Sprague
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Sprague is a surname of English origin, from the northern Middle English Spragge, either a personal name or a byname meaning "lively", a metathesized and voiced form of Spark, a Northern English surname from the Old Norse byname or personal name Sparkr ‘sprightly’, ‘vivacious’.
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[edit] Places
- Canada
- Sprague, Manitoba, a small town near the Minnesota/Manitoba border
- United States
- Sprague, Alabama, Montgomery County, Alabama
- Sprague, Connecticut
- Sprague, Nebraska
- Sprague, Washington
- Sprague, Wisconsin
- Sprague Field, a multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Montclair State University in New Jersey
- The Sprague River (Maine)
- The Sprague River (Oregon)
- Sprague River, Oregon, a community on the river
[edit] People
- Sprague Cleghorn, former NHL hockey player
- Sprague Grayden, American actress (born 1980)
- L. Sprague de Camp, author
- Charles Sprague (disambiguation)
- Clifton Sprague, American admiral during World War II
- not to be confused with WWII-era American Vice Admiral Thomas L. Sprague
- Ed Sprague (pitcher), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ed Sprague (third baseman), former Major League Baseball third baseman, and son of the pitcher
- Erik Sprague, the self-styled Lizardman
- Frank J. Sprague (1857–1934), American naval officer and inventor, notable for development of electric motors, electric railways, and electric elevators
- Isaac Sprague, botanical illustrator
- Isaac W. Sprague, the Original Thin Man
- Jack Sprague, the only 3-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
- John W. Sprague (1817–1894), American soldier and railroad executive
- Ken Sprague, political cartoonist
- Lucian Sprague, American railroad executive
- Peleg Sprague (Maine politician), politician from the state of Maine
- Peleg Sprague (New Hampshire), politician from the state of New Hampshire
- Royal Sprague, 11th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
- William Sprague (disambiguation)
- W.G.R. Sprague, London Theatre designer
[edit] See also
- Sprague Brothers, a rock band from Wichita Falls, Texas
- Ted Sprague, a fictional character from the television series Heroes
- Sprague-Grundy theorem, a theorem in recreational mathematics
- Sprague-Thomson, the first rolling stock on the Paris Métro made completely of metal
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