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
- Benjamin Thorpe (1782–1870), English scholar of Anglo-Saxon
- 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
- Robert Thorpe, (disambiguation)
- 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
This page lists people with the surname Thorpe.
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