Sparrow (surname) explained

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

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

See also

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