Sharples
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Sharples is a placename and may refer to:
As a surname it may refer to:
- Sharples, Greater ManchesterSharples, Greater ManchesterSharples, a suburb of Bolton, was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, England.It lay 2½ miles north of Bolton....
- Sharples, West VirginiaSharples, West VirginiaSharples is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Sharples is located on West Virginia Route 17 northeast of Logan. Sharples has a post office with ZIP code 25183....
As a surname it may refer to:
- Carrie SharplesCarrie SharplesCarrie Sharples was a fictional character in the television series Alice. She was played, in typically loud-mouthed fashion, by the late Martha Raye.-Mel's boisterous mother:...
, fictional character - Ellen SharplesEllen SharplesEllen Wallace Sharples was an English painter who specialized in portraits in pastel and in watercolor miniatures on ivory. She exhibited five miniatures at the Royal Academy in 1807, and founded the Bristol Fine Arts Academy in 1844 with a substantial gift.-Biography:Ellen Wallace was born in...
, English painter - Ena SharplesEna SharplesEna Sharples is one of the original characters from the British soap opera Coronation Street, and was played by Violet Carson.-Development:...
, fictional character - James SharplesJames SharplesJames Sharples was an English portrait painter and pastelist, who moved to the United States in 1794. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1779.-History:...
, English painter - James Sharples (blacksmith)James Sharples (blacksmith)James Sharples was an English blacksmith and self-taught artist and engraver. He is best known for his work The Forge, which he painted and then engraved in his spare time....
, English blacksmith and painter - James Sharples (cricketer)James Sharples (cricketer)James Sharples was an English cricketer who played for Glamorgan. He was born in Pendlebury, Salford and died in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire....
, English cricketer - Sir James Sharples, former chief constable of Merseyside Police
- Mel SharplesMel SharplesMelvin Emory Sharples is a fictional character in the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and the television sitcom series, Alice. The character was played by the late Vic Tayback, who reprised his movie role for the television show.- The man with the Spatula :Melvin Emory Sharples was born...
, fictional character - Pamela Sharples, Baroness SharplesPamela Sharples, Baroness SharplesPamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples is a British Conservative Party politician. She was made a life peer after the assassination of her husband, Sir Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda....
- Pita SharplesPita SharplesPita Russell Sharples, CBE, , a Māori academic and politician, currently co-leads the Māori Party. He currently is the member for Tamaki Makaurau in New Zealand's Parliament.-Early life:...
- Richard SharplesRichard SharplesMajor Sir Richard Christopher Sharples KCMG OBE MC , St. George, Bermuda) was a British politician and Governor of Bermuda from late 1972 to 10 March 1973 when he was shot dead by assassins linked to the militant Black Beret Cadre, a small Bermudian Black Power group.-Career:Sharples passed out...
- Robert SharplesRobert SharplesRobert Sharples was a British musical conductor, composer and bandleader, whose work encompassed movies and well-known British television programmes in the 1960s and 1970s....
, British musical conductor, composer and bandleader - Winston SharplesWinston SharplesWinston Singleton Sharples was a composer known for his work with animated short subjects, especially those created by the animation department at Paramount Pictures...
, composer known for work with cartoons