Sperling

Sperling is a German and Jewish surname, meaning "sparrow" in English. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Sperling (1890–1973), German gymnast
• Andrea Sperling, American film producer
• Bert Sperling (born 1950), American author
• Bodo Sperling (born 1952), German artist
• Daniel Sperling (born 1951), American professor
• Dee Dee Sperling, musical entertainer
• Eduard Sperling (1902–1985), German wrestler
• Edward Sperling (1889–1946), official in the British Mandate of Palestine, and Zionist
• Elliot Sperling (1951–2017), American associate professor
• Fritz Sperling (born 1945), Austrian bobsledder
• Gene Sperling (born 1958), American economist and attorney
• George Sperling (born 1934), American cognitive psychologist
• Gerhard Sperling (born 1937), East German race walker
• Gladys Athena Sperling (1904–2003), American scientist
• Godfrey Sperling (1915–2013), American journalist
• Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908–1981), German tennis player
• Jack Sperling (1922–2004), American musician
• James Sperling, governor of the Bank of England
• Jody Sperling, American dancer
• Johann Sperling (1603–1658), German physician, zoologist, physicist, deacon, and rektor
• John Sperling (1921–2014), American billionaire and University of Phoenix founder
• Leon Sperling (1900–1941), Polish footballer
• Lilian Sperling, British nanny
• Marcos Von Sperling, Brazilian professor
• Martijn Sperling (1873–1946), Dutch captain and diver, who rescued 15 shipwrecked victims from the SS Berlin in 1907
• Matthew Sperling, British-American writer
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• Max Sperling (1905–1984), German officer
• Milton Sperling (1912–1988), producer and screenwriter
• Norman Sperling (born 1947), American telescope designer
• Peter Sperling (born 1960), founder of the Apollo Group
• Rolf Sperling (born 1940), German diver
• Rowland Sperling (1874–1965), British diplomat
• Sacha Sperling (born 1990), French novelist and screenwriter
• Ted Sperling, musical director
• Vibeke Sperling, (1945–2017), Danish journalist
• Wolfram Sperling (born 1952), German swimmer

Places

• Sperling, Manitoba, Canada

See also

• Nicholas Sperlyng (fl. 1388–1402), English politician
• Sparling, surname
• Sperl, surname
• Spurling, surname