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Sproat is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *
Alexander Sproat Alexander Sproat (June 19, 1834 – August 20, 1890) was an Ontario land surveyor, businessman and political figure. He represented Bruce North in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member. Biography He was born near Milton in ...
(1834–1890), Ontario land surveyor, businessman and political figure * Ann McKay Sproat (born 1936), American artist, illustrator and writer of children's books *
Brandon Sproat Brandon Carl Sproat (born September 17, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He was drafted by the Mets in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. Amateur career The Texas Rangers drafted Sproat out ...
(born 2000), American professional baseball pitcher * Clyde Sproat (1930–2008), Hawaiian falsetto musician *
Ebenezer Sproat Ebenezer Sproat (February 9, 1752 – January 7, 1805), surname also spelled Sprout, was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a pioneer to the Ohio Country, and one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio, the fir ...
(1752–1805), colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country *
Gilbert Malcolm Sproat Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (19 April 1834 – 4 June 1913) was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman, office holder, and author. Biography Born in Brighouse Farm Borgue near Kirkcudbright, Scotland, he arrived on Vancouver Island in 1860, where he ...
(1834–1913), Scottish-born Canadian businessman, office holder, and author * Hugh Sproat (born 1952), Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper *
Iain Sproat Iain MacDonald Sproat (8 November 1938 – 29 September 2011) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). He was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He worked as a publisher and journalist. Parliamentary care ...
(born 1938), retired British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament * Matt Sproat, award-winning Hawaiian musician, singer, producer and story-teller *
Richard Sproat Richard Sproat is a computational linguist currently working for Sakana AI as a research scientist. Prior to joining Sakana AI, Sproat worked for Google between 2012 and 2024 on text normalization and speech recognition. Linguistics Sproat g ...
, computational linguist, researcher on text normalization and speech recognition * Ron Sproat (1932–2009), screenwriter and playwright known for his work on Dark Shadows * Steven Sproat (born 1960), English singer-songwriter, guitarist and ukulele player Given name: *
James Sproat Brown James Sproat Brown (February 1, 1824April 15, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who became the first Attorney General of Wisconsin. He also served one term as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and represented Wisconsin's 1st congressional ...
(1824–1878), American lawyer and politician * James Sproat Green (1792–1862), American lawyer * David Sproat Kennedy (1791–1853), Scottish-American merchant and banker * Jesse Sproat Miller (1865–1935), American politician and lawyer *
Eliza Sproat Turner Eliza L. Sproat Turner (1826 – June 20, 1903) was an American writer, women's club founder and leader, abolitionist, and suffragette. Turner began her adulthood as a teacher and writer, and soon after became involved in a number of social c ...
(1826–1903), American writer, women's club founder and leader, abolitionist, suffragette


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Sproat Lake Sproat Lake is a lake on central Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was known as Kleecoot, meaning "wide open" by local indigenous people. Roughly cross-shaped with four arms, it is over 25 kilometres in length, and has 90.8 kilom ...
, lake in central Vancouver Island *
Sproat Lake Provincial Park Sproat Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park near Port Alberni in British Columbia, Canada's Vancouver Island. Its name derives from a lake named after 19th century entrepreneur and colonial official Gilbert Malcolm Sproat. Petroglyphs One ...
, lake in central Vancouver Island * Sproat Street/Adelaide Street station, QLINE streetcar stations in Detroit, Michigan


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Sproatley Sproatley is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of Hull city centre and north of Hedon at the junction of the B1238 and B1240 roads. The village church, dedicated t ...
* Sprot (disambiguation) * Sprout (disambiguation) {{Given name, type=both