title: William Sharp
text: # William Sharp
  
  William Sharp may refer to:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * William Sharp (engraver) (1749–1824), English engraver
  * William Sharp (lithographer) (1803–1875), English-born lithographer and painter; lived in Boston, Massachusetts
  * William Sharp (writer) (1855–1905), Scottish author and poet, pseudonym Fiona MacLeod
  
  ## Politics
  
  * William Graves Sharp (1859–1922), American congressman (1909–14); Ambassador to France (1914)
  * William Sharp (Australian politician) (1844–1929), New South Wales politician
  
  ## Science
  
  * William Sharp (homeopath) (1805–1896), English early science educator and homeopath
  * William Sharp (surgeon) (1729–1810), surgeon to George III and musician
  * William Sharp (scientist) (born 1936), American scientist and entrepreneur
  
  ## Sports
  
  * William Sharp (footballer) (1889–1915), Scottish footballer
  * Billy Sharp (born 1986), English footballer
  * Will Sharp (born 1986), Nigerian-born English rugby league player
  * Bill Sharp (baseball) (born 1950), outfielder in Major League Baseball
  * Bill Sharp (footballer) (1915–2006), Australian rules footballer
  
  ## Other
  
  * Sir William Sharp, 6th Baronet (1729–1780), Scottish soldier of fortune
  * William F. Sharp (1885–1947), American World War II general
  