A long time ago I wrote a post about other people named Robert Sharp. This was prompted by the fact that some guy wearing my name was running for Congress in the USA.
Nothing provokes as much introspection as your own personal homonym achieving something.
For some reason I didn’t link to the pop culture reference point for this, Are You Dave Gorman? Since then I have created a Twitter list of other Robert Sharps, which I tautologically consider to be a form of narcissistic worldliness. Astonishingly the list contains not one but two professional wrestlers. I have actually met Rob Sharp and the world did not explode, and I have also chatted on social media with Robert Sharp. However, a recent Google search threw up a few faces of which I had not been aware. Here they are, in alphabetical order—click on the photographs to read more about each of them.
Academia
Robert Sharp, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Manhattan College – New York, USA Dr Robert Sharp, Instrument Scientist, ANU – Canberra, Australia Robert Sharp, Math teacher and SF author – Nevada, USA Robert Sharp, Community Directoy, Doane University – Nebraska, USA Robert Sharp, Financial Services at the College of Southern Nevada – Nevada, USA Robert Sharp, Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Missouri – Columbia, Missouri, USA Robert Sharp, Historian – Staffordshire, UK Robert Sharp, the Art Institute of Chicago – Illinois, USA Robert Sharp, has an unwavering passion for and dedication to the student body, which is why he wants to run for Student Body President – Kansaa, USA
Lawyers
Robert Sharp, litigation attorney at Belin McCormick – Des Moines, Iowa, USA Robert Sharp, founder, Solicitors Agency Service – Leeds, UK
Architecture and Design
Robert Sharp, Architect, the New Urban Guild – Arkansas, USA Robert Sharp, CEO of Robert Sharp Associates – Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Medicine
Dr Robert Sharp, Orthopedic Surgeon – Tamworth, Northern Territory, Austrailia
These guys…
Robert Sharp, convicted manufacturing a controlled substance and sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
Yeah, I know, I’m white and in prison for selling crack, it’s a funny story, write me and I’ll tell you all about it. [link]
Robert Sharp, charged in 2012 with sexually assaulting a minor. Charged in 2017 with two counts of attempted kidnapping – South Carolina, USA There are dozens more mugshots of various men named Robert Sharp listed on Mugshots.com. Lots of drug possession, sex offenders and a couple of DUIs.
Military
Rear Admiral Robert Sharp, Office of Naval Intelligence – Washington D.C., USA Robert Sharp, former British Army officer and Associate Professor, National Defence University – Washington D.C., USA Robert Sharp, Chief Operations Officer at The Corpus Christi Army Depot – Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Financial Services
Robert Sharp, Valuation Consulting – London, UK Robert Sharp, CEO, Orca Pay Group – Hertfordshire, UK
Business and Tech
Robert Sharp, Group Executive Virgin Australia Airlines – Australia Robert Sharp, co-founder, OUT Adventures – Toronto, Canada Interestingly, another Robert Sharp (the one who teaches at Manhattan College, above) had a photo taken at Machu Picchu in pretty much exactly the same spot. Robert Sharp, Executive Vice President, Emerson Electrical – St. Louis, Missouri, USA Robert Sharp, Founder, LifeFlix – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Robert Sharp, winemaker – California, USA Robert Sharp, Terminal Manager at Oak Harbour Freight Lines – Washington, USA Robert Sharp, Greenhouse Designer – Yukon, Canada Robert Sharp, Nissan Car Dealer – Tennessee, USA Artists Robert Sharp, musician – Huddersfield, UK Here’s one of Robert’s tracks, ‘Searching the Stars’.
Robert Sharp, Stained Glass Artist – Birmingham, Alabama, USA Robert Sharp, DJ and music producer – Ireland Robert Sharp, DJ – Perth, Australia Here’s a mix by Rob from 2011 entitled ‘One Nineteen’.
Robert Sharp, musician – Atlanta, Georgia, USA Robert Sharp, Emmy award-winning Producer of MATH PARK – California, USA Robert Sharp, Artist, Programmer, Graphic Designer, Photographer & Web Designer – Oregon, USA
Technicians
Robert Sharp, Technician at Republic Heating and Air Conditioning Inc, Dallas, Texas, USA Robert Sharp, Robert Sharp Repair Work, Mississippi, USA
There are a few guys who only showed up on LinkedIn.
Robert Sharp, Plant Controller at Rea Magnet Wire Robert Sharp, Customer Account Manager at VTL Group – Wakefield, UK Robert Sharp, Manager at Price Waterhouse consultants – Washington D.C., USA. Pretty sure this is the same Robert Sharp who got married to Beth in July 2017. Robert Sharp, Business Consultant, Texas, USA
The Barman
Robert Sharp, Barman and author
The Bridegroom
I don’t know anything about Robert Sharp, other than he lives in Texas, USA and got married to Witney in November 2017. Witney Elliott and Robert Sharp – Texas, USA
And finally, this gentleman…
Robert Sharp, panhandler – Vancouver, Canada This list operates on strict living Name-alike criteria. No Robins. No ‘e’ or ‘s’ on the end of Sharp. No Roberts or Sharps as middle names. This means that we are spared the mugshots for Garret Robert Sharp, Theodore Robert Sharp and Robert Sharp Bone. But it also means that the beautiful abdominal muscles of Robert Sharpe, Male Model, cannot be featured. Furthermore, I only include living Robert Sharps in this list, so we miss out the many dozens of Robert Sharps listed on memorial and obituary websites, including First World War Seaman Robert Sharp Jnr, and the NASA rocket scientist Robert P. Sharp. Are you a Robert Sharp not yet featured on this list? Maybe you know a Robert Sharp? Is a piece of information on this page out of date? Leave a comment below and I will add or amend the roll call.
4 Replies to “Name-alikeys, Revisited”
Interesting reading, amazed you could find photos of them all. What were you avoiding doing while you did all this research ?! If you had to change places with one of the many who would you choose?x
I collected them over many weeks of idle Googling. In all honesty there are so many of them with whom I’d love to swap for a day or two, but I think generally I’m just happy to be Robert Sharp.
Interesting reading, amazed you could find photos of them all. What were you avoiding doing while you did all this research ?! If you had to change places with one of the many who would you choose?x
I collected them over many weeks of idle Googling. In all honesty there are so many of them with whom I’d love to swap for a day or two, but I think generally I’m just happy to be Robert Sharp.
I had forgotten that I replied to the original post and now I have nothing to say as I said it a year ago !!