Sperling is a German and Jewish surname, meaning "sparrow " in English. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Sperling (1890–1973), German gymnastAndrea Sperling , American film producerBert Sperling (born 1950), American authorBodo Sperling (born 1952), German artistDaniel Sperling (born 1951), American professorDee Dee Sperling , musical entertainerEduard Sperling (1902–1985), German wrestlerEdward Sperling (1889–1946), official in the British Mandate of Palestine, and ZionistElliot Sperling (1951–2017), American associate professorFritz Sperling (born 1945), Austrian bobsledderGene Sperling (born 1958), American economist and attorneyGeorge Sperling (born 1934), American cognitive psychologistGerhard Sperling (born 1937), East German race walkerHilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908–1981), German tennis playerJack Sperling (1922–2004), American musicianJames Sperling , governor of the Bank of EnglandJody Sperling , American dancerJohann Sperling (1603–1658), German physician, zoologist, physicist, deacon, and rektor John Sperling (1921–2014), American billionaire and University of Phoenix founderLeon Sperling (1900–1941), Polish footballerLilian Sperling , British nannyMarcos Von Sperling , Brazilian professorMartijn Sperling (1873–1946), Dutch captain and diver, who rescued 15 shipwrecked victims from the SS Berlin in 1907
Matthew Sperling , British-American writerMatthew Sperling (Magic: The Gathering player) , American Magic: The Gathering playerMax Sperling (1905–1984), German officerMilton Sperling (1912–1988), producer and screenwriterNorman Sperling (born 1947), American telescope designerPeter Sperling (born 1960), founder of the Apollo GroupRolf Sperling (born 1940), German diverRowland Sperling (1874–1965), British diplomatSacha Sperling (born 1990), French novelist and screenwriterTed Sperling , musical directorVibeke Sperling , (1945–2017), Danish journalistWolfram Sperling (born 1952), German swimmer
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Family names derived from the word "
Sparrow "
Germanic Romance Slavic
East Slavic: Varabei , Vorobeichik , Vorobey , Vorobyov , Vorobyaninov , Worobec
South Slavic: Vrabac
West Slavic: Brabec , Vrabec , , Vrablic , Wróbel , Wrubel , Wrabel Other
