Thorpe is a surname derived from the Middle English word thorp , meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe is found as the name of many places in England.

People with this name

• Adam Thorpe (born 1956), British author
• Adelbert Delos Thorp (1844–1919), American politician in Wisconsin
• Aidey Thorpe (born 1963), English footballer
• Amy Elizabeth Thorpe (1910–1963), American BSC, MI6, and OSS agent during WWII
• Alma Thorpe (born 1935), Aboriginal Australian activist and elder
• Ashley Thorpe (born 1975), Australian cricketer
• Benjamin Thorpe (1782–1870), English scholar of Anglo-Saxon
• Billy Thorpe (1946–2007), rock and roll musician
• Chris Thorpe (born 1970), U.S. Olympic luge athlete
• Clarence Thorpe (baseball) (1909–1985), American Negro league pitcher
• David Thorpe (artist) (born 1972), English artist
• David Thorpe (footballer) (born 1948), winner of the 1968 Charles Sutton Medal
• David Thorpe (motorcyclist), 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1985, 1986 and 1989
• D. R. Thorpe (1943–2023), British historian and biographer
• Drew Thorpe (born 2000), American baseball player
• Ethel L. M. Thorpe (1908–2001), British-Canadian nurse
• Frank Thorpe (public servant) (1885–1967), Australian senior public servant
• George Thorpe (disambiguation), several people
• Graham Thorpe (1969–2024), English cricketer
• Harriet Thorpe (born 1957), English actress
• Heath Thorpe (born 2000), Australian artistic gymnast
• Hugh Thorpe, English MP
• Ian Thorpe (born 1982), Australian swimmer
• Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014), former UK Liberal Party leader
• Jerry Thorpe (1926–2018), American TV and film director
• Jim Thorpe (1888–1953), U.S. athlete
• Jim Thorpe (Canadian football) (1944–2020), Canadian football player
• Jim Thorpe (golfer) (born 1949), American professional golfer
• Jimmy Thorpe (1913–1936), English professional footballer
• Jimmy Thorpe (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1956), English professional footballer
• Jocelyn Field Thorpe (1872–1939), British chemist
• John Thorpe (1565–1655), English architect
• John Wells-Thorpe (1928–2019), English architect
• Kay Thorpe (born 1935), romantic novelist
• Laura Thorpe (born 1987), French tennis player
• Lee Thorpe (born 1975), English footballer
• Lewis Thorpe (1913–1977), British academic
• Lewis Thorpe (baseball) (born 1995), Australian baseball player
• Lidia Thorpe (born 1973), Australian politician
• Marjorie Thorpe, Trinidadian academic, lecturer and former diplomat
• Marjorie Thorpe (Aboriginal Australian), daughter of Alma Thorpe and mother of Lidia Thorpe
• Mathew Thorpe (born 1938), a senior judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
• Matilda Thorpe (born 1960), English actress
• Otis Thorpe (born 1962), American professional basketball player
• Percy Thorpe (1899–?), English footballer
• Richard Thorpe (1896–1991), American film director
• Richard Thorpe (rugby union) (born 1984), English rugby union player
• Robert Thorpe (disambiguation), several people
• Rose Hartwick Thorpe (1850–1939), American writer
• Samuel Thorp or Thorpe (1765–1838), English clockmaker
• Thomas Thorpe (c. 1569 or 1570 – 1635?), Elizabethan publisher of Shakespeare's sonnets
• Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845–1925), British chemist
• Tom Thorpe (born 1993), English footballer
• Tommy Thorpe (1881–1953), English footballer and cricketer (where he is known as Thomas Thorpe)
• Tony Thorpe (born 1974), English footballer and manager
• William de Thorpe, 14th-century English Chief Justice
• William Thorpe, putative author of 1407 Lollard text The Testimony of William Thorpe
• William Homan Thorpe (1902–1986), British ethologist

See also

• Thorpe (disambiguation)

Surname list

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