Wharton (name)
Notable people named Wharton include:Politicians and diplomats
- A C Wharton, Former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee
- Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr., American diplomat
- Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., former United States Deputy Secretary of State
- James Wharton, British politician, ex member of parliament and minister
- Jeff Wharton, Canadian provincial politician from Manitoba
- John Austin Wharton, soldier and statesman in the Republic of Texas
- John Wharton, MP for Guildford
- John Wharton
- John Lloyd Wharton, British Member of Parliament for Durham, 1871–1874, and Ripon, 1886–1906
- Robert Wharton , Mayor of Philadelphia
- Thomas Wharton Jr., Governor of Pennsylvania
- Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton and Malmesbury, English Whig politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- William H. Wharton, Republic of Texas politician
Sportspeople
- Alan Wharton, English cricketer
- Albert Buckman Wharton, Jr. , American rancher and polo player.
- Arthur Wharton, Ghanaian-born footballer who played in England
- Ben Wharton, English footballer.
- Jackie Wharton,, English footballer
- Ken Wharton, Formula One racing driver
- Kenny Wharton, former professional footballer
- Louis Wharton, West Indian-born English cricketer
- Wharton Davies, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
Other people
- Albert Buckman Wharton III, American rancher.
- Anne Wharton, English poet and playwright
- Edith Wharton, American novelist, short story writer, and designer
- Gabriel C. Wharton, Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Gabriel Caldwell Wharton, Union lieutenant colonel in the American Civil War
- George Wharton,, English pamphleteer and astrologer
- Gordon Wharton,, English poet
- Henry Wharton, English writer
- Henry Wharton, English soldier who served in Ireland
- John A. Wharton, Confederate general during the American Civil War
- John F. Wharton, American entertainment lawyer
- Joseph Wharton, prominent Philadelphia merchant, industrialist and philanthropist
- Joseph John Cheyne Wharton,, journalist in South Australia and New South Wales
- Michael Wharton, newspaper columnist who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Simple
- Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton, English peer and Parliamentarian during the English Civil War
- Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake
- Steve Wharton, British academic
- Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, English nobleman
- Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton, English nobleman
- Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton, English nobleman and politician, credited with being the lyricist of Lilliburlero
- Thomas Wharton Jr., American politician and 1st President of Pennsylvania
- Thomas Wharton , English anatomist
- Thomas Wharton , Canadian novelist
- Tiny Wharton, Scottish soccer referee
- William Wharton , American novelist
- William Wharton , British admiral and hydrographer
- Baron Wharton, a title of English nobility
