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Thorpe (surname)

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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
  • Aidey Thorpe (born 1963), English footballer
  • 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
  • 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
  • Frank Thorpe (public servant) (1885–1967), Australian senior public servant
  • George Thorpe (disambiguation), several people
  • Graham Thorpe (born 1969), English cricketer
  • Ian Thorpe (born 1982), Australian swimmer
  • Jeremy Thorpe (1929-2014), former UK Liberal Party leader
  • Jerry Thorpe (born 1926), American TV and film director
  • Jim Thorpe (1888-1953), U.S. athlete
  • Jim Thorpe (golfer) (born 1949), American professional golfer
  • Jimmy Thorpe (1913–1936), English professional footballer
  • Jocelyn Field Thorpe (1872-1939), British chemist
  • John Thorpe (1565-1655), English architect
  • John Wells-Thorpe (b.1928), English architect
  • Kay Thorpe (born 1935), romantic novelist
  • Laura Thorpe (born 1987), French tennis player
  • Lee Thorpe (born 1975), English footballer
  • Lewis Thorpe, academic
  • Lewis Thorpe (baseball) (born 1995), Australian baseball player
  • Mathew Thorpe (born 1938), a senior judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
  • 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
  • Samuel 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
  • 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

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