Sharp (surname)

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Sharp is a surname. It is cognate to the German scharf. It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin scrobis 'ditch', Russian skresti 'to scrape'.

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Abraham Sharp (1651–1742), English schoolmaster, mathematician and astronomer

Alan Sharp (1934-2013), Scottish author

Anne Sharp (1916-2011), Scottish soprano

Anthony Sharp (Quaker) (1643–1707), Dublin Quaker

Anthony Sharp (1915–1984), English actor

Arthur Sharp (footballer)

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Bartholomew Sharp (c. 1650–1702), English buccaneer

Billy Sharp (born 1986), English professional footballer

Bree Sharp (born 1975), American singer and songwriter

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Cecil Sharp (1859–1924), English music teacher and traditional English dance expert

Clifford Sharp, British journalist

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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 (born 1933), British architect

Derrick Sharp (born 1971), American-Israeli professional basketball player

Don Sharp (1922-2011), British film director

Dudley C. Sharp (1905–1987), former Secretary of the United States Air Force

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Elliott Sharp (born 1951), American avant-garde musician

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Frank Sharp (disambiguation)

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Gene Sharp (born 1928), political scientist

Graeme Sharp (born 1960), Scottish footballer

Granville Sharp (1735–1813), English abolitionist

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Hap Sharp (1928–1993), American Formula One driver

Harry Sharp (1917–1995), American race car driver

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Isaac Sharp (1681–1735), early New Jersey settler, judge, politician, and colonel

Isadore Sharp (born 1931), Canadian businessman

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Jack Sharp (1878–1938), English international footballer and test cricketer

James E. Sharp (born 1940), American lawyer

James Lyall Sharp (born 1960), British diplomat

James Sharp (bishop) (1613–1679), Scottish clergyman

James Sharp (footballer) (born 1976), English professional football player

James Sharp (footballer born 1869), Scottish 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

Joseph Henry Sharp (1859–1953), artist (Taos Art Colony)

Joseph Sharp (c. 1709–1776), early settler of New Jersey

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K. B. Sharp (born 1981), professional women's basketball player

Kevin Sharp (country singer) (born 1970), 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

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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

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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

Martha Sharp (1905–1999), American philanthropist

Martin Sharp (journalist) (1847–1910), English historian

Martin Sharp (born 1944), Australian cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker

Matt Sharp (born 1969), American rock bassist

Minnie Bell Sharp (1865–1937), pianist and singer

Mitchell Sharp (1911–2004), Canadian politician

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Norma Sharp (born 1943), American operatic soprano

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Pat Sharp (born 1961), British television presenter

Patrick Sharp (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey centre

Peter Sharp, Australian rugby league footballer and coach

Philip Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people

Phillip Allen Sharp (born 1944), American geneticist and molecular biologist

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Randy Sharp, songwriter

Ray Sharp (born 1969), Scottish footballer

Ray Sharp (badminton), 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 (born 1938), English rugby player

Rodney Sharp a director of the DuPont corporation

Ronald Sharp (born 1929), Australian organ builder

Ryan Sharp (born 1979), British race car driver

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Sammy Sharp, footballer of the 1920s who played for Manchester City

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

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Terri Sharp (born 1950), 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

Timm Sharp (born 1978), American actor

Tom Sharp (cricketer), English first-class cricketer for Cornwall CCC and Unicorns

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Verity Sharp (born 1970), BBC Radio Three presenter

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Waitstill Sharp (1902–1984), American Unitarian minister and humanitarian

Walter Benona Sharp (1870–1912), American oil drilling pioneer, innovator and philanthropist

William Sharp (engraver) (1749–1824), English engraver

William Sharp (writer) (1855–1905), Scottish author and poet, pseudonym Fiona MacLeod

Willoughby Sharp (1936–2008), artist

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Zerna Sharp (1889–1981), American teacher

Fictional Sharps

Becky Sharp, the main character in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair'

Phineas Sharp, Disney character

Gavin Sharp, character in soap opera EastEnders

Deryn Sharp, character in Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan

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