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'''Sharon''' ('''שָׁרוֹן''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Sharon''', [[Tiberian Hebrew]] '''Šārôn''', [[Spanish language|Spanish]] '''Sharòn''', [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] '''Sharão''') can be a female or male name which can be spelled 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 [[flower]]ing [[shrub]], the [[rose]] of Sharon. Various nicknames of Sharon include Sharai, Sharona, Sharonald, Sharry, Sherri, Sherrie, Sherye, Shazz, Shazzy and Shazza.
=== People ===
* [[Sharon Bruneau]], Canadian female bodybuilder and fitness competitor
* Sharon Cohen, more commonly known as [[Dana International]], an Israeli pop singer
* [[Sharon Corr]], Irish musician and member of The Corrs
* [[Sharon Cuneta]], Filipina actress and talk show host
** [[Sharon (talk show)|''Sharon'' (talk show)]], the television show hosted by Sharon Cuneta
* [[Sharron Davies]], British swimmer
* [[Sharon den Adel]], Within Temptation's singer
* [[Sharon Hanson]], American heptathlete
* [[Sharon Jaklofsky]], Australian-Dutch athlete
* [[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 Rendle]], British judoka
* [[Sharon Shannon]], Irish musician
* [[Sharon Stone]], American actress, model and producer
* [[Sharon Tate]], American actress and murder victim
==== 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
=== Places ===
*[[Sharon plain]], in Israel
*[[Sharon, Ontario]], Canada
==== Places in the United States of America ====
*[[Sharon, Connecticut]]
*[[Sharon, Georgia]]
*[[Sharon, Kansas]]
*[[Sharon, Massachusetts]]
*[[Sharon, New Hampshire]]
*[[Sharon, New York]]
** [[Sharon Springs, New York]]
*Sharon Township, North Carolina (now part of the city of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]])
*[[Sharon, North Dakota]]
*[[Sharon, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Sharon, South Carolina]]
*[[Sharon, Vermont]]
*[[Sharon, West Virginia]]
*[[Sharon, Wisconsin]]
*[[New Sharon, Maine]]
*[[Sharon Springs, Kansas]]
*[[Sharonville, Ohio]]
=== Fictional characters ===
*[[Sharon Newman Abbott]], a character in the daytime soap opera ''The Young and The Restless''
*[[Sharon Marsh]], a character on ''South Park''
*[[Sharon Rickman]], a character from the popular British soap opera ''EastEnders''
*[[Sharon Strzelecki]], a character from ''Kath & Kim''
*Sharon Valerii ([[Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)]]), from the re-imagined television series ''Battlestar Galactica''
=== Other ===
*The SS ''Sharon'', a nineteenth century whaling ship, which -- upon its final journey -- underwent a series of desertions, mutinies, murder and mendacity during the course of its three year voyage. The strange story of the SS ''Sharon'' is detailed in ''In the Wake of Madness'', by historian [[Joan Druett]]
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*The ''Rose of Sharon'' a nineteenth century ship. Built in Sunderland (Co. Durham, ENG) 1852. Registered in Newcastle, sailed from London to Hong Kong, then Australia arriving 20 Apr 1854. Returned to London then it carried 363 passengers, mostly assisted immigrants from London to Sydney, Australia arriving Botany Bay 13 Apr 1855. The next voyage was 100 passenger from London to Wellington NZ in 1856/57 arriving 20 Jan 1857. -->
*The [[Rose of Sharon]], a flower of uncertain identity mentioned in English language translations of the Bible
*Sharon fruit, a name for one type of [[persimmon]]
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