Notable people named Wharton include:
Politicians and diplomats A C Wharton (born 1944), former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899–1990), American diplomat Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. (1926–2024), United States Deputy Secretary of State James Wharton (born 1984), British politician, ex member of parliament and minister Jeff Wharton, Canadian provincial politician from Manitoba John Austin Wharton (1806–1838), soldier and statesman in the Republic of Texas John Wharton (fl. 1407–1420), MP for Guildford John Wharton (MP for Beverley) (1765–1843) John Lloyd Wharton (1837–1912), British Member of Parliament for Durham, 1871–1874, and Ripon, 1886–1906 Robert Wharton (Philadelphia) (1757–1834), Mayor of Philadelphia Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735–1778), Governor of Pennsylvania Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton and Malmesbury (1648–1715), English Whig politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Trey Wharton (born 1966), Texas politician William H. Wharton (1802–1839), Republic of Texas politician
Sportspeople Adam Wharton (born 2004), English footballer Alan Wharton (1923–1993), English cricketer Albert Buckman Wharton, Jr. (a.k.a. Buster Wharton) (1909–1963), American rancher and polo player Andy Wharton (1961–2025), English footballer Arthur Wharton (1865–1930), Ghanaian-born footballer who played in England Ben Wharton (born 1990), English footballer Jackie Wharton (1920–2007), English footballer Ken Wharton (1916–1957), Formula One racing driver Kenny Wharton (born 1960), English footballer Louis Wharton (1896–1957), West Indian-born English cricketer Shonica Wharton (born 1996), Barbadian netball player Terry Wharton (1942–2026), English footballer Tershawn Wharton (born 1998), American football player Wharton Davies (1874–1961), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
Other people Albert Buckman Wharton III, American rancher Anne Wharton (1659–1685), English poet and playwright Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American novelist, short story writer, and designer Gabriel C. Wharton (1824–1906), Confederate general in the American Civil War Gabriel Caldwell Wharton (1839–1887), Union lieutenant colonel in the American Civil War George Wharton, (1618–1681), English pamphleteer and astrologer Gordon Wharton, (1929–2011), English poet Henry Wharton (writer) (1664–1695), English writer Henry Wharton (soldier) (died 1689), English soldier who served in Ireland James Wharton (racing driver) (born 2006), Australian racing driver John A. Wharton (1828–1865), Confederate general during the American Civil War John F. Wharton (lawyer) (1894–1977), American entertainment lawyer John F. Wharton (general) (born 1957), United States Army general Joseph Wharton (1826–1909), prominent Philadelphia merchant, industrialist and philanthropist Joseph John Cheyne Wharton, (1859–1923), journalist in South Australia and New South Wales Michael Wharton (1913–2006), British newspaper columnist who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Simple Morton Bryan Wharton (1839–1908), American pastor and author Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (1613–1696), English peer and Parliamentarian during the English Civil War Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton (1698–1731), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake Steve Wharton, British academic Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1495–1568), English nobleman Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton (1520–1572), English nobleman Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648–1715), English nobleman and politician, credited with being the lyricist of Lilliburlero Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735–1778), American politician and 1st President of Pennsylvania Thomas Wharton (anatomist) (1614–1673), English anatomist Thomas Wharton (author) (born 1963), Canadian novelist Thomas Kelah Wharton (1814–1862), English artist and architect Tiny Wharton (1927–2005), Scottish soccer referee William Wharton (author) (1925–2008), American novelist William Wharton (hydrographer) (1843–1905), British admiral and hydrographer Baron Wharton, a title of English nobility