Sperber is a German surname, which means "sparrowhawk", from the Middle High German sperwære.Dictionary of American Family Names "Sperber Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016. In the Elizabethan era, it was not uncommon to refer to someone as "sparrow" as a term of endearment or, as evidenced in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," as a star-crossed lover. Variants of the name include Sparber and von Sperber.
Notable people with the name include:
Ann M. Sperber (1935–1994), American biographer Dan Sperber (born 1942), French anthropologist Daniel Sperber (born 1940), Israeli historian Devorah Sperber (born 1961), American artist Ed Sperber (1895–1976), American baseball player Isadore Sparber (1906–1958), American filmmaker Jonathan Sperber (born 1952), American historian Klaus Sperber (1944–1983), German singer Manès Sperber (1905–1984), French writer Milo Sperber (1911–1992), British actor Monique Canto-Sperber (born 1954), French philosopher Paula Sperber (born circa 1951), American ten-pin bowler and wife of ten-pin bowler Don Carter Murray Sperber (born 1939), American writer Silvia Sperber (born 1965), German sports shooter Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), American actress
See also Sperber (disambiguation)
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