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Sharkey is a surname of Irish origin, and may refer to:
[edit] People
- DJ Sharkey, British DJ
- Feargal Sharkey, lead singer of the pop punk band The Undertones
- Jack Sharkey, American heavyweight boxing champion
- Joe Sharkey, columnist for The New York Times
- Jonathon Sharkey, politician
- Noel Sharkey, British Computer Scientist
- Phillip Sharkey, Diving Safety Officer, aquanaut and a founder of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences
- Tom Sharkey, American boxer
- Ciaran Sharkey, Cookstown and Tyrone footballer
[edit] Fictional characters
- Sharkey (James Bond), a character in the James Bond film Licence to Kill (1989)
- Sharky the Sharkdog, a character in the cartoon Eek! the Cat
- Captain John Sharkey, a fictional pirate, the main character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1925 novel The Dealings of Captain Sharkey
- An alias for the character Saruman in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings