Sharkey

Sharkey (Template:Lang-ga) is a surname of Irish origin, and may refer to:

People

• Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Irish poet
• DJ Sharkey, British DJ
• SHARKEY (Shaun Sharkey), American artist
• Feargal Sharkey, lead singer of the pop punk band The Undertones
• Jack Sharkey, American heavyweight boxing champion
• Joe Sharkey, columnist for The New York Times
• Kevin Sharkey, Irish designer
• Noel Sharkey, British computer scientist
• Ray Sharkey, American actor
• Tom Sharkey, American boxer
• Lance Sharkey, Australian Communist leader
• William Sharkey, American politician

Fictional characters

• Sharkey (James Bond), a character in the James Bond film Licence to Kill (1989)
• Captain John Sharkey, a fictional pirate, the main character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1925 novel The Dealings of Captain Sharkey
• An alias for the character Saruman in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Chief Petty Officer 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

Place

• Sharkey, Kentucky, a town in the United States
• Sharkey County, Mississippi, a political division in the United States