Sprot (surname)
Encyclopedia
Sprot is a family name. Notable people with the name include:
- Adrian SprottAdrian SprottAdrian Sprott is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Meadowbank, Hamilton and Stenhousemuir.Sprott played for Hamilton in the Scottish Premier Division as a semi-professional player, as he combined his football career with working for Lothian & Borders Police...
, Scottish footballer - Sir Alexander Sprot, 1st BaronetSir Alexander Sprot, 1st BaronetColonel Sir Alexander Sprot, 1st Baronet CMG DL was a British soldier and politician.The only son of Alexander Sprot of Garnkirk and Rachael Jane Cleghorn, he was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.-Military career:Sprot was commissioned into the Royal Lanarkshire Militia,...
- Sprot Baronets
- Bert SprotteBert SprotteBert Sprotte was a German actor. He appeared in 77 films between 1918 and 1938.He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Conquering the Woman...
, a German actor - Clint SprottClint SprottJulien Clinton Sprott is a professor of physics who teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.- Biography :Clint Sprott was born on 16 September 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. He earned his bachelor's degree from MIT in 1964 and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969...
- Hemel Sprot
- Michael SprottMichael SprottMichael Sprott is a professional heavyweight boxer from Reading, Berkshire, England. Sprott briefly held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles, and was a European heavyweight title contender...
- Thomas SprottThomas SprottBlessed Thomas Sprott, also spelled Thomas Spratt, was an English martyr.-Biography:He was born at Skelsmergh, near Kendal in Westmorland; suffered at Lincoln with Thomas Hunt on 11 July 1600...
or Thomas Spratt - William S. PollitzerWilliam S. PollitzerDr. William Sprott Pollitzer was an US anatomist. He was a professor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and past president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists , and the Human Biology Council .The William S. Pollitzer Prize was created in honor of him.- External...
- Eric Sprott, namesake of the Sprott School of Business