Sharpe is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Government
Alfred Sharpe (1853–1935), British colonial administrator
Edward M. Sharpe (1887–1975), Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
George Sharpe (politician) (c. 1907 – 1985), Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg
George H. Sharpe (1828–1900), American lawyer, soldier, secret service officer, diplomat and politician
Henry A. Sharpe (1848–1919), Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
Horatio Sharpe (1718–1790), British Royal Governor of Maryland
James Sharpe (Australian politician)
Larry Sharpe (politician) (born 1968), American business consultant and political activist
Merrell Q. Sharpe, American politician
Montagu Sharpe (1857–1942), English lawyer and antiquarian
Nelson Sharpe (1858–1935), Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
Penny Sharpe, Australian politician
Peter Sharpe (1777–1842), American politician, Representative from New York
Robert Sharpe (judge) (born 1945), Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
Roger Sharpe, American author and politician, former member of the North Carolina Senate
Thomas Sharpe (politician) (1866–1919), Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg
William Sharpe (North Carolina politician) (1742–1818), U.S. lawyer and politician
William R. Sharpe Jr. (1928–2009), American member of the West Virginia Senate
Sports
Albert Sharpe (American football) (1877–1966), American athlete and coach
Bud Sharpe, American baseball player
David Sharpe (born 1967), British runner
David Sharpe (American football) (born 1995), American football player
Dougie Sharpe (1926–1974), Scottish footballer
Duncan Sharpe (born 1937), Pakistani cricketer
Gerry Sharpe (1946–2019), English footballer
Harry Sharpe (cricketer) (1901–1950), English cricketer
Harry Sharpe (footballer), English footballer
Jamari Sharpe (born 2003), American football player
Jimmy Sharpe, American college football coach
John Sharpe (cricketer), (1866–1936), English cricketer
Lee Sharpe, (born 1971), English footballer
Luis Sharpe (1960–2025), Cuban player of American football
Mike Sharpe, American wrestler
Nathan Sharpe, Australian rugby union player
Phil Sharpe (cricketer) (1936–2014), English cricketer
Phil Sharpe (footballer) (born 1968), English footballer
Academics
Alexander Sharpe (1814–1890), English philologist
Daniel Sharpe (1806–1856), English geologist
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe (born 1868), English entomologist and illustrator
Eric J. Sharpe, Australian scholar of religious studies
Kevin Sharpe (historian) (1949–2011)
Richard Sharpe (historian) (1954–2020)
Richard Bowdler Sharpe, (1847–1909), English zoologist
Robert Sharpe (judge), Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and judge
Samuel Sharpe (scholar) (1799–1881), Egyptologist and translator of the Bible
William F. Sharpe, (born 1934), U.S. economist and inventor of the Sharpe ratio
Arts
Allan Sharpe (1949–2004), Scottish actor, theatre director and playwright
Albert Sharpe, Irish stage and film actor
Avery Sharpe, American jazz musician
Bill Sharpe, British musician
Cornelia Sharpe (born 1943), American former actress and model
Craig Sharpe, contestant on Canadian Idol 4
Don Sharpe (died in 2004), sound editor
Gerry Sharpe (1929–1968), American photographer
Lennox Sharpe (born 1963), Trinidad and Tobago steelband composer
Matthew Sharpe (born 1962), U.S. novelist
Tom Sharpe, (1928–2013), English satirical author of the novel Wilt
Tyler-Justin Sharpe (born 2002), American rapper and singer known professionally as Lil Tecca
Wendy Sharpe, (born 1960), Australian artist
Will Sharpe, Japanese-English actor, writer, and director
Others
Charles Richard Sharpe, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
Edmund Sharpe, (1809–1877), English architect and engineer
Henry Granville Sharpe (1858–1947), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army
John Sharpe (Australian murderer)
Karen Sharpe (born 1934), American former actress
Mal Sharpe (1936–2020), U.S. radio and TV personality
Samuel Sharpe, 19th-century Jamaican missionary and revolutionary
Thomas Sharpe (RAF officer) (1887–?), British flying ace
Fictional characters
Chris Sharpe, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
Deacon Sharpe
Macy Alexander Sharpe
Miriam Sharpe, in the Marvel Comics universe
Richard Sharpe (fictional character), central character in the novel and television series Sharpe
Steven Sharpe III, alias The Gambler, a member of the Golden Age Green Lantern's rogues' gallery.
Thomas and Lucille Sharpe, principal characters in Crimson Peak