Stephen A. Sharp

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Stephen A. Sharp

|image =

|caption =

|office = Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission

|president = Ronald Reagan

|term_start = October 4, 1982

|term_end = June 30, 1983

|predecessor = Abbott M. Washburn

|successor = Seat abolished

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|6|10}}

|birth_place = Columbus, Ohio

|party = Republican

}}

Stephen A. Sharp (born June 10, 1947) is an American attorney who served as a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission from 1982 to 1983.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xr-PSj-sp6YC&pg=PA191 |title=Commissioners of the FCC, 1927-1994 |isbn=9780819196699 |accessdate=2019-05-18|last1=Flannery |first1=Gerald V. |year=1995 }}{{cite news|last=Howe |first=Robert F. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/05/05/alexandria-lawyer-accused-of-sodomy-with-boys/ba1327e9-bc9a-466c-a2d0-3485a6f6be16/ |title=Alexandria Lawyer Accused of Sodomy With Boys |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1992-05-05 |accessdate=2019-05-18}}

In 1992, he was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor and sentenced to 10 years in prison.{{cite news|last=Howe |first=Robert F. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/09/05/dc-lawyer-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-youth/f5f962af-f065-490c-bc6a-80a3d1a0d21f/ |title=D.C. Lawyer Convicted of Sexually Abusing Youth |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1992-09-05 |accessdate=2019-05-18}}{{cite news|last=Hong |first=Peter Y. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/03/04/more-assault-charges/8935d227-98a9-4d7e-b8df-9e96b54de9af/ |title=More Assault Charges |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1993-03-04 |accessdate=2019-05-18}}