Sharon
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Sharon (שָׁרוֹן, Standard Hebrew Šaron, Tiberian Hebrew Šārôn) is a female (or, less frequently, male) name which can be spelt with one "r" or two (Sharron). It also refers to several places in the world: From an Old Testament place name meaning "forest" in Hebrew, referring to a fertile plain near the coast of Israel. This is also the name of a type of flowering shrub, the rose of Sharon. Various nicknames of Sharon include Sharai, Sharona, Sharry, Sherri, Sherrie, Sherye and Shazza.
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[edit] People
- Sharon Bruneau, Canadian female bodybuilder and fitness competitor
- Sharon Cuneta, Filipina actress and talk show host
- Sharon Corr, Irish musician and member of The Corrs
- Sharon Lawrence, American television actress
- Sharon Mann, American voice actress working in Paris, France
- Sharon Osbourne, music promoter and TV personality, wife and manager of Ozzy Osbourne
- Sharon Shannon, Irish musician
- Sharon Stone, American actress, model and producer
- Sharon Tate, American actress and murder victim
- Sharon Den Adel, Within Temptation's singer
[edit] As a family name
- Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister
- Gilad Sharon, Israeli son of the former Prime Minister
- Omri Sharon, Israeli son of the former Prime Minister
[edit] Places
[edit] Places in the United States of America
- Sharon, Connecticut
- Sharon, Kansas
- Sharon, Massachusetts
- Sharon, New Hampshire
- Sharon, New York
- Sharon Township, North Carolina (Now part of the City of Charlotte)
- Sharon, North Dakota
- Sharon, Pennsylvania
- Sharon, South Carolina
- Sharon, Vermont
- Sharon, West Virginia
- Sharon, Wisconsin
- New Sharon, Maine
- Sharon Springs, Kansas
- Sharonville, Ohio
[edit] Fictional characters
- Sharon Dame, a video game character from the Street Fighter EX series.
- Sharon Rickman, a character from the popular British soap opera EastEnders.
- Sharon Valerii, from the re-imagined television series Battlestar Galactica
- Sharon, a french pink hippopotamus stuffed animal known as the "apéro" mascot.
Sharon Newman, A character in the daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless
[edit] See also
- Sharon fruit is another name for one type of persimmon.
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