Thorpe (surname)

Thorpe is a surname derived from the Middle English word thorp, meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe is found as the name of many places in England.

People with this name

• Adam Thorpe (born 1956), British author
• Aidey Thorpe (born 1963), English footballer
• Billy Thorpe (1946-2007), rock and roll musician
• Chris Thorpe (born 1970), U.S. Olympic luge athlete
• David Thorpe (artist) (born 1972), English artist
• David Thorpe (footballer) (born 1948), winner of the 1968 Charles Sutton Medal
• David Thorpe (motorcyclist), 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1985, 1986 and 1989
• Frank Thorpe (public servant) (1885–1967), Australian senior public servant
• George Thorpe (disambiguation), several people
• Graham Thorpe (born 1969), English cricketer
• Ian Thorpe (born 1982), Australian swimmer
• Jeremy Thorpe (1929-2014), former UK Liberal Party leader
• Jerry Thorpe (born 1926), American TV and film director
• Jim Thorpe (1888-1953), U.S. athlete
• Jim Thorpe (golfer) (born 1949), American professional golfer
• Jimmy Thorpe (1913–1936), English professional footballer
• Jocelyn Field Thorpe (1872-1939), British chemist
• John Thorpe (1565-1655), English architect
• John Wells-Thorpe (b.1928), English architect
• Kay Thorpe (born 1935), romantic novelist
• Laura Thorpe (born 1987), French tennis player
• Lee Thorpe (born 1975), English footballer
• Lewis Thorpe, academic
• Lewis Thorpe (baseball) (born 1995), Australian baseball player
• Mathew Thorpe (born 1938), a senior judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
• Otis Thorpe (born 1962), retired American professional basketball player
• Percy Thorpe (1899-?), English footballer
• Richard Thorpe (1896-1991), American film director
• Richard Thorpe (rugby union) (born 1984), English rugby union player
• Samuel Thorpe 1765-1838 English clockmaker
• Thomas Thorpe (c. 1569 or 1570–1635?), Elizabethan publisher of Shakespeare's sonnets
• Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925), British chemist
• Tommy Thorpe (1881-1953), English footballer and cricketer (where he is known as Thomas Thorpe)
• Tony Thorpe (born 1974), English footballer and manager
• William de Thorpe, 14th-century English Chief Justice
• William Thorpe, putative author of 1407 Lollard text The Testimony of William Thorpe
• William Homan Thorpe (1902–1986), British ethologist

See also

• Thorpe (disambiguation)