title: Short (surname)
text: # Short (surname)
  
  Short is a surname of English origin. Notable people with this surname include:
  
  * Alan Short (1920–2004), California legislator
  * C. Alan Short (born 1955), British architect and academic
  * Arthur Short (cricketer) (born 1947), South African cricketer
  * Arthur Short (politician) (1850–1933), politician in the British colony of South Australia
  * Arthur Ernest William Short (1890–1949), South Australian businessman and city councillor
  * Arthur Rendle Short (1880–1953), professor of surgery at Bristol University
  * Augustus Short (1802–1883), "Bishop Short", British-born Australian religious leader
  * Bob Short (1917–1982), American sports team owner
  * Bobby Short (1924–2005), American musician
  * Brandon Short (born 1977), American football player
  * Chris Short (1937–1991), American baseball player
  * Clare Short (born 1946), British politician
  * Clyde Short, (1883–1936), Kansas politician
  * Columbus Short (born 1982), American dance choreographer and actor
  * Craig Short (born 1968), British football player
  * E L Short (1925–2015), member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature
  * Edward Short (judge) (1806–1871), Canadian jurist and politician
  * Edward Short, Baron Glenamara (1912–2014), British politician
  * Elizabeth Short (1924–1947), American murder victim known as the "Black Dahlia"
  * Emily Short, writer of interactive fiction
  * Eustace Short (1875–1932), co-founder of Short Brothers
  * Gene Short (1953–2016), American basketball player
  * Gertrude Short (1902–1968), American film actress
  * Gregory Short (1938–1999), American classical music composer
  * Harry Short (1864–1937), Canadian politician
  * Harry Short (baseball) (1878–1954), American baseball player and manager
  * Horace Short (1872–1917), co-founder of Short Brothers
  * Hassard Short (1877–1956), Broadway musical director
  * Jack Short (betrayer of William Wallace) (fl. 1300s), Scottish servant and betrayer of Sir William Wallace
  * Jake Short (born 1998), US Television Actor
  * James Short (mathematician) (1710–1768), British mathematician, optician, and telescope builder
  * Florence Jane Short (aka Rachel Peace) (1881–after 1932), British feminist and suffragette, who was imprisoned and force-fed
  * Jason Short (born 1978), American football player
  * Jay Short (born 1939), American biochemist and biotech entrepreneur
  * J. D. Short (1902–1962), American Delta blues musician
  * Joseph Short (1904–1952), American journalist
  * Kayle Short (born 1973), Canadian hockey player
  * Keith Short (1941–2020), British sculptor
  * Leonie Short (born 1956), Australian politician
  * Lester L. Short (born 1933), American ornithologist
  * Luke Short (1854–1893), American gunfighter
  * Luke Short (writer) (1908–1975), American writer
  * Martin Short (born 1950), Canadian actor and comedian
  * Nathaniel Short (born 1985), English footballer
  * Nigel Short (born 1965), British chess player
  * Obadiah Short (1803–1886), British artist
  * Oswald Short (1883–1969), co-founder of Short Brothers
  * Patrick Short (fl. c. 1830), British-born religious leader
  * Patrick Short (1859–1941), Queensland police commissioner
  * Peter Short (clergyman) (born 1948), Canadian minister, Moderator of the United Church of Canada
  * Peter Short (field hockey) (born 1976), Canadian field hockey player
  * Peter Short (printer) (died 1603), English printer
  * Peter Short (rugby union) (born 1979), English rugby union player
  * Phil Short (born 1947), U.S. Army officer and Louisiana politician
  * Philip Short (born 1945), British journalist and author
  * Philip Short (chess player) (1960–2018), Irish chess player
  * Rick Short (born 1972), American baseball player and coach
  * Rob Short (born 1972), British-born hockey player
  * Robert L. Short (1932–2009), American religious writer and minister
  * Roger Short (1944–2003), British diplomat
  * Shawn Short (born 1978), American dance choreographer
  * Sidney Howe Short (1858–1902), American inventor, professor, businessman
  * Thomas Vowler Short (1790–1872), English clergyman and academic
  * Tom Short (born 1957), American Christian traveling evangelist
  * Walter Short (1880–1949), American soldier
  * Wilfrid Short (1870–1947), British civil servant
  * William Henry Short (1884–1916), British soldier
  * William J. Short (fl. 1920s), Canadian politician from Manitoba
  * William Short (Alberta politician) (1866–1926), mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  * William Short (American ambassador) (1759–1849), Thomas Jefferson's private secretary
  * Zack Short (born 1995), American baseball player
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Holly Short, in the Artemis Fowl series
  