Sharp (family name)
Sharp ( English for "sharp") is an English family name originally derived from a nickname .
Name bearer
A.
- Abraham Sharp (1653-1742), British astronomer
- Alan Sharp (1934-2013), British screenwriter
- Allen Sharp (1932–2009), American lawyer
- Anita Sharp-Bolster (1895–1985), Irish actress
- Anne Sharp (singer) (1916-2011), British singer (soprano)
- Anne Sharp (actress) (born 1934), British actress
B.
- Billy Sharp (* 1986), English football player
- Bobby Sharp (1924–2013), American musician and songwriter
C.
- Cameron Sharp (born 1958), British athlete
- Cecil Sharp (1859-1924), British musician
D.
- Dane Sharp (* 1986), Canadian squash player
- David Sharp (entomologist) (1840-1922), British entomologist
- David Sharp (cyclist) (born 1941), American cyclist
- David Sharp (mountaineer) (1972-2006), British mountaineer
- Dee Dee Sharp (* 1945; actually: Dione LaRue), American R&B singer
- Dennis Sharp (1933-2010), British architect, architecture professor, curator, author and editor
- Derrick Sharp (* 1971), American-Israeli basketball player
- Don Sharp (1922-2011), British film director
- Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955), British painter
E.
- Edgar A. Sharp (1876–1948), American politician
- Elliott Sharp (* 1951), American multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Eric Sharp, Baron Sharp of Grimsdyke (1916–1994), British businessman and member of the House of Lords
- Erica Sharp (* 1975), Canadian wrestler
- Evan Sharp (* 1982), American entrepreneur
- Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp (1903–1985), British administrator, politician and member of the House of Lords
F.
- Francis Peabody Sharp (1823-1903), Canadian fruit grower and nursery owner
- Fred Sharp (⚭1923–2005), American jazz guitarist
G
- G. Kendall Sharp (* 1934), American lawyer
- Gene Sharp (1928–2018), American political scientist
- Graeme Sharp (born 1960), Scottish football player
- Graham Sharp (1917–1995), British figure skater
- Granville Sharp (1735–1813), English opponent of slavery
H
- Hap Sharp (1928–1993), American racing driver
- Henry Sharp (1894–1966), American cameraman
J
- John Sharp (Archbishop) (1643-1714), English clergyman, Archbishop of York (1691-1714)
- John Sharp (politician, 1828) (1828-1919), New Zealand politician
- John Sharp (actor) (1920–1992), English actor
- John Sharp (politician, 1950) (born 1950), American politician
- John Sharp (politician, 1954) (born 1954), Australian politician
- Jonah Sharp (* before 1990), Scottish ambient musician
- Joseph Henry Sharp (1859–1953), American painter
K
- Karen Sharp (* 1971), British jazz musician
- Keesha Sharp (* 1973), American actress
- Kevin Sharp (1970-2014), American country singer
- Kevin H. Sharp (* 1963), American lawyer
L.
- Leo Sharp (1924–2016), American veteran, plant breeder, and drug courier for the Sinaloa cartel
- Lesley Sharp (* 1960), British film and theater actress
- Lynsey Sharp (* 1990), British middle-distance runner
M.
- MacGregor Sharp (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
- Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford (* 1938), British politician and economist
- Margery Sharp (1905-1991), English writer
- Martha Sharp , American social worker named Righteous Among the Nations , see Waitstill and Martha Sharp
- Martin Sharp (1942–2013), Australian cartoonist, songwriter and filmmaker
- Matt Sharp (* 1969), American musician
- Minnie Bell Sharp Adney (1865–1937), Canadian musician and music teacher
- Mitchell Sharp (1911-2004), Canadian politician
- Morell Edward Sharp (1920–1980), American lawyer
N
- Nathan Sharp (* 1989), American web video producer, voice actor, rock musician and label owner
P
- Patrick Sharp (* 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- Peter Sharp (1939–2012), New Zealand cricketer and journalist
- Petra Sharp (* 1954), German athlete
- Philip R. Sharp (* 1942), American politician
- Phillip Allen Sharp (* 1944), American molecular biologist and geneticist (Nobel Prize in Physiology 1993)
R.
- Ray Sharp (* 1945), English badminton player
- Richard Sharp († 2014), American entrepreneur
- Robert P. Sharp (1911-2004), American geologist
- Ryan Sharp (* 1979), British racing driver
S.
- Scott Sharp (* 1968), American racing car driver
- Solomon P. Sharp (1787-1825), American politician
U
- Ulysses S. Grant Sharp (1906-2001), American admiral in the US Navy
W.
- Waitstill Sharp , American pastor of the Unitarian denomination, named Righteous Among the Nations , see Waitstill and Martha Sharp
- William Sharp (engraver) (1749–1824), English engraver
- William Sharp (lithographer) (1803–1875), English-American lithographer and painter
- William Sharp (Author) (1855-1905) Scottish novelist
- William Sharp (Illustrator) (1900–1961), American graphic artist, draftsman and book illustrator
- William Sharp (singer) , American singer (bass-baritone)
- William Graves Sharp (1859–1922), American politician and diplomat
- Willoughby Sharp (1936–2008), American artist