Sparrow

Sparrow may refer to:

Birds

• Old World sparrows, family Passeridae
  • House sparrow, or Passer domesticus
• New World sparrows, family Passerellidae
• Two species in the Passerine family Estrildidae:
  • Java sparrow
  • Timor sparrow
• Hedge sparrow, also known as the dunnock or hedge accentor in the family Prunellidae

People

• Sparrow (surname)
• Sparrow (American poet) (born 1953), American poet, activist, musician, and rabble-rouser
• Robert Brown (footballer) (born 1856), Scottish footballer known by the nickname 'Sparrow'

Media

Films

• The Sparrow (1914 film), a 1914 French silent film
• Sparrows (1916 film), a Dutch film
• Sparrows (1926 film), starring Mary Pickford
• The Sparrow (1972 film), Arabic title Al Asfour, a 1972 Egyptian film by director Youssef Chahine
• Sparrow (1993 film), a 1993 Italian drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli
• Sparrow (2008 film), a Hong Kong film
• Sparrow (2010 film), a horror film directed by Shaun Troke
• Sparrows (2015 film), an Icelandic film directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson

Literature

• The Sparrow (novel), a 1996 science fiction novel by Mary Doria Russell
• The Sparrow (1967 play), by Alan Ayckbourn
• The Sparrow (2007 play), about a teenage girl with a troubled past

Music

• Sparrows (album), by Anathallo, 2002
• Sparrow (album), by Ashley Monroe, 2018
• The Sparrows (band), a predecessor band to Steppenwolf that included John Kay
• Sparrows (band), a Canadian post hardcore trio
• Sparrow Quartet, American acoustic music group
• Sparrow Records, a record label

Songs

• "Sparrow" (Marvin Gaye song), 1977
• "Sparrow" (Emeli Sandé song), 2019
• "Sparrows" (Cory Asbury song), 2020
• "Sparrow", by The Boo Radleys from Everything's Alright Forever
• "Sparrow", by the Cat Empire
• "Sparrow", by Charlotte Church from Three
• "Sparrow", by Mo-dettes from The Story So Far
• "Sparrow", by Simon & Garfunkel from Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
• "Sparrow", by Jordan Smith, which represented Kentucky in the American Song Contest
• "Sparrows", by Jason Gray from Where the Light Gets In
• "Sparrows", by Spratleys Japs from Pony
• "The Sparrow", by Mastodon from The Hunter
• "The Sparrow", by The Ramblers

Other media

• Sparrow (TV series), a 2016 Chinese television series
• Gary Sparrow, a character from Goodnight Sweetheart
• Captain Jack Sparrow, a character from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series

Ships

• HMS Sparrow, the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Sparrow (AMc-31), a United States Navy coastal minesweeper in commission from 1940 to 1941
• USS Sparrow II (SP-3231), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1918 to 1919

Technology

• Sparrow (email client), an e-mail client for Mac OS X and iOS
• Sparrow (target missile), an Israeli air-launched target missile
• AIM-7 Sparrow, an American air-to-air missile
• CallAir A-9 Sparrow, an agricultural aircraft
• Carlson Sparrow, an ultralight aircraft
• Corbin Sparrow, a battery-powered electric vehicle or "micro car"
• Paladin Sparrow, an American powered parachute design
• Vortech Sparrow, an American gyroplane design
• Sea Sparrow missile
• Supermarine Sparrow, a British two-seat light aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell
• AN/APQ-64 Sparrow II, a type of radar
• Beresheet, lunar lander formerly known as "Sparrow"
• IE 2700 and 2750 Classes (nicknamed Sparrow), Diesel Multiple Units in service in Ireland
• Sparrow (bot) is an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot developed by researchers at DeepMind

Other uses

• R v Sparrow, a Canadian judicial decision, and its "Sparrow test"
• Sparrow Lake, Ontario, Canada
• Sparrow, the Chinese name for Mahjong
• "The Sparrows", a nickname of the 79th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, a Royal Artillery unit of the British Army
• Sparrow, a bowling term for 3 spares in a row

See also

• All pages with titles containing Sparrow
• The Sparrows (disambiguation)
• Sparrho, a search engine

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