outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)
"The old newspaper clipping featured a black-and-white photo of Thorpe, the legendary baseball player who once played for the Chicago Cubs."
Obsolete spelling of thorp
"The antiquarian noted that the village name on the medieval map was spelled as thorpe, an obsolete form now corrected to thorp in modern records."
A common habitational surname, from Old English​.
"During the genealogy workshop, Sarah proudly shared that her family name was Thorpe, a common habitational surname derived from an old English word for farmstead."