Sparkes
# Sparkes

Sparkes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Ali Sparkes (born 1966), British children's author
* Allan Sparkes (born 1958), Australian policeman, recipient of the Cross of Valour
* Andrew Sparkes (born 1959), British ambassador to Nepal
* Bernie Sparkes (born 1940), Canadian curler
* Brian Sparkes (1941–2011), Canadian biochemist
* George Sparkes (1845–1908), English cricketer
* Gordon Sparkes, Canadian curler
* Harold Sparkes (1896–1917), English footballer
* Herbert Sparkes (1859–1923), British politician, MP for Tiverton
* Irwin Sparkes, lead singer of English pop/rock band The Hoosiers
* John Charles Lewis Sparkes (c.1833–1907), British art educator
* John Sparkes (born 1954), Welsh comedian
* Leonora Sparkes (1883–unknown), British opera singer
* Lindsay Sparkes (nee Lindsay Davie) (born 1950), Canadian curler
* Reginald F. Sparkes (1906–1990), Canadian educator, author and politician
* Sir Robert Sparkes (1929–2006), Australian politician
* Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania
