36701 |access-date=26 September 2022 |chapter=Sharp}}</ref>

==People bearing the surname Sharp==

===A=== * Abraham Sharp (1651–1742), English schoolmaster, mathematician and astronomer * Alan Sharp (1934–2013), Scottish author * Alex Sharp (disambiguation), several people * Anne Sharp (1916–2011), Scottish soprano * Anthony Sharp (Quaker) (1643–1707), Dublin Quaker * Anthony Sharp (1915–1984), English actor * Archie Sharp (born 1995), British boxer * Arthur Sharp (1905–1991), English footballer

===B=== * Bartholomew Sharp (c. 1650–1702), English buccaneer * Bauer Sharp (born 2003), American football player * Billy Sharp (born 1986), English professional footballer * Bree Sharp (born 1975), American singer and songwriter

===C=== * Cecil Sharp (1859–1924), English music teacher and traditional English dance expert * Chris Sharp (born 1973), American singer * Christopher Sharp (cricketer) (born 1964), former English cricketer * Christopher Sharp (barrister) (born 1953), British barrister and Deputy High Court Judge * Clifford Sharp, British journalist

===D=== * Dallas Lore Sharp (1870–1929), American nature author and university professor * Dave Sharp (born 1959), English guitarist * David Sharp (entomologist) (1840–1922), English physician and entomologist * David Sharp (mountaineer) (1972–2006), Everest mountain climber * Dee Dee Sharp (born 1945), American rhythm and blues singer * Dennis Sharp (1933–2010), British architect * Derrick Sharp (born 1971), American-Israeli professional basketball player * Don Sharp (1922–2011), British film director * Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955), British artist * Dudley C. Sharp (1905–1987), former Secretary of the United States Air Force

===E=== * Elliott Sharp (born 1951), American avant-garde musician * Emily Sharp (born 1983), birth name of professional wrestler Daizee Haze * Emma Sharp (1832–1920), English race walker

===F=== * Frank Sharp (disambiguation)

===G=== * Gene Sharp (1928–2018), political scientist * George Sharp (footballer) * Graeme Sharp (born 1960), Scottish footballer * Granville Sharp (1735–1813), English abolitionist

===H=== * Hap Sharp (1928–1993), American Formula One driver * Harry Sharp (disambiguation)

===I=== * Isaac Sharp (1681–1735), early New Jersey settler, judge, politician, and colonel * Isadore Sharp (born 1931), Canadian businessman

===J=== * Jack Sharp (1878–1938), English international footballer and test cricketer * Jamarion Sharp (born 2001), American basketball player * James E. Sharp (born 1940), American lawyer * James Sharp (bishop) (1613–1679), Scottish clergyman * James Sharp (footballer, born 1870), Scottish footballer * James Sharp (footballer, born 1894), Scottish footballer * James Sharp (footballer, born 1976), English footballer * John Sharp (actor) (1920–1992), British television actor * John Sharp (Archbishop of York) (1643–1714), Archbishop of York * John Sharp (Australian politician) (born 1954), Australian politician * John Sharp (Texas politician) (born 1950), a former Texas politician * Jon Sharp, former head coach of Huddersfield Giants * Jonathan Sharp (1964–2009), English record producer * Joseph Sharp (c. 1709–1776), early settler of New Jersey * Joseph Henry Sharp (1859–1953), artist (Taos Art Colony) * Julia Sharp, American statistician * J. W. Sharp (c. 1818–1856), English comic entertainer

===K=== * K. B. Sharp (born 1981), professional women's basketball player * Katharine Dooris Sharp (1846–1935), American botanist and poet * Kevin Sharp (1970–2014), American country music artist * Kevin Sharp (footballer) (born 1974), Canadian-born footballer * Kevin Sharp (heavy metal), American heavy metal singer for Venomous Concept and Brutal Truth

===L=== * Leonard Sharp (1890–1958), British actor * Lesley Sharp (born 1964), English actress * Lester W. Sharp (1887–1961), American botanist * Liam Sharp (born 1968), British comic book artist * Linda K. Sharp, women's basketball coach * Lindsay Sharp, museum director * Louis Sharp (born 2007), New Zealand racing driver

===M=== * Maia Sharp, country music singer and songwriter * Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford (born 1938), member of the British House of Lords * Margery Sharp (1905–1991), English writer * {{anbl|Marie Sharp}} * Martha Sharp (1905–1999), American philanthropist * Martin Sharp (1942–2013), Australian cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker * Martin Sharp (historian) (1847–1910), English historian * Matt Sharp (born 1969), American rock bassist * Minnie Bell Sharp (1865–1937), pianist and singer * Mitchell Sharp (1911–2004), Canadian politician

===N=== * Norm Sharp (1934–2014), AFL 1952 premiership player * Norma Sharp (born 1943), American operatic soprano

===P=== * Pat Sharp (born 1961), British television presenter * Patrick Sharp (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey centre * Peter Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people * Philip Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people * Phillip Allen Sharp (born 1944), American geneticist and molecular biologist

===R=== * Randy Sharp, songwriter * Ray Sharp (born 1969), Scottish footballer * Ray Sharp (badminton) (born 1945), English badminton player and medallist in 1970 British Commonwealth Games * Rhod Sharp (born 1953), Scottish-born broadcaster * Richard Sharp (politician) known as ''Conversation Sharp'', English wit * Richard Sharp (rugby union) (1938–2025), English rugby player * Rodney Sharp a director of the DuPont corporation * Ronald Sharp (1929–2021), Australian organ builder * Ryan Sharp (born 1979), British race car driver

===S=== * Sage Sharp (born 1985), American software engineer * Samuel Sharp (disambiguation) * Scott Sharp (born 1968), an American race car driver * Solomon P. Sharp (1787–1825), American politician * Steve Sharp (disambiguation) * Susie Sharp (1907–1996), American jurist * Sylver Logan Sharp, vocalist

===T=== * Terri Sharp (1948–2015), American singer * Thomas Sharp (priest) (1693–1758), English churchman (Archdeacon of Northumberland), biographer and theological writer * Thomas C. Sharp (1818–1894), opponent of Joseph Smith Jr. and the Latter Day Saints * Thomas Wilfred Sharp (1901–1978), English town planner and author * Tia Sharp (2000–2012), English murder victim * Timm Sharp (born 1978), American actor * Tom Sharp (cricketer), English first-class cricketer for Cornwall CCC and Unicorns

===V=== * Verity Sharp (born 1970), BBC Radio Three presenter

===W=== * Waitstill Sharp (1902–1984), American Unitarian minister and humanitarian * Walter Benona Sharp (1870–1912), American oil drilling pioneer, innovator and philanthropist * Wanda Sharp (born 1950), American politician * Wilf Sharp (1907–1981), English footballer with Airdrieonians and Sheffield Wednesday * William Sharp (engraver) (1749–1824), English engraver * William Sharp (writer) (1855–1905), Scottish author and poet, pseudonym Fiona MacLeod * William Graves Sharp (1859–1922), American lawyer, Congressman and diplomat * Willie Sharp (1922–1992), Scottish footballer * Willoughby Sharp (1936–2008), artist

===Z=== * Zerna Sharp (1889–1981), American teacher

==Fictional characters== * Becky Sharp, protagonist of ''Vanity Fair (novel)'', William Makepeace Thackeray's novel * Deryn Sharp, in ''Leviathan'', a Scott Westerfeld novel * Gavin Sharp, in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' * John Sharp, the player character in the 2011 video game ''Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012'' * Phineas Sharp, a villain in the Disney animated series ''Darkwing Duck'' * Aesop Sharp, a professor in the Harry Potter series in the 2023 video game called Hogwarts Legacy

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