Sperber is a German surname, which means "sparrowhawk", from the Middle High German sperwære and was a name for a small but belligerent person. 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.
The name may refer to:-
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
Herschel Sparber (born 1943), American actor
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
Murray Sperber (born 1939), American writer
Silvia Sperber (born 1965), German sports shooter
Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), American actress
Daniel Sperber (born 1986), Canadian Health Economist
The Sperber Prize, Prestigious Literature Award awarded annually for biographies of Journalists
