Sperry

Sperry may refer to:

Persons

• Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), American author and illustrator
• Brett Sperry (contemporary), American video game designer
• Carlos A. Sperry, Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Greenbrier County, served 1872-1872
• Charles Stillman Sperry (1847–1911), an officer in the United States Navy
• Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860–1930), American inventor and entrepreneur, founder of Sperry Gyroscope Company
• Joseph Evans Sperry (1854–1930), American architect
• Lawrence Sperry (1892–1923?), American aviation pioneer
• Lewis Sperry (1848–1922), United States Representative from Connecticut
• Mario Sperry (born 1966), Brazilian martial artist
• Neil Sperry, Texas gardening and horticulture expert
• Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994), American neurobiologist and Nobel laureate
• Thomas Sperry (c. 1864–1913), American businessman and co-founder of S&H Green Stamps

Place names

In the United States: Carol Sperry daughter of seven children of Wayne Sperry, a descendant of the inventor of the Sperry Gyroscope.

• Sperry, Iowa, community in Des Moines County
• Sperry, Oklahoma, town in Tulsa County
• Sperry Chalet, historic backcounty chalet, Glacier National Park, Montana
• Sperry Glacier, located in Glacier National Park in the state of Montana
• William Miller Sperry Observatory or Sperry Observatory, an astronomical observatory owned by Union County College and operated by Amateur Astronomers, Incorporated on Union County College on their Cranford, New Jersey campus

Sperry Corporation

• Sperry Corporation, a former American equipment and electronics manufacturer (1910–1986)
  • Sperry Gyroscope Company (1910–1933), founded by Elmer Ambrose Sperry
    • Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Company (1918–1924), founded by Lawrence Sperry
  • Sperry Corporation, 1933–1955
  • Sperry Rand, 1955–1978
  • Sperry Corporation, 1978–1986
• Honeywell v. Sperry Rand, a landmark U.S. federal court case that in April 1973 invalidated the 1964 patent for the ENIAC

Other uses

• Sperry & Hutchinson, a brand of trading stamps
• Sperry Top-Sider, a brand of boat shoes
• The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, an American film released in 2009
• USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), a former US Navy destroyer
• USS Sperry (AS-12), Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy