Famous People with Name Sharon

Sharon Jones            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sharon Jones: is a British ice dancer. With partner Paul Askham, she is the 1985-1988 British national champion. They represented Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where they placed 13th.

Ariel Sharon            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Ariel Sharon: is an Israeli general and statesman, former Israeli Prime Minister. Sharon served as Prime Minister from March 2001 until April 2006, though he was unable to carry out his duties after suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006, when he fell into a coma and entered a persistent vegetative state.

Richard Louis Sharon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Louis Sharon: was a professional Major League Baseball player.Sharon graduated Kennedy Middle School and Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California.He first broke into the major leagues at age 23 with the Detroit Tigers on May 13, 1973. In 1974 he earned a peak salary of $19,000 with the Tigers. In 1975 he joined the San Diego Padres, playing his last professional game on September 28, 1975.

Shmuel "Samy" Flatto-Sharon            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Shmuel "Samy" Flatto-Sharon: is a controversial French-Israeli businessman, radio talk-show host and former politician who was a member of the Knesset between 1977 and 1981. In 1975 he made aliyah to Israel, fleeing the French authorities as he was wanted for embezzling $60 million.[2] Despite barely speaking Hebrew, in 1977 he formed a one-man party, also named Flatto-Sharon, to run in the Knesset elections that year, hoping to obtain parliamentary immunity to avoid extradition to France.[3]

William Sharon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Sharon: was a United States Senator from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate for Nevada and served from March 4, 1875, to March 4, 1881. He served as the chairman of the Committee on Mines and Min