Sparrow

Sparrow may refer to:

Birds

 * Old World sparrows, family Passeridae
 * 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
 * Alex Sparrow, also known as Alexey Vorobyov (born 1988), Russian singer and actor
 * Robert Brown (footballer, born 1856), Scottish footballer known by the nickname 'Sparrow'
 * The Little Sparrow (La Môme Piaf), the nickname of French singer Édith Piaf (1915 –1963)

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
 * Sparrow (algorithm), a framework for synthetic decision making in molecular design
 * 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