Wharton (name)

Notable people named Wharton include:

Politicians and diplomats

A C Wharton, Former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr.
(1899–1990), American diplomat
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
(born 1926), former United States Deputy Secretary of State
James Wharton
(born 1984), British politician, ex member of parliament and minister
Jeff Wharton, Canadian provincial politician from Manitoba
John Austin Wharton (1806-1838)
, soldier and statesman in the Republic of Texas
John Wharton (fl.1407-1420)
, MP for Guildford
John Wharton (MP for Beverley) (1765-1843)
John Lloyd Wharton (1837–1912), British Member of Parliament for Durham, 1871–1874, and Ripon, 1886–1906
Robert Wharton (Philadelphia) (1757–1834), Mayor of Philadelphia
Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735–1778), Governor of Pennsylvania
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton and Malmesbury (1648–1715), English Whig politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
William H. Wharton (1802–1839), Republic of Texas politician

Sportspeople

Adam Wharton (born 2004), English footballer
Alan Wharton (1923–1993), English cricketer
Albert Buckman Wharton, Jr.
(a.k.a. Buster Wharton) (1909-1963), American rancher and polo player.
Arthur Wharton, (1865–1930) Ghanaian-born footballer who played in England
Ben Wharton, English footballer.
Jackie Wharton, (1920–2007), English footballer
Ken Wharton (1916–1957), Formula One racing driver
Kenny Wharton (born 1960), English footballer
Louis Wharton (1896–1957), West Indian-born English cricketer
Shonica Wharton (born 1996), Barbadian netball player
Tershawn Wharton (born 1998), American football player
Wharton Davies
(1874-1961), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

Other people

Albert Buckman Wharton III, American rancher.
Anne Wharton (1659–1685), English poet and playwright
Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American novelist, short story writer, and designer
Gabriel C. Wharton (1824–1906), Confederate general in the American Civil War
Gabriel Caldwell Wharton (1839–1887), Union lieutenant colonel in the American Civil War
George Wharton, (1618–1681), English pamphleteer and astrologer
Gordon Wharton, (1929–2011), English poet
Henry Wharton (1664–1695), English writer
Henry Wharton (soldier), (died 1689) English soldier who served in Ireland
John A. Wharton (1828–1865), Confederate general during the American Civil War
John F. Wharton (lawyer) (1894–1977), American entertainment lawyer
John F. Wharton (general) (born c. 1959), United States Army general
Joseph Wharton (1826–1909), prominent Philadelphia merchant, industrialist and philanthropist
Joseph John Cheyne Wharton, (1859–1923), journalist in South Australia and New South Wales
Michael Wharton (1913–2006), newspaper columnist who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Simple
Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (1613–1696), English peer and Parliamentarian during the English Civil War
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton (1698–1731), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake
Steve Wharton, British academic
Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1495–1568), English nobleman
Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton (1520–1572), English nobleman
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648–1715), English nobleman and politician, credited with being the lyricist of Lilliburlero
Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735–1778), American politician and 1st President of Pennsylvania
Thomas Wharton (anatomist) (1614–1673), English anatomist
Thomas Wharton (author) (born 1963), Canadian novelist
Tiny Wharton (1927–2005), Scottish soccer referee
William Wharton (author) (1925–2008), American novelist
William Wharton (hydrographer)
(1843–1905), British admiral and hydrographer
Baron Wharton, a title of English nobility

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