Sharpe
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Sharpe may refer to:
- Sharpe (surname)Sharpe (surname)Sharpe is a surname of French origin, and may refer to:In government:* Alfred Sharpe , British colonial administrator* George Sharpe , Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg* George H...
, people with the surname Sharpe - Sharpe JamesSharpe JamesSharpe James is a Democratic politician and convicted felon from New Jersey, who served as State Senator for the 29th Legislative District and was 35th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. James was the second African American Mayor of Newark and served five four-year terms before declining to run for...
, American politician, New Jersey - Richard Sharpe (fictional character)Richard Sharpe (fictional character)Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of Richard Sharpe. The stories formed the basis for an ITV television series wherein the eponymous character was played by Sean Bean....
, the title character of the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe (TV series)Sharpe (TV series)Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean about Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books...
, the television series based on Cornwell's books - SharpESharpESharpE, also shortened as #E, is an open-source shell replacement for Microsoft Windows XP and later versions, released under the GNU General Public License . The goal of the project is to create a user friendly desktop environment that provides advanced and modern desktop features but remains...
, a replacement shell for Microsoft Windows - Sharpe ratioSharpe ratioThe Sharpe ratio or Sharpe index or Sharpe measure or reward-to-variability ratio is a measure of the excess return per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, typically referred to as risk , named after William Forsyth Sharpe...
, financial statistic describing portfolio returns - Lake Sharpe, created by the construction of Big Bend DamBig Bend DamBig Bend Dam is a major rolled earth dam along the Missouri River in central South Dakota.The dam, 95 feet high and 10,570 feet in length, was constructed as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri watershed development authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. Construction began in 1959 and...
in South Dakota - Sharpe FieldSharpe FieldSharpe Field is a private use airport located six nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Tuskegee, a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. This airport is privately owned by the Bradbury Family Partnership....
, a private airport in Alabama, United States - R. v. SharpeR. v. SharpeR. v. Sharpe, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 45, 2001 SCC 2, is a Canadian civil rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court upheld the child pornography provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada as a valid limitation of the right to freedom of expression under section 2 of the Canadian Charter of...
, Canadian legal proceedings