Sproat

Sproat is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:
 * Alexander Sproat (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 (born 2000), American professional baseball pitcher
 * Clyde Sproat (1930–2008), Hawaiian falsetto musician
 * Ebenezer Sproat (1752–1805), colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country
 * Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (1834–1913), Scottish-born Canadian businessman, office holder, and author
 * Hugh Sproat (born 1952), Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper
 * Iain Sproat (born 1938), retired British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament
 * Matt Sproat, award-winning Hawaiian musician, singer, producer and story-teller
 * Richard Sproat, 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 (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 (1826–1903), American writer, women's club founder and leader, abolitionist, suffragette