Sharp

Sharp (English " sharp " for ) referred to:

  • A Japanese electronics company, see Sharp
  • A US-based pharmaceutical company, see MSD Sharp & Dohme
  • A programming language, see C- Sharp
  • A locomotive manufacturer, see Sharp ( Lokomotivfabrik )
  • A lunar crater, see Sharp ( crater)
  • A project for the exploration of a space gun, see High Altitude Research Project # SHARP
  • The musical Sharp Sign, see Cross ( notation )
  • The Sharp syndrome, a connective tissue disease

Sharp is a surname and may refer to:

A

  • Abraham Sharp (1653-1742), British astronomer
  • Alan Sharp (1934-2013), British screenwriter
  • Allen Sharp (1932-2009), American lawyer
  • Anne Sharp ( born 1934 ), British actress

B

  • Billy Sharp ( born 1986 ), English footballer
  • Bobby Sharp (1924-2013), American musician and songwriter

C

  • Cameron Sharp ( born 1958 ), British track and field athlete
  • Cecil Sharp (1859-1924), British musician

D

  • David Sharp (1840-1922), English entomologist
  • Dee Dee Sharp ( born 1945; actually: Dione LaRue ), American R & B singer
  • Dennis Sharp (1933-2010), British architect, professor, curator, author and editor
  • Derrick Sharp (born 1971 ), American- Israeli basketball player
  • Don Sharp (1922-2011), British film director
  • Dorothea Sharp (1874-1055), British painter

E

  • Edgar A. Sharp (1876-1948), American politician
  • Elliott Sharp ( b. 1951 ), American multi-instrumentalist and composer
  • Eric Sharp, Sharp Baron of Grimsdyke (1916-1994), British businessman and member of the House of Lords
  • Erica Sharp ( born 1975 ), Canadian wrestler
  • Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp (1903-1985), British government official, politician and member of the House of Lords

F

  • Francis Peabody Sharp (1823-1903), Canadian fruit growers and nursery owners

G

  • G. Kendall Sharp ( born 1934 ), American lawyer
  • Gene Sharp ( born 1928 ), American political scientist, founder of the Albert Einstein Institute
  • Graeme Sharp ( born 1960 ), Scottish football player
  • Graham Sharp (1917-1995), British figure skater
  • Granville Sharp (1735-1813), English abolitionist

B

  • Hap Sharp (1928-1993), American racing driver
  • Henry Sharp (1894-1966), American Cinematographer

J

  • John Sharp (1920-1992), English actor
  • John Sharp ( archbishop ) ( 1643-1714 ), English clergyman, Archbishop of York ( 1691-1714 )
  • Jonah Sharp, Ambient musicians

K

  • Keesha Sharp (born 1973 ), American actress
  • Kevin H. Sharp ( born 1963 ), American lawyer

L

M

P

  • Patrick Sharp ( born 1981 ), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Petra Sharp (born 1954 ), German track and field athlete
  • Philip R. Sharp ( born 1942 ), American politician
  • Phillip Allen Sharp ( born 1944 ), American geneticist and molecular biology (Nobel Prize in Physiology 1993)

R

  • Ray Sharp ( born 1945 ), English badminton player
  • Ryan Sharp ( born 1979 ), British racing driver

M

  • Margery Sharp (1905-1991), English writer

S

  • Scott Sharp ( born 1968 ), American race car driver
  • Solomon P. Sharp (1787-1825), American politician

W

  • Waitstill and Martha Sharp, humanists
  • William Sharp (1855-1905), Scottish writer
  • William Graves Sharp (1859-1922), American politician and diplomat

SHARP stands for:

  • SHARP, an anti-racist skinhead movement

See also:

  • Disambiguation
C Sharp (programming language) Sharp (music) Eric Sharp, Baron Sharp of Grimsdyke Henry Graham Sharp John Sharp (actor) Philip Sharp (politician) Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice
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