Sharkey

For other uses, see Sharkey (disambiguation).

Sharkey (Irish: Ó Searcaigh) is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anna Sharkey (born 1987), British goalball player
• Bill Sharkey (1873–1946), Australian rules footballer
• Bill Sharkey (boxer) (1949–1998), American boxer
• Brendan Sharkey (born 1962), American lawyer and politician from Connecticut
• Catherine Sharkey (born 1970), American jurist
• Ed Sharkey (1927–2015), American football player
• Eddie Sharkey (born 1936), American professional wrestler and trainer
• Emma Augusta Sharkey (1858–1902), American writer
• Feargal Sharkey (born 1958), lead singer of the pop punk band The Undertones
• Harry Sharkey (1916–2002), American rower
• Heather J. Sharkey (born 1967), American historian
• Isaiah Sharkey (born 1989), American guitarist and singer-songwriter
• Jack Sharkey (1902–1994), American heavyweight boxing champion
• Jack Sharkey (footballer) (1874–1961), Australian rules footballer
• Jack Sharkey (writer) (1931–1992), American author and playwright
• Jackie Sharkey (1897–1970), Italian-born American boxer
• James A. Sharkey (born 1945), Irish historian and diplomat
• Jerry Sharkey (1942–2014), American historic preservationist and historian
• Jesse Sharkey (born 1970), American schoolteacher and labor leader in Chicago
• Jim Sharkey (1934–2014), Scottish footballer
• Joe Sharkey, (1946–2023), American true crime author and columnist for The New York Times
• John Sharkey, Baron Sharkey (born 1947), British politician
• Jonathon Sharkey (born 1964), American professional wrestler and perennial candidate
• Josh Sharkey (born 1997), American basketball player
• Kathleen Sharkey (born 1990), American field hockey player
• Kevin Sharkey (born 1961), Irish artist
• Kevin Sharkey (executive), American publishing executive
• Kevin Sharkey (journalist) (born 1964), Irish broadcast journalist
• Kristen Sharkey (born 1992), American basketball player and coach
• Lance Sharkey (1898–1967), Australian trade union activist, radical journalist and communist politician
• Michael Sharkey (born 1946), Australian poet, biographer and academic
• Niamh Sharkey (born 1973), Irish author and illustrator of children's books
• Nick Sharkey (1943–2015), Scottish footballer
• Noel Sharkey (born 1948), British computer scientist
• Pat Sharkey (born 1953), Northern Ireland footballer
• Patrick Sharkey (born c. 1978), American sociologist
• Patrick Sharkey (boxer) (1931–2016), Irish boxer
• Paul Sharkey (born 1974), Australian rules footballer
• Ray Sharkey (1952–1993), American actor
• Sarah Sharkey, medical officer in the Royal Australian Navy
• Seamus Sharkey (born 1990), Manx footballer
• Seymour Sharkey (1847–1929), British physician
• Steve Sharkey (1918–1995), American basketball player
• Thomas D. Sharkey, American plant biochemist
• Tina Sharkey (born 1964), American entrepreneur
• Tom Sharkey (1873–1953), American boxer
• William J. Sharkey (US Navy officer) (1885–1918)
• William J. Sharkey (murderer) (c.1847 – after 1873), convicted murderer and minor New York City politician
• William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), American judge and politician

Fictional characters include:

• Sharkey, the antagonist of "The Scouring of the Shire" in The Lord of the Rings
• Finn Sharkey, in the UK TV series Waterloo Road
• Francis Ethelbert Sharkey, a character in the TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
• Captain John Sharkey, the main character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1925 novel The Dealings of Captain Sharkey
• Otto Sharkey, title character of C.P.O. Sharkey, a 1976–1978 American television series, played by Don Rickles
• Tom Sharky, protagonist of the 1981 film Sharky's Machine, played by Burt Reynolds

See also

• DJ Sharkey, stage name of the music DJ and record producer Jonathan Kneath (born 1974)
• Bill Sharky, former member of The Barron Knights, a British humorous pop group