title: Sparkes
text: # 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
  