John Sharpe may refer to: *

Johannes Sharpe Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John (name), John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes (given name), Ioannes''), itself ...

(ca. 1360-after 1415), German philosopher *

John Sharpe (cricketer) John William Sharpe (9 December 1866 – 19 June 1936) was a bowler who was George Lohmann's partner in the formidable Surrey sides that dominated the first years of the ''official'' cricket County Championship. However, because softer and mo ...

(1866–1936), English test cricketer *

John Sharpe (tennis) John Sharpe (born 18 May 1939) is an Australian born Canadian former professional tennis player. Born in Melbourne, Sharpe featured in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments while touring as an Australian in the early 1960s. His best ...

(born 1945), Canadian Davis Cup player *

John Sharpe (publisher) John Forrest Sharpe is an American publisher and author. He is chairman of the publishing house IHS Press in Virginia; the vice-chairman is Derek Holland. IHS Press and the Legion of St. Louis (LSL), another publishing entity run by Sharpe that ...

, American naval officer and publisher of economic books about distributism *

John Sharpe (footballer) John William Henry Sharpe (born Portsmouth, 9 October 1957) is an English former professional footballer. His clubs included Southampton, Swansea City, and Gillingham, where he made nearly 200 Football League appearances. During his season at ...

(born 1957), English football (soccer) player *

John Sharpe (courtier) Sir John Sharpe (died 1518) of Coggeshall in Essex was a courtier (gentleman usher) to King Henry VII (1485–1509). He was present at the king's death-bed as is evident from a drawing of the event by Sir Thomas Wriothesley (died 1534), Garter Ki ...

(died 1518), courtier to King Henry VII *John Sharpe (born 1967), Australian convicted of the speargun

Sharpe family murders The Sharpe family murders refer to an Australian 2004 double murder. Australian man John Myles Sharpe killed his pregnant wife, New Zealander Anna Marie Kemp, and their 20-month-old daughter, Gracie Louise Kemp, in the semi-rural Melbourne s ...

John Henry Sharpe Sir John Henry Sharpe (8 November 1921 – 11 July 1999) was a Bermudian politician. He served as Premier of Bermuda from 29 December 1975 to 30 August 1977. Prior to becoming Premier, succeeding Edward Richards, Sharpe served as Minister f ...

, Premier of Bermuda, 1975–1977 *John Robin Sharpe (born c. 1933), Canadian convicted of child sexual abuse in ''

R v Sharpe ''R v Sharpe'', 2001 SCC 2 is a constitutional rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The court balanced the societal interest to regulate child pornography against the right to freedom of expression possessed by the defendants under se ...

'' * John Sharpe (MP), British Member of Parliament for

Callington Callington () is a civil parish and town in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom about north of Saltash and south of Launceston. Callington parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had increased to 5,78 ...

, 1754–1756 * John Walker Sharpe (1916–1997), Scottish physicist *

Jon Sharpe Jon Sharpe (April 29, 1920 - November 3, 2004) was the original author of The Trailsman series of Western novels. The century series, which has run since the early 1980s, was created by author Jon Messmann, who wrote most of the first 200 books ...

(died 2004), original author of ''The Trailsman'' series of Western novels

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