Sprague may refer to:

Places

;Canada *

Sprague, Manitoba Sprague is a community within the Rural Municipality of Piney in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is named after D.E. Sprague, a prominent Winnipeg lumber merchant. The community is located in the extreme southeast corner of the province nea ...

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

Montgomery County, Alabama Montgomery County is located in the State of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 228,954, making it the fifth-most populous county in Alabama. Its county seat is Montgomery, the state capital. Montgomery County is included in th ...

* Sprague, Connecticut * Sprague, Missouri *

Sprague, Nebraska Sprague is a village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 142 at the 2010 census. History In 1865, a settlement called Centerville established a post ...

* Sprague, Washington * Sprague, West Virginia * Sprague, Wisconsin * Sprague Field, on the campus of Montclair State University in New Jersey * Sprague Lake (Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado) * Sprague River (Maine) * Sprague River (Oregon)

People

First name

Sprague Cleghorn Henry William Sprague "Peg" Cleghorn (March 11, 1890 – July 12, 1956) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player from Westmount, Quebec who played 17 professional seasons between 1911 and 1929 for the Renfrew Creamery Kings and Montreal Wand ...

, former NHL hockey player *

Sprague Grayden Sprague Grayden (born July 21, 1980) is an American actress. She played schoolteacher Heather Lisinski in the television drama '' Jericho'', Karen Kawalski in ''John Doe'', first daughter Olivia Taylor in the television thriller '' 24'', and K ...

, American actress (born 1980)

Middle name

* L. Sprague de Camp, author

Surname

Achsa W. Sprague Achsa W. Sprague (November 17, 1827 – July 6, 1862) was one of the best-known Spiritualists during the 1850s in the United States. Primarily a medium and trance lecturer, she also wrote articles and poetry for Spiritualist publications such as ...

(1827–1862), American spiritualist *

Bud Sprague Mortimer "Bud" Sprague (September 8, 1904 – April 25, 1973) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970. He was one of the eight children born to Minna and George Sprague, of the Oak Cliff ne ...

(1904–1973), American football player *

Burr Sprague Burr Sprague (April 30, 1836 – April 17, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Perrysburg, New York, Sprague moved to Wisconsin in 1848 and lived in the town of Spring Valley, Rock County, Wisconsin and then Brodhead, Wisco ...

(1836-1917), American politician * Carl T. Sprague (1895-1979), American country musician * Charles Sprague (disambiguation) * Clifton Sprague (1896–1955), American admiral during World War II *

David Sprague David Shafer Sprague (August 11, 1910 – February 20, 1968) was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for eleven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilto ...

(1910–1968), Canadian footballer * E. Carleton Sprague (1822–1895), American lawyer and politician * Ed Sprague Sr. (1945–2020) American baseball pitcher * Ed Sprague Jr. (born 1967), American baseball third baseman *

Edward Spragge Sir Edward Spragge (name also written as Spragg or Sprague) (circa 1620 – 21 August 1673) was an Irish-born English admiral of the Royal Navy. He was a fiery, brilliantly accomplished seaman who fought in many great actions after the restoratio ...

(AKA Spragg or Sprague, 162073), Irish admiral of the Royal Navy *

Elmer Sprague Elmer Sprague (1924 – April 19, 2019) was a professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, where he taught philosophy for 44 years. He obtained a B.A. from the University of Nebraska, and a B.A. and D.Phil. from Oxford. He wa ...

, American philosopher *

Erik Sprague Erik Sprague (born June 12, 1972), known professionally as the Lizardman, is an American freak show and sideshow performer. He is best known for his body modification, including his sharpened teeth, full-body tattoo of green scales, bifurcate ...

(born 1972), American freak show and sideshow performer *

Ernest Sprague Ernest Marshall Sprague (October 20, 1865 – May 10, 1938) was an American football player, public official, and engineer. He was born in 1865 on a farm at Farmington, Michigan. He was the son of Lorenzo Sprague and Laura G. (Meade) Sprague. ...

(1865–1938), American football player, public official, and engineer *

Ernest Headly Sprague Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People * Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor * Ernest, ...

(1859–1945), English architect, engineer, teacher, author *

Frank J. Sprague Frank Julian Sprague (July 25, 1857 in Milford, Connecticut – October 25, 1934) was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators. His contributions were especially ...

(1857–1934), American naval officer and inventor, notable for development of electric machinery *

Frank Lee Sprague Frank Lee Sprague (January 8, 1958 – September 2, 2018) was an American guitarist and composer. He wrote both songs and concert pieces, with his catalog numbering over 1000 works, including two string quartets, three symphonies, many chamber mu ...

(1958–2018), American guitarist and composer * Franklin B. Sprague (1825–1895), American military officer, businessman, and judge *

George Sprague George Able Sprague (November 30, 1871 – November 8, 1963), businessman, was mayor of Dallas in 1935–1937. Biography George Able Sprague was born on November 30, 1871, in Preston, Fillmore County, Minnesota, to Isaac Sprague and Anna Jeannet ...

(1871–1963), American businessman and mayor of Dallas *

Homer Sprague Homer Baxter Sprague (October 19, 1829 – March 23, 1918) was an American author, educator, abolitionist, and Lieutenant Colonel of the Union Army. A native of Sutton, Massachusetts, Sprague was a Captain of the 13th Connecticut Infantry Regiment ...

(1829–1918), American military officer, author, and educator * Dr. Howard Sprague, Boston cardiologist and co-inventor of the Sprague-Rappaport stethoscope * Isaac Sprague (1811–1895), American botanical illustrator * Isaac W. Sprague (1841–1887), American sideshow performer * J. Russell Sprague (1886–1969), American politician *

Jack Sprague Jack Sprague (born August 8, 1964) is an American former stock car racing driver who has competed in all of NASCAR's three top divisions, most notably in the Craftsman Truck Series, where he won series championships in 1997, 1999 and 2001. Rac ...

(born 1964), American racing driver *

Jake Sprague Jacob "Jake" Sprague (born December 27, 1984) is an American rugby union player and coach. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Sprague began his rugby career with the Babson College rugby union team, and later played at club level with Divis ...

(born 1984), American rugby union player * Jo Ann Sprague (born 1931), former Massachusetts State Representative and State Senator * John Allison Sprague (1844–1907), Ontario farmer and politician *

John W. Sprague John Wilson Sprague (April 4, 1817 – December 27, 1893) was an American soldier and railroad executive. He served as a general in the Union Army in the Western Theater of operations during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of ...

(1817–1894), American soldier and railroad executive * Ken Sprague (born 1945), American bodybuilder, businessman, and schoolteacher * Ken Sprague (cartoonist) (1927–2004), English political cartoonist *

Lucian Sprague Lucian C. Sprague (1882–1960) was an American railroad executive. Sprague was born in Serena, Illinois, on September 29, 1882, and during his early years held a variety of railroad jobs, including stints at the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Gre ...

, American railroad executive * Lucy J. Sprague (1851–1903), American suffragist * Lucy Sprague Mitchell (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 Peter Tripp Sprague (born October 11, 1955) is an American jazz guitarist, record producer, and audio engineer. He owns SpragueLand Studios and the label SBE Records. He invented a twin-neck guitar with one neck from a classical guitar and one ...

(born 1955), American jazz musician * Richard E. Sprague (1921–1996), American computer technician, researcher and author * Robert C. Sprague (1900–1991), American Air Force Undersecretary, inventor and founder of Sprague Electric * Roderick Sprague (born 1933), American anthropologist, ethnohistorian and historical archaeologist * R. B. Sprague (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 mathematicians ...

(1894–1967), German mathematician * Royal Sprague, 11th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California *

Thomas Archibald Sprague Thomas Archibald Sprague (7 October 1877, Edinburgh – 22 October 1958, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) was a Scottish botanist. In 1938 he married botanist Mary Letitia Green, and together they authored several supplements to the ''Inde ...

(1877–1958), Scottish botanist * Thomas Bond Sprague (1830–1920), British actuary * Thomas L. Sprague, American vice admiral in World War II * William Sprague (disambiguation) * W. G. R. Sprague, London theatre designer

Other uses

* ''Sprague'' (towboat), a former steamwheeler towboat *

Howard Sprague Howard Sprague is a fictional character on the CBS television sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'', and its spin-off ''Mayberry R.F.D.''. He was played by Jack Dodson from 1966-71. He was characterized by his milquetoast demeanor, moustache, bow t ...

, a fictional character in the television series ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' *

Ted Sprague This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes'', the List of Heroes graphic novels, ''Heroes'' graphic novels, and the ''Heroes'' webisodes. Main characters Character duration In i ...