Sproat

Sproat is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

Alexander Sproat (1834–1890), Ontario land surveyor, businessman and political figure
Ann McKay Sproat (born 1936), American artist, illustrator and writer of children's books
Brandon Sproat (born 2000), American professional baseball pitcher
Clyde Sproat (1930–2008), Hawaiian falsetto musician
Ebenezer Sproat (1752–1805), colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country
Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (1834–1913), Scottish-born Canadian businessman, office holder, and author
Hugh Sproat (born 1952), Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper
Iain Sproat (born 1938), retired British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament
Matt Sproat, award-winning Hawaiian musician, singer, producer and story-teller
Richard Sproat, computational linguist, researcher on text normalization and speech recognition
Ron Sproat (1932–2009), screenwriter and playwright known for his work on Dark Shadows
Steven Sproat (born 1960), English singer-songwriter, guitarist and ukulele player

Given name:

James Sproat Brown (1824–1878), American lawyer and politician
James Sproat Green (1792–1862), American lawyer
David Sproat Kennedy (1791–1853), Scottish-American merchant and banker
Jesse Sproat Miller (1865–1935), American politician and lawyer
Eliza Sproat Turner (1826–1903), American writer, women's club founder and leader, abolitionist, suffragette

See also