Sharman is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alison Sharman, British children's TV executive Bill Sharman (1926–2013), U.S. basketball player and coach Brenda Leithleiter Sharman, American beauty queen Brett Sharman (born 1987), South African Rugby Union player Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman (1881–1970), Canadian civil servant Charlotte Sharman (1832–1929), English humanitarian Colin Sharman, Baron Sharman (born 1943), British chairman of the Aviva Group Elizabeth Sharman (born 1957), British slalom and sprint canoer Daniel Sharman (born 1986), British actor Dew Sharman (born 1965), Suriname politician Helen Sharman (born 1963), British astronaut H. B. Sharman (1865–1953), Canadian Biblical scholar James Sharman, English television producer and sportscaster Jim Sharman (born 1945), Australian film and stage director and writer Jimmy Sharman (1887–1965), Australian boxing promoter John Edward Sharman (1892–1917), Canadian World War I flying ace John Fowler (British Army officer), whose middle name is Sharman Lucy Tyler-Sharman (born 1965), Australian cyclist Mark Sharman (born 1950), British broadcasting administrator Ralph Sharman (1895–1918), American Major League baseball player Robin Sharman (born 1979), English cyclist Samuel Sharman (1879–1951), American sports shooter William Sharman (born 1984), British international sprint hurdler Sharman is also (less often) a given name, and may refer to Geoffrey Sharman Dawes (1918–1996), English psychologist George Lennox Sharman Shackle (1903–1992), English economist Sharman Apt Russell (born 1954), American science writer Sharman Douglas (1928–1996), American socialite Sharman Joshi (born 1979), Bollywood film actor Sharman Kadish (born 1959), English historian Sharman Macdonald (born 1951), Scottish playwright and mother of Keira Knightley Sharman Stone (born 1951), Australian politician William Sharman Crawford (1781–1861), Irish politician See also Sharman Networks, company owning the rights to the KaZaA file sharing software Sharman (TV series), a British TV series about a private detective (1996) List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames English-language surnames