# 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
* 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

### 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