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)
  • Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco 1935), West Indian calypso singer
  • 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
  • "Sparrow Song", by Skeleton Crew from Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds

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

  • , the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy
  • , a United States Navy coastal minesweeper in commission from 1940 to 1941
  • , 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"
  • IÉ 2700 and 2750 Classes (nicknamed Sparrow), Diesel Multiple Units in service in Ireland
  • Sparrow (chatbot) 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

  • The Sparrows (disambiguation)
  • Sparrho, a search engine