Sharp
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The word sharp or acronym SHARP has several uses:
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- A pointed or edged item. This meaning is often used in regards to the disposal of Medical equipment.
- Sharp is a musical notation sign.
- Any of a number of programming languages, including:
- Sharp Corporation
- Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP)
- Super High Altitude Research Project (SHARP), a 1990s project to develop a high-velocity gun
- Sharp, a crater on the moon
- S#arp, a Korean band
- Sharp (set theory)
- sharpness (visual), image sharpness
- sharpness (audio), audio sharpness
[edit] People named Sharp
- You may be looking for someone whose family name is Sharpe.
Sharp etymologically is a Germanic word, e.g. it is akin to the German scharf. It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin scrobis 'ditch', Russian skresti 'to scrape'.
- Abraham Sharp (1651-1742), English schoolmaster, mathematician and astronomer
- Alan Sharp (1934- ) Scottish author
- Alan Sharpe Australian author
- Bartholomew Sharp
- Billy Sharp
- Bree Sharp, U.S. singer and songwriter
- Brian Sharp, computer game programmer
- Cecil Sharp (1859-1924), English music teacher and traditional English dance expert
- Clifford Sharp
- Dave Sharp
- David Sharp (died 2006), Everest mountain climber
- David Sharp (entomologist)
- Dee Dee Sharp (born 1945), U.S. rhythm and blues singer
- Dennis Sharp
- Derrick Sharp
- Don Sharp
- Dudley C. Sharp
- Elliott Sharp (born 1951), U.S. avant-garde musician
- Frank Sharp, U.S. land developer (Sharpstown, Houston)
- Frank Sharp (RNZAF)
- Garrett Sharp (born 1985), U.S. treatise writer, philosopher
- Gavin Sharp
- Gene Sharp (born 1928), political scientist
- Graeme Sharp (born 1960), Scottish footballer
- Granville Sharp (1735-1813), English abolitionist
- Hap Sharp, U.S. Formula One driver
- Harry Sharp
- Isadore Sharp (born 1931), Canadian businessman
- Jack Sharp
- James Sharp (1613-1679), Scottish clergyman
- James E. Sharp (born 1940), U.S. lawyer
- James Lyall Sharp
- James Sharp (footballer)
- John Sharp (1643-1714), Archbishop of York
- Jon Sharp
- Joseph H. Sharp, artist (Taos Art Colony)
- K. B. Sharp
- Kevin Sharp, U.S. heavy metal singer
- Kevin Sharp (country music singer)
- Kevin Sharp (footballer)
- Lesley Sharp
- Liam Sharp
- Linda K. Sharp, U.S. women's basketball coach
- Lindsay Sharp
- Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford (born 1938), member of the British House of Lords
- Margery Sharp (1905-1991), English writer
- Martha Sharp
- Martin Sharp (born 1944), Australian cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker
- Martin Sharp (journalist)
- Matt Sharp (born 1969), U.S. rock bassist
- Minnie Bell Sharp (1865-1937), pianist and singer
- Mitchell Sharp (1911-2004), Canadian politician
- Pat Sharp (born 1961), British television presenter
- Patrick Sharp
- Philip Sharp
- Phillip Allen Sharp (born 1944), U.S. geneticist and molecular biologist
- Phineas Sharp
- Rhod Sharp
- Richard Sharp (born 1938), English rugby player
- Rodney Sharp
- Ronald Sharp (born 1929), Australian organ builder
- Ryan Sharp (born 1979), British race car driver
- Samuel Sharp
- Scott Sharp
- Solomon P. Sharp (1787-1825), U.S. politician
- Susie Sharp
- Sylver Logan Sharp
- Verity Sharp
- Walter Benona Sharp
- William Sharp (1749-1824) the English engraver
- William Sharp (1855-1905) the Scottish author and poet, pseudonym Fiona MacLeod
- Willoughby Sharp
- Zerna Sharp (1889-1981), U.S. teacher
[edit] Fictional Sharps
- Becky Sharp, the main character in Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair (also the name of a Swedish rock band)
- Phineas Sharp, a Disney character
