Snape may refer to:

Places

* Snape Island, Hudson Bay, Canada *

Snape, North Yorkshire Snape is a large village in the civil parish of Snape with Thorp in the county of North Yorkshire, England, located about south of Bedale and west of the A1(M) motorway, it has a population of 350. Nearby is Thorp Perrow Arboretum. The nam ...

, a village in England *

Snape, Suffolk Snape is a small village in the England, English county of Suffolk, on the River Alde close to Aldeburgh. At the 2011 census the population was 611. In Anglo-Saxon England, Snape was the site of an Snape ship burial, Anglo-Saxon ship burial. Sna ...

, a marshland, a village and an arts centre in England

People

Andrew Snape Andrew Snape (1675–1742) was an English cleric, academic and headmaster, provost of King's College, Cambridge, from 1719. Life Snape was born at Hampton Court, Middlesex, the son of Andrew Snape (the younger), serjeant farrier to Charles II, ...

(1675–1742), headmaster of Eton College * Henry Lloyd Snape (1861–1933), British chemist * Jack Snape, half of the electropop duo To My Boy *

Jeremy Snape Jeremy Nicholas Snape (born 27 April 1973) is a former English cricketer, who played limited over internationals, and a sports psychologist. He was a right-handed batsman and bowled right-arm off-break. He was the 20/20 captain for Leicester. ...

(born 1973), English cricketer *

Martin Snape Martin Snape (31 December 1852 – 24 November 1930) was an English painter of the Victorian and Edwardian era. Biography Born in Gosport in 1852, Snape worked in a variety of media (oils, watercolours, engraving, etc.). He concentrated mainly ...

(1852–1930), English painter * Maurice Snape (1923–1992), English cricketer *

Peter Snape Peter Charles Snape, Baron Snape (born 12 February 1942) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East from February 1974 until he stood down in the 2001 election. He is th ...

(born 1942), British politician and Baron Snape *

Steve Snape Steve "Snapey" Snape (born 17 September 1963), also known by the nickname of "Snapper", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Swinton, as a left- or , and occa ...

(born 1963), English former rugby league footballer * William Snape (born 1985), British actor who is known for playing in ''

The Full Monty ''The Full Monty'' is a 1997 comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy. The film is set ...

'' *

Severus Snape Severus Snape is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels by J. K. Rowling. In the first five novels, he is the professor of Potions at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the sixth book, he teaches Defence ...

, the potions master at

Hogwarts Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry () is a fictional boarding school of magic for young wizards. It is the primary setting for the first six novels in the '' Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling, and also serves as a major setti ...

, in

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

. He was head of

Slytherin Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry () is a fictional boarding school of magic for young wizards. It is the primary setting for the first six novels in the ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling, and also serves as a major setting ...

House and was considered a hero by Potter after his death, for his good acts.

Arts and entertainment

, a character in the ''Harry Potter'' books * Snape (band), an English blues-rock ensemble {{disambiguation, geo, surname