Sprague may refer to:

Places

;Canada * Sprague, Manitoba, a small town near the Minnesota/Manitoba border ;United States * Sprague, Alabama, Montgomery County, Alabama *

Sprague, Connecticut Sprague is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named after William Sprague III, who laid out the industrial section. The population was 2,967 at the 2020 census. Sprague includes three villages: Baltic, Hanover, ...

* Sprague, Missouri * Sprague, Nebraska * Sprague, Washington * Sprague, West Virginia *

Sprague, Wisconsin Sprague is an unincorporated community located in the town of Necedah, Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. Sprague is located on Wisconsin Highway 80 and the Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Co ...

Sprague Field Sprague Field is a multi-purpose stadium located on the campus of Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. The stadium is located on the Normal Avenue side of the campus adjacent to the university's major indoor sporting venue, th ...

, on the campus of Montclair State University in New Jersey * Sprague Lake (Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado) *

Sprague River (Maine) The Sprague River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 30, 2011 river in the town of Phippsburg, Maine. It flows primarily through tidal marsh and empties into the A ...

* Sprague River (Oregon)

People

First name

* Sprague Cleghorn, former NHL hockey player * Sprague Grayden, American actress (born 1980)

Middle name

* L. Sprague de Camp, author

Surname

* Achsa W. Sprague (1827–1862), American spiritualist * Bud Sprague (1904–1973), American football player * Burr Sprague (1836-1917), American politician *

Carl T. Sprague Carl Tyler "Doc" Sprague (May 10, 1896 – February 21, 1979) was an American country musician. He was often dubbed "The Original Singing Cowboy". Sprague was one of the first country musicians on record, recording in 1925. Biography He was bor ...

(1895-1979), American country musician * Charles Sprague (disambiguation) * Clifton Sprague (1896–1955), American admiral during World War II * David Sprague (1910–1968), Canadian footballer *

E. Carleton Sprague Eben Carleton Sprague (November 28, 1822 – February 14, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on November 28, 1822, in Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire, the son of Noah Paul Sprague (1798–1879) and Ab ...

(1822–1895), American lawyer and politician *

Ed Sprague Sr. Edward Nelson Sprague Sr. (September 16, 1945 – January 10, 2020) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball with four teams between 1968 and 1976. He was listed at and , he batted and threw ...

(1945–2020) American baseball pitcher * Ed Sprague Jr. (born 1967), American baseball third baseman * Edward Spragge (AKA Spragg or Sprague, 162073), Irish admiral of the Royal Navy * Elmer Sprague, American philosopher * Erik Sprague (born 1972), American freak show and sideshow performer * Ernest Sprague (1865–1938), American football player, public official, and engineer * Ernest Headly Sprague (1859–1945), English architect, engineer, teacher, author * Frank J. Sprague (1857–1934), American naval officer and inventor, notable for development of electric machinery * Frank Lee Sprague (1958–2018), American guitarist and composer *

Franklin B. Sprague Franklin Burnet Sprague (July 16, 1825 – February 7, 1895) was an American military officer, businessman, and judge. He joined the Union Army during the Civil War, serving on the Oregon frontier. During his military service, Sprague explored mu ...

(1825–1895), American military officer, businessman, and judge * George Sprague (1871–1963), American businessman and mayor of Dallas * Homer Sprague (1829–1918), American military officer, author, and educator * Dr. Howard Sprague, Boston cardiologist and co-inventor of the Sprague-Rappaport stethoscope *

Isaac Sprague Isaac Sprague (September 5, 1811 – 1895) was a self-taught landscape, botanical, and ornithological painter. He was America's best known botanical illustrator of his day. Sprague was born in Hingham, Massachusetts and apprenticed with his unc ...

(1811–1895), American botanical illustrator *

Isaac W. Sprague Isaac W. Sprague (May 21, 1841 – January 5, 1887) was an entertainer and sideshow performer, billed as the living human skeleton. Biography He was born on May 21, 1841, in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Although normal for most of his childh ...

(1841–1887), American sideshow performer *

J. Russell Sprague John Russell Sprague (December 24, 1886 – April 17, 1969) was the Republican county executive of Nassau County, New York from 1938 until 1953. He also was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, and 1956 ...

(1886–1969), American politician * Jack Sprague (born 1964), American racing driver * Jake Sprague (born 1984), American rugby union player * Jo Ann Sprague (born 1931), former Massachusetts State Representative and State Senator *

John Allison Sprague John Allison Sprague (April 10, 1844 – September 14, 1907) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1894 as a Liberal member. Biography He was born in S ...

(1844–1907), Ontario farmer and politician * John W. Sprague (1817–1894), American soldier and railroad executive * Ken Sprague (born 1945), American bodybuilder, businessman, and schoolteacher *

Ken Sprague (cartoonist) Ken Sprague (1 January 1927 – 25 July 2004) was an English socialist political cartoonist, journalist and activist, involved in trade union, civil rights and peace movements. In later life he was also a TV presenter and a psychotherapist. Sprag ...

(1927–2004), English political cartoonist * Lucian Sprague, American railroad executive *

Lucy J. Sprague Lucy J. Sprague (born Earle 1851 – September 29, 1903) was an American suffragist from Rochester, New York. Biography Sprague was born as Lucy Earle in Rochester, New York, in 1851. Her family were involved in the African Methodist Episcopal ...

(1851–1903), American suffragist *

Lucy Sprague Mitchell Lucy Sprague Mitchell (July 2, 1878 – October 15, 1967) was an American educator and children's writer, and the founder of Bank Street College of Education. Early life and education Lucy Sprague was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter o ...

(1878–1967), American educator, writer, college dean * Martyn Sprague (born 1949), Welsh former footballer * M. Estella Sprague (1870–1940), American home economist and academic administrator * Peleg Sprague (Maine politician) (1793–1880), American politician and judge * Peleg Sprague (New Hampshire politician) (1756–1800), American politician * Peter Sprague (born 1955), American jazz musician *

Richard E. Sprague Richard E. Sprague (August 27, 1921 – January 27, 1996) was an American computer technician, researcher and author. According to American journalist Richard Russell, who dedicated seventeen years to the investigation of John Kennedy assassinat ...

(1921–1996), American computer technician, researcher and author *

Robert C. Sprague Robert C. Sprague (August 2, 1900 – September 27, 1991) was the son of Frank J. Sprague and Harriet Sprague. Sprague founded Sprague Electric (originally Sprague Specialties Company), Quincy, Massachusetts in 1926, and served as president from 19 ...

(1900–1991), American Air Force Undersecretary, inventor and founder of Sprague Electric *

Roderick Sprague Roderick Sprague III (February 18, 1933 – August 20, 2012) was an American anthropologist, ethnohistorian and historical archaeologist, and the Emeritus Director of the Laboratory of Anthropology at the University of Idaho in Moscow, where ...

(born 1933), American anthropologist, ethnohistorian and historical archaeologist *

R. B. Sprague R. B. (Roger) Sprague (September 12, 1937 – July 28, 2010) was an American Contemporary Realist artist. Biography Sprague was born in Buffalo, New York, and raised in south Arkansas, graduating from El Dorado High School. He attended the Un ...

(1937–2010), American artist *

Roland Sprague Roland Percival Sprague (11 July 1894, Unterliederbach – 1 August 1967) was a German mathematician, known for the Sprague–Grundy theorem and for being the first mathematician to find a perfect squared square. Biography With two mathematicia ...

(1894–1967), German mathematician *

Royal Sprague Royal Tyler Sprague (January 23, 1814 – February 24, 1872) was the 11th Chief Justice of California. Biography Sprague taught elementary school in Potsdam, New York and later opened a school in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1838 he began to study la ...

, 11th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California * Thomas Archibald Sprague (1877–1958), Scottish botanist *

Thomas Bond Sprague Thomas Bond Sprague FRSE FFA FIA LLD (29 March 1830 – 29 November 1920) was a British actuary, barrister and amateur mathematician who was the only person to have been President of both the Institute of Actuaries (1882–1886) in London a ...

(1830–1920), British actuary *

Thomas L. Sprague Thomas Lamison Sprague (October 2, 1894 – September 17, 1972) was a Vice admiral (United States), vice admiral of the United States Navy, who served during World War II as commander of the aircraft carrier and took part in the battles of Batt ...

, American vice admiral in World War II *

William Sprague (disambiguation) William Sprague may refer to: * William Sprague (1609–1675), original American settler * William Buell Sprague (1795–1876), American clergyman and compiler of ''Annals of the American Pulpit'' * William Sprague III (1799–1856), American politi ...

W. G. R. Sprague William George Robert Sprague (1863 – 4 December 1933) was a theatre architect. Biography He was born in Australia in 1863 the son of actress Dolores Drummond who returned with acclaim to London in 1874. Sprague was an articled clerk ...

, London theatre designer

Other uses

* ''Sprague'' (towboat), a former steamwheeler towboat * Howard Sprague, a fictional character in the television series ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' * Ted Sprague, a fictional character in the television series ''Heroes'' *

Sprague Electric Sprague Electric Company was an electronic component maker founded by Robert C. Sprague in 1926. Sprague was best known for making a large line of capacitors used in a wide variety of electrical and electronic in commercial, industrial and milit ...