Short (surname)

Short is a surname of English origin. Notable people with this surname include:

• Alan Short (1920–2004), California legislator
• C. Alan Short (born 1955), British architect and academic
• Arthur Short (cricketer) (born 1947), South African cricketer
• Arthur Short (politician) (1850–1933), politician in the British colony of South Australia
• Arthur Ernest William Short (1890–1949), South Australian businessman and city councillor
• Arthur Rendle Short (1880–1953), professor of surgery at Bristol University
• Augustus Short (1802–1883), "Bishop Short", British-born Australian religious leader
• Bob Short (1917–1982), American sports team owner
• Bobby Short (1924–2005), American musician
• Brandon Short (born 1977), American football player
• Chris Short (1937–1991), American baseball player
• Clare Short (born 1946), British politician
• Clyde Short, (1883–1936), Kansas politician
• Columbus Short (born 1982), American dance choreographer and actor
• Craig Short (born 1968), British football player
• E L Short (1925–2015), member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature
• Edward Short (judge) (1806–1871), Canadian jurist and politician
• Edward Short, Baron Glenamara (1912–2014), British politician
• Elizabeth Short (1924–1947), American murder victim known as the "Black Dahlia"
• Emily Short, writer of interactive fiction
• Eustace Short (1875–1932), co-founder of Short Brothers
• Gene Short (1953–2016), American basketball player
• Gertrude Short (1902–1968), American film actress
• Gregory Short (1938–1999), American classical music composer
• Harry Short (1864–1937), Canadian politician
• Harry Short (baseball) (1878–1954), American baseball player and manager
• Horace Short (1872–1917), co-founder of Short Brothers
• Hassard Short (1877–1956), Broadway musical director
• Jack Short (betrayer of William Wallace) (fl. 1300s), Scottish servant and betrayer of Sir William Wallace
• Jake Short (born 1998), US Television Actor
• James Short (mathematician) (1710–1768), British mathematician, optician, and telescope builder
• Florence Jane Short (aka Rachel Peace) (1881–after 1932), British feminist and suffragette, who was imprisoned and force-fed
• Jason Short (born 1978), American football player
• Jay Short (born 1939), American biochemist and biotech entrepreneur
• J. D. Short (1902–1962), American Delta blues musician
• Joseph Short (1904–1952), American journalist
• Kayle Short (born 1973), Canadian hockey player
• Keith Short (1941–2020), British sculptor
• Leonie Short (born 1956), Australian politician
• Lester L. Short (born 1933), American ornithologist
• Luke Short (1854–1893), American gunfighter
• Luke Short (writer) (1908–1975), American writer
• Martin Short (born 1950), Canadian actor and comedian
• Nathaniel Short (born 1985), English footballer
• Nigel Short (born 1965), British chess player
• Obadiah Short (1803–1886), British artist
• Oswald Short (1883–1969), co-founder of Short Brothers
• Patrick Short (fl. c. 1830), British-born religious leader
• Patrick Short (1859–1941), Queensland police commissioner
• Peter Short (clergyman) (born 1948), Canadian minister, Moderator of the United Church of Canada
• Peter Short (field hockey) (born 1976), Canadian field hockey player
• Peter Short (printer) (died 1603), English printer
• Peter Short (rugby union) (born 1979), English rugby union player
• Phil Short (born 1947), U.S. Army officer and Louisiana politician
• Philip Short (born 1945), British journalist and author
• Philip Short (chess player) (1960–2018), Irish chess player
• Rick Short (born 1972), American baseball player and coach
• Rob Short (born 1972), British-born hockey player
• Robert L. Short (1932–2009), American religious writer and minister
• Roger Short (1944–2003), British diplomat
• Shawn Short (born 1978), American dance choreographer
• Sidney Howe Short (1858–1902), American inventor, professor, businessman
• Thomas Vowler Short (1790–1872), English clergyman and academic
• Tom Short (born 1957), American Christian traveling evangelist
• Walter Short (1880–1949), American soldier
• Wilfrid Short (1870–1947), British civil servant
• William Henry Short (1884–1916), British soldier
• William J. Short (fl. 1920s), Canadian politician from Manitoba
• William Short (Alberta politician) (1866–1926), mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• William Short (American ambassador) (1759–1849), Thomas Jefferson's private secretary
• Zack Short (born 1995), American baseball player

See also

• General Short (disambiguation)
• Senator Short (disambiguation)
• Short (disambiguation)
• Shortt (disambiguation)
• Short Brothers, British aerospace company