Name-alikeys, Revisited

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 — Robert Sharp, Math teacher and SF author – Nevada, USA

Robert Sharp, Doane University — Robert Sharp, Community Directoy, Doane University – Nebraska, USA

Robert Sharp, CSN Financial Services — 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, Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Missouri – Columbia, Missouri, USA

Robert Sharp, Historian - Staffordshire, UK — 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 D. Sharp, litigation attorney at Belin McCormick, Des Moines, IA, USA — Robert Sharp, litigation attorney at Belin McCormick – Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Robert Sharp, founder, Solicitors Agency Service, Leeds, UK — 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 B. Sharp, South Carolina. — 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 D. Sharp, Office of Naval Intelligence — Rear Admiral Robert Sharp, Office of Naval Intelligence – Washington D.C., USA

Robert Sharp, Associate Professor, National Defence University — 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 — Robert Sharp, Chief Operations Officer at The Corpus Christi Army Depot – Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Financial Services

Robert Sharp, Valuation Consulting, London — 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, 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 T. Sharp, Executive Vice President, Emerson — Robert Sharp, Executive Vice President, Emerson Electrical – St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Robert Sharp, Founder, LifeFlix - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA — Robert Sharp, Founder, LifeFlix – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Robert Sharp, winemaker - California, USA — Robert Sharp, winemaker – California, USA

Robert Sharp, Terminal Manager at Oak Harbour Freight Lines - Washington, USA — Robert Sharp, Terminal Manager at Oak Harbour Freight Lines – Washington, USA

Robert Sharp, Greenhouse Designer - Yukon, Canada — Robert Sharp, Greenhouse Designer – Yukon, Canada

Robert Sharp, Nissan Car Dealer - Tennessee, USA — 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 — Robert Sharp, Stained Glass Artist – Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Robert Sharp, DJ and music producer – Ireland

Robert Sharp, DJ - Perth, Australia — 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, Emmy award-winning Producer of MATH PARK – California, USA

Robert Sharp, Artist, Programmer, Graphic Designer, Photographer & Web Designer - Oregon, 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 — 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

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 Elliot and Robert Sharp — Witney Elliott and Robert Sharp – Texas, USA

And finally, this gentleman…

Robert Sharp, panhandler, Vancouver — 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.

2 Replies to “Name-alikeys, Revisited”

Grannie Rose says:

May 18, 2018 at 8:02 am

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

1. Robert says:
  
  January 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm
  
  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.