Sperling
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Sperling is a common Jewish surname, meaning "sparrow
" in German
. It may refer to:
Sparrow
The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...
" in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. It may refer to:
- Aaron SperlingAaron SperlingAaron Sperling is an American businessman and entrepreneur.Sperling was the co-founder of business web-service firm Application Park which was acquired by enterprise software company Epicentric and the co-founder of vFlyer, a classified ad creation, management and submission platform that enables...
, an American entrepreneur - Alexander SperlingAlexander SperlingAlexander Sperling was a German gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Leipzig....
, a German gymnast - Andrea SperlingAndrea SperlingAndrea Sperling is an American independent film producer based in Los Angeles. Films she has produced include Totally Fucked Up, But I'm a Cheerleader, D.E.B.S. and Itty Bitty Titty Committee.-Biography:...
, an American film producer - Bodo SperlingBodo SperlingBodo Sperling is a German artist, painter and inventor.-Life:Bodo Sperling grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Amsterdam and Berlin....
, a German artist - Dee Dee SperlingDee Dee SperlingDee Dee Phelps is a singer-songwriter and author from Santa Monica, California, best known as half the popular 1960s musical duo Dick and Dee Dee. She became a professional writer in 2007, publishing her award-winning memoir Vinyl Highway. In 2008, Dee Dee joined with singer/actor Michael Dunn to...
, a musical entertainer - Edward SperlingEdward SperlingEdward J Sperling , born Ezra Sperling, was a 20th century writer, humourist, and Zionist.-Early life:Ezra Sperling was born in 1889 in a Jewish community in Slutzk, Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire...
, an official in the British Mandate of Palestine and zionist - Elliot SperlingElliot SperlingElliot Sperling is Associate Professor of Central Eurasian Studies and an expert on the history of Tibet and Tibetan-Chinese relations at Indiana University.He earned his B.A. at Queens College , and his Ph.D...
, an Associate Professor at Indiana University - Fritz SperlingFritz SperlingFritz Sperling is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974....
, an Austrian bobsledder - Gene SperlingGene SperlingGene B. Sperling is an American lawyer and political figure, currently serving as a Counselor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. He is also on the staff of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he serves as Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center on Universal Education. He...
, an American economist - George SperlingGeorge SperlingGeorge Sperling is an American cognitive psychologist. He is a Distinguished Professor of both Cognitive Science and Neurobiology & Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. Sperling documented the existence of iconic memory...
, cognitive psychologist - Gerhard SperlingGerhard SperlingGerhard Sperling is a former East German race walker.Sperling represented the sports club TSC Berlin and became East German champion over 20 km in 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1971.-Achievements:-References:...
, a former East German race walker - Hilde Sperling, a German tennis player
- Jack SperlingJack SperlingJack Sperling was an American Big Band, television and studio drummer. He was a recording artist, versatile jazz combo and dynamic Dixieland musician.-Career:In 1941 he played with trumpeter Bunny Berigan...
, an American musician - Jody SperlingJody sperlingJody 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 spectacles of Loie Fuller, to circus and music hall...
, an American dancer - John SperlingJohn SperlingJohn Glen Sperling is an American businessman who is credited with leading the contemporary for-profit education movement in the United States. His fortune is based on his founding of the for-profit University of Phoenix for working adults in 1976, which is now part of the publicly traded Apollo...
, billionaire and University of Phoenix founder - Lilian SperlingLilian SperlingLilian Sperling is a British nanny with thirty years of experience. She is the senior nanny on the television show Nanny 911, where she stars with several other British nannies. It is claimed she served as a nanny for the British Royal Family for over 27 years. Her motto as a nanny is, "Care and...
, a British nanny - Leon SperlingLeon SperlingLeon Sperling was a Polish Olympic footballer.Sperling was born in Kraków. He was a football forward, playing on the left wing. Sperling represented Cracovia, the team he led in 1921, 1930, and 1932 to the Championship of Poland. He also played in 16 games for the Polish National Team, including...
, footballer of KS Cracovia - Martijn Sperling, a Dutch lifeboat captain, most famous for his sea rescue of 15 shipwrecked victims from the SS Berlin in 1907.
- Matthias SperlingMatthias SperlingMatthias Sperling is a contemporary dance choreographer, performer and educator based in London, UK. He is an Associate Artist with Dance4 and winner of a Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award. His solo, Riff, has been presented at festivals including nottdance07 , Les Reperages and Springdance...
, dance choreographer - Milton SperlingMilton SperlingMilton Sperling 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:...
, producer and screenwriter - Norman SperlingNorman SperlingNorman Sperling 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 School in Silver Spring, Maryland. He followed that with an MA in History of Science...
, a telescope designer - Peter SperlingPeter SperlingPeter V. Sperling is one of the 400 wealthiest Americans, and the son of John Sperling. He is Senior Vice President and a Director of Apollo Group, and a co-founder and Chairman of CallWave, Inc...
, founder of the Apollo Group - Scott Sperling, currently a Managing Director with investment bank, Thomas H. Lee PartnersThomas H. Lee PartnersThomas H. Lee Partners is a private equity firm based in Boston, Massachusetts specializing in leveraged buyouts, growth capital, special situations, industry consolidations, and recapitalizations....
- Ted SperlingTed SperlingTed 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 work in The Light in the Piazza in...
, a Musical director