Sparrow (disambiguation)

Sparrow may refer to:

Birds

• Old World sparrows, birds in the family Passeridae, including, among many others:
  • House sparrow
  • Eurasian tree sparrow
  • Spanish sparrow
  • Rock sparrow
  • Chestnut sparrow
• American sparrows or New World sparrows, birds in the family Emberizidae, including, among many others:
  • Song sparrow
  • Savannah sparrow
  • Lincoln's sparrow
  • Swamp sparrow
  • Grasshopper sparrow
• The hedge sparrow, also known as the dunnock or hedge accentor in the family Prunellidae
• The Java sparrow and the Timor dusky sparrow, birds of the family Estrildidae

People

• Sparrow (surname)
• Sparrow (American poet), American poet, activist, musician, and rabble-rouser

Science

• Sparrow's resolution limit, a criterion for optical resolution, named after C. Sparrow

Technology

• AIM-7 Sparrow, an American air-to-air missile
• Supermarine Sparrow, a British two-seat light aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell
• CallAir A-9 Sparrow, an agricultural aircraft
• Carlson Sparrow, an ultralight aircraft
• Corbin Sparrow, a battery-powered electric vehicle or "micro car"
• AN/APQ-64 Sparrow II radar
• Sparrow (email client), an e-mail client for Mac OS X and iOS
• Paladin Sparrow, an American powered parachute design
• Sparrow (target missile), an Israeli air-launched target missile
• Vortech Sparrow, an American gyroplane design

Media

• Sparrows (1916 film), a Dutch film
• Sparrows (1926 film), starring Mary Pickford
• 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
• Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
• The Sparrow (novel), a 1996 science fiction novel by Mary Doria Russell
• The Sparrow (1967 play), by Alan Ayckbourn
• Al Asfour (The Sparrow), a 1972 Egyptian film by director Youssef Chahine
• The Sparrow (2007 play), about a teenage girl with a troubled past
• Sparrow Records, a record label
• Sparrow Quartet, American acoustic music group
• Sparrows (album), a 2002 album by Anathallo
• "Sparrow" (song), a 1977 jazz song recorded by Marvin Gaye
• "Sparrow", a song by The Boo Radleys from their 1992 album Everything's Alright Forever
• "Sparrow", a song by Simon & Garfunkel from their 1964 album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
• "The Sparrow", a song by Mastodon from their 2011 album The Hunter
• Alex Sparrow, also known as Alexey Vorobyov (born 1988), Russian singer and actor

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

Other

• R. v. Sparrow, a Canadian judicial decision, and its "Sparrow test"
• Sparrow, Missouri, a community in the United States
• Sparrow Lake, Ontario, Canada
• Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan
• 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
• Sparow, Germany, a place
• Sparrho, a search engine