# Sperling

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**Sperling** is a German and Jewish surname, meaning "[sparrow](/source/Old_World_sparrow)" in English. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Alexander Sperling](/source/Alexander_Sperling) (1890–1973), German gymnast
- [Andrea Sperling](/source/Andrea_Sperling), American film producer
- [Bert Sperling](/source/Bert_Sperling) (born 1950), American author
- [Bodo Sperling](/source/Bodo_Sperling) (born 1952), German artist
- [Daniel Sperling](/source/Daniel_Sperling) (born 1951), American professor
- [Dee Dee Sperling](/source/Dee_Dee_Sperling), musical entertainer
- [Eduard Sperling](/source/Eduard_Sperling) (1902–1985), German wrestler
- [Edward Sperling](/source/Edward_Sperling) (1889–1946), official in the British Mandate of Palestine, and Zionist
- [Elliot Sperling](/source/Elliot_Sperling) (1951–2017), American associate professor
- [Fritz Sperling](/source/Fritz_Sperling) (born 1945), Austrian bobsledder
- [Gene Sperling](/source/Gene_Sperling) (born 1958), American economist and attorney
- [George Sperling](/source/George_Sperling) (born 1934), American cognitive psychologist
- [Gerhard Sperling](/source/Gerhard_Sperling) (born 1937), East German race walker
- [Gladys Athena Sperling](/source/Gladys_Athena_Sperling) (1904–2003), American scientist
- [Godfrey Sperling](/source/Godfrey_Sperling) (1915–2013), American journalist
- [Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling](/source/Hilde_Krahwinkel_Sperling) (1908–1981), German tennis player
- [Jack Sperling](/source/Jack_Sperling) (1922–2004), American musician
- [James Sperling](/source/James_Sperling), governor of the Bank of England
- [Jody Sperling](/source/Jody_Sperling), American dancer
- [Johann Sperling](/source/Johann_Sperling) (1603–1658), German physician, zoologist, physicist, deacon, and *rektor*
- [John Sperling](/source/John_Sperling) (1921–2014), American billionaire and University of Phoenix founder
- [Leon Sperling](/source/Leon_Sperling) (1900–1941), Polish footballer
- [Lilian Sperling](/source/Lilian_Sperling), British nanny
- [Marcos Von Sperling](/source/Marcos_Von_Sperling), Brazilian professor
- Martijn Sperling (1873–1946), Dutch captain and diver, who rescued 15 shipwrecked victims from the [SS *Berlin*](/source/SS_Berlin_(1894)) in 1907
- [Matthew Sperling](/source/Matthew_Sperling), British-American writer
- [Matthew Sperling (Magic: The Gathering player)](/source/Matthew_Sperling_(Magic:_The_Gathering_player)), American *Magic: The Gathering* player
- [Max Sperling](/source/Max_Sperling) (1905–1984), German officer
- [Milton Sperling](/source/Milton_Sperling) (1912–1988), producer and screenwriter
- [Norman Sperling](/source/Norman_Sperling) (born 1947), American telescope designer
- [Peter Sperling](/source/Peter_Sperling) (born 1960), founder of the Apollo Group
- [Rolf Sperling](/source/Rolf_Sperling) (born 1940), German diver
- [Rowland Sperling](/source/Rowland_Sperling) (1874–1965), British diplomat
- [Sacha Sperling](/source/Sacha_Sperling) (born 1990), French novelist and screenwriter
- [Ted Sperling](/source/Ted_Sperling), musical director
- [Vibeke Sperling](/source/Vibeke_Sperling), (1945–2017), Danish journalist
- [Wolfram Sperling](/source/Wolfram_Sperling) (born 1952), German swimmer

## Places

- [Sperling, Manitoba](/source/Sperling,_Manitoba), Canada

## See also

- [Nicholas Sperlyng](/source/Nicholas_Sperlyng) (fl. 1388–1402), English politician
- [Sparling](/source/Sparling), surname
- [Sperl](/source/Sperl), surname
- [Spurling](/source/Spurling), surname

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