Sperling is a German and Jewish surname, meaning "

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" in English. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Sperling Germany competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 185 competitors, 180 men and 5 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports. Due to the political fallout from World War I, this was that country's last appearance until 1928. ...

(1890–1973), German gymnast *

Andrea Sperling Andrea Sperling (born c. 1968/69) is an independent film producer based in Los Angeles. The films she has produced include ''Totally Fucked Up'', '' But I'm a Cheerleader'', '' D.E.B.S.'' and ''Itty Bitty Titty Committee'' and the Sundance Top ...

, American film producer * Bert Sperling (born 1950), American author *

Bodo Sperling Bodo Sperling (born 6 May 1952) is a German artist, painter, and inventor. Life Sperling grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Amsterdam and Berlin. He started his artistic career in Amsterdam. There he sold his pictures he had painted during ...

(born 1952), German artist *

Daniel Sperling Daniel Sperling (born March 27, 1951 in Albany, New York, United States) is the American founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis); Professor of Civil and Environmental Enginee ...

(born 1951), American professor * Dee Dee Sperling, musical entertainer * Eduard Sperling (1902–1985), German wrestler *

Edward Sperling Edward J Sperling (1889 – July 22, 1946), born Ezra Sperling, was a 20th-century writer, humourist, and Zionist. Early life Ezra Sperling was born in 1889 in a Jewish community in Slutsk, Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. As a boy, he ...

(1889–1946), official in the British Mandate of Palestine, and Zionist *

Elliot Sperling Elliot Sperling (January 4, 1951 – January 29, 2017) was one of the world's leading historians of Tibet and Tibetan-Chinese relations, and a MacArthur Fellow. He spent most of his scholarly career as an associate professor at Indiana University ...

(1951–2017), American associate professor * Fritz Sperling (born 1945), Austrian bobsledder *

Gene Sperling Eugene Benton Sperling (born December 24, 1958) is an American lawyer who was director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy under Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He is the only person to s ...

(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 hypot ...

(born 1934), American cognitive psychologist *

Gerhard Sperling Gerhard Sperling (born 25 November 1937 in Berlin) is an East German former race walker. Sperling represented the sports club TSC Berlin and became East German champion over 20 km in 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1971. He competed at the Deaflympics ...

(born 1937), East German race walker * (1800s-1900s), German wrestler *

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Hildegard "Hilde" Krahwinkel Sperling ( née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German tennis player who became a dual-citizen after marrying Dane Svend Sperling in December 1933. She won three consecutive singles titles at the Fr ...

(1908–1981), German tennis player * Jack Sperling (1922–2004), American musician * James Sperling, governor of the Bank of England *

Jody Sperling Jody Sperling is an American dancer, choreographer, and dance scholar based in New York City. She is the Founder/Artistic Director of Time Lapse Dance, a dance company that gives a postmodern twist to vintage genres, from the fin de siècle specta ...

, American dancer *

Johann Sperling Johann Sperling (12 July 1603 – 12 August 1658) was a German physician, zoologist and physicist, deacon and '' Rektor'' of the University of Wittenberg. He was among the first to practise zoology as a natural science, writing a first handbook abo ...

(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 Olympic footballer. Sperling was born in Kraków, and was Jewish. He was a football forward, playing on the left wing. Sperling represented Cracovia, the team he led in 1921, 1930 ...

(1900–1941), Polish footballer * Lilian Sperling, British nanny * Louise Sperling (born 1952), US humanitarian scientist, seed security/conflict zones * Marcos Von Sperling, Brazilian professor * (1873–1946), Dutch captain and diver, who rescued 15 shipwrecked victims from the SS ''Berlin'' in 1907 * Matthew Sperling, 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 After leaving the City ...

(1912–1988), producer and screenwriter * Norman Sperling (born 1947), American telescope designer * (born 1913) * Peter Sperling (born 1960), founder of the Apollo Group * Rolf Sperling (born 1940), German diver * Rowland Sperling (1874–1965), British diplomat *

Sacha Sperling Sacha Sperling (real name Yacha Kurys; born 17 May 1990) is a French novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, the son of filmmakers Diane Kurys and Alexandre Arcady; he is the half-brother of film director Alexandre Aja. He attended t ...

(born 1990), French novelist and screenwriter * Ted Sperling, 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 Ros ...

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

Places

* Sperling, Manitoba, Canada

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