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 George Sperling (born 1934) is an American cognitive psychologist, researcher, and educator. Sperling documented the existence of iconic memory (one of the sensory memory subtypes). Through several experiments, he showed support for his hypoth ...

(born 1934), American cognitive psychologist * Gerhard Sperling (born 1937), East German race walker * Gladys Athena Sperling (1904–2003), American scientist *

Godfrey Sperling Godfrey Sperling Jr. (September 25, 1915September 11, 2013) was an American journalist for ''The Christian Science Monitor''. Sperling was best known for running breakfasts in Washington, D.C. that journalists and politicians frequented. Biography ...

(1915–2013), American journalist *

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Hildegard Krahwinkel Sperling (née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German-Danish tennis player. She won three consecutive singles titles at the French Championships from 1935 to 1937. Krahwinkel Sperling is generally regarded ...

(1908–1981), German tennis player *

Jack Sperling Jack Sperling (August 17, 1922 – February 26, 2004) was an American jazz drummer who performed as a sideman in big bands and as a studio musician for pop and jazz acts, movies, and television. Career In 1941 he played with trumpeter Bunny ...

(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 John Glen Sperling (January 9, 1921 – August 22, 2014) was an American billionaire businessman who is credited with having led the contemporary for-profit education movement in the United States The fortune he amassed was based on his founding ...

(1921–2014), American billionaire and University of Phoenix founder *

Leon Sperling Leon Sperling (7 August 1900 – 15 December 1941) was a Polish footballer. Sperling was born in Kraków, and was Jewish. He was a forward, playing on the left wing. Sperling represented Cracovia, the team he led in 1921, 1930, and 1932 to th ...

(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 Matthew Sperling (born 1982) is a British-American novelist and academic. His first novel, ''Astroturf'', was published in 2018. It was chosen as a best summer book by Joe Dunthorne in ''The Guardian'' and as a Book of the Year by Rebecca Tamá ...

, British-American writer * Matthew Sperling (Magic: The Gathering player), American ''Magic: The Gathering'' player *

Max Sperling __NOTOC__ Max Sperling (4 September 1905 – 6 June 1984) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II who briefly commanded the 9th Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awards ...

(1905–1984), German officer *

Milton Sperling Milton Sperling (July 6, 1912 – August 26, 1988) was an American film producer and screenwriter for 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., where he had his own independent production unit, United States Pictures. Biography Sperling, who was of ...

(1912–1988), producer and screenwriter *

Norman Sperling __NOTOC__ Norman Sperling (born March 19, 1947) is an author, editor, publisher, teacher, and telescope designer living in San Mateo, California. Sperling received a BA from Michigan State University after graduating from Montgomery Blair High ...

(born 1947), American telescope designer *

Peter Sperling Peter V. Sperling (born 1960) is an American billionaire businessman. Sperling is the former chairman of Apollo Group, and CallWave, Inc. Early life and education Sperling is the son of entrepreneur and educator John Sperling, co-founder of th ...

(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 Ted Sperling is a musical director, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, stage director and musician, primarily for the stage and concerts. He won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Orchestrations, for his ...

, musical director *

Vibeke Sperling Vibeke von Sperling (26 January 1945 – 13 May 2017) was a Danish newspaper and broadcast journalist. She began working as a teaching assistant teaching about the Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Soviet Union at Aarhus University and Ro ...

, (1945–2017), Danish journalist * Wolfram Sperling (born 1952), German swimmer

Places

* Sperling, Manitoba, Canada

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