Sharkey
Sharkey (Irish: Ó Searcaigh) is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bill Sharkey (1873–1946), Australian rules footballer
- Brendan Sharkey (born 1962), American politician
- Catherine Sharkey (born c. 1970), law professor
- Ed Sharkey (born 1927), American former National Football League player
- Feargal Sharkey (born 1958), lead singer of the pop punk band The Undertones
- Jack Sharkey (1902-1994), American heavyweight boxing champion
- James A. Sharkey (born 1945), Irish historian and diplomat
- Jim Sharkey (1934-2014), Scottish footballer
- Joe Sharkey, columnist for The New York Times
- John Sharkey, Baron Sharkey (born 1947), British politician
- Jonathon Sharkey (born 1964), American professional wrestler and perennial candidate
- Kevin Sharkey (born 1961), Irish artist
- Lance Sharkey (1898-1967), Australian trade union activist, radical journalist and communist politician
- Michael Sharkey (born 1946), Australian poet, biographer, reviewer and academic
- Nick Sharkey (1943-2015), Scottish footballer
- Noel Sharkey, British computer scientist
- Pat Sharkey (born 1953), former footballer from Northern Ireland
- Paul Sharkey (born 1974), former Australian rules footballer
- Ray Sharkey (1952-1993), American actor
- Seymour Sharkey (1847–1929), British physician
- Tom Sharkey (1873-1953), American boxer
- William L. Sharkey (1798-1873), American judge and politician
- William J. Sharkey (US Navy officer) (1885-1918)
- William J. Sharkey (murderer) (c. 1847-?), convicted murderer and minor New York City politician
Fictional characters include:
- Captain John Sharkey, a fictional pirate, the main character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1925 novel The Dealings of Captain Sharkey
- Francis Ethelbert Sharkey, a character in the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea portrayed by Terry Becker
- C.P.O. Sharkey, the title role of a 1976 to 1978 American television series, played by Don Rickles
- Finn Sharkey, character in UK TV series Waterloo Road
- Sharkey, right hand man of Olrik in Blake and Mortimer, Franco-Belgian comics
This page lists people with the surname Sharkey.
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