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Sam Sparro

Australian singer-songwriter and former child actor
Person human Q703787

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
November 8, 1982, November 18, 1982[8]
Place of birth
Sydney
Country of citizenship
Australia[9]
Occupation
singer-songwriter, actor, child actor, singer, manufacturer, composer, musician[10][11]
Sibling
Droid Bishop[29]
Genre
pop music, soul, rhythm and blues[14][15][16]
Official website
www.samsparro.com[25]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[27]
Discography
Sam Sparro discography[20]
Family name
Faison[22]
Given name
Sam[23]
Instrument
voice[26]
P14750
14ED-7117-94C9-430B-9D25[30]
Pseudonym
Sam Sparro[24]
Record label
Island Records, Virgin Records, EMI[17][18][19]
Residence
London[21]
Sexual orientation
homosexuality[13]
Start of work period
2007[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sam Sparro en Samuel Falson de Sparro ko 샘 스패로 pl Sam Falson ro Samuel Falson ru Спарро ru Спарро Сэм ru Спарро, Сэм ru Сэм Спарро tr Sam Falson zh 山姆·斯帕路
🔖 Identifiers · 43
ISNI
0000000129587560
VIAF cluster ID
101541596
Library of Congress authority ID
no2009168094
GND ID
135520541
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sam Sparro in November 2012.jpg ↗
AZLyrics.com artist ID
s/samsparro
Acharts.co artist ID
sam_sparro
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000998478
BBC Things ID
12648df3-4f20-4b14-b541-ea60900bdfce
Billboard artist ID
sam-sparro
Deezer artist ID
74327
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135520541
Show all 43 identifiers +31
Discogs artist ID
801284
Europeana entity
agent/base/106292
Facebook numeric ID
20672524168
Film.ru person ID
sam-sparro
Freebase ID
/m/03xpt1d
Genius artist ID
Sam-sparro
Genius artist numeric ID
12709
Grammy Awards artist ID
sam-sparro/6384
IMDb ID
nm3049509
Jaxsta profile ID
029abf50-d0a3-4316-a879-8c88113dbe94
Kinobox person ID
1378329
Laut.de artist ID
Sam-Sparro
LyricsTranslate ID
sam-sparro-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
cd71e6e9-42bb-4a1a-b5ce-17f41682b3e2
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
132962
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000315805
Myspace ID
samsparro
NL CR AUT ID
xx0081971
NME artist ID
sam-sparro
Pitchfork artist ID
28109-sam-sparro
SecondHandSongs artist ID
35332
Songkick artist ID
773845
Spotify artist ID
0H0rBbf7vHXO3qh50Wap7y
TMDB person ID
1226234
The Guardian topic ID
music/samsparro
Tidal artist ID
3529503
WikiKids ID
Sam_Sparro
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkHjcFQfthF48MW9TGGpP
X (Twitter) username
sam_sparro
Yandex Music artist ID
7091
ČSFD person ID
567732

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 6
21st Century Life, 21st Century Life, Black and Gold, Black and Gold, People of the Pride, People of the Pride
Occupation 6
actor, composer, singer, singer-songwriter, child actor, manufacturer
Genre 3
pop music, rhythm and blues, soul
Record label 3
EMI, Island Records, Virgin Records
Mb:performer of 2
Sam Sparro, Return to Paradise
Country of citizenship 1
Australia
Given name 1
Sam
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Mb:member of band 1
The Bottletop Band
Place of birth 1
Sydney
Residence 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
Sexual orientation 1
homosexuality
← FactGrid item ID 1
Ribagorza
← Mb:sibling 1
Droid Bishop
← Performer 1
Sam Sparro
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Summary

Sam Sparro was born on November 8, 1982[1], in Sydney[2]. He has worked as a singer-songwriter[3], actor[4], child actor[5], singer[6], and manufacturer[7].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[31]

  • Country: AU[32]

  • Began / founded: 1982-11-08[33]

  • Genre(s): pop, soul[34]

  • Community tags: pop, queer, soul[35]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cd71e6e9-42bb-4a1a-b5ce-17f41682b3e2[36]

FAQs

Where was Sam Sparro born?

Sam Sparro's place of birth was Sydney[2].

What did Sam Sparro do for work?

Sam Sparro worked as a singer-songwriter[3], actor[4], child actor[5], singer[6], and manufacturer[7].

Related Entities

Australia EMI Island Records London Sydney Virgin Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [8] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISNI → 0000000129587560
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63891|batch #63891]]: ISNI fix"
  2. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISNI → 0000000129587560
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63746|batch #63746]]: replace redirected ISNI with target"
  3. 2d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 3529503
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63221|batch #63221]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part2.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  4. 7d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NME artist ID → sam-sparro
    Family name → Faison
    Given name → Sam
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ NME artist ID: sam-sparro, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214795600|sam sparro (#214795600)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'"
  5. 23d ago · Woordenbrij2 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Sam
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Languages spoken, written or signed: English"
  6. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 14ED-7117-94C9-430B-9D25
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46467|batch #46467]]: HAND ID (7)"
  7. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → singer-songwriter, actor, child actor +4
    Facebook page ID → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32149|batch #32149]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
  8. 26w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → —
    Start of work period → +2007-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Residence → London
    Work period start → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Facebook numeric ID: 20672524168, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257115|batch #257115]]"
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