Sperry

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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 (1966—), Brazilian martial artist
• Neil Sperry, Texas gardening and horticulture expert
• Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994), American neurobiologist and Nobel laureate

Place Names:

• Sperry, Oklahoma, town in Tulsa County, USA
• Sperry Chalet, historic backcounty chalet, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
• Sperry Glacier, located in Glacier National Park (US) in the U.S. state of Montana
• William Miller Sperry Observatory or Sperry Observatory, an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Amateur Astronomers, Incorporated on Union County College on their Cranford, New Jersey campus

Other:

• Honeywell v. Sperry Rand, a landmark U.S. federal court case that in April 1973 invalidated the 1964 patent for the ENIAC
• 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

• Sperry Top-Sider, a brand of boat shoes.
• USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), a former US Navy destroyer
• USS Sperry (AS-12), Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy