Sparrow (surname)

Sparrow is a surname derived from the common name of the bird.

Notable people with the surname include:

* Aaron Sparrow (born 1972), American football player
* Adolphus Sparrow (1869–1936), English cricketer
* Alexey Vorobyov (born 1988), also known as Alex Sparrow, Russian pop singer and musician
* Allan Sparrow (1944–2008), Canadian political activist
* Bobbie Sparrow (born 1935), former Canadian politician
* Brian Sparrow (1962–2019), English association footballer
* Charles Sparrow (1808–1897), fifth mayor of Bytown, Quebec
* Donald H. Sparrow (1935–1993), former Canadian politician
* Don Sparrow, Canadian illustrator
* Edward Sparrow (1810–1882), Confederate States of America politician
* Emory Sparrow (1897–1965), Canadian ice hockey player
* Ephraim M. Sparrow (1928–2019), American professor of engineering
* Frank Sparrow (1927–2000), Australian rules footballer
* George Sparrow (1869–1933), Australian rules footballer
* Gerald Sparrow (1903–1988), British lawyer, judge and travel writer
* Guy Sparrow (disambiguation), multiple people
* Henry Sparrow (1889–1973), English footballer
* Herbert O. Sparrow (1930–2012), Canadian politician
* Jeff Sparrow (born 1969), Australian writer
* John Hanbury Angus Sparrow (1906–1992), English academic and barrister
* Matt Sparrow (born 1981), English footballer
* Paul Sparrow (born 1975), English association footballer
* Rajinder Singh Sparrow (1911–1994) a decorated Indian Army officer
* Rory Sparrow (born 1958), retired American basketball player
* Thomas J. Sparrow (1805–1870), American architect
* Walter Sparrow (1927–2000), British film and television actor
* Walter Shaw Sparrow (1862–1940), British writer on art and architecture

## Fictional characters

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* Gary Sparrow, character from Goodnight Sweetheart
* Jack Sparrow, character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series

## See also

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* Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco 1935), West Indian calypso singer

Surname list

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Family names derived from the word "Sparrow"

Germanic|

* Sparrow
* Sparv
* Sperling
* Sperlyng

Romance|

* French: Moineau
* Iberian: Pardal
* Italian: Passera, Passeri
* Romanian: Vrabie

Slavic|

* East Slavic: Varabei, Vorobeichik, Vorobey, Vorobyov, Vorobyaninov, Worobec
* South Slavic: Vrabac
* West Slavic: Brabec, Vrabec, , Vrablic, Wróbel, Wrubel, Wrabel

Other|

* Baltic: Swirbul, Zvirbulis
* Estonian: Varblane
* Hungarian: Veréb

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